Lee Anderson MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Carbon Emissions: Cost Benefit AnalysisDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis of the Government's net zero target.
Answer: The UK was the first country to set legally binding carbon budgets and the first major economy to establish a net zero target in law. An Impact Assessment of the level of the Sixth Carbon Budget was published at the time, including a cost-benefit analysis...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10134More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, If her Department will make an estimate of the revenue raised by removing the freeze on fuel duty.
Answer: Revenue from fuel duty and associated VAT ensures that the Government can continue to fund the vital public services and infrastructure that people across the UK expect. The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events. Full forecasts for fue...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10133More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes in the level of excise duty on (a) tobacco and (b) alcohol on the (i) illicit and (ii) non-duty paid markets for these products.
Answer: The approach used in costings certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility at Spring Budget 2024 does account for behavioural responses to changing excise duty rates, including the impact of illicit and non-duty paid markets.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals released from prison have been deported in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders (FNOs) by nationality and year. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, Year Ending June 2024, which are available at: Immigration system sta...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: Social Rented HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in social housing.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 gives social landlords, as well as the police and other frontline agencies a range of ...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the roll out of the early prison release scheme.
Answer: SDS40 is a necessary measure to avoid the collapse of the Criminal Justice System. In designing the measure, we took every possible step to mitigate risk including an 8-week implementation period, clear offence exclusions, and a huge amount of collaborati...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGeothermal Energy: HeatingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to help increase the use of geothermal energy for heating in (a) domestic and (b) commercial spaces.
Answer: We know that to achieve net zero, we must look at how we can accelerate the potential of all low carbon technologies including geothermal. The Government understands that geothermal can play a role in our decarbonisation ambitions particularly as a low ca...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSepsisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will run a national campaign to raise awareness of sepsis.
Answer: Local National Health Service trusts may already choose to run local public awareness campaigns on sepsis.Recent evidence suggests that there is high awareness of sepsis among the general public. The Department is focused on improving the clinical awarene...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Standing ChargesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will consult on the use of energy standing charges.
Answer: Although standing charges are a commercial matter for suppliers, and are regulated by Ofgem, we know that too much of the burden of the bill is placed on them. The Government has worked constructively with the regulator on the issue of standing charges, a...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of pharmacy closures.
Answer: Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. We are committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and better utilising the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. That includes making prescribing part of the services delivered by communi...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase funding for pharmacies.
Answer: Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. We are committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and better utilising the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. That includes making prescribing part of the services delivered by communi...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure school children are educated about knife crime.
Answer: Keeping children safe is a top priority for this government. Education plays a key role in ensuring children can lead safe and fulfilling lives, and it provides opportunity to intervene early, to prevent young people being drawn into crime.Relationships, ...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade AgreementsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress has been made on negotiating new trade agreements.
Answer: Economic Growth is the first priority of this government. To deliver on this, one of our first steps after taking office was to announce that we were resuming Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council, India, Israel, South Korea,...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending arrangements for childcare funding such that the funding is available from the child's relevant birthday irrespective of the time of year.
Answer: The entitlements work on a termly basis, so children become eligible from the termly date after they reach the relevant age or after they or their parents first meet the eligibility criteria. The dates on which the terms start are 1 September, 1 January o...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Official GiftsCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6497More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department takes to ensure the acceptance of gifts and hospitality by civil servants comply with Civil Service guidance.
Answer: The Civil Service Code states that Civil Servants must not accept gifts or hospitality from anyone which might reasonably be seen to compromise their personal judgement or integrity. As under the previous government, the Department holds a comprehensive p...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSepsis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve rates of early detection of sepsis in (a) hospitals and (b) primary care settings.
Answer: In hospitals, clinicians are supported to recognise sepsis by using the National Early Warning Score, now used in 99% of acute trusts and 100% of ambulance trusts in England. Several trusts have also implemented the National Paediatric Early Warning Score...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDementia: CarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for carers of people with dementia; and whether his Department has plans to (a) review and (b) increase funding for that support.
Answer: Local authorities have duties to support people caring for their family and friends. The Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable, high-quality care and support services, including support for carers of people with d...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPensions: FraudTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6494More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to protect pension contributions paid into (a) NEST and (b) Government pension schemes against fraud.
Answer: This Government is committed to providing better outcomes to members of pension schemes, which includes preventing them from losing their hard-earned savings to fraud. Where there is a transfer of a pension measures are in place that give trustees of all ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFraudHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to collaborate with financial institutions to help tackle fraud.
Answer: The Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public from this devastating crime. Close collaboration with industry partners, especially the financial industry, is key to ensure that fraud schemes are disrupted ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTelemedicineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to support the use of (a) telemedicine and (b) other digital solutions to (i) alleviate pressures on GP services and (ii) improve patient access to care.
Answer: Technology is an important enabler for change, including in shifting from analogue to digital.As independent contractors, it is largely up to individual general practices (GPs) how they run their surgeries and what systems they operate to best enable pati...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Dental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop a long-term strategy to ensure sustainable access to NHS dental services for all people; and how this strategy will be implemented.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and to recruit new dentists to areas that need them most. To reb...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to expand the eligibility criteria for free school meals to include all primary school children.
Answer: The government is driving an agenda of change to break down the barriers to opportunity and to reduce child poverty, working across local and national government to bring about change. Child poverty has increased by 700,000 since 2010, with over four mill...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6489More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the business rates system for pubs.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering a fairer business rates system by levelling the playing field between the high street and online giants, better incentivising investment, tackling empty properties and supporting entrepreneurship. Any decisions on...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people crossing the Channel have no documentation.
Answer: As long has been the case, the Home Office does not publish breakdowns of small boat arrivals by documentation status.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Student NumbersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to lift the cap on the number of medical degree places.
Answer: The Government does not currently plan to lift the cap on medical school places. We are committed to training the staff we need, including doctors, to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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