Jonathan Davies MP: written questions
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Written questions
Pesticides: Local GovernmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase transparency around use of pesticides by local authorities.
Answer: The Government’s first priority with regard to pesticides is to ensure that they will not harm people or animal health or pose unacceptable risks to the environment. There is a legal requirement to minimise the use of pesticides along roads and in areas u...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the most recent assessment of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was conducted; and what evidence base was considered in reaching the conclusions of that as
Answer: The Government has not made an assessment of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Ministers have a statutory obligation to receive and consider advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (‘ACMD’) before seeking t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthwatch EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to maintain the collective patient voice function supported by Healthwatch England in the reformed NHS structures.
Answer: Dr Dash’s review of patient safety across the health and care landscape was published in July 2025. It recommended that the strategic functions of Healthwatch England are transferred into the new patient experience directorate of the Department. This new ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthwatch EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescale is for the abolition of Healthwatch England.
Answer: The closure of Healthwatch England and the transfer of its functions will require primary legislation. The Dash review of patient safety across the health and care landscape, published in July 2025, recommends that the strategic functions of Healthwatch E...
Answered 4 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Post-traumatic Stress DisorderMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health on the potential merits of providing full spectrum medical cannabis to veterans with specific PTSD symptoms under the medical exemption certif
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring all veterans have access to the support they need, including health support. I have not had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about medical cannabis.If veterans are in need of su...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Post-traumatic Stress DisorderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of treating post traumatic stress disorder in veterans with (a) medical cannabis and (b) MDMA assisted therapy.
Answer: We recognise that the use of cannabis-based medicines and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies, such as MDMA to treat mental illness, is gaining attention both within the medical and scientific communities as well as within the public more broadly. The li...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve young people's understanding of climate change through the national curriculum.
Answer: The national curriculum provides a broad framework within which schools have the flexibility to develop the content of their own curricula. Topics related to climate change and the environment are included within the existing programmes of study for geogr...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: SmokingHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have the police issued to people smoking in private vehicles in which children are present (a) in total and (b) in each year since this became an offence.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) and other outcomes for motoring offences in England and Wales on an annual basis, as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures: Roads policing’ statistical bulletin. The most rece...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic and Dance SchemeDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people accessed the Music and Dance Scheme in each of the last five academic years; and how many students will be supported by the scheme in the academic year 2025-26.
Answer: The Music and Dance Scheme operates on an academic year basis.Information is available for the final number of students with a Music and Dance Scheme bursary after the end of the academic year, in order to account for in-year starters.The information for ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including capital purchase costs for the acquisition of (a) run-down or (b) former cultural venues within the eligibility criteria of the C
Answer: The Creative Foundations Fund (CFF) will support arts and cultural organisations across England to resolve urgent issues with their estates. An important part of this government’s growth mission, this fund aims to strengthen the long-term economic viabili...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic Venues: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been raised for grassroot music venues to date via the voluntary ticket levy; and what steps her Department plans to take monitor progress of the grassroots ticket levy.
Answer: Sector reporting shows 15% of 2025 tickets on sale since April now include the levy, totaling 1.8 million tickets since January. Summer ticket sales and the establishment of the LIVE Trust should mean greater uptake by Autumn. If not, the government will ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help local authorities reduce the number of void properties in their social housing stock.
Answer: The length of time a property is void can be affected by a range of factors, including whether a property is under repairs or in need of adaptations, how extensive these repairs or adaptations are and whether a property is earmarked for demolition or sale...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles without valid Vehicle Excise Duty have been identified through automatic number plate recognition systems in the most recent 12 month period for which data is available; and what steps her Dep
Answer: In the 12 months between June 2024 and May 2025, automatic number plate recognition systems operated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and its contractors, generated 142,031 enforcement cases for vehicles identified as being unlicensed. Th...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMileage AllowancesTreasuryTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59268More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rates in meeting the costs incurred by employees using their own vehicles for work-related travel.
Answer: Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) are used by employers to reimburse an employee’s expenses for business mileage in their private vehicle. These rates are also used by self-employed drivers to claim tax relief on business mileage (simplified mot...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLong Covid: RemdesivirDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with the University of Derby on the development of the drug Remdesivir for the treatment of long Covid.
Answer: We are aware of the University of Derby’s study looking at the use of the drug Remdesivir for the treatment of long COVID, however officials have not discussed the study with the research team. The study is being managed by the University of Plymouth’s Pe...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLong Covid: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support people living with long covid, (b) retain the services provided by the long covid clinic and (c) develop systems of treatment and diagnosis to ide
Answer: NHS England has invested £314 million since the start of the pandemic to provide care and support for people with long COVID. This includes establishing specialist clinics throughout England to assess adults, children, and young people who are experiencin...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54222More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending business rates relief for small businesses.
Answer: Currently, Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) is available to businesses with a single property below a set rateable value. Eligible properties under £12,000 will receive 100 per cent relief, which means over a third of businesses in England (more than 700...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHistoric Environment RecordsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42631 on Historic Environment Records, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of historic environment records in
Answer: Following Royal Assent of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act (LURA) in October 2023, a small number of provisions were commenced by the previous government, for example relating to pavement licensing, planning enforcement and certain reforms to the com...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBanking Hubs: StandardsTreasuryTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52960More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a (a) minimum and (b) standardised level of service for banking providers at banking hubs.
Answer: The Government continues to work closely with industry to roll out 350 banking hubs across the UK. The UK banking sector has committed to deliver these hubs by the end of this Parliament and it is important that services in banking hubs meet the needs of ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHydroelectric Power: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is taking steps to streamline the (a) application and (b) determination process for (i) abstraction and (ii) impoundment licenses for new hydropower proj
Answer: Determining abstraction and impoundment licences for hydropower projects is a complex activity due to the wide-ranging risks to the environment and water users. The Environment Agency has implemented several steps to streamline and improve its permitting ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHydroelectric Power: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the value-for-money of levels of abstraction license fees for hydropower schemes in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) other
Answer: Determining abstraction licences for hydropower projects is a complex activity due to the risks to the environment and water users. Hydropower application charges are based on a scheme’s output power and its risk rating. Annual subsistence charges cover c...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of time was between the Environment Agency receiving a flood risk activity permit application and starting the determination process for the approval of said pe
Answer: Flood risk activity permit applications are currently being allocated for assessment a maximum of 14 weeks from receipt. For time critical applications that pose a significant risk to people or the environment, or where required for national infrastructur...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that non-mRNA covid vaccines are made available via the NHS to people unable to receive mRNA vaccines.
Answer: All vaccines in the United Kingdom must be authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) before they can be placed on the United Kingdom’s market. The updated 2024/25 Novavax (Nuvaxovid) COVID-19 vaccine has not been authori...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTechnology: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions his Department has had with businesses on investment in technology in Northern Ireland.
Answer: I am a passionate advocate for Northern Irish tech companies and for investment by international tech companies in Northern Ireland.I recently attended the Big Data New York Conference – a spin off of Big Data Belfast – to highlight the international inve...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Arrangements OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguarding provisions her Department provides for (a) children and (b) isolated parents while Child Arrangement Orders are approved.
Answer: The legislation which governs child arrangements cases ensures that the child’s welfare is paramount at each stage of proceedings.Whilst a Child Arrangements Order is being approved, the Family Court may put an interim Child Arrangements Order in place. T...
Answered 14 May 2025
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