Pippa Heylings MP: written questions
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Climate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the use of nature-based solutions to help tackle climate change.
Answer: The Government is supporting farmers to implement nature-based farming practices through a range of measures. These include habitat restoration and creation; activities to reduce the impact of invasive non-native species on sites or to address pressures o...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Nature ConservationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to promote nature-positive renewable energy.
Answer: The Government will ensure that the protection of nature is embedded into the delivery of clean power and we will be driving for nature to not only be protected but restored through clean power infrastructure. As part of our Clean Power Action Plan, we ar...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve road safety for vulnerable road users.
Answer: The Government treats road safety with the utmost seriousness, and we are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. My Department is developing our road safety strategy and will set out more details in due course.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS England in upholding (a) article 5 and (b) article 6 of the UK's General Data Protection Regulation.
Answer: The Department requires all health and care organisations, including NHS England, to annually assess themselves against the standards set out in the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT). The DSPT measures health and care organisations’ data protect...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people in (a) low-paid and (b) insecure work receive an adequate income in retirement.
Answer: The new State Pension has been designed to provide a foundation for private saving, supported through Automatic Enrolment (AE). The new State Pension improves State Pension outcomes for those who often did less well under the previous system, including th...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Local Government Pension Scheme on levels of economic growth in local communities.
Answer: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) already invests approximately 30% of its assets in the UK, as part of its duty to invest to pay pensions. The government believes that the LGPS can make a distinctive contribution to local economic growth buildin...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension FundsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure that reform of regulations for accessing surplus in defined benefit pension schemes help improve economic growth.
Answer: Trustees will continue to be at the heart of decision making. Working with employers, they will consider how best to use DB scheme surplus to benefit members and employers. More flexibility can fuel growth, provide benefits for the economy and ensure memb...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: DistributionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of electricity distribution networks, in the context of meeting the Government's net zero targets.
Answer: The National Infrastructure Commission published recommendations on 21 February1 on making the electricity distribution network fit for net zero. Their modelling demonstrates that nationally, £37-50 billion of investment in the distribution network could ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: DistributionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase the capacity of electricity distribution networks.
Answer: The Government is committed to expanding the electricity network to support its Clean Energy Superpower mission and is working closely with Ofgem and industry to mobilise the required investment. Under the most recent price control for electricity distrib...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustry: ElectrificationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support industrial electrification.
Answer: Fuel switching from fossil fuels to electricity has the potential to significantly reduce annual industrial emissions, making a critical contribution to our carbon budget commitments contributing between 15% and 40% of the necessary carbon abatement in in...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordContinuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of continuing care assessments resulted in eligibility in (a) the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board and (b) England in the most recent year for whic
Answer: We have interpreted the request for information regarding continuing care assessments as a request for data on NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) eligibility decisions for standard CHC. The following data is based on the number of assessments completed and t...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: ConservationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's timetable is for publishing submissions to the consultation entitled Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, opened in December 2020; and what plans he has to publish new m
Answer: The Government published the ‘Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes in England and Wales’ consultation on 7 February 2025. This consultation includes government responses to the 2020 consultation on ‘Improving the energy performance o...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: ConservationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the research paper entitled UK:EU Ecofin Regulatory Divergence Study of minimum energy efficiency performance standards (MEPS) for water pumps, vacuum cleaners and tumble d
Answer: A summary of the research is available. We will consult on the merits of alignment with new EU regulations and will align where it makes sense to do so. GB may choose not to align if it is not in the interests of consumers, businesses, and our wider polic...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: BillingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his department will make an assessment on the potential merits of the heating-as-a-service (HaaS) business model as a solution to tackle high energy bills in the private rented sector.
Answer: The Government has pledged to take action to stand with tenants and deliver the safety and security of warmer, cheaper homes. We are currently consulting on plans to reduce energy bills by increasing standards in the private rented sector in England and W...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGenderWomen and EqualitiesTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31090More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s proposed revisions to its Code of Practice on the Equality Act in relation to single-
Answer: The EHRC recently concluded their consultation on the draft updated Code of Practice where they sought a wide range of views. The Government will consider the EHRC's final draft Code once submitted, ensuring that it clarifies the Equality Act’s single-sex...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31089More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to improve the effectiveness of the initial assessment process for research and development tax relief claims.
Answer: All Research and Development (R&D) claims go through a risk screening process to determine which need further checking, with the majority paid without a formal compliance check. Where risks are identified, HMRC opens compliance checks to investigate t...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: FraudDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to help ensure that companies cannot commit fraud by changing their company name.
Answer: The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 introduced new powers that build on the existing controls of company names. These powers will be used in accordance with the Registrar’s new statutory objectives.The Registrars of Companies can now re...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason advice on the potential merits of installing (a) loft, (b) wall and (c) roof insulation has been removed from his Department's pages entitled Energy efficient home on gov.uk.
Answer: Home upgrades – including insulation – are one of the best tools to get bills down for good and we are committed to promoting properly installed loft, wall and roof insulation. The Government is currently updating the Energy Efficient Home website as part...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes Plan: Heat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what schemes the Warm Homes Fund will cover to ensure that households can access subsidies for transitioning to heat pump technologies.
Answer: As the first step towards the Warm Homes Plan, the Government has committed an initial £3.4 billion over the next 3 years towards heat decarbonisation and household energy efficiency, with £1 billion of this allocated to 2025/2026.Further details on the W...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBoiler Upgrade SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to extend the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to (a) hybrid heat pump technologies and (b) other multi technology solutions.
Answer: The Boiler Upgrade Scheme does not currently support hybrid heat pumps, as we want to direct the available funding towards the technologies that offer the greatest carbon savings, rather than those which would continue to involve the burning of fossil fue...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Libraries: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to monitor the adequacy of library provision in primary schools.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire to the answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25143.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: ReadingDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage reading in schools.
Answer: I refer to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire to the answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29850.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Nurses: Mileage AllowancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the decrease to the Agenda For Change mileage payments for community nurses that will come in July 2025.
Answer: Agenda for Change mileage reimbursement rates are reviewed twice a year in line with the process set out in the national contract. These reviews incorporate the latest information on the cost of fuel. The next review is scheduled for April 2025 and any ch...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase day care outpatient provision for the treatment of (a) children, (b) young people and (c) adults with eating disorders.
Answer: NHS England is refreshing guidance on children and young people's eating disorders, to increase the focus on early identification and intervention and to shift away from inpatient care to community-based care models, including day hospitals/outpatient ser...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) GP referral for assessment, (b) assessment and (c) treatment for patients with eating disorders.
Answer: General practice (GP) is the front door to the National Health Service, and we know that patients are struggling to see a GP. We are committed to fixing this and delivering the care that patients deserve. That is why, in October 2024, we provided an £82 m...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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