Peter Bedford MP: written questions
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Unemployment: MigrantsCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29680More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of migrants who arrived in the UK in the last five years who are not in education, employment or training in (a) the UK, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Mid Le
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 6th February is attached.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29679More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people not in education, employment or training there are in (a) the UK, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Mid Leicestershire constituency.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 6th February is attached.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that net zero policies are affordable for rural households.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that energy is affordable for all consumers, including rural households, and we carefully consider all policies to evaluate the impact on bill costs. Our ambitious Warm Homes Plan, which will publish in due course, ...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress his Department has made on negotiating a free-trade agreement with the US.
Answer: The UK-US trading relationship is already worth around £300 billion, supporting over a million jobs and representing 17% of total UK trade. This government's priority is economic growth and increasing trade with international partners is a major part of t...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants residing in Mid Leicestershire constituency have committed crimes in each of the last five years.
Answer: The specific data requested is not available from published statistics and could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost. However, nobody should be in any doubt regarding this Government's determination to cra...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEuropean Court of Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK leaving the European Court of Human Rights.
Answer: This Government will not withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and not, therefore, from the European Court of Human Rights. The protection of human rights, democracy and the rule of law both domestically and internationally is a key way to...
Answered 21 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFreeports: Trade UnionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has plans to introduce union representation onto freeport boards.
Answer: Freeports can play an important role in achieving our number one priority – economic growth – by attracting investment and creating jobs in former industrial heartlands across the UK. That is why the government confirmed it is backing the Freeports Progra...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: AllowancesSpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28256More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment the Committee has made of the effectiveness of the technology platform used to (a) process and (b) adm
Answer: The Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority annually scrutinises IPSA’s main estimate and business plan. This has included regular consideration of the effectiveness of IPSA Online, the system used in the processing and a...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how his Department (a) tracks and (b) reports on the use of UK foreign aid funds in (a) Bangladesh and (b) other countries with known corruption risks; and what steps his Dep
Answer: The official source of data on UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend (commonly referred to as foreign aid spend) is the Accredited Official Statistics publication "Statistics on International Development: Final UK Aid Spend" which inclu...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average actual clearance times were for Pension Credit claims made from 25 November 2024 until the most recent date available.
Answer: Pension Credit application Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT) are measured weekly. The AACT clearances are based on the week the claim was cleared, rather than the week the claim was made. The table below the most recent national AACT data. Week Date25...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Parliamentary Standards AuthoritySpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26358More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the transparency of the governance arrangements for the Independent
Answer: The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is accountable to the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (SCIPSA). SCIPSA has oversight of IPSA’s governance arrangements and its stewardship of its resources....
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver Information SystemsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the reliability of lane-keeping assist technologies (a) in challenging environmental conditions and (b) generally.
Answer: Lane keeping technology is designed to assist drivers but they must remain attentive and are still responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle at all times. Lane-keeping assist technologies must be approved to internationally agreed technical requir...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver Information SystemsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve driver (a) awareness of and (b) education in the (i) limitations and (ii) proper usage of lane-keeping assist systems.
Answer: The Driver Vehicle and Standards Agency (DVSA) has developed a range of products to improve awareness and education of lane-keeping assist systems and other advanced driver assistance systems. The DVSA has also developed guidance to support the introducti...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver Information SystemsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of accidents in England involved lane-keep assist intervention in 2023/24; and what steps she is taking to tackle concerns over the safety of such systems.
Answer: This information is not held by the Department.The internationally harmonised requirements for lane-keep assist systems that are mandated for UK vehicles provide assurance that they operate safely. Where there is evidence of genuine safety concerns with s...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Remote WorkingSpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25592More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what proportion of employee work-time was spent working from (a) home and (b) an IPSA office location in 2023-24.
Answer: IPSA does not record data on the proportion of employee work-time spent working from home versus the office. IPSA changed its policy in 2020 to recruit nationwide to ensure its employees have a local understanding of the constituencies MPs serve. It opera...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Operating CostsSpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25591More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether IPSA plans to implement efficiency savings to reduce operating costs to the levels of 2018-19.
Answer: IPSA has a statutory duty to support MPs in their parliamentary duties efficiently and cost effectively. As a proporation of IPSA's overall funding, operating costs have remained within 5% of its total budget.For 2018-19, IPSA's resourcing was subsequentl...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for Pension Credit appeals to be reviewed.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Pension Credit decisions have been appealed since 29 July 2024; and what the success rate was of those appeals.
Answer: Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.From 29 July to 30 September 2024 (the latest period for which statistics have been pub...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16393 on Department for Work and Pensions: Staff, what the additional cost is of the private providers.
Answer: The information you request is not available. DWP operates a 'forecast and volumes' based pricing model, where supplier costs specific to the increase in Pension Credit New Claims demand, following the Chancellor's announcement in July 2024 are not itemis...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Care HomesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards are in place to ensure people who (a) own, (b) manage and (c) work in private children's homes are properly qualified.
Answer: Providers of children’s homes must register with Ofsted and prove that they are financially, mentally, and physically fit to carry on a children’s home, and that they are of integrity and good character. These requirements are set out in Regulation 26 of ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Care HomesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to local authorities is of housing children in privately run children's homes.
Answer: The department publishes data on local authority expenditure on looked after children. This data is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure#explore-data-and-files.The department does no...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Care HomesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private dwellings have been converted into children's homes in Leicestershire in each of the last five years.
Answer: Neither the department nor Ofsted keep a record of the number of homes that are converted into children’s homes.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are taken to inform local (a) doctors and (b) police when children in care are relocated by a local authority to a privately run children's home.
Answer: Regulation 7 of the ‘The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010’ outlines local authorities’ responsibilities in respect of the health and wellbeing of looked after children. The responsible local authority must ensure looked ...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority is responsible for children's care when they are relocated to a privately run children's home by a local authority.
Answer: The local authority which has responsibility to provide services for a looked after child will be the authority within which the child is when the responsibility arises, for example when they are subject to a Section 20 or Care Order. This duty remains in...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to inform local communities before migrants are housed in hotel accommodation in that area.
Answer: The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.The Home Office liaises with statutory partners, including local authorities,...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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