Joe Robertson MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
London Underground: Industrial DisputesDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on supporting London bus drivers during periods of industrial action on the London Underground.
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London, this includes bus services operating in the Capital. While the Department works closely with Transport for London on a range of issues, the operation of the bus network is fo...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: StrikesDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of tube strikes on (a) passenger load, (b) stress levels and (c) working conditions for bus drivers in London.
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor and TfL, and any impacts of strike action on London’s transport network are for TfL to manage. Nevertheless, the Government understands this is disappointing for passengers and businesses and we continue to enc...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCoroners: Isle of WightMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests are outstanding in the Isle of Wight Coroner’s Office; and how long they have been waiting to be heard.
Answer: Real-time information is not centrally collated on the total number of uncompleted coroner investigations in individual coroner areas, and their length.However, the number of open inquests at 31 December 2024 is published in the Coroner Statistics (Corone...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Small BusinessesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department has provided to small and medium-sized food producers to help manage the costs of the extended producer responsibility scheme.
Answer: The Government has provided a comprehensive package of support to small and medium-sized food producers to manage costs under the extended producer responsibility for packaging scheme (pEPR). A de-minimis threshold exempts producers with turnover below £2...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is monitoring the potential impact of extended producer responsibility scheme costs on food and drink prices in the (a) on-trade and (b) off-trade market.
Answer: In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the packaging extended producer responsibility scheme (pEPR). The impact assessment sets out the estimated inflationary impact of pEPR on the UK economy as a whol...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Fees and ChargesTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72867More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on food price inflation.
Answer: HM Treasury does not produce forecasts of the UK economy. Forecasting the economy, including the impact of Government policy decisions, is the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR does not publish estimates of ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Hampshire and Isle of WightMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a breakdown of responses to the Hampshire and Solent devolution consultation by local authority area.
Answer: The government published a detailed response to the Hampshire and the Solent Devolution Consultation on 17 July which is available on gov.uk here. This includes number of responses and detailed breakdowns by several categories of respondents.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Hampshire and Isle of WightMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether responses from Isle of Wight Council to the Hampshire and Solent devolution consultation will be published separately to general consultation responses.
Answer: The government published a detailed response to the Hampshire and the Solent Devolution Consultation on 17 July which is available on gov.uk here. This includes number of responses and detailed breakdowns by several categories of respondents.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Hampshire and Isle of WightMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many responses to the Hampshire and Solent devolution consultation were submitted by (a) residents and (b) organisations based on the Isle of Wight.
Answer: The government published a detailed response to the Hampshire and the Solent Devolution Consultation on 17 July which is available on gov.uk here. This includes number of responses and detailed breakdowns by several categories of respondents.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Hampshire and Isle of WightMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many responses were received to the Hampshire and Solent devolution consultation.
Answer: The government published a detailed response to the Hampshire and the Solent Devolution Consultation on 17 July which is available on gov.uk here. This includes number of responses and detailed breakdowns by several categories of respondents.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of combined authorities on youth services funding.
Answer: We are working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the introduction of combined authorities and the potential impact this will have on youth services. Local Authorities have a statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth WorkDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage people into the youth work profession.
Answer: This Government recognises the vital role that youth workers play in the lives of young people. In 2024-25, we provided over £600,000 of bursary funding to support over 400 individuals from underrepresented groups to gain a youth work qualification. In a ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDormant Assets Scheme: Youth ServicesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how she plans to allocate dormant assets to youth organisations.
Answer: On the 2nd June, DCMS Secretary of State announced that £132.5 million of dormant assets funding will be allocated to support the provision of services, facilities or opportunities to meet the needs of young people. This will increase disadvantaged young ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether funding for the National Citizenship Service will be redistributed to other youth services.
Answer: This Government recognises the transformative role that youth services play in young people’s lives. We know that being part of supportive communities and having access to youth provision can improve a young person’s wellbeing, health and personal develop...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Public ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 16662 on NHS: Public Consultation, if he will provide a full breakdown of the total costs incurred.
Answer: Following an invitation to tender competition process, we appointed Thinks Insight, Kaleidoscope Health and Care, and the Institute For Public Policy Research to support us to run the engagement exercise for the 10-Year Health Plan. The details of this aw...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Horse RidingDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the equine sector, (b) local authorities and (c) road safety bodies on enforcing safe driving practices around horse riders.
Answer: The Government is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads and my Department works with a broad range of stakeholders, including discussions with the British Horse Society, to help us achieve our aim. In 2022 The Highway...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHighway CodeDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to increase public awareness of changes to the Highway Code made in 2022.
Answer: Following updates to the Highway Code in 2022 introducing a hierarchy of road users, the department ran a THINK! campaign to raise awareness of the changes as they came into effect. This was followed by broader behaviour change campaigns in the summer of ...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Horse RidingDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve road safety for horse riders in Isle of Wight East constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads and my Department works with a broad range of stakeholders, including discussions with the British Horse Society, to help us achieve our aim. In 2022 The Highway...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism and Learning Disability: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much transformation funding for (a) learning disability and (b) autism services NHS England has allocated to integrated care board areas for 2025-26.
Answer: As set out in NHS England’s Planning Guidance, integrated care boards (ICBs) are expected to work with local system colleagues to ensure that there is high quality and accessible community infrastructure in place for people with a learning disability and ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways and Network RailDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role Network Rail's System Operator has in the establishment of Great British Railways; and whether any staff have been moved to the System Operator since March 2025.
Answer: Teams from the System Operator contribute to elements of the Great British Railways (GBR) design programme, where their expertise is relevant. They do this alongside other teams from across the industry with the design programme deliberately set up to dra...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were moved from Great British Railways Transition Team to (a) Network Rail, (b) DfT Operator and (c) her Department following the disbandment of the Great British Railways Transition Team on Marc
Answer: On 31st March 2025 GBRTT had 208 employees. Since this date 31 people have left the legacy organisation's employment, and 12 people have joined or are joining; resulting in 189 employees. The remaining 189 employees have almost all moved into Network Rail...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to establish Great British Railways, following the disbandment of the Great British Railways Transition Team in March 2025.
Answer: The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act was the first step towards fixing our railways, enabling the majority of services to be owned by and run for the public, but we need further fundamental reform to fix the underlying structural problems...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: ConvictionsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57194 on Motorcycles: Convictions, on what date the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency plans to complete its scan of the driver database; and when the informa
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency wrote to the Honourable Member on 20 June by email to joe.robertson.mp@parliament.uk with the information requested. Officials will re-send this letter by email and by post.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Driving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on holders of provisional licences to ride AM category mopeds by (a) age and (b) country of birth of holder.
Answer: There are currently 9,809,729 individuals with entitlement to drive mopeds (Categories AM and P). The table below shows the data broken down by age group.AgeTotal16-201,676,08321-302,727,29031-402,094,38541-501,554,66451-601,127,53161-70607,35871-8019,772...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIsle of Wight NHS Trust: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaths involving the Isle of Wight NHS Trust required a serious incident investigation in each of the last five years; for each case, on what dates the investigation was (a) opened and (b)
Answer: We have been informed by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust that there has been a total of 56 Serious Incident investigations during this period, with 35 resulting in an inquest, 20 not requiring an inquest, and one ongoing investigation. Of the 35 cases requiri...
Answered 5 Aug 2025
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