Joe Robertson MP: written questions
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Environment Agency: Hello Lamp PostDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on the Hello Lamp Post community engagement project (a) since January 2024, (b) by financial year and (c) by delivery phase.
Answer: The Government recognises the value of engaging with citizens to collect and share the latest scientific data about the environment. The Environment Agency (EA) has joined forces with Hello Lamp Post to enable residents and visitors of communities across ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBeverage Containers: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 53757 on Beverage Containers: Recycling, whether UK-based beverage manufacturers can accept used recyclable containers of (a) their ow
Answer: The packaging EPR Regulations allow, in some circumstances, packaging collected by producers from consumers, and subsequently recycled, to be offset against their disposal fee obligations. These are currently limited to hard to recycle packaging (e.g. pla...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: StaffDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the findings in the report by Robert Gordon University entitled Striking the Balance: Building a Sustainable UK O
Answer: The Government has noted the report from Robert Gordon University, which provides helpful analysis on the future of the UK’s offshore energy sector. As Britain becomes a clean energy superpower, the Government is determined to create high-quality jobs to ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Metropolitan Police have made an assessment of trends in the level of mopeds with L-plates being used in criminal activities in London.
Answer: The Home Office holds data on the number of incidents of crime recorded by the police in London.The Home Office does not hold data on whether a vehicle was used as part of the incident, the type of vehicle used, or whether the vehicle had an L plate fitte...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Delivery ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which regulations govern the use of (a) motorcycles and (b) mopeds with L-plates for commercial delivery work in urban areas; and whether she plans to amend those regulations.
Answer: There are no current rules limiting commercial riding to those with a full licence. New riders are allowed to ride learner legal motorcycles, mopeds and scooters once they have passed their compulsory basic training (CBT) course. If riders do not to progr...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Driving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether DVLA-registered mopeds can be lent to drivers with provisional licenses.
Answer: There is no requirement for the rider of a moped to be the registered keeper of the vehicle, whether they hold a provisional or full driving licence. Anyone riding or driving any vehicle must have the appropriate driving entitlement and must be insured fo...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Driving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the proportion of learners who pass a full category (a) AM and (b) A motorcycle test after completing compulsory basic training on a moped in the last five years.
Answer: All riders who want to take a practical motorcycle test must hold a valid compulsory basic training (CBT) certificate. The type of licence held by the rider and the machine used for the training course is noted on the CBT certificate issued to the rider. ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: ConvictionsDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of (a) moped and (b) motorcycle riders with provisional licences who have been convicted of (i) road traffic offences, (ii) robbery and (iii) drug trafficking in each of the past 5
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency will be able to provide the information in relation to road traffic offences, but this requires a scan of the driver database. Officials will write to the Honourable Member as soon as the information is available. I...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of people who held a provisional moped licence in (a) London and (b) Great Britain in each year since 2019.
Answer: The table below provides the requested information as of 4 June 2025. Historical information is not available.LocationNumber of drivers with provisional moped entitlement (categories AM, P and Q)a) London this includes postcodes E, EC, N, NW, SE, SW, W, W...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Recycling and Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43343 on Domestic Waste: Recycling and Waste Disposal, if he will publish that guidance.
Answer: WRAP, supported by Defra, and with input from local authorities, recently published Good Practice Guidance to help local authorities deliver quality waste and recycling services to citizens in England. Further guidance topics, including on residual waste ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWRAP: PublicationsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43334 on WRAP: Publications, what the (a) title and (b) date of publication is of each publication produced by the Waste and Resource
Answer: A list of Defra funded WRAP publications for the last 3 years, including the title and date of publication is attached.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWRAP: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43345 on WRAP: Finance, if he will provide the hyperlink to the grant agreement .
Answer: The grant agreement contains commercially sensitive information and will not be published. Details of the grant will be published on the Grants register held at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-grants-data-and-statistics. This informat...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWRAP: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43345 on WRAP: Finance, if he will itemise the work programme for which WRAP received the grant in 2025-26.
Answer: The itemised work programme for which WRAP has received DEFRA funding (now finalised at £5,949,500) is summarised below: Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility Project: Ensure Local Authority payments reflect efficient packaging waste management unde...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: StaffDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environment Agency staff worked on compliance with requirements for office workplace recycling in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer: The corporate estate of the Environment Agency (EA), including offices and depots, is centrally managed by Defra. Many of the EA’s workplaces are shared spaces across the Defra group as a result. Defra group Facilities Management are specifically responsi...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlass: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility measures in relation to glass on the cost of a (a) bottled beer and (b) pint of beer in a pub.
Answer: In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment did not split the assessment by sector. On 20 December 2024 Defra published the third ve...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: TaxationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Extended Producer Responsibility is a tax.
Answer: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) decides the classification of taxes, while the Office of Budgetary Responsibility (OBR) determines how they are treated in fiscal forecasts. In earlier fiscal events OBR have treated pEPR fees as adjustment to depa...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: InsectsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the potential role of insect protein in (a) animal and (b) human diets in the last ten years.
Answer: Defra’s scientific research is exploring ways to reduce environmental impacts of livestock production, including research to better understand the role of insect protein in pig and poultry feed (not human diets) in addressing this aim. Examples include a ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his Department's policy is on the personal use of IT equipment to access the internet through (a) desktops and (b) wifi by (i) staff and (ii) Ministers.
Answer: All users within the department must adhere to our IT Acceptable Use Policy which details how departmental IT should be used. Departmental provided internet access, corporate IT and email services are intended for business use. Limited personal use is per...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: InternetMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on the personal use of IT equipment to access the internet through (a) desktops and (b) wifi by (i) staff and (ii) Ministers.
Answer: MHCLG do not provide desktop computers. However all corporate devices are covered by the same policy and terms and conditions.WiFi is provided by the GovWiFi service, which is covered by the GovWiFi Terms and Conditions (Terms and conditions - GovWifi) in...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism and Learning Disability: Psychiatric HospitalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people with (a) a learning disability and (b) autism in mental health hospitals.
Answer: The latest National Health Service planning guidance, from 30 January 2025, includes a focus on improving mental health and learning disability care and contains the objective to deliver a minimum 10% reduction in the use of mental health inpatient care f...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Isle of WightDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which third party companies based on the Isle of Wight her Department has awarded funding to in the last three years; and which projects they have supported.
Answer: In the last three years the Department has provided maritime funding, via the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE), five Isle of Wight based companies.Ad Hoc Marine Designs Ltd for the project “Marine to Electric Power – SeNZe-Tech™ the Sm...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArtemis Technologies: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding applications her Department has received from Artemis Technologies in each of the last three years; and which of those projects (a) have not been supported and (b) are being considered by her Depar
Answer: In financial year 2024/25 the Department for Transport received no funding applications from Artemis Technologies. In financial year 2023/24 the Department for Transport received six Artemis Technologies applications to the UK Shipping Office for Reducing...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArtemis Technologies: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department has awarded to Artemis Technologies in each of the past three years, broken down by project supported.
Answer: In financial year 2024/2025, no funding was awarded to Artemis Technologies.In financial year 2023/24 the Department for Transport provided funding, via the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) R&D Programme, to Artemis Technologies to...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made on the long-term housing strategy.
Answer: The government intends to publish a long-term housing strategy later this year.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to enable social landlords to gain access to building safety remediation funding.
Answer: Across England, social landlords can apply to government remediation funds (Building Safety Fund and Cladding Safety Scheme). They can apply for funding equivalent to (1) the amount which the social landlord would otherwise be entitled to pass on to lease...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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