Lee Anderson MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Public Transport: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on trends in the level of incidents of (a) violence and (b) abuse towards public transport workers.
Answer: The British Transport Police are responsible for policing the railway in England, Scotland and Wales and they record the number of incidents of violence and abuse against rail workers. Analysis by the Department of Violence Against the Person offences sho...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
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Public Transport: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the safety of public transportation workers from (a) violence and (b) other abuse.
Answer: Violence or abuse against public transport workers is unacceptable. The Government is committed to ensuring that staff across the network not only feel safe but are safe while carrying out their duties. The Department for Transport works closely with the ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
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Public Transport: Anti-social BehaviourDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce antisocial behaviour on public transport.
Answer: The Department is working across government and with partners, including the British Transport Police (BTP), the transport industry and local authorities, to ensure that everyone feels and is safe when travelling.This includes proposals in the Bus Service...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
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Countryside: Anti-social BehaviourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce antisocial behaviour from visitors to countryside areas.
Answer: Natural England (NE) continues to actively promote the Countryside Code through a range of public information campaigns. Recent initiatives have included educational outreach in schools and broader public campaigns aimed at raising awareness of responsibl...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
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Housing Estates: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October to Question 80700 on Property Management Companies: Repairs and Maintenance, whether newbuild housing estate developers can apply for County
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 80700 on 20 October 2025.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
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Hearing Impairment: Care HomesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the (a) autonomy and (b) wellbeing of deaf residents in care homes.
Answer: Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population. That is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market and to commission a range of high-quality, sustainable,...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
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Hearing Impairment: Care HomesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) staff training on support for and (b) support available to deaf residents in care homes.
Answer: The Government is taking steps to improve the quality of adult social care, which will include deaf people in care homes.The Department is committed to enhancing the skills of staff working in adult social care. To this end, the Department launched the Ad...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
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Hearing Impairment: Mental CapacityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that deaf people are not wrongly identified as lacking mental capacity due to communication barriers.
Answer: The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 already provides a legislative basis for providing interpreters, including British Sign Language interpreters, for people with specific communication needs. One of the foundational principles of the MCA is that individua...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
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Hearing Impairment: Mental CapacityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaf individuals have been wrongly assessed under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 as a result of communication barriers in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department does not hold the requested data.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
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Mental Capacity: Sign LanguageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to ensure that BSL interpreters are provided during mental capacity assessments.
Answer: The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 already provides a legislative basis for providing interpreters, including British Sign Language interpreters, for people with specific communication needs. One of the foundational principles of the MCA is that individua...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
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Care Homes: Sign LanguageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that British Sign Language services are provided in care homes in England.
Answer: Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population. That is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market and to commission a range of high-quality, sustainable,...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
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Employment: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of (a) foreign and (b) UK nationals who were able to find jobs within (i) one, (ii) three and (iii) six months of starting Universal Credit in
Answer: The requested information is not held and to produce it would incur disproportionate costs. Information on the number of people on UC by nationality including their employment status is published in DWP statistics here: https://www.gov.uk/government/stati...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
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Pupils: English LanguageDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 73665 on Pupils: English Language, what proportion of children starting primary school cannot speak English to an acceptable standard.
Answer: The department does not hold specific data on the proportion of children starting primary school who are unable to speak English to an acceptable standard.Information on teacher assessments of children’s development at the end of the early years founda...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
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Wales Office: RecruitmentWales OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: As set out in the Civil Service People Plan 2024-2027, we are committed to ensuring we attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds to create a modern Civil Service, now and for the future. Civil Service recruitment must...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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Scotland Office: RecruitmentScotland OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: All staff that join the Scotland Office, do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other Government bodies, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government, who remain the employers. As such, the Scotland Office actively participates...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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Northern Ireland Office: RecruitmentNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: (a) As set out in the Civil Service People Plan 2024-2027, we are committed to ensuring we attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds to create a modern Civil Service, now and for the future. Civil Service recruitment ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: RecruitmentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: As set out in the Civil Service People Plan 2024 - 2027, we are committed to ensuring we attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds to create a modern Civil Service, now and for the future.Civil Service recruitment mus...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: RecruitmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: As set out in the Civil Service People Plan 2024 - 2027, we are committed to ensuring we attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds to create a modern Civil Service, now and for the future Civil Service recruitment mus...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
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Department for Transport: RecruitmentDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: The Department for Transport (DfT) has not run recruitment or internship schemes with the sole focus of increasing the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year. However, we have offered a range of recruitment and int...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: RecruitmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: In the past year, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has actively supported and hosted two internship schemes.DSIT welcomed 35 interns through the Summer Internship Programme (SIP) and 17 candidates via the Autism Exchange Intern...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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Department for Business and Trade: RecruitmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: The Civil Service People Plan 2024–2027 commits to attracting and retaining diverse talent. Recruitment follows the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, ensuring fair and open competition based on merit.Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) suppo...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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Department for Work and Pensions: RecruitmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: As set out in the Civil Service People Plan 2024 - 2027, we are committed to ensuring we attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds to create a modern Civil Service, now and for the future. Civil Service recruitment mu...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: RecruitmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: As set out in the Civil Service People Plan 2024 - 2027, DESNZ are committed to ensuring we attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds to create a modern Civil Service, now and for the future. Department for Energy Sec...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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Department for Education: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025WithdrawnUIN 81971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Department for Education: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Answer: The Civil Service is committed to a truly diverse workforce and culture of openness and inclusivity, not as ends in themselves but as means of delivering better outcomes to the citizens we serve. As set out in the Civil Service People Plan 2024 - 2027, we...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
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