Rosena Allin-Khan MP: written questions
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Written questions
Food: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to determine when bans on personal imports of food products should be implemented following disease outbreaks.
Answer: Personal imports of meat and dairy products from the European Union (EU) into Great Britain (GB) are subject to a transitional exemption from rules that apply to personal imports from outside the EU single market. As part of our national mission to protec...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDairy Products and Meat: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department plans to use to decide when personal imports of meat and dairy products from the European Union can be reinstated.
Answer: Personal imports of meat and dairy products from the European Union (EU) into Great Britain (GB) are subject to a transitional exemption from rules that apply to personal imports from outside the EU single market. As part of our national mission to protec...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Leave: Public SectorDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that public sector employers provide adequate support to employees returning from maternity leave.
Answer: Starting with the Employment Rights Bill, we will put in place legislation that makes it unlawful to dismiss pregnant women, mothers on maternity leave, and mothers who return to work for a six-month period after they return - except in specific circumsta...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFlexible Working: Public SectorDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the merits of flexible working patterns in (a) the Civil Service and (b) the wider public sector.
Answer: The government continues to monitor the impact of flexible working. There are numerous benefits of flexible working, which apply to both the public and private sectors.Flexible working is essential in helping people achieve a better work life balance, whi...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Meta's use of the LibGen database to train artificial intelligence models on UK creative workers.
Answer: The Government has no plans to make a formal assessment. However, while the case highlighted relates to legal proceedings in the United States, we take seriously the implications for UK rights holders. The unauthorised use of copyright works, particularly...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: TourismHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme on tourism.
Answer: Electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) have been introduced to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the UK. ETAs will help deliver a more streamlined, digital immigration system which will ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve autism (a) awareness and (b) understanding among the adult population.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a more inclusive society where autistic people are supported to thrive.The Department is taking action to increase awareness and understanding of autism within health and adult social care services. From 1 July 2022...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordThames Water: Water ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increased water bills on Thames Water customers in (a) Tooting and (b) other areas.
Answer: For too long, investment has not kept pace with the challenges of an ageing infrastructure system, a rapidly growing population and climate change. Bills will therefore now need to rise to invest in our crumbling infrastructure and deliver cleaner waterwa...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordThames Water: Water ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the impact of increased water bills on Thames Water customers.
Answer: For too long, investment has not kept pace with the challenges of an ageing infrastructure system, a rapidly growing population and climate change. Bills will therefore now need to rise to invest in our crumbling infrastructure and deliver cleaner waterwa...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordStamp Duty Land Tax: First Time BuyersTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45737More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a higher stamp duty threshold for first-time buyers in inner London boroughs.
Answer: Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is a national tax in England and Northern Ireland charged using the same percentage rates in all areas. This ensures stable and predictable revenue for the Exchequer while maintaining fairness for taxpayers. The current structur...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45736More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equalising VAT rates for (a) home and (b) public electric vehicle charging points.
Answer: The supply of energy for domestic use attracts the reduced rate of VAT. (five per cent). Whilst this relief was not designed for charging EVs at home, it applies for all uses of domestic energy. Public EV charging is subject to the standard rate of VAT (2...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Visitors: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of health visitor check-ups for newborns within the first 12 months.
Answer: Data on new birth health visitor reviews is officially recorded and published annually. In 2023/24, the most recent annual data available, 97.8% of newborns received a health visitor review within 30 days following birth, a statistic stable from the previ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many were awaiting decisions from the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme under the Separated Families pathway as of 8 April 2025.
Answer: Available data on the Afghan Resettlement Programme is published on a quarterly basis. The latest release is viewable at: Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Anti-social BehaviourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of measures for protecting tenants experiencing anti-social behaviour in local authority housing.
Answer: Social landlords, including local authorities, already have a range of powers and enforcement tools to tackle anti-social behaviour including powers to evict perpetrators. We expect landlords to use those powers promptly and proportionately, putting the n...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure mental health services are integrated into employment support programmes.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, including people with mental health conditions, with their employment journey. Appropriate work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Mental HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help jobseekers manage their mental health while looking for employment.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, including people with mental health conditions, with their employment journey. Appropriate work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of NHS therapy treatments for adult survivors of childhood abuse.
Answer: National Health Service mental health services can support adults who have experienced trauma as a result of childhood abuse.The Government has chosen to prioritise funding to deliver expansions of NHS Talking Therapies. These offer well-governed, evidenc...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to widen access to appropriate therapy treatments for adult survivors of childhood abuse.
Answer: National Health Service mental health services can support adults who have experienced trauma as a result of childhood abuse.The Government has chosen to prioritise funding to deliver expansions of NHS Talking Therapies. These offer well-governed, evidenc...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44243More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage public service bodies to buy British-made products.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services. The new Procurement Act contains measures that he...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44242More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that Government procurement policies promote British (a) manufacturers and (b) suppliers.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting British businesses, ensuring they have maximum opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services. The new Procurement Act contains measures that help British businesses and manuf...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the expiration of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on foster (a) carers and (b) children.
Answer: On 1 April, the department announced that the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) would continue into 2025/26, with a budget of £50 million. A further announcement about arrangements for applications will be made as soon as possible. We...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporation Tax: Tax Avoidance and Tax EvasionTreasuryTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40306More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the amount of corporation tax lost due to tax (a) evasion and (b) avoidance during the current financial year to date.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics are published annually. The latest estimates are ...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40204More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that large corporations pay the correct amount of tax.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Large Business team manages the tax compliance of the UK’s 2,000 largest businesses through a resource intensive Customer Compliance Manager (CCM) model because their tax at stake, their size and complexity mean that this is...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMeta: StandardsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Meta's content reporting procedures.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act all in scope services, including Meta, will be required to have systems and processes to enable users and other affected persons to report instances of the types of content the services have responsibility for. This includes il...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPylons: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to manage the environmental impact of installing overground pylons.
Answer: Developers of transmission projects and all nationally significant infrastructure projects in England and Wales must assess the impacts of their proposals. This includes conducting assessments of projects’ impacts on the environment through Environmental ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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