Josh Newbury MP: written questions
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Written questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electric VehiclesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Electric VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: None of the 14 vehicles hired by the Department during the 2023/24 financial year were fully electric. The Department is setting up a vehicle hire contract with a new supplier that will increase the availability of electric hire vehicles for staff.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of vehicles rented by her Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: In March 2025, out of a total of 1023 vehicles hired, 68 were hybrid electric vehicles, 1 was a purely electric vehicle. A percentage of 6.7% of the vehicles hired were either electric or electric-capable, with only one being fully electric. DWP is commit...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Electric VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of vehicles rented by her Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: Under the previous contract, which ended on 31 March 2025, the contract’s Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) did not differentiate between Electric Vehicle or Internal Combustion Engine hires so the Department for Transport does not hold the requested inf...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: The below table shows the number and proportion of lease cars that are electric vehicles. Please note that: - Lease cars relate to the Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Rural Pay...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: In FY24-25, DESNZ had 149 hires, including 6 electric vehicles. The data for FY25-26 to date is not yet available. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero was formed in February 2023, therefore there is no data for DESNZ prior to that date. Additi...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Electric VehiclesDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of vehicles rented by her Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: 0.11% of cars rented by the department were electric vehicles over the past two years, which equated to a total of five.The department will have a new vehicle hire contract in place from 2026 and, working with suppliers and other government departments, i...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of vehicles rented by her Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: For security reasons, specific details in relation to the use of official cars, including the make and model of vehicles, are not released.Guidance relating to the use of official cars in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Manageme...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: The Department has a contract with Enterprise for car hire. In the 2024/25 financial year there were 672 rentals, of which 4 were electric vehicle (EV) rentals (0.61%). All vehicle types were rented for 1672 days in total, of which 7 were EV rental days (...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Electric VehiclesCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49481More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: Departments are allocated a combination of electric and hybrid vehicles which are owned by the Government Car Service based on operational and security requirements. However, details of the specific vehicles allocated to individual Ministers are not discl...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Electric VehiclesAttorney GeneralTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49480More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what proportion of vehicles rented by her Department are electric vehicles.
Answer: The Attorney General’s Office does not rent vehicles. Vehicles used by the department are owned by the Government.
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFish Farming: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of land-based fish farms which use indoor tanks instead of ocean- or lake-based pens on animal welfare.
Answer: Current legislation already provides protection for farmed fish kept for the production of meat or other products whilst on farm. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, including fish, or to...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFish Farming: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consult on introducing animal welfare standards for farmed fish.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given to the hon. Member for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns, on 6 March 2025, PQ 34489.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed Nature Restoration Fund will (a) supersede and (b) compliment the existing biodiversity net gain obligations for new developments under the Environment Act 2021.
Answer: The Nature Restoration Fund will not supersede existing Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) obligations for new developments. BNG is a requirement which applies to most new development across England, aiming to leave habitats in a measurably better state than the...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the harmonisation in the upcoming Trade Strategy of animal welfare standards between domestical
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues. The Government shares the public’s high regard for the UK’s environmental protections, food standards and animal welfare. We will promote robust standards nationa...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of EU Commission proposals to phase out (a) enriched cages and (b) farrowing crates on UK-EU trade of agricultural goods.
Answer: We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently c...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Housing: FarmsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of phasing out the use of (a) enriched cages and (b) farrowing crates on English farms.
Answer: We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently c...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to develop a strategy for (a) preventing and (b) responding to wildfires.
Answer: The Prime Minister announced in February 2025 that the Home Office’s fire functions would move to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) from the 1 April 2025 under a machinery of government (MOG) change. This included its res...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce a target for the recycling of fibre-based composite packaging.
Answer: The Government continues to keep the need and timing for the introduction of a separate FBC targets under review. We will consider further once we have improved data on the tonnages of FBC placed on the marked, and the tonnage currently recycled, to estab...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered introducing (a) performance standards and (b) other mandatory requirements for material recovery facilities to sort materials collected at kerbsid
Answer: Defra is working with WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) and waste industry representatives to support MRF (Material Recovery Facility) readiness for the Simpler Recycling requirements. We have engaged with MRF operators and local authorities thr...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will introduce statutory guidance for the implementation of Simpler Recycling.
Answer: We have published non-statutory guidance to assist local authorities, other waste collectors and workplaces implement the Simpler Recycling requirements. This includes guidance on: Simpler recycling: household recycling in EnglandSimpler recycling: workpl...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Local GovernmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cartons collected by local authorities (a) currently and (b) following the implementation of Simpler Recycling requirements are (i) r
Answer: The Simpler Recycling reforms will require the same materials to be collected for recycling from every household and workplace (such as businesses, schools and hospitals) across England. These materials fall into the following core groups: metal; glass; p...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordResponsible Dog Ownership Working GroupDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to reconvene the Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group.
Answer: Defra is continuing to work with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to explore measures to reduce dog attacks and promote responsible dog ownership across all breeds of dog. We are currently considering the best way to take forward th...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: LabellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce mandatory labelling on alcoholic drinks with information for consumers on (a) ingredients, (b) calories and (c) sugar content.
Answer: The Government is committed to building a National Health Service fit for the future, with a greater emphasis on the prevention of avoidable health harms, supporting people to live well for longer. The Department will continue to work across Government to...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
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