Rachel Hopkins MP: written questions
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Written questions
Solar Power: Public BuildingsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his oral answer of 14 October 2025, Official Report, col 189, what plans he has to extend grants for solar panels on public buildings in non-Mayoral areas.
Answer: Great British Energy (GBE), intends to provide support to local authorities in delivering local and community energy projects across the UK, including in areas without Mayoral Combined Authorities. This will include consideration of targeted grants and fi...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFireworks: SalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current pricing of licenses for the all-year storage and sale of fireworks of up to 2,000kg in content, in the context of the cost of the license havi
Answer: DBT has made no recent assessment as to the current pricing of licenses for storage and sale of fireworks. Section 7 (2) of the Fireworks Act 2003 contains the provision to set the fees for licensing of fireworks suppliers. Fees for fireworks storage is s...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEvents Industry: SecurityHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether financial resources will be made available to charities and voluntary groups organising public events in order for them to comply with the provisions of the Terrorism (Protection Of Premises)
Answer: The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 will strengthen protective security and preparedness by requiring those responsible for certain premises and events, including those run by charities and voluntary groups, to consider how they would respond ...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Rise Flats: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 903643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Remediation Acceleration Plan.
Answer: Progress has been made in many areas, such as identifying remaining buildings with unsafe cladding, making developer remediation progress information more accessible for public scrutiny, and increasing regulator funding to build and maintain their capacit...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMarriage: HumanismWomen and EqualitiesTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902575More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on legally binding humanist marriages in England and Wales.
Answer: I pay tribute to my Hon. Friend for her long-standing work in support of humanist issues, and I am aware that humanists have long been campaigning for legally binding humanist weddings. The Law Commission published a report on weddings in July 2022 contai...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Special Educational Need schools are eligible for split school site funding.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Special schools fo...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of paying benefits on 24 December 2024 on (a) access to banking and (b) time available for Christmas shopping for (i) pensioners and (ii)
Answer: DWP pays benefits and pensions on the date a payment is due. DWP assesses the impact on benefit claimants and pensioners of interruptions to normal access to banking services. This year, 24 December 2024 is a normal banking day and so customers will be ab...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpain: FloodsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department has offered to the Spanish government, in the context of recent floods in that country.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary and I were shocked and saddened to see the devastating scenes in Spain, and by the deaths and damage caused by heavy flooding. The Foreign Secretary has been in touch with the Foreign Minister of Spain to express the UK's condolences...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will simplify the application form for Pension Credit.
Answer: The Department continues to assess the Pension Credit service. This led to the introduction of the online claim process, providing customers with a convenient alternative claim route, alongside the existing telephony and paper application methods. As the ...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for publishing a response to the report entitled The impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission, published in June 2022.
Answer: The park homes sector is an important part of the housing market and must be a safe and secure place for residents.The Government recognises that there are longstanding concerns about the requirement to pay site owners a commission upon sale of a park hom...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of the use of snares.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Government will introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation. As outlined in our manifesto, we will bring an end to the use of snare...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the Australian government on uprating state pensions.
Answer: There are no plans to negotiate a new reciprocal social security agreement with Australia. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, and are only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so - for example in cou...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
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