Priti Patel MP: written questions
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A12: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department notified the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government of its plan to cancel the A12 widening scheme.
Answer: The Government inherited a series of unfunded commitments, including on the A12. In July 2025, the Government announced that following the conclusion of the Spending Review it had taken the difficult decision to cancel the A12 (Chelmsford to A120) widenin...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordA120: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the cost-benefit ratio for the proposed A120 dualling scheme.
Answer: The Department’s most recent formal assessment of the value for money (VfM) and benefit cost ratio (BCR) for the proposed A120 Braintree to A12 scheme was completed in February 2022. Five options were assessed at the time, and the BCRs of each ranged from...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Anglia Rail Franchise: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2025 to Questions 77047 on East Anglia Rail Franchise: Nationalisation, when she will publish the services agreement.
Answer: The Services Agreement will be made available on the Department for Transport website in due course.
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Cost Benefit AnalysisDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she will publish the full comparative benefit cost ratios of the transport schemes which she announced as (a) approved and (b) cancelled on 8 July 2025.
Answer: Business case documents, costs, and benefit cost ratios for major schemes, including for the Strategic Road Network and for relevant schemes in the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline, are published on gov.uk.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: East of EnglandDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his expected timetable is for when the Norwich to Tilbury Great Grid upgrade will be fully operational.
Answer: National Grid Electricity Transmission has now submitted its Development Consent Order application to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration. Government does not comment on the merits of live planning applications, which will be subject to rigorous, ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGibraltar: UK Relations with EUForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date she expects to publish the UK-EU treaty text on Gibraltar.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 27 June 2025 to Question 61391.
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, from which budget within her Department's resources she expects to fund her Department's contributions for payments to Mauritius under the UK-Mauritius Treaty.
Answer: Payments will be published in the normal manner alongside other departmental spend in the annual accounts.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, by what date has the Government of Mauritius requested that the first payment be made under the UK-Mauritius Treaty.
Answer: The first payment will be made on the first day of the month following the month of entry into force of the Agreement. Full details of the payments have already been published in the Explanatory Memorandum accompanying the Treaty.
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: Visits AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Mauritius have notified her of contact with (a) India and (b) other third countries to coordinate visits to the Chagos Archipelago.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to question 69814 on 3 September 2025.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: Marine Protected AreasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Mauritius has notified her of (a) plans for a future Marine Protected Area for the Chagos Archipelago and (b) measures to permit fishing.
Answer: We welcome the 3 November announcement by the Mauritian Government confirming plans for the establishment of a Marine Protected Area after entry into force of the Treaty. The proposed zones of the future protected area will utilise the internationally rec...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a representative of the government of Mauritius enquired with her Department about visiting the Chagos Archipelago prior to sovereignty being transferred; and whether
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. member to the answer given to question 69814.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with the Government of Mauritius on the potential presence of third countries in the Chagos Archipelago following the transfer of s
Answer: The treaty contains robust provisions to protect the base, including a 24 nautical mile buffer zone around Diego Garcia and a ban on foreign security forces anywhere in the archipelago. Any suggestions that Mauritius has been negotiating a lease on Peros ...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: Marine Protected AreasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she will consider the potential merits of commissioning a study of the environmental condition of the Marine Protected Area around the Chagos Archipelago prior to the
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to question 70431.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: Marine Protected AreasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will set out the technical assistance her Department will provide to Mauritius for the Marine Protected Area under Article 5 of the UK-Mauritius Treaty; and what the e
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to question 70431.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made provision in her departmental budget for the cost of payments to Mauritius under the UK-Mauritius Treaty in 2025-26.
Answer: The payments to Mauritius will be split between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence. They will be published in the normal manner alongside other departmental spend in the annual accounts.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: StaffForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will set out her Department's plans for staffing reorganisation including (a) the number of staff in each of the next five years and (ii) total staffing costs in each
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is undertaking a phased restructure of its workforce in line with the Spending Review settlement. Further details will be set out in the usual way in due course.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK-Mauritius Treaty, whether payments to Mauritius will be accounted for as day-to-day spending.
Answer: The payments to Mauritius will be split between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence. They will be published in the normal manner alongside other departmental spend in the annual accounts.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the steps taken by the interim Syrian regime on (a) the (i) identification and (ii) the safe disposal of chemical weapons and (b) t
Answer: The UK welcomes the Syrian Government's commitment to ridding Syria of the Assad regime's chemical weapons. We continue to engage the Syrian Government to support their efforts to locate, secure and destroy chemical weapons left by the Assad regime. The U...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHay'at Tahrir al-ShamHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's joint press release entitled UK removes Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from terrorist organisation list, published on 21 October 2025, whether she has placed conditions on Ha
Answer: HTS was proscribed as an alias of Al Qa’ida in 2017. The Government no longer assesses HTS to be an alias of AQ.Deproscription decisions are not taken lightly. The Home Secretary is supported in her decision making by a robust process which involves subst...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: TurkeyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister discussed (a) Russian oil imports and (b) the refining of oil from Russia by Turkish-based companies during his meeting with the President of Turke
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the oral statement on Ukraine made by the Foreign Secretary on 15 October 2025.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: EmbassiesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her joint letter with the Home Secretary to the Planning Inspectorate on the Chinese Embassy, dated 14 January 2025, what discussions her Department had wit
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to question 24158.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHay'at Tahrir al-ShamHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's joint press release entitled UK removes Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from terrorist organisation list, published on 21 October 2025, on what date she commenced the process
Answer: HTS was proscribed as an alias of Al Qa’ida in 2017. The Government no longer assesses HTS to be an alias of AQ.The decision to remove HTS as an alias of Al Qa’ida was based on assessments and relevant information available at the time. Every proscription...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with countries who signed the Gaza peace plan on disarming Hamas.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 29 October to Question 83047.
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has received from Chinese counterparts on the China Audit.
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials speak regularly with the Chinese Government on a range of issues. The reaction of Chinese officials to the conclusion of the China audit is a matter of public record, and a statement from the Chinese ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration Scheme: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she has not placed China on the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
Answer: No decision has been made in relation to specifying China on the enhanced tier of FIRS. As I set out in the House of Commons on 13th October, we look very carefully at any question of whether to place a particular country on the enhanced tier of the schem...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
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