Lee Dillon MP: written questions 2025
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Local Nature Recovery Scheme: BerkshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding the Government has allocated to a) implement the Local Nature Recovery Strategy in Berkshire for financial year 2025-2026 and b) what proportion of that funding is assigne
Answer: As responsible authority for the Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS), Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council has been allocated £135,500 in financial year 2025-26 to support their transition to delivery of their LNRS. Government has not prescr...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to decide on a compensation scheme for women impacted by State Pension age changes on those women.
Answer: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in his Oral Statement of 11 November that we will retake the decision made last December as it relates to the communications on state pension age. Information that was not considered at the time of the...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to make a decision on a compensation scheme for women impacted by State Pension age changes.
Answer: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in his Oral Statement of 11 November that we will retake the decision made last December as it relates to the communications on state pension age. Information that was not considered at the time of the...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: CrayfishDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is providing additional support to crayfish companies affected by recent changes to licensing requirements.
Answer: The current licensing requirements have been in place since 2019, and there have been no recent changes. To help businesses adjust at the time, the Government allowed a two-year transition period for licensed exports of live signal crayfish, where import ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to increase requirements for builders to hold licensing fees.
Answer: The Government is fully committed to implementing the Grenfell Inquiry recommendation that principal contractors working on higher-risk buildings should be licenced through a scheme managed by the Building Safety Regulator. We have accepted this recommend...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to provide support to people who have hired a registered builder where the work has not been completed due to that builder entering liquidation.
Answer: The insolvency framework is designed to ensure that those affected by any business failure receive as much of their money back as possible, and with as much fairness as possible. There are no plans to provide additional support to individuals affected by ...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the mandatory licensing scheme for builders provides adequate protections for homeowners who hire builders to complete work.
Answer: The Government is fully committed to implementing the Grenfell Inquiry recommendation that principal contractors working on higher-risk buildings should be licenced through a scheme managed by the Building Safety Regulator. We have accepted this recommend...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the National Lottery Community Fund on the design and scope of the Dormant Assets Fund.
Answer: The department is working closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to help ensure all children and young people can access a broad range of enrichment activities. The next tranche of Dormant Assets funding for the Youth Cause will increase...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to align her Department’s work on enrichment, including the Enrichment Framework, the Enrichment Expansion Programme, the forthcoming Schools White Paper and the independent Curricul
Answer: The department is working closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to help ensure all children and young people can access a broad range of enrichment activities. The next tranche of Dormant Assets funding for the Youth Cause will increase...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadbandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to take steps to require all major broadband providers to operate with an internal audit function.
Answer: The Government keeps the financial health of the market under close review and Ofcom have powers to request financial information from providers. The Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021, and its associated Regulations and Code of Practice introduced a ...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordA34: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to reviewing diversion routes for A34 closures to ensure that country lanes are not used.
Answer: National Highways (NH) agrees strategic diversion routes with local authorities and the Police for any planned closures on the A34. These routes are selected as the most suitable for the type and volume of traffic expected and are kept under review. Count...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: TractorsHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she had with the Metropolitan Police prior to their decision to retract approval for farmers to bring their tractors to London for a protest.
Answer: The right to peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy and will not be curtailed by this government. However, these rights are not absolute and must be balanced with the rights and freedoms of others.Section 12 of the Public Order Act 1986 allows ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: TractorsHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on its decision to retract approval for farmers to bring their tractors to London for a protest.
Answer: The right to peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy and will not be curtailed by this government. However, these rights are not absolute and must be balanced with the rights and freedoms of others.Section 12 of the Public Order Act 1986 allows ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: British National (Overseas)Home OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support people with British Nationals (Overseas) visas in relation to the changes set out in the Command Paper entitled A Fairer Pathway to Settlement.
Answer: The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the recent changes to mandatory requirements for British Nationals (Overseas) who have not yet obtained indefinite leave to remain.
Answer: The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: NewburyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the South Central Ambulance Service to reduce ambulance wait times for people in Newbury constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises that in recent years ambulance response times have not met the high standards patients should expect.We are determined to turn things around and have taken serious steps to achieve this. Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 202...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: NewburyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of South Central Ambulance Service’s decision on crew break arrangements on ambulance wait times in Newbury.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made. Operational arrangements such as scheduling and management of crew breaks is the responsibility of individual ambulance trusts which are required to comply with United Kingdom employment law and National Health Servic...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhouses: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the financial sustainability of small-scale abattoirs.
Answer: Defra recognises the important role small-scale abattoirs play in supporting local livestock producers and maintaining a resilient and competitive food supply chain. Defra works closely with the smaller abattoir industry including through the Small Abatto...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Pumps: Rural AreasDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the affordability of heat pump installation for households using oil heating in rural areas.
Answer: Government expects the transition to clean heat will involve installing a heat pump for most oil-heated homes as they are cost-effective, proven technologies and several government schemes support their installation. We will share more details in the Warm...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHeating: BiofuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of hydrotreated vegetable oil as a transitional heating solution for rural homes using oil heating.
Answer: The Government launched a consultation on 18 November to explore alternative clean heating solutions that may play a role in some homes, including renewable liquid fuels (RLFs) such as hydrotreated vegetable oil. The consultation will run for 12 weeks. Th...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Energy: NewburyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding is available to support community energy projects in Newbury constituency.
Answer: Great British Energy (GBE) and the UK government will turbocharge support for local and community energy projects across the UK. In 2025/26, Great British Energy have allocated £5 million to the Great British Energy Community Fund (GBECF), a grant scheme ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve processing times for driving licence renewals involving medical assessments.
Answer: The table below shows the average number of working days taken to process driving licence applications where a medical condition needed to be investigated before a licence could be issued for both group 1 (cars and motorcycles) and group 2 (lorry and bus)...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence renewals involving medical assessments in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: The table below shows the average number of working days taken to process driving licence applications where a medical condition needed to be investigated before a licence could be issued for both group 1 (cars and motorcycles) and group 2 (lorry and bus)...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Wholesale TradeCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98047More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the economic contribution of wholesale distributors to the UK economy.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 8th of December is attached.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Land Management SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the speed of the roll out of the Environmental Land Management Scheme.
Answer: Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes remain at the centre of our offer for farmers and nature, putting us on the path to a more resilient and sustainable farming sector. The Department now has more than half of farmers in an ELM scheme, including o...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
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