Oliver Dowden MP: written questions
332 published records · newest first.
Written questions
AntisemitismMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce cases of antisemitism.
Answer: Antisemitism has absolutely no place in our society. Tackling antisemitism in all its forms is a top priority for this Government. We are working closely with HMG’s Independent Adviser on Antisemitism on the most effective methods to tackle antisemitism a...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBushey Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's announcement Railway stations awarded Access for All accessibility funding, published on 24 May 2024, what her planned timetable is for the completion of Access for All constr
Answer: In May 2024, the previous government identified 50 stations, including Bushey, for initial feasibility work to assess their potential for future upgrades under the Access for All programme. Network Rail has now completed this initial feasibility work. We ...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 58611 on Railways: Access, when her Department will fund Network Rail to undertake the next round of feasibility studies.
Answer: Network Rail has completed initial feasibility work for the 50 projects being considered for inclusion in the Access for All programme within the 2025 Spending Review funding period. We plan to update stakeholders in due course.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAJM Healthcare: WheelchairsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) provision of NHS wheelchairs by AJM Healthcare.
Answer: The safety of all patients, whether they are treated in the National Health Service or the independent sector, is a top priority for the Government.Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair servi...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWheelchairs: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) provision of NHS wheelchairs.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services. It is therefore the responsibility of ICBs to review and assess the quality of the provision of their commissioned National Health Service whee...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalism: Young PeopleHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help prevent the radicalisation of young people.
Answer: The UK’s counter-terrorism strategy is set out in CONTEST, most recently updated in 2023. Prevent is one of four pillars of that strategy. Prevent seeks to intervene early and provide support to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalism: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken through the education system to educate young people on the harms of radicalisation.
Answer: All schools are under a statutory duty to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being radicalised into terrorism.Every school should actively promote the shared values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is providing to local authorities to help them prevent people from being radicalised.
Answer: All Local Authorities in England, Scotland and Wales receive dedicated support from the Home Office to deliver the Prevent duty effectively and in proportion to the level of local risk and threat. This support includes expertise from a network of region-b...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Occupation: HertsmereMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of permitted development on the number of Houses of Multiple Occupation in Hertsmere constituency.
Answer: My Department has made no such an assessment.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple OccupationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Houses in Multiple Occupation on local communities.
Answer: Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can play an important part in the housing market, providing relatively low-cost accommodation for rent. Local planning authorities already have powers to limit the proliferation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Occupation: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution from the Leader of the House in response to a question from the Rt hon. Member for Hertsmere on 5 June 2025, Official Report, col 462, how
Answer: Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can play an important part in the housing market, providing relatively low-cost accommodation for rent. Local planning authorities already have powers to limit the proliferation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Occupation: HertsmereMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions her Department has had with Hertsmere Borough Council on houses in multiple occupation.
Answer: Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can play an important part in the housing market, providing relatively low-cost accommodation for rent. Local planning authorities already have powers to limit the proliferation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple OccupationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in demand for houses in multiple occupation accommodation on (a) England and (b) Hertsmere.
Answer: Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can play an important part in the housing market, providing relatively low-cost accommodation for rent. Local planning authorities already have powers to limit the proliferation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntisemitism: UniversitiesDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of StandWithUs UK's Voice of Students 2024 Report into antisemitism on UK university campuses, published on 7 May 2025.
Answer: Antisemitism has absolutely no place in universities or wider society. Universities must be places where all students feel safe, respected and able to thrive.Earlier this month, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education brought together v...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntisemitism: UniversitiesDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of holding a public inquiry into antisemitism on university campuses.
Answer: Antisemitism has absolutely no place in universities or wider society. Universities must be places where all students feel safe, respected and able to thrive.Earlier this month, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education brought together v...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntisemitism: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing mandatory education on antisemitism in schools.
Answer: Schools and colleges are a place of protection, as well as education. There is no place for antisemitism in our society, and it is essential that Jewish students feel safe in education.The Holocaust is the only historic event which is compulsory within th...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRadlett Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 9480 on Radlett Station: Access, if she will make it her policy to provide funding to improve accessibility at Radlett Station.
Answer: This government is committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognises the social and economic benefits this brings to communities. In May 2024, the previous government selected 50 stations for initial feasibility work for potential upg...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOfgem: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with Ofgem to help ensure there is adequate data (a) governance and (b) controls for sustainability arrangements at Ofgem.
Answer: Ofgem is an independent regulator and HM Treasury has principal oversight over Ofgem’s finances. As an independent regulator and Non-Ministerial Government Department, Ofgem is responsible for setting its own internal policies and controls in-line with it...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuels: SubsidiesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussion his Department has had with Ofgem on companies receiving subsidies for unsuitable biomass.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDrax Power StationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on Drax.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuels: TimberDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that wood from primary forests will not be used for the generation of energy.
Answer: We have strengthened the sustainability criteria for large-scale biomass generation from the previous government to ensure wood from primary forest is not used for energy generation. Under new arrangements as part of the Low Carbon Dispatchable Contract f...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department’s timetable is for announcing the next steps of the Access for All programme.
Answer: Access for All (AfA) funds accessibility improvements to station infrastructure and to date has delivered over 260 additional step-free stations across Britain. We have funded Network Rail to undertake feasibility studies on 50 stations which could be upg...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of removing Appendix B from the Persons with Reduced Mobility National Technical Specification Notice.
Answer: We recently published the Accessibility National Technical Specification Notice (NTSN), replacing the Persons with Reduced Mobility NTSN following an extensive review and public consultation facilitated by the Rail Safety and Standards Board. The Accessib...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 143 of the National Planning Policy Framework, if she will ensure that grey belt land is assessed against the five green belt purposes.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 39471 on 26 March 2025.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the BBC board on impartiality in news coverage of the conflict in Israel and Gaza.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport meets regularly with BBC leadership, including its Board, to discuss a range of topics.The Government believes that it is absolutely fundamental that stories about the events in Gaza are told and heard, but are ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →