Julia Buckley MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Solicitors Regulation AuthorityMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in investigating complaints on solicitor conduct.
Answer: The legal profession in England and Wales operates independently of government. The responsibility for regulating the sector sits with the approved regulators, overseen by the Legal Services Board (LSB). The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is respon...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to renew the Farm Facilitation Fund beyond March 2025.
Answer: We recognise the importance of farmer and land manager collaboration. In future years we want to make it easier for farmers to build partnerships and secure the advice and support they need to deliver on a range of priorities in their local area. That’s w...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of continuing the bus fare cap.
Answer: Delivering reliable and affordable public transport services is one of the government’s top priorities and we know how important this is for passengers and for local growth. The government is investing over £150 million to deliver a new £3 cap on single b...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: AuditDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities complete timely financial audits of social care providers.
Answer: Adult social care services are provided through a largely outsourced market of commercial organisations and charities. Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the care needs of their populations, and to develop and build local market ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: ParentsHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal definition of child-to-parent abuse.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a top priority for this Government and our mission is to halve VAWG within a decade. To achieve this ambitious aim, it is essential that we tackle domestic abuse and all forms of interpersonal abuse. The...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve cross-border cooperation on farming pollution regulations between England and Wales.
Answer: This Government is committed to building stronger ties and working collaboratively with the Welsh Gov-ernment on shared priorities that deliver for all our citizens including tackling pollution, restoring nature and supporting our farmers. Effective regu...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will amend the key performance indicator for waiting times for children’s mental health services to include the length of time between referral and the start of treatment.
Answer: NHS England is working towards implementing the clinical review of standards and as a first step have started publishing data on waits from referral to start of treatment.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve waiting times for children’s mental health services.
Answer: Too many children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are too long. As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there w...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of waiting times for children’s mental health services, between the point of initial assessment and starting treatment.
Answer: No such assessment has been made, as the Mental Health Services Data Set does not collect data from ‘initial assessment to starting treatment’.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to shared care arrangements for adults diagnosed with ADHD.
Answer: We are supporting a cross-sector taskforce that NHS England has established to look at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) service provision and support across sectors, and their impact on patient experience. The taskforce is bringing together...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: Public ConsultationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2024 to Question 11001 on Animal Experiments: Public Consultation, whether his Department plans to publish the names of the organisations it consult
Answer: As part of the Labour Manifesto’s commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”, the government has been consulting civil society as this process unfolds. This includes attending ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: Public ConsultationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2024 to Question 11001 on Animal Experiments: Public Consultation, what progress his Department has made on consulting with civil society and animal
Answer: The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”, which is a long-term goal. The government has been consulting civil society as this process unfolds....
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: InternetTreasuryTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29799More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of HMRC online services for older people with limited forms of ID.
Answer: Users may gain access to HMRC online services by signing up for a Government Gateway account.A new Government Gateway account can be created with only an email address with no documentation required. The customer is provided with a unique username (Govern...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT System: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub-postmasters in the Group Litigation Order Compensation Scheme have (a) not received any compensation payments and (b) have received above the minimum payment of £75,000.
Answer: As of 31 January, the Department had received 408 completed claims from eligible GLO postmasters. 257 claimants have agreed full and final redress, of whom 153 accepted the £75,000 fixed offer. A further 229 individuals have received partial or interim re...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on non-profit social care providers for under 65s.
Answer: The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process. To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care, the Go...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ShrewsburyDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of provision of secondary school places in areas of high population density in Shrewsbury constituency.
Answer: The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities. The department provides capital funding through the basic need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on their own pupil forecasts and school c...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEarwax: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of preventative impact of ear wax removal on the NHS for children presenting with hearing loss.
Answer: In line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance, an adult or child may require ear wax removal treatment if the build-up of earwax is linked with hearing loss. A general practice could then consider referring the patient int...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ShropshireDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding her Department has allocated for special educational needs provision by Shropshire Council since the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Following the Autu...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT System: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub-postmasters who were part of the Group Litigation Order Compensation Scheme have received their compensation payments in full.
Answer: Of the 555 postmasters who were part of the Group Litigation Order (GLO), 63 had convictions thus their route to redress is either through the Overturned Convictions Scheme or Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme. That leaves 492 postmasters eligible for th...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of new homes built to high standards of environmental resilience; and what proportion of housebuilding projects are mee
Answer: Building sustainable homes for the future is a key goal of this Government. Future standards next year will set our new homes and buildings on a path that moves away from relying on volatile fossil fuels and ensures they are fit for a net zero future.The ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: FloodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to require developers to complete flood defences committed to at planning stage in areas at risk of flooding within a mandated time per
Answer: National planning policy is clear that where development is necessary in areas at risk of flooding, the development should be made safe for its lifetime without increasing flood risk elsewhere.Local planning authorities should consider the use of conditio...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: FloodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average waiting time was between completion of a development in areas at risk of flooding and installation of flood defences pledged at planning stage since 2019; and ho
Answer: The department does not hold the requested information.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Executive Summary of his Department's policy paper entitled Flood and coastal erosion risk management: An investment plan for 2021 to 2027, published on 29 July 2
Answer: We have inherited a floods investment programme which is behind schedule due to the impacts of inflation, the covid pandemic and skills and labour shortages. To ensure we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, we will invest £2.4 bi...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding he has allocated to flood resilience projects this financial year; and how much of that funding is dedicated to flood risk mitigation for communities in high-risk floo
Answer: Investment in flood risk management schemes takes place where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. Each scheme is carefully considered to where it will benefit the most people and property. To ensure we protect the country from the deva...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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