Joe Robertson MP: written questions 2025
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Roads: AccidentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many road-traffic fatalities were recorded by the Isle of Wight coroner in each of the last five years; for each case, on what dates a forensic collision investigator’s report was (a) commissioned and (b) com
Answer: The annual number of short-form inquest conclusions of “road traffic collision” for each coroner area in England and Wales is available in the Coroner Statistics which are published each May for the preceding calendar year (Coroners and burials statistics...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the cost to the public purse of the higher-rate mobility component of the Personal Independence Payment for the (a) London Congestion Charge, (b) Ultra Low Emission Zone charge, (c) Dart Charge, (d) Bla
Answer: The Department does not hold this information. The only undertaking cited that is operated by National Highways on behalf of the Department is Dart Charge, and while National Highways records the number of crossings made by vehicles exempt from Vehicle Ex...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Isle of WightMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison deaths were recorded by the Isle of Wight coroner in each of the last five years; on what dates the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman investigation was (a) opened and (b) completed for each of those
Answer: Coroners have a statutory duty under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to hold an inquest into all deaths of individuals who die while in custody or other state detention. The coroner will typically suspend their investigation into a death pending the com...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPost-mortems: Isle of WightMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of post-mortem imaging scans that have been carried out in the Isle of Wight coroner area in each of the last five year; and in how many of those cases imaging
Answer: Coronial post-mortem examinations are carried out on a fee paid basis by specialist practitioners from within the cadre of pathologists in England and Wales who undertake post-mortem work.In the last five years, the number of post-mortem examinations rela...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCoroners: Isle of WightMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of deaths referred to the Isle of Wight coroner involved a Marine Accident Investigation Branch inquiry in each of the last five years; when each case was (a) o
Answer: The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is an independent organisation; the Ministry of Justice does not collect this information centrally.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCoroners: Isle of WightMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on (a) levels of pathologists engaged by the Isle of Wight coroner and (b) how those appointments were made.
Answer: Coroner services are funded and administered by one of 74 lead local authorities. Coronial post-mortem examinations are carried out on a fee paid basis at the request of the coroner by specialist practitioners from within the cadre of pathologists in Engl...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCoroners: Isle of WightMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase the number of pathologists able to undertake coronial post-mortem examinations on the Isle of Wight.
Answer: Coroner services are funded and administered by one of 74 lead local authorities. Coronial post-mortem examinations are carried out on a fee paid basis at the request of the coroner by specialist practitioners from within the cadre of pathologists in Engl...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimals in Science Regulation UnitHome OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to he Written Ministerial Statement on 14 October 2024, HCWS127, what progress she has made on reforming the Animals in Science Regulator to ensure that licence holders are compliant with the
Answer: The Home Office is in the final stages of delivering a comprehensive programme of regulatory reform to strengthen the Animals in Science Regulation Unit and ensure robust compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). The reforms are...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimals in Science Regulation Unit: InspectionsHome OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspectors are in post in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit.
Answer: The Home Office is in the final stages of delivering a comprehensive programme of regulatory reform to strengthen the Animals in Science Regulation Unit and ensure robust compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). The reforms are...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Change NHS Blog entitled Ensuring the Plan represents everyone, published on 21 January 2025, which groups are classified as inclusion health groups.
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. We will shortly publish a list of organisations that made a submissi...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ReorganisationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) stakeholders, (b) NGOs and (c) interest groups took part in the Change NHS consultation.
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. We will shortly publish a list of organisations that made a submissi...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLitter: Codes of PracticeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Information Commission's Office case reference IC-385446-V5T5, if he will place in the Library a copy of the responses to the consultation on the Code of Practice on
Answer: I will deposit the relevant document in the Commons library.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the (a) transparency of flood investigation reporting and (b) timeliness of the publication of its flood investigation report
Answer: On becoming aware of a flood in its area, a lead local flood authority (LLFA) must investigate to the extent it considers it necessary or appropriate. This duty comes under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When a LLFA undertakes an i...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department monitors the time taken by the Environment Agency to (a) produce and (b) publish post-flood incident reports.
Answer: On becoming aware of a flood in its area, a lead local flood authority (LLFA) must investigate to the extent it considers it necessary or appropriate. This duty comes under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When a LLFA undertakes an i...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the time taken for flooding investigations to be completed.
Answer: On becoming aware of a flood in its area, a lead local flood authority (LLFA) must investigate to the extent it considers it necessary or appropriate. This duty comes under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When a LLFA undertakes an i...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has a target timeframe for publishing flood investigation reports following significant flooding events.
Answer: On becoming aware of a flood in its area, a lead local flood authority (LLFA) must investigate to the extent it considers it necessary or appropriate. This duty comes under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When a LLFA undertakes an i...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: RydeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the Environment Agency’s report into the flooding in Ryde in October 2023 to be (a) completed and (b) published.
Answer: On becoming aware of a flood in its area, a lead local flood authority (LLFA) must investigate to the extent it considers it necessary or appropriate. This duty comes under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When a LLFA undertakes an i...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: RydeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Environment Agency has made on its investigation into the flooding in Ryde in October 2023.
Answer: On becoming aware of a flood in its area, a lead local flood authority (LLFA) must investigate to the extent it considers it necessary or appropriate. This duty comes under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When a LLFA undertakes an i...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Tourism: TaxationTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64701More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the total effective tax payable by (a) the hospitality sector and (b) other sectors.
Answer: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has not performed a comparative analysis of the total effective tax payable from the hospitality sector and other sectors.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Tourism: VATTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64700More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the standard 20% VAT rate on the international competitiveness of the (a) tourism and (b) hospitality sectors.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution made by hospitality and tourism businesses to economic growth and social life in the UK. VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64699More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a distributional impact assessment of changes to national insurance contributions on (a) low and (b) middle income workers in the hospitality industry.
Answer: The Government has set out the impacts of the policy changes from Autumn Budget 2024 in the usual way. A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64698More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of changes to the employer National Insurance contributions on employment levels in the hospitality sector.
Answer: The Government has set out the impacts of the policy changes from Autumn Budget 2024 in the usual way. A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of existing data collection systems in capturing the scale of spiking incidents in the UK.
Answer: From April 2026, offences which involved spiking will be added to the Home Office’s Annual Data Requirement. This is the formal mechanism through which the Home Office collects data from all police forces in England and Wales. This will ensure that the Ho...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to improve data collection on the prevalence of spiking.
Answer: From April 2026, offences which involved spiking will be added to the Home Office’s Annual Data Requirement. This is the formal mechanism through which the Home Office collects data from all police forces in England and Wales. This will ensure that the Ho...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the importance of understanding offender motivation as part of the Government's strategy to tackle spiking.
Answer: The Home Office has recently completed the tender for a piece of academic research into the motivations of perpetrators who commit spiking offences. This project will help to fill a gap in research that was identified by a recent literature review on the ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
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