Lee Dillon MP: written questions
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DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the arrest made at a Quaker meeting house in London in March 2025 on peaceful protest.
Answer: The Metropolitan Police are operationally independent of the government. It is for the police to make decisions about how to respond to specific incidents based on their professional judgement and the circumstances at hand.
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: South of EnglandDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to work with energy suppliers to improve energy infrastructure in the South of England to enable communities near army bases to install smart meters.
Answer: The Department is not aware of any evidence that the proximity of army barracks to a premises impacts energy suppliers’ ability to install smart meters.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Military BasesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of inadequate infrastructure near army barracks on local communities' ability to install smart meters.
Answer: The Department is not aware of any evidence that the proximity of army barracks to a premises impacts energy suppliers’ ability to install smart meters.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce mental health treatment waiting lists in line with those for physical health treatments.
Answer: Too many people with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they need, which is why we are committed to ensuring we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health so that people can be confident of accessing high qual...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: HorsesDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve road safety for horses and horse riders.
Answer: In 2022 The Highway Code was updated to improve the safety of all road users, particularly the most vulnerable. Key changes included the introduction of a Hierarchy of Road Users, which ensures that those who do the greatest harm have the greatest respons...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUrinary Tract Infections: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase treatment options for individuals with chronic UTIs.
Answer: NHS England’s urinary tract infection (UTI) reduction workstream was established as part of delivery of the UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019 to 2024, which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publication...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: EnforcementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take with (a) the Environment Agency and (b) Ofwat to ensure water companies comply with the terms of their permits.
Answer: The Environment Agency's (EA) annual water company inspections have intensified, with 4,000 planned for the end of March 2025 already completed, and a further 10,000 inspections in 2025/26. The evidence they gather will inform future annual performance as...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: NewburyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support people in Newbury constituency with the cost of their water bills.
Answer: As the independent economic regulator, Ofwat independently scrutinises water company business plans and ensure the prices water companies charge their customers are fair and proportionate. Ofwat published their final determinations for Price Review 2024 o...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: NewburyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2025 to Question 32541 on the Chalk Stream Recovery Plan, whether any of the chalk stream projects in receipt of funding from the Government's Wat
Answer: This financial year, there are over 45 chalk stream projects receiving funding from the Government's Water Environment Improvement Fund, each leveraging private investment and delivering on our commitment to ensure clean water for the future. The River Sh...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: DischargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take with community care providers to help reduce hospital discharge waiting times.
Answer: We will tackle delayed discharges by developing local partnerships between the National Health Service and social care, and making sure people get the right support to return home.Every acute hospital trust has access to a care transfer hub. These hubs br...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that primary schools can fund their SEND provision without reallocating funding from other budget areas.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. Following the Autumn Budget 2024, the departm...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed three-year implementation period for social care reforms on social care providers.
Answer: We are launching an independent commission into social care, chaired by Baroness Louise Casey. It will be undertaken in two phases, beginning in April 2025. Phase one, reporting in 2026, will identify the biggest challenges in adult social care and recomm...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase funding for social care providers; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of social care funding levels.
Answer: The Government took the cost pressures facing adult social care into account as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process.To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care, ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support social care providers in Newbury with changes to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: The Government took the cost pressures facing adult social care into account as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process.To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care, ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: NewburyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in energy prices on pensioners in Newbury constituency no longer receiving winter fuel payment.
Answer: Over a million pensioners will continue to receive the Winter Fuel Payment and through our commitment to protect the triple lock, those on the full new State Pension will receive a boost of over £400 – twice the average winter fuel payment. We continue to...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: NewburyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support people in Newbury constituency with energy bills.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy and...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) support services, (b) treatment access and (c) care pathways for people diagnosed with ADHD.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards in England to make appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), in line with relevant N...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a public consultation on the proposed changes to ADHD assessment procedures.
Answer: The proposed 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme makes no changes to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment procedures.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to (a) extend and (b) modify the duration of the Ukrainian Visa scheme.
Answer: To provide future certainty, Ukrainians provided with temporary sanctuary in the UK under the Ukraine visa schemes can apply for a further 18 months’ permission to remain in the UK through the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme, which opened to app...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adjusting the duration of Ukrainian visas to align with the academic school year.
Answer: To provide future certainty, Ukrainians provided with temporary sanctuary in the UK under the Ukraine visa schemes can apply for a further 18 months’ permission to remain in the UK through the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme, which opened to app...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of time-limited visas on Ukrainian families that have relocated to the UK.
Answer: To provide future certainty, Ukrainians provided with temporary sanctuary in the UK under the Ukraine visa schemes can apply for a further 18 months’ permission to remain in the UK through the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme, which opened to app...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSewersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 will be implemented.
Answer: The Government is strongly committed to requiring standardised Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in new developments. These should be to designs that cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits, reduc...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Land Management SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to implement the Environmental Land Management scheme options.
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. We now have more than half of farmers in an ELM scheme, including over 36,00 f...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the Chalk Stream Recovery Plan.
Answer: Cleaning up our waters, including iconic sites such as chalk streams is a top government priority. That is why on 23 October 2024, the Secretary of State announced the launch of an independent commission to fundamentally transform how our water system wor...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32540More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to business rates on high street retailers.
Answer: As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, including those on the high street, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they benefit...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
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