Phil Brickell MP: written questions 2024

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Written questions

National SecurityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) the sprint review of security threats and (b) the Defending Democracy Task Force will consider risks created by weaknesses in (i) the UK’s laws on political finance l
Answer: Effective regulation and enforcement of political finance are crucial for maintaining public trust in our electoral systems and combatting the threat of foreign interference in our democracy. Which is why, as set out in our manifesto, the Government is co...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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SanctionsTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2614More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help support the enforcement of UK sanctions.
Answer: The Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) is responsible for civil enforcement of the UK’s financial sanctions regimes.OFSI is committed to ensuring that the UK has the strongest possible capability to implement and enforce the UK...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
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Money LaunderingTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2613More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for publishing its response to the consultations on (a) reform of the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing supervisory system, published on 30 June 2023, (b) Impro
Answer: Responses to these consultations have been invaluable in building the evidence base on potential reforms. Policy development is ongoing, and next steps will be set out as soon as possible.
Answered 2 Sept 2024
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Hospitals: ConcreteDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of levels of prevalence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in the NHS estate.
Answer: The National Health Service in England has been surveying sites and undertaking Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) mitigation work since 2019. Once the presence of RAAC is confirmed at a hospital site, it joins NHS England’s national RAAC progr...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
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Tax EvasionMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many businesses have been found criminally liable for failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of convictions for criminal offences, however, offences specifically relating to ‘failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion’ are not separately identifiable from information held centrally. Thi...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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Money LaunderingHome OfficeTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the suspicious activity report programme.
Answer: Intelligence from Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) enable law enforcement to identify, disrupt, and recover hundreds of millions of pounds which underpin serious and organised crime in the UK and disrupt criminals. The SARs Reform Programme was establis...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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Rights of WayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the right to roam.
Answer: The Government does not believe the Scottish or Scandinavian models are the right approach in England. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 provides the public a right of access to areas of mountain, moor, heath, down, registered common land and coa...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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Royal Bolton Hospital: Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital Emergency Department in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: This information is not available in the format requested. The latest published National Health Service data, from June 2024, shows that 61.8% of patients were admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.The Gover...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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Police Stations: HorwichHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-opening the public enquiry office at Horwich police station.
Answer: Decisions relating to the police estate, including the availability of public enquiry counters, are decisions for Chief Constables and democratically elected Police and Crime Commissioners, as they are best placed to make decisions about frontline policin...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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Sewage: Bolton WestDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of sewage discharges into watercourses in Bolton West constituency in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Environment Agency will publish the 2024 Event Duration Monitoring data, showing how long and how often storm overflows have been used, in March 2025. The data for previous years is available here. I would also refer the hon. Member to the Written Sta...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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