Lee Anderson MP: written questions 2025
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Social Security Benefits: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 29494 on Social Security Benefits: Fraud, if she will make it her policy to (a) record and (b) publish annually the number of benefit fraud investi
Answer: The Department is not currently considering changing the data we record or publish about the outcomes of fraud investigations. We are confident that the data we collect and publish in the Annual Reports and Accounts is comprehensive and proportionate – th...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national awareness campaign on prostate cancer.
Answer: NHS England run Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms and address the barriers to acting on them, to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of sy...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for publication of the review of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to my hon Friend the Member for Falkirk (Euan Stainbank) on 29 January 2025 to Question UIN 25410.
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31515More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to agricultural property relief on (a) the UK’s food security and (b) trends in the numbers of farms in the next five years.
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and fixing the public finances in a fair way. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantag...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to prioritise buying medical devices from UK companies.
Answer: The United Kingdom’s medical technology (MedTech) sector is valuable for patients, the National Health Service, and the economy, creating high valued jobs across the country. This is why the Department published the MedTech Strategy and subsequent One Yea...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason she increased council tax referendum thresholds.
Answer: The government has confirmed it will maintain the previous government’s policy of a 3% core council tax principle and the 2% principle for the adult social care precept, in line with OBR forecast. In a limited number of cases the government has set bespok...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis on providing additional support to prevent the closure of key strategic steel plants.
Answer: Our commitment to the steel industry remains unwavering. On Sunday 16 February we published a consultation on our Plan for Steel. Along with work already ongoing across Government, this will provide a clear evidence base on the needs of the steel sector a...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Insurance: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the cost of motor insurance premiums.
Answer: Our cross-Government taskforce on the cost of motor insurance is exploring how we can stabilise or reduce premiums to break down barriers to opportunity and grow the economy, delivering the Plan for Change. We will provide updates about the taskforce in d...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Visitors: EU NationalsHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce charges for EU visitors to the UK, in the context of the EU’s planned introduction of the EUR 7 visa waiver charge under its Etias system.
Answer: Electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) have been introduced to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the UK. ETAs will be extended to eligible European nationals on 5 March 2025, and will be...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31030More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing (a) beer duty and (b) other alcohol duties for pubs.
Answer: Pubs make an enormous contribution to our economy and society, and this is recognised in the tax system. Draught Relief provides a duty discount for all draught products below 8.5 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV). Around 60% of alcoholic drinks served in ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks and Smoking: SalesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of illegal sales of (a) tobacco, (b) vape and c) alcohol products.
Answer: Evidence shows that when we have introduced targeted tobacco control measures, they have had a positive impact on tackling the problems of illicit tobacco. When the age of sale was increased from 16 to 18 years old in 2007, this created 1.3 million more p...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the effectiveness of counter-terrorism measures.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to Question UIN 15502 answered on 26 November 2024.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent irregular migrants working in the UK from accessing (a) social security benefits and (b) the NHS.
Answer: Under UK legislation, access to work is reserved to those who are eligible and have lawful immigration status in the UK. All employers are required to undertake right to work checks before employing someone and can incur civil penalties of up to £60,000.0...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAbsent Voting: FraudMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help prevent postal vote fraud.
Answer: Our postal voting systems contain a range of measures that are designed to protect the security of postal voting, such as the requirement for postal voters to use personal identifiers when applying for and returning their ballot.We are currently carrying ...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: Foreign NationalsTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30751More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to prevent money laundering by foreign nationals.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling illicit finance and economic crime. We have appointed an Anti-Corruption Champion Baroness Hodge to support the government's agenda in tackling corruption at home and overseas.HM Treasury has been working with partn...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30750More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will extend the 75% business rates relief for retail, hospitality, and leisure businesses after 2025.
Answer: To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, including those on the high street, from 2026-27. Ahead of these changes being made, the Government recognises that ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of levels of capacity in phlebotomy services on the time taken for leukaemia cases to be diagnosed.
Answer: We are taking meaningful steps to improve cancer diagnostic performance for all cancers, including leukaemia. The 2025/26 NHS Planning Guidance sets a stretching target for cancer diagnosis that will see approximately 100,000 more people every year having...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help support community pharmacists in the early detection of leukaemia, (b) expand phlebotomy capacity and (c) increase levels of access to full blood cou
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service in catching cancer, including blood cancers, as early as possible, to treat these diseases faster and more effectively, and thereby improve outcomes.NHS England does not currently ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with (a) local authority officers and (b) local authority elected representatives on the cancellation of the local elections in West Sussex, and if s
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had discussions with these local authorities on the cancellation of the local elections. Discussions on the applications to the Devolution Priority Programme have been had with all upper tier and unitary councils in the prep...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with (a) local authority officers and (b) local authority elected representatives on the cancellation of local elections in East Sussex; and if she w
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had discussions with these local authorities on the cancellation of the local elections. Discussions on the applications to the Devolution Priority Programme have been had with all upper tier and unitary councils in the prep...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the conversations and negotiations which she had in order to determine which elections were to be postponed.
Answer: The Secretary of State will not publish these details. I wrote to councils who requested for their local elections to be postponed from May 2025 to May 2026 to inform them of the outcome of the government's decision. The bar for postponement was high and ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy that local authority areas which have had elections postponed in May 2025 will have elections in May 2026.
Answer: We have postponed local authority elections from May 2025 to May 2026 only, where it is crucial to do so in order to ensure that we can reorganise local government and deliver devolution as quickly as possible.For those areas which are part of the Devolut...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: British Indian Ocean TerritoryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which groups of Chagossians he has met with; and when he met them.
Answer: As Minister for the Overseas Territories, I have met with members of the Chagossian community on 30 September and 3 October, and officials have also been in regular contact with Chagossians on a range of issues. We recognise the importance of the British ...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the transferring of sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
Answer: A timetable for the transfer of sovereignty will be among details of the proposed treaty, which will be laid before Parliament following signature.
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost is of the financial settlement for the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
Answer: Details of the proposed treaty will be set out when it is laid before Parliament.
Answered 25 Feb 2025
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