Layla Moran MP: written questions
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Written questions
Heating: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using the Oxford Energy Network as a model for decarbonising heat in historic cities.
Answer: The Oxford City heat network, which is being taken forward by 1Energy with support from the Green Heat Network Fund, aims to connect many of the city's historic buildings together. The Department will be monitoring the progress of the project, which is ex...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: OxfordDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Oxford City Council and (b) 1Energy on the Oxford Energy Network project; and what steps his Department is taking to help support (i) people a
Answer: The Department's Heat Networks Team is in regular dialogue with Oxford City Council about their role in Heat Network Zoning and the Oxford Energy Network project. We provided technical support through the early release of our National Zoning Model work an...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how his Department plans to integrate the strategic deployment of heat networks capturing waste heat into the Warm Homes Plan.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help households and businesses make the switch to clean heat and save money on their bills. Heat networks can offer low-cost, low-carbon heat, and reduce everyone’s bills by using surplus heat that would otherwise be wasted. The G...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Networks: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of low-carbon heat networks on (a) reducing (i) NOx emissions and (ii) particulate matter (PM2.5) in urban areas and (b) public
Answer: Our assessment of the potential impact of low-carbon heat networks includes monetised air quality benefits based on Green Book (Table 15) fuel consumption standards[1]. Our published consultation stage Zoning Impact Assessment estimated the value of those...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBoiler Upgrade SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to provide financial support for (a) connection costs and (b) internal heat interface un
Answer: The Boiler Upgrade Scheme provides grants to encourage property owners to replace existing fossil fuel heating with more efficient, low carbon heating systems. Heat pumps are the primary supported technology under the scheme. It does not provide financial...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the SEND Deficit Override until 2028 on (a) local authority finances and (b) local authority reserves.
Answer: This government recognises the pressures local authorities are facing because of their Dedicated School Grant (DSG) deficits, as well as the impacts on local authority reserves. The extension to the DSG Statutory Override is part of a phased transition to...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing a Dispute Resolution Scheme, similar to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, to resolve service charge disputes betwee
Answer: By law, variable service charges must be reasonable. Overcharging through service charges is completely unacceptable. Should tenants of private registered providers of social housing wish to contest the reasonableness of their service charges, they may ma...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to International Climate Finance for nature for 2025 to 2026 in total.
Answer: It remains our ambition to deliver £11.6 billion in International Climate Finance between April 2021 and March 2026. Final Official Development Assistance allocations for the financial year 25/26 are in the process of being finalised.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to International Climate Finance for 2025 to 2026 in total.
Answer: It remains our ambition to deliver £11.6 billion in International Climate Finance between April 2021 and March 2026. Final Official Development Assistance allocations for the financial year 25/26 are in the process of being finalised.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes his Department has identified as requiring an upgrade from single-phase to triple-phase electricity supply, in the context of the criteria for being a zero-carbon household.
Answer: My Department does not hold this data, however only a small minority of homes are likely to need an upgrade from a single to three-phase connection to accommodate multiple or higher-powered low carbon technologies.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced DisappearanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) signing and (b) ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
Answer: The UK Government considers that the current domestic framework and legislation already prevents arbitrary arrests, prohibits torture and degrading treatment, and holds the Security and Intelligence Agencies to account. We therefore currently have no plan...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of updating the existing regulations on (a) composition, (b) marketing and (c) labelling of commercial infant and toddler foods.
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influences many aspects of wellbeing in later life.It is vital that we maintain the highest standards for foods consumed by babies and infants, which is why we hav...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced DisappearanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of signing the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance under the UN.
Answer: The Government considers that the current domestic framework and legislation already prevents arbitrary arrests, prohibits torture and degrading treatment, and holds the Security and Intelligence Agencies to account. We therefore currently have no plans t...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care Networks: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to primary care networks of implementing the Equality and Human Rights Commission proposed code of practice for services, public functions and associ
Answer: To date, no assessment has been made. The Supreme Court’s ruling about the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Acy 2010 case has provided much needed confidence and clarity to service providers.The Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently consulting...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to NHS Trusts of implementing the Equality and Human Rights Commission proposed code of practice for services, public functions and associations, pub
Answer: To date, no assessment has been made. The Supreme Court’s ruling about the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Acy 2010 case has provided much needed confidence and clarity to service providers.The Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently consulting...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to integrated care boards of implementing the Equality and Human Rights Commission proposed code of practice for services, public functions and assoc
Answer: To date, no assessment has been made. The Supreme Court’s ruling about the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Acy 2010 case has provided much needed confidence and clarity to service providers.The Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently consulting...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUrgent Treatment Centres: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to urgent care services of implementing the Equality and Human Rights Commission proposed code of practice for services, public functions and associa
Answer: To date, no assessment has been made. The Supreme Court’s ruling about the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Acy 2010 case has provided much needed confidence and clarity to service providers.The Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently consulting...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to GPs of implementing the Equality and Human Rights Commission proposed code of practice for services, public functions and associations, published
Answer: To date, no assessment has been made. The Supreme Court’s ruling about the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Acy 2010 case has provided much needed confidence and clarity to service providers.The Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently consulting...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to hospitals of implementing the Equality and Human Rights Commission proposed code of practice for services, public functions and associations, publ
Answer: To date, no assessment has been made. The Supreme Court’s ruling about the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Acy 2010 case has provided much needed confidence and clarity to service providers.The Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently consulting...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Carbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Transport to ensure green energy projects have access to CO2 storage.
Answer: The recent final investment decisions with the East Coast Cluster and Liverpool Bay CCS are the first steps in unlocking necessary CO2 storage requirements needed to deliver our carbon budgets. The Department continues to work with key regulatory and indu...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUtilities: New BusinessesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new green businesses receive required utility connections in a timely manner.
Answer: The Government recognises the need for timely connections to the electricity network. The Government has worked at pace with the National Energy System Operator (NESO) and the energy regulator, Ofgem, to develop a new connections process where strategical...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: Alternative FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the scale of the revenue certainty mechanism will be; and how market pricing will be achieved.
Answer: The SAF Bill was introduced on Wednesday 14th May in the House of Commons, with legislative measures to implement an industry-funded revenue certainty mechanism to support SAF production in the UK.The Bill confirms the government’s position that any fundi...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary Service Overseas: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned reductions in spending on official development assistance on funding for Voluntary Service Overseas.
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Decisions on how the ODA budget will be used are being worked through as part of the ongoing Spending Review,...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether British National Overseas visa holders will be impacted by her Department's proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.Further details of all measures announced in the Immigration White Paper will be set out in the normal way in d...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCosmetics: Health HazardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) implementing a defined standard for asbestos testing for cosmetics and (b) banning talc in (i) personal care and (ii) cosmetic products.
Answer: Regulation is clear that cosmetics must be safe. To demonstrate compliance, a safety assessment must be completed by a qualified safety assessor.Government intends to perform sector reviews of product regulation that will consider hazards that may impact ...
Answered 22 May 2025
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