Nadia Whittome MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Waste Disposal: PackagingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will provide local authorities with funding from the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging scheme to tackle ground litter.
Answer: This Government remains committed to tackling litter. However, payments to Local Authorities for tackling ground litter are currently outside the scope of the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) regulations. The deposit return scheme (DRS) f...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordJagtar Singh JohalForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to advocate for Jagtar Singh Johal’s release since 4 March 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 8 December in response to Question 97066.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101062More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the benefits of introducing additional taxation on large SUVs.
Answer: Vehicles used or kept on public roads pay Vehicle Excise Duty (VED). Cars registered on or after 1 April 2017 pay a variable first year VED rate according to the emissions of the vehicle, before moving to a standard annual rate after the first year. For c...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of partial retirement for NHS staff on redundancy entitlements; and what discussions his Department has had with NHS representatives
Answer: Partial retirement does not mean that National Health Service staff are ineligible for redundancy payments. However, taking partial retirement may change the way in which contractual redundancy payments are calculated.The rules concerning the calculation ...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage trainee doctors to take up rehabilitation as a specialism.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need, including rehabilitation specialists, to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.As of September 2025, there are 490 full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of introducing a 15-year route to settlement on migrants on low wages.
Answer: The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, is currently subject to a public consultation, running until 12 February 2026. Details of the earned settlement scheme will be finalised following that consultation. The final model ...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to require housing developers to deliver homes for social rent as part of their developments.
Answer: The government is currently consulting on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), including proposals designed to further support the delivery of social housing. These include reforms to the viability system and specifying a minimum prop...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIraq: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to a) support civil society and democratic institutions in Iraq, and b) counter the influence of the Popular Mobilisation Forces.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to Question 55773, and add that our Ambassador in Baghdad, and our Consul General in Erbil, regularly meet with civil society to underline the UK's enduring commitment to human rights. The UK welcomes the peac...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Travel InsuranceTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98976More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a taskforce on improving access to travel insurance for people with cancer.
Answer: The government does not intend to establish a taskforce on travel insurance for people with cancer at this time. However, the government recognises the important role of insurance products, including travel insurance, in building the financial resilience ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: RefugeesDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she plans to put in place measures to safeguard the (a) mental health and wellbeing and (b) ability to enrol in multi-year course programmes of children who be subject to temporary refugee status reviews eve
Answer: The department will work with the Home Office as they carefully consider the appropriate pathways and wider provision for asylum-seeking families with children. We will continue to focus on ensuring vulnerable children are protected and their welfare safe...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: AsylumDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed asylum policy changes on the continuity of education for children in families facing relocation or deportation.
Answer: The department will work with the Home Office as they carefully consider the appropriate pathways and wider provision for asylum-seeking families with children. We will continue to focus on ensuring vulnerable children are protected and their welfare safe...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCastes: DiscriminationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98924More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the judgements in the cases of a) Tirkey v Chandhok, b) Kaur v Montana Bakery, c) Meshram v Tata and d) Ramachandran v Bechtel.
Answer: No one should suffer prejudice or discrimination on any grounds, including any perception of their caste. The judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Tirkey v. Chandhok shows that someone claiming caste discrimination may rely on existing statutory ...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCastes: DiscriminationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98923More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will amend the Equality Act 2010 to improve legal protection for victims of caste discrimination.
Answer: No one should suffer prejudice or discrimination on any grounds, including any perception of their caste. The judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Tirkey v. Chandhok shows that someone claiming caste discrimination may rely on existing statutory ...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94979More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed higher business rates multiplier for properties above £500,000 on cultural venues.
Answer: The Government is delivering a long overdue reform to rebalance the business rates system and support the high street, as promised in our manifesto. The Government is doing this by introducing new permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitali...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK’s deforestation regulations are fair and workable for smallholder farmers internationally.
Answer: The Government recognises that action to prevent UK consumption of forest risk commodities driving deforestation should minimise the impacts on smallholder farmers. The UK works with smallholder farmers to improve sustainable practices and encourage fores...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSleeping RoughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve access to homelessness services for people sleeping rough.
Answer: The Government has increased funding for homelessness services by £316 million to a total of more than £1 billion in 2025/26. This includes £255.5 million through the Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Grant for local authorities to tackle rough sleep...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure safe, transparent and non-discriminatory judicial use of artificial intelligence.
Answer: The judiciary are constitutionally independent and have established their own procedures and policies governing the use of artificial intelligence. Guidance for judicial office holders on the appropriate and responsible use of AI has been issued by the ju...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Proceedings: Legal RepresentationMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to amend the Civil Procedure Rules to make explicit that litigants-in-person are not to be denied procedural safeguards normally afforded to represented parties, including circulation of dra
Answer: Civil court rules governing judgments and orders are set out in Part 40 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and are supplemented by Practice Directions (PD). PD40E provides additional directions in relation to reserved judgments before they are handed down...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordJudicial Review: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to require public authority respondents in Judicial Review hearings to confirm compliance with the duty of candour at Permission Stage.
Answer: The duty of candour is a well-established principle in judicial review, and its application is clearly set out in the Administrative Court’s Judicial Review Guide.The duty of candour applies at all stages of judicial review proceedings. This duty requires...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordJudiciary: EqualityMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it a statutory duty for judges to comply with guidance in the Equal Treatment Bench Book.
Answer: In line with the principle of judicial independence, it is the senior judiciary and not the Government who have statutory responsibility for judicial guidance and training.It would therefore not be constitutionally appropriate for the Government to seek t...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMineworkers' Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to return all future surplus investment returns in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme to beneficiaries.
Answer: The Government and the Trustees have discussed the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees’ proposals for the future of the Scheme. DESNZ will now work with the Treasury to seek to reach an agreement that can be implemented at the next Scheme valuation in Se...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will require local authorities to consider the needs of young people as a specific group in their local housing needs assessments.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework already makes clear that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community and plan accordingly. These groups should include, but are not limited to, th...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to implement early identification models in schools to (a) identify and (b) help those at risk of homelessness.
Answer: This Government is committed to getting back on track to ending homelessness and is open to innovative solutions to do this. Preventing homelessness is critical to getting back on track to ending homelessness. Our upcoming cross-Government homelessness st...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Strategy Advisory BoardDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of whether the membership of the Food Strategy Advisory Board includes adequate expertise in (a) public health, (b) nutrition, (c) environmental science,
Answer: The Food Strategy Advisory Board is a deliberately small group of senior leaders who represent a wealth of experience and important elements within the food system and reflect the diversity of the sector. The Board’s role is to provide independent advice ...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: CounsellingDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing ringfenced funding for school counselling services.
Answer: School-based counselling services can play an important role in supporting pupil mental wellbeing, and many schools already provide access to counselling support.However, counselling is not suitable for all needs, and many pupils benefit from other in-sch...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
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