Pippa Heylings MP: written questions
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Renewables Obligation: ContractsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Renewable Obligations contracts ending on job losses.
Answer: Accreditation under the Renewables Obligation (RO) was always intended to be time limited and generators have known, from the date they were accredited, how long their support would last. The Government will continue to monitor the potential impacts of th...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127227More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the differential treatment of electric and internal combustion engine motorcycles under the proposed electric Vehicle Excise Duty framework; and whether she has considered
Answer: The government will implement electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) as an additional mileage based add-on to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, which is designed to replace the fuel duty revenues which will be lost as petrol and...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHomes for Ukraine Scheme: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the levels of risks to Ukrainian refugees, including risks of sexual exploitation, from informal online matching processes under the Homes fo
Answer: Ukrainian guests arriving under Homes for Ukraine are supported by a robust programme of safeguards, and they are working. The approach to safeguarding under Homes for Ukraine is based on a balance of risk between the need to get Ukrainians into the count...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHomes for Ukraine Scheme: FraudMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many reported cases of fraudulent visa sponsorship offers linked to the Homes for Ukraine scheme have been recorded since its launch.
Answer: Ukrainian guests arriving under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are supported by a robust programme of safeguards. All sponsors and adults living in a sponsors’ household are subject to stringent security checks before an applicant is allowed to travel to th...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRivers: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase the number of chalk streams designated as (a) Sites of Special Scientific Interest or (b) Special Areas of Conservation.
Answer: Chalk streams are an incredible source of national pride. As one of Britain’s most nature- rich habitats, they support some of our rarest wildlife. Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) are notified by Natural England (NE) under section 28 of the W...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: RiversDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a dedicated chalk stream action in the Sustainable Farm Incentive.
Answer: The Sustainable Farming Incentive already contains a wide range of actions to protect and enhance the watercourses of England. These include a range of buffer and habitat strips that can be used adjacent to water bodies and further actions for low intensi...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRivers: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding chalk streams to the list of irreplaceable habitats in the National Planning Policy Framework.
Answer: Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The consultation on the revised Framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, included explicit recognition of chalk streams as features ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Restoration Fund: RiversDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing ring-fenced funding for chalk stream restoration in the Water Restoration Fund.
Answer: The Government is investing £1.8 million through the Water Restoration Fund (WRF) and Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF) for locally-led chalk stream clean-up projects. On 20 January this year the Government announced that it is reinvesting £29 mi...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Water Restoration Fund will open for new applications.
Answer: The Government is investing £1.8 million through the Water Restoration Fund (WRF) and Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF) for locally-led chalk stream clean-up projects. On 20 January this year the Government announced that it is reinvesting £29 mi...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Petroleum Gas: Housing EstatesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what measures he plans to introduce to help residents of housing estates with central, metered LPG tanks.
Answer: The Government has taken action and announced £53 million for low-income families, who heat their homes with oil, or other alternative fuels like LPG, to help tackle surging prices through the Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF).It is at the local authority’...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many hours over the past year has gas generation been online and setting the wholesale price, used not meet power demand but to meet system inertia requirements.
Answer: Generation activated to meet the system’s inertia requirements does not set the wholesale price. NESO meets system inertia requirements through procuring in the balancing and ancillary service markets, rather than the wholesale market. The wholesale marke...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 99556 on Electricity: Prices, what progress he has made on the reformed national pricing delivery plan; and what his timeline is for pub
Answer: The Reformed National Pricing Delivery Plan is a key part of our vision for the future GB electricity system. We published the delivery plan today.
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordContraceptivesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (i) steps his department is taking to address regional differences in funding for Mirena coil fitting and (ii) if he plans to ensure this service is available at GP surgeries.
Answer: The funding and provision of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), such as the Mirena coil, is primarily a matter for local determination.Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning contraception for both contraceptive and gynae...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London on interim measures it is currently implementing on the London Underground to reduce passenger exposure, including that of children and clinically vulnerab
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). The Department has regular discussions with TfL on a range of issues, however, the management of air quality on the London Underground is a matter solely for them. I wo...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to introduce additional regulatory or statutory oversight to control air pollution on major public transport hubs, including the London Underground; and whether it intends to place
Answer: The Mayor of London and Transport for London are responsible for the management of air quality on the London Underground. However, the Government remains committed to improving air quality to deliver benefits for public health, the environment, and the ec...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants’ recommendation in 2019 for a comprehensive toxicological study of particulate matter on the London Underground, what the current status
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). The Department has regular discussions with TfL on a range of issues, however, the management of air quality on the London Underground is a matter solely for them. I wo...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with TfL on progress implementing the interventions identified as urgent in the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Annual Report 2022, including improvements to ventilation and filtration s
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). The Department has regular discussions with TfL on a range of issues, however, the management of air quality on the London Underground is a matter solely for them. I wo...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Annual Report 2022, what specific actions the Government is taking to help address the public health risks arising from exposure to air pollution on the London U
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). The Department has regular discussions with TfL on a range of issues, however, the management of air quality on the London Underground is a matter solely for them. I wo...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCeramics: Energy Intensive IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent and sustained increases in energy prices on energy-intensive manufacturers in the ceramics sector, including companies such as
Answer: The Government is aware of the pressure on ceramics businesses created by high energy prices, and that the gas-intensive nature of the majority of ceramics businesses means they do not currently qualify for the Government’s electricity price support schem...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals involved in civil justice proceedings who do not have substantial financial means to obtain barristers or paid legal advice are afforded adequate pro
Answer: Supporting access to justice for everyone in England and Wales is a key objective for this Government, and the Government recognises the important role that legal aid plays in helping some of the most vulnerable in society access legal advice.Individuals ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: FraudDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures her Department is taking to hold online platforms to account for preventing fraud on their services prior to the full commencement of the Online Safety Act 2023’s provisio
Answer: The Online Safety Act lists certain fraud offences as ‘priority offences’, meaning regulated services must already prevent users encountering user-generated fraudulent content, swiftly remove it if it appears, and mitigate and manage the risk of their ser...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring the installation of dynamic roadside electric vehicle charging pricing totems, including on the functioning of the market, the level of competit
Answer: The Department for Transport has not made such an assessment. However, Government is modernising electric vehicle charging signage on major A-roads. Changes now allow larger electric vehicle charging hubs to be signposted from major A-roads. We are also ...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mail: TakeoversDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2025 to Question 94271 on Royal Mail: Takeovers, what discussions he has held with the EP Group since December 2025 on meeting the terms of Royal Mail’s agreements
Answer: The Secretary of State has been in regular contact with Dave Ward, General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), and Daniel Křetínský, the owner of EP Group, including chairing three trilateral meetings since December 2025 to encourage both ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordADHD: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the General Medical Council on the (a) effectiveness and (b) adequacy of that organisation's guidance entitled Good practice in proposing, prescribing,
Answer: Building on the work of the independent ADHD Taskforce, on 4 December 2025 my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced an independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention defici...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: South CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Housing Delivery Test outcomes on the delivery of strategic housing sites in Greater Cambridge, including Northstowe and Wa
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the correspondence sent to her on 16 March.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
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