John Milne MP: written questions
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Agriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of her Department's agricultural budget for the 2026-27 financial year will be spent on existing multi-year agri-environment agreements.
Answer: We are investing £2.7 billion a year into sustainable food production and nature's recovery. Overall, farmers and land managers will benefit from an average of £2.3 billion a year through the Farming and Countryside Programme. And up to £400 million from ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of implementing a one-year rollover for agri-environment agreements that are due to expire in
Answer: Defra are offering a one-year extension to more than 5,000 farmers whose Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier (CS MT) agreements are due to expire on 31 December this year. This targeted, time-limited extension is being offered, whilst we develop the reformed...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of agri-environment agreements that are due to expire in 2025 without being replaced on farm business cashflow.
Answer: Defra are offering a one-year extension to more than 5,000 farmers whose Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier (CS MT) agreements are due to expire on 31 December this year. This targeted, time-limited extension is being offered, whilst we develop the reformed...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide funding to help support people with expiring agri-environment agreements to enter new agreements.
Answer: Defra are offering a one-year extension to more than 5,000 farmers whose Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier (CS MT) agreements are due to expire on 31 December this year. This targeted, time-limited extension is being offered, whilst we develop the reformed...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Rural Payments Agency plans to take to help support people with expiring agri-environment agreements to enter new agreements.
Answer: Defra are offering a one-year extension to more than 5,000 farmers whose Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier (CS MT) agreements are due to expire on 31 December this year. This targeted, time-limited extension is being offered, whilst we develop the reformed...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of agri-environment agreements that are due to expire in 2025 without being replaced on her environmental targets.
Answer: Defra are offering a one-year extension to more than 5,000 farmers whose Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier (CS MT) agreements are due to expire on 31 December this year. This targeted, time-limited extension is being offered, whilst we develop the reformed...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support the holders of agri-environment agreements that expire in 2025 to access new agreements.
Answer: Defra are offering a one-year extension to more than 5,000 farmers whose Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier (CS MT) agreements are due to expire on 31 December this year. This targeted, time-limited extension is being offered, whilst we develop the reformed...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Armed Forces CovenantDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty across her Departmental responsibilities.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Horsham to the answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73095.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Armed Forces CovenantMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made on the potential impact of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty across his Departmental responsibilities.
Answer: Local authorities are already bound by this duty when they discharge their housing and homelessness duties, and independent Returning Officers and Electoral Registration Officers support service personnel and their families to register and to vote. Extend...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to include people with lived experience of (a) fluctuating conditions, (b) invisible symptoms and (c) challenges with mobility in the membership of the core group overseeing the Ti
Answer: The Timms Review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them and other experts to ensure that expertise from a wide range of perspectives is drawn upon. This means the Government will share ownership and responsibility ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the Timms Review includes workstreams on the potential impact of (a) illness fluctuations, (b) invisible symptoms and (c) mobility on the PIP assessment process.
Answer: The Timms Review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them and other experts to ensure that expertise from a wide range of perspectives is drawn upon. This means the Government will share ownership and responsibility ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGrowth Guarantee SchemeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Growth Guarantee Scheme in providing loans to small and medium-sized enterprises on terms more favourable than those available commercially.
Answer: The Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS) opened for applications in July 2024, replacing the Recovery Loan Scheme, and has recently been extended until 31 March 2029. Evaluations for GGS are currently being procured and will commence in 2026/27. As of June 2025,...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGrowth Guarantee SchemeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the British Business Bank’s Growth Guarantee Scheme.
Answer: The Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS) opened for applications in July 2024, replacing the Recovery Loan Scheme, and has recently been extended until 31 March 2029. Evaluations for GGS are currently being procured and will commence in 2026/27. As of June 2025,...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department made of the level of imported emissions from liquefied natural gas for carbon capture, usage and storage in the policy paper entitled Clean Energy Industries Sect
Answer: Natural gas is used as an input for Power CCUS and CCUS-enabled hydrogen production. However, the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan (23 June 2025) did not include a specific estimate of imported LNG emissions for CCUS. We are clear that future emissions...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 392 of the report by the Climate Change Committee entitled The Seventh Carbon Budget, published on 26 February 2025, if he will take steps to (a) identify priority sour
Answer: The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) recommendations are independent advice, not government policy. The Government is considering the CCC’s advice and will set the CB7 level by 30th June 2026. Alongside reporting the UK’s territorial emissions, the Govern...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is undertaking to tackle imported emissions in the supply chain of liquefied natural gas.
Answer: Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) provides the UK with a flexible source of gas supply to meet gas demand – helping respond when demand peaks, for example over winter when gas demand rises for home heating. However, we are aware of the emissions associated with...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, published on 19 June 2025, what steps she is taking to help ensure that all new housing develop
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner. Local development plans s...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 65505 on Housing: Construction, what her planned timetable is for improving the system of developer contributions.
Answer: The government has already taken important steps to strengthen the system of developer contributions. This includes the introduction of new ‘Golden Rules’ for major development involving the provision of housing on land within or released from the Green B...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring that (a) new and (b) existing housing developments have adequate access to
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner. Local development plans s...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Health ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the role of health commissioners in the planning system.
Answer: Health commissioners already have opportunities to engage in the planning system through consultations on Local Plans and planning applications. They are expected to advise on how developments may impact health services and to support the planning and del...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: Public TransportMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the powers of councils to improve transport accessibility for people with disabilities.
Answer: The Secretary of State regularly engages with cabinet colleagues on a range of matters. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ask Gatwick Airport to publish an assessment of the potential impact of a second runway on levels of emissions other than carbon dioxide.
Answer: The application for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Development Consent Order, submitted by Gatwick Airport Limited, is currently with the Secretary of State for a decision, with a statutory deadline of the 27 October 2025.The Examining Authority, in ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold a consultation on the development consent order for the expansion of Gatwick Airport before deciding whether to approve it.
Answer: The application for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Development Consent Order, submitted by Gatwick Airport Limited, is currently with the Secretary of State for a decision, with a statutory deadline of the 27 October 2025.The Examining Authority, in ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether further public hearings will be held on (a) noise and (b) surface transport relating to Gatwick expansion.
Answer: The application for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Development Consent Order, submitted by Gatwick Airport Limited, is currently with the Secretary of State for a decision, with a statutory deadline of the 27 October 2025.The Examining Authority, in ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurology and RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many integrated care boards have a designated senior leader responsible for (a) neurology and (b) rehabilitation services.
Answer: This information is not held centrally. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for designating senior leaders as appropriate, as well as for commissioning most services for people with long term conditions including for neurology and rehabilitation...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
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