Mike Amesbury MP: written questions 2025
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Sports: Runcorn and HelsbyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to support grassroots sport in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
Answer: The Government supports grassroots sport through our ongoing investment into Sport England, our arm’s length body, which annually invests over £250 million of Exchequer and Lottery funding each year. In the last financial year, Sport England invested £166...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic VenuesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how she plans to support small music venues.
Answer: The Government response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's report on grassroots music venues sets out our commitment to working with the sector to support the sustainability of the entire music ecosystem. In particular, the Government is u...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday AccommodationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timeline is for the regulation of short-term lets.
Answer: Following public consultation in 2023, Parliament legislated for a registration scheme for short-term lets in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. The Government is committed to delivering this scheme as soon as possible to support our thriving vis...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's Remediation Acceleration Plan, published on 02 December 2024, whether her Department intends to set a deadline for the completion of cladding r
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 18996 on 18 December 2024.
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing grant funding for the remediation of non-cladding defects in leaseholder-owned buildings in the event
Answer: The Building Safety Act provides Remediation Contribution Orders for all leaseholders, including those who have exercised their right to enfranchise, allowing them to apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an order requiring developers to pay to fix unsafe ...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Rise Flats: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release - November 2024, published on 19 December 2024, and in the context of he
Answer: There are 4,683 buildings covered by the Developer Remediation Contract. To date, developers have identified 1,492 buildings that they will remediate directly – an increase of 135 in the last quarter. Of those, 652 (44%) have started or completed remedial...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of allocating palliative care funding through a long-term centrally managed, ringfenced grant.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. ICBs are responsible for commissioning of palliative and end of life care services to meet the needs of their local populations. This promotes a ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Telephone ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a designated out of hours palliative care advice line in every region.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. ICBs are responsible for commissioning of palliative and end of life care services to meet the needs of their local populations. This promotes a ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Rise Flats: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference page 53 of the National Audit Office's report entitled Dangerous cladding: the government’s remediation portfolio, published on 4 November 2024, what proportion of
Answer: The Ministry has begun auditing developer assessments and we will be issuing results in greater volumes over the next few months. We also intend to start publishing data about the audits later this year as part of our quarterly remediation data releases. ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of training given to palliative care specialists.
Answer: We will ensure the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the care patients need when they need it, including at end of life. In summer 2025, we will publish a refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of palliative care specialists available in the care system.
Answer: We will ensure the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the care patients need when they need it, including at end of life. In summer 2025, we will publish a refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2025 to Question 21356 on Tri Fire, whether (a) leaseholders, (b) mortgage lenders, (c) building insurers and (d) other stakeholders can seek
Answer: The Ministry has begun auditing developer assessments and we will be issuing results in greater volumes over the next few months. We also intend to start publishing data about the audits later this year as part of our quarterly remediation data releases. ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDaresbury Science and Innovation Campus: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of AI growth opportunities at Daresbury Science Park.
Answer: We are committed to working in partnership with regional and local authorities on AI Growth Zones. The selection process will open in spring 2025, and we welcome interest from areas with strong access to power infrastructure and economic potential. AIGZs ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDaresbury Science and Innovation Campus: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating an AI Growth Zone at Daresbury Science Park.
Answer: We are committed to working in partnership with regional and local authorities on AI Growth Zones. The selection process will open in spring 2025, and we welcome interest from areas with strong access to power infrastructure and economic potential. AIGZs ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Small BusinessesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to ensure the AI plan for change helps small businesses utilise artificial intelligence.
Answer: The adoption of trustworthy AI across the UK public and private sectors will improve public services and drive productivity and growth across the whole economy, transforming all of our lives for the better and supporting the government to deliver its Plan...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: TrainingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to ensure AI training is accessible to all sectors of society.
Answer: The AI Opportunities Action Plan will ensure the UK builds a strong, diverse talent pipeline, realising AI benefits across sectors.Through Skills England, work is underway to map out how we will meet this challenge, including identifying how new flexibili...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTri Fire: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2025 to Question 21356 on Tri Fire, what proportion of (a) pre-remediation fire risk appraisals of the external walls and (b) post-remediatio
Answer: The Ministry has begun auditing developer assessments and we will be issuing results in greater volumes over the next few months. We also intend to start publishing data about the audits later this year as part of our quarterly remediation data releases. ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDebts: Advisory ServicesTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23429More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government support for debt advisory services.
Answer: The Government currently provides national and community-based debt advice services, through the Money and Pensions Service, to hundreds of thousands of individuals and families in need across England. The Government also provides funding for debt advice ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 10482 on Flats: Fire Prevention, when the Department's previous contract with PRP Group expired for the independent audit of
Answer: The Department’s previous contract with PRP Group expired in July 2024. Estimated timings for the completion of a new contract is March 2025.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Runcorn and HelsbyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that were (a) eligible for and (b) not in receipt of Pension Credit in Runcorn and Helsby constituency on 13 January 2025.
Answer: The department does not hold this data. Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only available via take-up statistics. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are a...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help reduce barriers to the roll-out of gigabit broadband to rural areas.
Answer: We continue to work to remove barriers to the deployment of digital infrastructure, including working with Highways Authorities and operators to trial a more flexible street works permitting system and implementing the remaining provisions of the Product ...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs and PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) trends in the level of costs of medicines and (b) potential closures of community pharmacies.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority publishes the prescribing costs in hospitals and the community for England, which are available at the following link:www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/prescribing-costs-hospitals-and-community-englandThe Depart...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will include a target for the number of social rent homes in the long-term housing strategy.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 19382 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take if local authorities do not meet their local housing targets.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 19892 on 17 December 2024.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes Plan: Runcorn and HelsbyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to roll out the Warm Homes Plan to Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help people find ways to save money on energy bills and transform our ageing building stock into comfortable, low-carbon homes that are fit for the future. Further details on the Warm Homes Plan will be set out later this year fol...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
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