Pippa Heylings MP: written questions
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Individual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40782More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase the cap on Lifetime ISAs.
Answer: Data from the latest UK House Price Index shows that while the average price paid by first-time buyers has increased, it is still below the LISA property price cap in all regions of the UK except for London, where the average price paid is affected by bor...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCollateral (UK)TreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40781More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will undertake an investigation into the Financial Conduct Authority's regulation of Collateral (UK) Limited.
Answer: The conduct of Collateral’s Directors was plainly unacceptable, as evidence by their conviction for fraud and the criminal sentence that they are now serving. More widely, the Government does not have plans to commence an investigation into the Financial ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Buildings: VATTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40776More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will remove VAT on (a) labour and (b) materials for restoration work on listed buildings.
Answer: The Government has no plans to remove VAT on restoration work on listed buildings. VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. Taxation is a vital source of revenue that helps to fund vital...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordListed BuildingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to provide additional support for owners of listed buildings.
Answer: In terms of financial support, the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s current 10 year strategy, Heritage 2033, increased the maximum funding available to owners from £100,000 to £250,000 to support designated assets, such as listed buildings. Owners must de...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Centre for Ageing Better on its Good Home Hubs initiative.
Answer: My Department and I engage in regular discussions with a wide range of housing stakeholders. Baroness Taylor of Stevenage met with the Centre for Ageing Better in September last year and discussed a range of topics, including its Good Homes Hubs initiativ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is planning to take to provide support to (a) low-income and (b) vulnerable households through the Warm Homes Plan.
Answer: As part of 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, including £1.8 billion to support fuel poverty schemes. There are multiple targeted sc...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Safety and StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the housing strategy will include measures to help tackle (a) poor quality and (b) unsafe housing stock.
Answer: The government intends to publish a long-term housing strategy later this year.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will (a) publish the results of the user survey for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme and (b) use those results in future policy development.
Answer: DCMS is currently evaluating the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme. We will take a decision on publishing the findings of the evaluation, including a user survey, once completed.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the grant making agencies on the potential merits of providing additional financial support to buildings with projects valued at over £25,00
Answer: Based on the Department’s analysis of previous data, 94% of applications between 2022-2024 have been under £25,000, and most of these claims were for under £5,000. We believe that the modifications were necessary and adequate given the tight fiscal challe...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLong Covid: ClinicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing Long Covid clinics on patients with Post-Covid syndrome.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services for people with long COVID. ICBs are allocated funding by NHS England to meet local need and priorities, and to improve outcomes.NHS England has recently completed a long COVID and m...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the level of primary care core funding to help support GP practices to hire more staff.
Answer: General practices (GPs) are valued independent contractors who provide over £13 billion worth of National Health Services. Every year we consult with the profession about what services GPs provide, and the money providers are entitled to in return under t...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: MisconductDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of unresolved Teacher Regulation Agency teacher misconduct cases.
Answer: The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) is an executive agency of the department which acts on behalf of my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education as regulator of the teaching profession.Supported by the department, the TRA has taken extensi...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for an announcement on future funding for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
Answer: The adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) provides trauma- and attachment-related therapy and specialist assessments for children and families, where the child has previously been in local authority care and has been adopted or is under a...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the adoption and special guardianship and support fund on looked after children's access to mental health (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment in South Cambri
Answer: The adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) provides trauma- and attachment-related therapy and specialist assessments for children and families, where the child has previously been in local authority care and has been adopted or is under a...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTree Preservation Orders: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many overdue tree preservation order appeal cases are outstanding.
Answer: As of 31 December 2024, there were 423 overdue and outstanding tree preservation order appeal cases.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment ProtectionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the development of green technologies.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to her on Question UIN 32430: The Government is committed to supporting the growth and scaling-up of green technologies, including through the creation of GB Energy, as part of its Clean Energy Superpower Missio...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of nature-based solutions to help tackle the effects of climate change.
Answer: When designed well, Nature-based solutions (NbS) can deliver multiple benefits for climate and biodiversity whilst helping communities adapt to climate change risks – for example through natural flood management and urban cooling. NbS, such as restoring p...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to provide financial support to upland farmers, in the context of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
Answer: We fully recognise the importance of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for upland farmers – and we strongly want the scheme to be available to them as we move forward. We have closed SFI for new applications because the current SFI budget has been s...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support farmers following the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
Answer: This Government has secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a plan to support farmers who are not able to apply for funding under the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme following its closure to new applicants.
Answer: This Government has secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to support farmers following the ending of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Answer: This Government has secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: RecruitmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to open environmental schemes to increased numbers of farmers.
Answer: This Government has secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT+ People: Social ServicesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38183More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the (a) experiences and (b) needs of LGBTQ+ elders in social care.
Answer: We want everyone to have fair access to high quality care, which is respectful, inclusive and supports choice, control, and independence. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sets out clinical guidelines for the provision of IVF se...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT+ People: FertilityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38182More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on equal access to fertility treatment for same sex couples.
Answer: We want everyone to have fair access to high quality care, which is respectful, inclusive and supports choice, control, and independence. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sets out clinical guidelines for the provision of IVF se...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT+ People: Hate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle hate crime against LGBTQ+ people and (b) make LGBTQ+ related hate crime an aggravated offence.
Answer: All hate crimes, including those targeting LGBT+ people, are completely unacceptable and we back the police in taking strong action against the perpetrators of these appalling offences.We have committed to ensuring parity of protection for LGBT+ and disab...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
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