Julian Lewis MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Trussell document entitled Guarantee our essentials, published in June 2025, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the re
Answer: No assessment has been made.Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill legislates for the first sustained above inflation rise in the basic rate of Universal Credit since it was introduced. This increase...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 2 June 2025 on Strategic Defence Review, Official Report, column 53, how much and what proportion of the funding for military accommodation will be allocated to the reserve
Answer: None of the funding has been allocated to the Reserve Forces Estate as it does not contain Service Family Accommodation. The Reserves Forces Estate is directly funded from a separate budget.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: BuildingsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sites for reserve forces managed by (a) the Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations and (b) his Department are (i) unusable and (ii) partly unusable because of (A) boiler breakdowns and (B) leaking roofs.
Answer: All Reserve Forces and Cadets sites are managed by the Reserves Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) and not the Department. The Volunteer Estate (VE) contains some 5112 buildings, of which 59 (1.15%) are fully or partly unusable due to boiler breakdowns ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMayors: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason future candidates for a directly elected mayoral post are required to pay (a) a deposit of £5,000 and (b) another £5,000 towards a candidates' booklet; and what a
Answer: Under electoral law, candidates are required to pay a deposit in certain elections, reflecting the scale of the role, including budget responsibility, role as chair of the Combined Authority or Combined County Authority, and the ability to raise a levy; a...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 2 December 2024 from the Rt hon. Member for New Forest East on research into the accuracy of data produced by the Meteorological Office
Answer: The Department attaches great importance to providing timely responses to Member’s correspondence. Regrettably a processing error has severely delayed our response in this instance, for which the Department sincerely apologises. We are taking steps to cor...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to prevent non-disclosure agreements from being used to conceal serious misconduct against former employees.
Answer: The Government has been clear that non-disclosure agreements should not be misused by employers to conceal misconduct in the workplace. There are already legal limitations as to what NDAs can be used for, meaning the relevant clause would be unenforceable...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the (a) removal and (b) retention of police widows pensions when those in receipt of such pensions (i) cohabit and (ii) remarry.
Answer: The 2015 police pension scheme is the scheme currently open to serving police officers. This scheme provides life-long survivor benefits for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners, including those who remarry or cohabit after losing a spouse. The ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53452More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans respond to Question 50047 tabled on 6 May 2025 for answer on 12 May 2025.
Answer: With apologies to the Hon. member, a response has now been issued.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power and Wind Power: SecurityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to investigate the security of UK (a) solar and (b) wind farms to ensure that there are no kill switches in Chinese-made inverter units installed in their structur
Answer: The Department works continually with Ofgem and the National Cyber Security Centre to ensure that regulations continue to capture the most critical operators of energy generation systems. Distributed and smaller-scale generation are key components of a sm...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will establish a Green and Decent Homes Programme to bring (a) social and (b) council housing up to acceptable standards.
Answer: The government intend to amend building regulations later this year as part of the introduction of future standards that will set more ambitious energy efficiency and carbon emissions requirements for new homes. We will also consult this year on a new Dec...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason (a) housing associations and (b) local councils are not eligible to apply to the (i) Building Safety Fund and (ii) Cladding Safety Scheme set up to defray the cos
Answer: Social landlords can apply to the Building Safety Fund and the Cladding Safety Scheme for funding equivalent to (1) the amount which the social landlord would otherwise be entitled to pass on to leaseholders; or (2) the full cost of remedial works where p...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIntelligence Services: IranCabinet OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50047More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister plans to respond to the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on its Iran Report, sent to him on 27 March 2025.
Answer: The government will respond to the ISC regarding publication of its report on Iran in due course.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPaediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to facilitate the circulation of material to General Practitioners advising how to (a) recognise and (b) treat with (i) antibiotics and (ii) anti-inflammatory medications the
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent, expert body that develops evidence-based guidelines for the National Health Service on best practice. While the NICE currently has no plans to issue guidance on paediatric ac...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the findings of the Review of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme in August 2024; and whether she plans to introduce a statutory requirement on local authorities to include Comp
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statutory obligations, such ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCoking Coal: ScunthorpeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a list of the countries from which the coking coal required for the Scunthorpe blast furnaces will be purchased; and if he will publish the estimate of the carbon footprint which wil
Answer: British Steel closed its coke ovens in 2023, so is now reliant on imports of coke, a processed coal product. Since the passage of the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act, British Steel has received coking coal from the United States of America, Colombia...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a list of the responsibilities that Town and Parish Council will be expected to take over from District Councils following the creating of new Unitary Authori
Answer: The government has no intention to require town and parish councils to deliver functions as part of local government reorganisation. It is for those councils that have received the statutory invitation to consider the delivery of public services as they d...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetics: DatabasesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what privacy safeguards exist to prevent identifiable peoples' sequenced DNA being passed to third parties when companies which offer family or other research services to members of the
Answer: The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) already require organisations to process personal data lawfully, fairly, transparently and securely, unless certain limited exemptions apply. Organisations are also...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAEA Group: Workplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Fifty-seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2022-23 on AEA Technology Pension Case, HC 1005, published on 14 June 2023, and to Questions 329 and 330 of the
Answer: In its response to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the AEA Technology case, the department agreed to consider the PAC recommendation to ‘ensure that people have an adequate route of appeal when considering complaints about their occupational...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on Ukrainian families invited to the UK following the Russian invasion wishing to seek (a) employment, (b) rental agreements, (c) educational continuity for their children and (d) i
Answer: The UK’s Ukraine visa schemes (including the new Ukraine Permission Extension scheme) provide full access to the right to work, rent, access benefits, healthcare, and education in the UK.The Ukraine Visa Schemes provide temporary sanctuary and do not lead...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLandminesMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effectiveness of landmines in enabling the defence of land borders against conventional armed attack.
Answer: I hope the right hon. Gentleman will understand that the Ministry of Defence can’t comment publicly on operational matters. All anti-personnel landmines present an enduring risk to civilians in the wake of conflict. It is for this reason the UK remains a ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the cost of loans advanced to (a) overseas and (b) domestic applicants subsequently found not to have seriously participated in higher education courses will not be b
Answer: As a general rule, students are eligible for fee and maintenance loans only if they have settled status in the United Kingdom and have been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland for three years. Students resident overseas ar...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-sentence ReportsMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is her policy that pre-sentence reports to inform judges prior to passing sentences on offenders should be requested in light of (a) their individual circumstances only and (b) any specific groups to w
Answer: Pre-sentence reports can be vital tools for judges and for all offenders, regardless of their membership of a certain cohort. Courts are required to obtain and consider them unless, in the circumstances of the case they consider them unnecessary.We are cl...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Equipment: Iron and SteelMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) domestic and (b) foreign sources of high-grade steel on which his Department will rely for the manufacture of (i) warships, (ii) armoured vehicles and (iii) jet aircraft (A) for the remain
Answer: The Defence Industrial Strategy will carefully consider the Ministry of Defence’s approach to steel, as a sub-sector within Defence and a critical element of the UK’s Defence industrial base. This will include consideration of the MOD’s use of specialist ...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) mechanisms exist and (b) steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards are accountable for their commissioning of children’s palliative care.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, including for children and young people, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37979 on Natural Gas: Imports, what the minimum safety criteria are with which a shale gas company must comply when plugging an unused well
Answer: The Heath and Safety Executive and the North Sea Transition Authority are the relevant regulators for onshore shale gas extraction. They regulate compliance with the criteria set for plugging and abandoning wells at the end of their useful life.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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