Rebecca Smith MP: written questions
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Fires: Air PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the the amount of smoke pollution caused by wildfires in the UK in (a) 2024 and (b) in 2025; and if she will make a statement.
Answer: The estimates for emissions from wildfires in 2024 will be published in February 2026, and the estimates for 2025 will be published in February 2027.
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Wholesale TradeTreasuryTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89098More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its plans for business rates reform on the (a) wholesale sector and (b) (i) number of jobs and (ii) levels of costs in the wholesale sector.
Answer: The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower businessrates multipliers fo...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: InnovationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to open its Early Access Service for innovative technologies in areas of unmet clinical need.
Answer: In July of this year the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency published a statement of policy intent for the development and implementation of an Early Access Service for innovative medical devices. This statement is available at the follow...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAerials: RentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 80709 on Churches: Aerials, what estimate she has made of the average change in rents paid to (a) churches, (b) local authorities,
Answer: Measures included in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 will extend the statutory valuation framework contained in the Electronic Communications Code to certain cases regulated by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and the B...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for (a) research into and (b) the treatment of low-grade glioma; and whether he plans to increase that funding.
Answer: The Department invests over £1.6 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).The NIHR is continuing to invest in brain tumour research. Working with stakeholders from across the research community, in Se...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish its updated violence against women and girls strategy.
Answer: This Government has been clear that the level of violence against women andgirls (VAWG) in our country is intolerable, and we are treating it as the national emergency that it is.The new VAWG Strategy will set the direction for the next decade, driving fo...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the updated Violence Against Women and Girls strategy will include policies on tackling harms against (a) young boys vulnerable to child sexual abuse and (b) all children.
Answer: This Government has been clear that the level of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in our country is intolerable, and we are treating it as the national emergency that it is.The new VAWG Strategy will set the direction for the next decade, driving f...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational Education: DefenceDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department will use to determine the locations of new Defence Technical Colleges of Excellence.
Answer: A £182 million defence skills package was announced at the start of September in the Defence Industrial Strategy. This aims to make defence an engine for national renewal and economic growth, harnessing the skills needed for the future, from submarine eng...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82593More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend the temporary five pence fuel duty reduction.
Answer: The Government carefully considers the impact of fuel duty on households and businesses and the public finances, with decisions on rates made at fiscal events.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to help support independent fostering agencies to improve their co-commissioning practices.
Answer: The department’s priority is to recruit and retain more foster carers so there is a choice of stable, loving foster homes for children in care.We encourage local authorities and independent fostering agencies to collaborate and offer the best possible hom...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: AerialsChurch CommissionersTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80709More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Commissioners have made of the potential impact of the implementation of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 on revenue to chu
Answer: In February 2018 the Church of England signed an Accord with HM Government to develop guidance for dioceses, parishes and Chancellors to enable digital connectivity. This was in response to concerns about the social consequences of uneven deployment of di...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 2017 Electronic Communications Code reform on rent revenues earned by church properties hosting mobile communications infrast
Answer: No specific assessment has been made on the impact of the 2017 reforms on church properties. In the impact assessment produced in 2016 to accompany the 2017 reforms, it was anticipated that there would be a reduction in rents from operators to landowners ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Business: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76186More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse for the (a) implementation, (b) administration, (c) staffing, (d) system development and (e) compliance in relation to the proposed changes to Ag
Answer: I refer to the answer given on 5 September 2025 to PQ UIN 70546.https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/70546
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPaternity LeaveMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims relating to paternity leave were brought in the last year for which records are available.
Answer: Our latest published statistics for Employment Tribunals can be found using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.This data details the number of receipts by jurisdiction and the number of claims disposed. The ...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiscrimination and Unfair Dismissal: MenMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of claims for (a) discrimination, (b) harassment and (c) unfair dismissal were brought by men in the last year for which records are available.
Answer: Our latest published statistics for Employment Tribunals can be found using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.This data details the number of receipts by jurisdiction and the number of claims disposed. The ...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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