Lorraine Beavers MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Community Help PartnershipsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94455More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the new Community Help Partnerships will differ from the Changing Futures Programme.
Answer: The Government announced Community Help Partnerships (CHPs) at the Spending Review. Since then, we have been working closely with a wide range of stakeholders—including people with lived experience, the voluntary sector, and central and local government—t...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Help PartnershipsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94454More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how allocations will be decided for new Community Help Partnerships.
Answer: The Government announced Community Help Partnerships (CHPs) at the Spending Review. Since then, we have been working closely with a wide range of stakeholders—including people with lived experience, the voluntary sector, and central and local government—t...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Help PartnershipsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94451More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on the launch of Community Help Partnerships.
Answer: The Government announced Community Help Partnerships (CHPs) at the Spending Review. Since then, we have been working closely with a wide range of stakeholders—including people with lived experience, the voluntary sector, and central and local government—t...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: English LanguageHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of digitising the provision of English language tests for student and working visas on applicants.
Answer: The Home Office is committed to maintaining the highest standards of security and integrity in our immigration system whilst modernising services for legitimate applicants. Any changes to English language testing delivery through the upcoming Home Office ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to local authorities to aid the rollout of stepping stone housing to address homelessness.
Answer: My Department continues to engage with stakeholders in the homelessness sector to support the development of schemes and policies to tackle homelessness, including stepping stone accommodation.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to investigate incidents of incorrectly installed cavity wall insulation that was installed before 2021.
Answer: Cavity wall insulation (CWI) is one of the most cost-effective means of improving energy efficiency in people’s homes when installed in suitable homes and supported by appropriate installation standards and guarantees. However, the Government is aware tha...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencingAttorney GeneralTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906314More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Answer: The Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme can deliver justice for the victims of some of the most serious crimes, including murder and rape. During 2024, my office dealt with requests to review 831 sentences. So far during 2025, we have already exceeded th...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the extent of regional inequities in the provision of early access programmes for (a) innovative treatments and (b) people living with SOD1 motor neurone disease.
Answer: Company-led early access programmes (EAPs) are not endorsed by the Department or NHS England and no assessment has been made of whether there are regional inequities in the provision of early access programmes for innovative treatments and people living w...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential merits of recovering the costs of treating chemical pollutants in (a) drinking water, (b) wastewater and (c) high risk sites in England from th
Answer: Defra is committed to the ‘polluter pays’ principle and regularly reviews ways to improve its implementation and efficacy. The Government can already seek cost recovery for contaminated land so that the responsible party (typically the polluter or current...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPer- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: TaxationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) implications for his policies of the recent tax introduced in France on industrial emissions of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl su
Answer: Defra continues to work closely with the other Government Departments, regulators, and the Devolved Governments to assess levels of PFAS occurring in the environment, their sources and their potential risks, in order to inform policy and regulatory approa...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904379More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to encourage the insourcing of public services.
Answer: This Government is determined to deliver high quality public services and better value for money for the taxpayer. To further this aim, the government has committed to introducing a public interest test to assess whether expiring contracts could be better...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.59 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, what proportion of the additional funding for homelessness in 2025/26 has been (a) alloc
Answer: Funding allocations for homelessness and rough sleeping in 2025/26 were published on 18 December 2024 here. In line with grant funding conditions, local authorities will report their spending at the end of financial year.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a reviewing homelessness funding across departments.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to deliver the long-term solutions we need to get us back on track to ending homelessness. This includes chairing a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group, bringing together ministers from across gover...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory fare meters in private hire vehicles.
Answer: Licensing authorities have the power to set maximum taxi fares for journeys within their area. Regulated fares provide an important element of customer protection in the rank and hail market where passengers do not have a choice over which vehicle they hi...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUber: TaxisDepartment for TransportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to strengthen regulations on out-of-area working of private hire Uber vehicles.
Answer: The Department is considering options to improve the current regulatory position in respect of taxis and private hire vehicles and will consult shortly on whether to make all local transport authorities, including Strategic Authorities, responsible for ta...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUber: TaxisDepartment for TransportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Uber accounts are not used by unlicensed taxi drivers.
Answer: Enforcement of the private hire vehicle licensing regime is a matter for licensing authorities and the police. Any licensed private hire vehicle operators found to be enabling the use of unlicensed drivers or vehicles to carry passengers may be prosecuted...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the deadline for applications to the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Answer: I understand the Honourable Member’s interest here and I thank her for her letter to the Attorney General’s Office on this issue.Parliament intended the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme to be an exceptional power but it is important for victims and offender...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity Act 1989Department for Business and TradeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Electricity Act 1989 to ensure that the use of sub-meters in domestic properties is subject to the same consumer protections as
Answer: Under the Electricity Act 1989 all electricity meters used for billing must be of an approved design and be accurate. Those who charge anyone through submeters, such as landlords, in domestic properties ultimately have the same legal obligations as licens...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: VisasHome OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to improve the usability for the UK Visas and Immigration Sponsor Management System.
Answer: The Home Office is currently investing in an ambitious programme of transformation to improve efficiency and effectiveness, which includes the sponsorship I.T system.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying regional weighting for the minimum salary threshold for the Skilled Worker visa.
Answer: The salary thresholds are in place to ensure that resident workers’ wages should not be undercut and to protect overseas workers from being used as low-cost labour. The thresholds are set at the median levels according to the Office for National Statistic...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the minimum salary threshold for the Skilled Worker visa to provide exemptions for (a) the manufacturing sector and (b) other se
Answer: The salary thresholds are in place to ensure that resident workers’ wages should not be undercut and to protect overseas workers from being used as low-cost labour. The thresholds are set at the median levels according to the Office for National Statistic...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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