Paul Kohler MP: written questions
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Police: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Q32 of the oral evidence given by the Permanent Secretary to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 4 February 2025 HC 505, if she will (a) provide a detailed cost matrix for each role
Answer: Total funding to police forces will be up to £17.5 billion, an increase of up to £1.1 billion compared to the 2024-25 police funding settlement.This includes fully covering the costs for the pay award, the increase in the employer national contributions, ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Q52 of the oral evidence given by the Permanent Secretary to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 4 February 2025 HC 505, how many (a) rooms and (b) rooms were the ten hotels in ques
Answer: The Home Office publishes numbers on people in hotels. It does not publish or report on number of rooms.Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, and by local authority can be found on GOV.UK as part of the quarter...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Public LavatoriesDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the percentage of truck stops on the Strategic Road Network which have free toilet facilities.
Answer: The department does not maintain records on the number of toilet facilities across its network. These facilities are operated commercially by private entities, who are responsible for ensuring they comply with legislative requirements and meet customer ne...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: Mental HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on steps to improve the mental health of HGV drivers.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive launched their Working Minds campaign in the transport sector, partnered with the Road Haulage Association. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the legal duty to prevent work-related stress and provides support and reso...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: Public LavatoriesDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase the availability of toilet facilities for HGV drivers.
Answer: The Department and industry are jointly investing up to £43.5 million to upgrade truckstops across England. This is on top of up to £26 million joint investment by National Highways and industry in lorry parking facilities along the strategic roads networ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Public LavatoriesDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many free toilet facilities there are on the road network managed by National Highways; and how many and what proportion of these are accessible for HGVs.
Answer: The Department and industry are jointly investing up to £43.5 million to upgrade truckstops across England. This is on top of up to £26 million joint investment by National Highways and industry in lorry parking facilities along the strategic roads networ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: WimbledonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 24076 on Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Wimbledon, who the seven recipients were.
Answer: The seven recipients in Wimbledon who received funding from the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme from 2022 onwards are All Saints' Parish Church, St John the Baptist Church, St Mary's Church, St Luke's Church, St Winefride's Church, Christchurch West...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Greater LondonDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department's Roads Investment Committee has considered funding alterations to the London South Circular in the last year.
Answer: Over the last year the Department’s Roads and Local Investment Committee has considered a Strategic Outline Case (SOC) for Transport for London’s (TfL) Catford Town Centre road scheme, which would include the realignment of part of the A205 South Circular...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver HogsmillDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the environmental health of Hogsmill River.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) continues to support volunteers and Citizen Scientists in monitoring water quality across the Hogsmill, focussing on known pollution hotspots. Collaboration efforts have identified misconnecting sewage outfalls causing pollutio...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 169467 on Public Transport, when her Department plans to publish the final report on the Rural Mobility Fund.
Answer: The Rural Mobility Fund evaluation consists of two elements – a first stage including monitoring data collection and a process evaluation and a second stage including impact and value for money evaluation. An interim monitoring data collection and process...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FreightDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new approach to access charges to help incentivise rail freight operators to (a) fund greener assets and (b) use the network more efficien
Answer: As set out in Getting Britain Moving, we will reform the existing access, charging and capacity allocation regime, to enable GBR to become the directing mind and decision maker on use of its infrastructure. Part of this will involve considering how the ne...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24606More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative estimate of the potential impact of maintaining levels of fuel duty at the Autumn Budget 2024 on the cost of transporting goods by (a) rail freight and (b) road haulage.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced continued support for people and businesses by extending the temporary 5p fuel duty cut and cancelling the planned increase in line with inflation for 2025/26. This maintains fuel duty rates, including those...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAgent of ChangeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of putting the agent of change principle on a statutory footing.
Answer: National planning policy is clear about the importance of ensuring that new development can be integrated effectively with existing businesses and community facilities.The ‘agent of change’ principle in the National Planning Policy Framework applies to al...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNightclubs and Music VenuesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of formally recognising (a) nightclubs and (b) music venues as cultural, heritage and community assets.
Answer: The Government is working closely with the live music industry to support the music and nightclub sectors.The Government response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's report on grassroots music venues sets out our commitment to working with ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNight-time Economy: Nightclubs and Music VenuesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the electronic music and nightclub sector on the night-time culture economy.
Answer: The Government is working closely with the live music industry to support the music and nightclub sectors.The Government response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's report on grassroots music venues sets out our commitment to working with ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: MertonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the location of a breast cancer screening site in Merton; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using a breast cancer screening van u
Answer: NHS England has made a commitment to improving access to breast cancer screening in Merton. The South West London Breast Screening Services (SWLBSS) have been working with the London Borough of Merton to find a suitable location for an additional centre i...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: WimbledonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who the recipients were of grants from the Listed Places of Worship Scheme in Wimbledon since 2001; and how much each recipient received.
Answer: Since 2022, 21 grants have been awarded to 7 listed places of worship in Wimbledon, totalling £79,716.27.
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic Venues: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21243More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in business rate relief for grassroots music venues on (a) the number of jobs in the music industry and (b) early-career musicians.
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, the Government announced that retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties will receive 40% relief (up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business) for 2025-26.The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee’s report on grassroots music ...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic Venues: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21241More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes in business rate relief for grassroots music venues on the (a) number of live music venues and (b) music industry.
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, the Government announced that retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties will receive 40% relief (up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business) for 2025-26.The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee’s report on grassroots music ...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRolling Stock: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the lack of clarity on the northern leg of HS2 on the the train manufacturing industry in the UK.
Answer: The Department for Transport is developing a Rolling Stock Strategy. This will align with the wider objectives of the industry in ending the current variability in production rates and ensuring a stable pipeline of work for the rolling stock supply chain....
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Euston StationDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether plans for the development of Euston Station for HS2 include (a) provisions and (b) reserved space for potential expansion from six platforms.
Answer: The Department for Transport is working with key partners to develop affordable plans for the Euston Station. This will include consideration of options to allow future expansion of the HS2 station. We will set out more details in due course.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Euston StationDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the proposed number of platforms for HS2 at Euston Station from 11 to 6 on the economic case for HS2.
Answer: The decision to reduce the number of platforms at Euston formed part of the overall changes to the HS2 programme made under the Network North announcement. The accounting officer assessment details the impacts of these changes on the value for money case ...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the water quality of chalk streams.
Answer: Chalk streams are one of the rarest freshwater habitats on Earth and England is home to 85% of them. The Government is committed to the protection and restoration of our cherished chalk streams. The best way to achieve this is by fixing the framework for ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSmoking: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that local stop smoking services offer the option of a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-approved non-pharmaceutical method to
Answer: The Government is providing local stop smoking services an additional £70 million this year to support smokers to quit. It will also provide an additional £70 million next year for stop smoking services.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellenc...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of extending the VAT exemption for adapted motor vehicles for disabled people to include taxis.
Answer: The VAT treatment of goods and services is a matter for His Majesty's Treasury. One of the requirements of the Plug-in Taxi Grant, which offers a discount of up to £6,000 to support the uptake of ULEV taxis, is that the vehicle should be wheelchair access...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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