Olly Glover MP: written questions
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Motor Vehicles: Exhaust EmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of excess diesel emissions from vehicles using defeat devices on (a) the prevalence of respiratory diseases and (b) public health.
Answer: Diesel vehicles significantly impact air pollution in the United Kingdom, primarily through emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) and particulate matter. Poor air quality is one of the largest environmental risks to public health in the UK, and epidemiologic...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDiesel Vehicles: Exhaust EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) recall diesel vehicles found to contain illegal defeat devices.
Answer: The Department for Transport is the department responsible for setting and enforcing standards for NOx emissions from diesel vehicles. The Market Surveillance Unit within the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is undertaking a programme looking at possib...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDiesel Vehicles: Nitrogen OxidesDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from diesel vehicles using defeat devices on UK air quality.
Answer: The Department for Transport is the department responsible for setting and enforcing standards for NOx emissions from diesel vehicles. The Market Surveillance Unit within the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is undertaking a programme looking at possib...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordConsumer Goods: SafetyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the EU General Product Safety Regulation on UK medium-sized businesses exporting to the EU.
Answer: I appreciate that for some businesses, the updated EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) will require changes, and we take these concerns seriously. The Government is supporting medium-sized and other businesses to understand GPSR and engaging direc...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent trends in the level of funding for elective services on ADHD right to choose assessments.
Answer: Elective funding covers a range of planned health services, including elective ordinary and day cases, outpatient appointments, and diagnostics tests, although this does not include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) services. ADHD patients c...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysical Education and Sports: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations within the article entitled Transforming children and young people’s futures through PE, school sp
Answer: This government values physical education (PE) and sport as a way to improve not only the health, but the wellbeing and lives of all children and young people. Existing government-funded programmes look to address this with the primary PE and sport premiu...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysical Education and Sports: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to develop programmes promoting active lifestyles for children and young people as recommended in the article by Sarah MacQuarrie and Alexandra Hennessey entitled Transforming children and you
Answer: This government values physical education (PE) and sport as a way to improve not only the health, but the wellbeing and lives of all children and young people. Existing government-funded programmes look to address this with the primary PE and sport premiu...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMidwives: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of midwife training with respect to (a) pay and (b) conditions and (i) the impact to the profession and (ii) the care that expectant parents recei
Answer: In addition to the student loans system, there is supplementary financial support available from the Department to midwifery students through the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF). The LSF provides eligible midwifery students with a non-repayable training g...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ofwat and (b) Thames Water on increases to consumers' water bills.
Answer: Under the Conservatives, our sewage system crumbled. They irresponsibly let water companies divert customers’ money to line the pockets of their bosses and shareholders. The public are right to be angry after they have been left to pay the price of Conser...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for consumers with increases to water bills.
Answer: Under the Conservatives, our sewage system crumbled. They irresponsibly let water companies divert customers’ money to line the pockets of their bosses and shareholders. The public are right to be angry after they have been left to pay the price of Conser...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the amounts of dedicated funding she has allocated for active travel in England for (a) 2024/5 and (b) 2025/6, each broken down into (i) capital and revenue funding and (ii) funding for loca
Answer: The dedicated funding allocated for active travel in England is (a) £111.2 million in 2024/25 and (b) £246.4 million in 2025/26, broken down in the table below. The remaining funding covers Active Travel England (ATE) operational costs. Funding type2024/2...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForensic Science: NationalisationHome OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-nationalisation of forensic services in England and Wales.
Answer: The forensics market plays an important role in the provision of services in England and Wales and we have no plans to nationalise it, but we are looking at whether a new National Centre of Policing might include national capabilities such as forensics.
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Forensic ScienceHome OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Eurofins Forensic Services Limited on the market for forensic services to police forces in England and Wales.
Answer: The Home Office has routine discussions with commercial forensic providers on issues relating to the forensics market, including through the Association of Forensic Science Providers which represents companies including Eurofins Forensic Services.
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Urban AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that infrastructure service suppliers do not leave areas of poor broadband connection in fully connected urban areas.
Answer: We aim to achieve nationwide gigabit capable coverage by 2030, connecting a minimum of 99% of premises across the UK. The regulatory regime has helped create a competition-friendly environment in commercially viable areas, supporting market entry and expa...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProject Gigabit: Didcot and WantageDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Building Digital UK on the existing levels of (a) fibre and (b) gigabit capable broadband of premises included in Project Gigabit in Didcot and Wantage
Answer: The latest data from the independent website Thinkbroadband.com shows that in the Didcot and Wantage constituency, over 52% of premises have access to full fibre broadband, and 86% can access a gigabit-capable broadband connection (>1000 Mbps).To impro...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that disabled children from all socio-economic backgrounds receive appropriate therapy.
Answer: The Government is committed to championing the rights of disabled people, and will break down the barriers to opportunity and ensure that every child has the best start in life. This includes all children and young people with Special Educational Needs an...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: RecruitmentWomen and EqualitiesTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30488More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring companies to record age-related data in their recruitment practices as means of ensuring compliance with the 2010 Equalities Act.
Answer: Recruitment practices are a matter for individual employers, provided that they comply with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, including the age discrimination provisions. We would encourage larger employers to monitor their recruitment patterns i...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Services: InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there is adequate competition in the domestic veterinary care insurance sector.
Answer: Pet insurance providers are private businesses and are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Cost EffectivenessDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the value for money of education, health and care plans.
Answer: For too long, the education system has not met the needs of all children, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), with parents struggling to get their children the support they need and deserve, particularly through long...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress she has made on reducing the time taken for Access to Work applications to be processed.
Answer: We are committed to reducing wait times for Access to Work, and we have deployed additional staff to process claims and streamlined our delivery processes. We prioritise applications from customers starting a job in four weeks, and renewals. Access to Wor...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase assistance to states affected by (a) fragility, (b) conflict and (c) violence.
Answer: The UK helps states affected by fragility, conflict, and violence using a range of development and diplomacy levers to support those best placed to build peace. UK funded programmes through Official Development Assistance (ODA) and the UK Integrated Secur...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen partnerships with (a) humanitarian organisations, (b) women-led organisations and (c) local civil society in development wor
Answer: A vibrant civil society is one of the most important ingredients of a healthy democracy. The FCDO recognises that stronger, more inclusive engagement with partners and local organisations can better empower those that development and humanitarian efforts ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Conflict ResolutionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make international conflict resolution in Sudan a foreign policy priority.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary and I have both made addressing the situation in Sudan a priority, and are actively working together with a range of regional and international partners towards ending the suffering of the Sudanese people. On 24 January, the Foreign ...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPeatlands: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support the restoration of peatlands and (b) deliver the targets in the England Peat Action Plan.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of England’s peatlands, and in our manifesto, we committed to expanding nature-rich habitats such as peatlands. This will contribute to ensuring nature’s recovery, one of Defra’s five priorities. We have ambitions ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: OxfordshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle the proportion of people who die in poverty in South Oxfordshire constituency.
Answer: The primary way the Department supports people nearing the end of life is through special benefit rules which are known as the Special Rules for End of Life (SREL). These enable people who are nearing the end of their lives to get faster, easier access to...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
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