Joe Robertson MP: written questions
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SpikingMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that victims of (a) spiking and (b) prank spiking have adequate access to justice.
Answer: The Government committed, in its manifesto, to create a new offence covering spiking. Our aim is to create a clear and modern offence that covers the wide range of behaviours currently associated with spiking, encourage victims to report such incidents an...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with (a) organisations and (b) stakeholders on the creation of a criminal offence specifically targeting drink spiking.
Answer: The Government committed, in its manifesto, to create a new offence covering spiking. Our aim is to create a clear and modern offence that covers the wide range of behaviours currently associated with spiking, encourage victims to report such incidents an...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve coordination between (a) healthcare providers and (b) law enforcement in responding to suspected spiking incidents.
Answer: It is crucial that all organisations that may be involved in supporting victims of spiking and collecting evidence (including those in the healthcare, hospitality and education sectors) do so in a joined-up way.The Home Office is currently working with th...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to frontline police officers to improve the (a) identification and (b) handling of spiking cases.
Answer: The Government have introduced through the Crime and Policing Bill a new criminal offence for spiking, to help police better respond to this crime.The Home Office has funded specialist spiking training for staff in the hospitality industry to ensure they ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessments her Department has made of trends in the number of spiking incidents.
Answer: Spiking is often underreported and this can make analysis of trends difficult.In order to improve our understanding of trends, from April 2026 offences which involve spiking will be added to the Home Office’s Annual Data Requirement. This is the formal me...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Public ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS10-Year Health Plan whether discussions have been held with (a) higher socio-economic groups and (b) working people.
Answer: We launched the Change NHS website to ensure that as many people as possible could have their say. As part of this, we asked participants to provide demographic information to help us hear from a representative cross-section of the public across the engag...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list each foreign language where there has been (a) translation and (b) interpretation to facilitate engagement with the proposed NHS 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: The Change NHS portal was available in English, Urdu, Romanian, Punjabi, and Polish, as these are the five most common languages in England, as reported by the 2021 Census. Participants at 10-Year Health Plan deliberative engagement events were given the ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ProstitutionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with sex workers on the proposed NHS 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: In building our 10-Year Health Plan, we ran one of the biggest public engagement exercises the National Health Service has ever run, including a large number of consultation events including eight in-person deliberative events with the public and seven wi...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Asylum and MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has held discussions with (a) foreign migrants and (b) asylum seekers on the proposed NHS 10-Year Plan.
Answer: In building our 10-Year Health Plan, we ran one of the biggest public engagement exercises the National Health Service has ever run, including a large number of consultation events including eight in-person deliberative events with the public and seven wi...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) stakeholders, (b) NGOs and (c) interest groups have been consulted on the NHS 10-Year Plan by (i) his Department and (ii) NHS England since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Throughout the 10-Year Health Plan’s engagement activity, we have engaged with over 1,600 stakeholders, non-governmental organisations, and patient groups to hear their ideas for change. Following publication of the 10-Year Health Plan, we will publish a ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 44040 on Packaging: Recycling and with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Simpler recycling: workplace recycling in Eng
Answer: All compliance and enforcement activities are conducted in line with the Regulator’s Code and the Environment Agency’s Enforcement and Sanction Policy to ensure a proportionate, risk-based approach. When contamination of workplace recyclables is suspected...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDairy Products and Meat: School MealsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the requirement for schools to serve (a) meat and (b) dairy products to children.
Answer: The Secretary of State has had no discussions with stakeholders on the requirements for schools to serve meat and dairy products to children, which is a matter for the Department for Education together with the Department of Health and Social Care. To ens...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: InternetMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57180 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Internet, if she will publish her Department's Acceptable Use p
Answer: I will deposit a copy in the House library.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Hello Lamp PostDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out the procurement mechanism used by the Environment Agency to award the contract for the Environment Agency Community Engagement Platform (National) 2024 to Hello Lamp
Answer: The contract is available on contracts finder via Environment Agency Community Engagement Platform (National) 2024 - Contracts Finder.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment 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
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