Roz Savage MP: written questions 2025
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Weeds Act 1959Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what means the Weeds Act 1959 is being enforced.
Answer: Natural England (NE) is dealing with historic weeds complaints but is not currently taking new complaints. This is a temporary measure whilst NE reviews with Defra the approach to addressing injurious weeds, to improve access to appropriate advice and gui...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWeed ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in the context of Natural England no longer accepting complaints about the spread of injurious weeds, by what means the Weeds Act 1959 is now being enforced.
Answer: Natural England (NE) is dealing with historic weeds complaints but is not currently taking new complaints. This is a temporary measure whilst NE reviews with Defra the approach to addressing injurious weeds, to improve access to appropriate advice and gui...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWeed ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason Natural England is no longer accepting complaints about the spread of injurious weeds.
Answer: Natural England (NE) is dealing with historic weeds complaints but is not currently taking new complaints. This is a temporary measure whilst NE reviews with Defra the approach to addressing injurious weeds, to improve access to appropriate advice and gui...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking into account both parents’ income in Child Maintenance Service calculations.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates through broad rules set out in child support legislation which aim to provide the best overall outcome for all parents who use the CMS. However, we have to allow for sensible decision-making across a large rang...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChewing Gum: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will require chewing gum manufacturers to disclose the full composition of gum base on product labels.
Answer: Current food labelling rules permit manufacturers to list ‘gum base’ as an ingredient, where ‘gum base’ means gum preparations used in the manufacture of gum base for chewing gum. Manufacturers can provide more descriptive information relating to ingredie...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChewing Gum: PlasticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the ingestion of microplastics from plastic-based chewing gum on public health.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is monitoring and assessing emerging information concerning the wider issue of microplastics in food.The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is an independent scientific a...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment Income: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73133More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring equitable taxation of (a) income derived from assets and (b) other passive income.
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share of tax. That is why the Chancellor announced a series of reforms at Autumn Budget 2024 to help fix the public finances in as fair a way as possible. These and o...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRespite Care: South CotswoldsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of constituency boundary changes on the availability of (a) discharge to assess and (b) respite care beds in South Cotswolds co
Answer: Hospital discharge and respite care planning and provision are the responsibility of local authorities and local National Health Service bodies, including integrated care boards, trusts and foundation trusts. The geographical footprint of these bodies is ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending statutory guidance on home to school transport so that local authorities are required to consider providing free or subsidised t
Answer: The Education Act 1996 requires local authorities to arrange free home-to-school travel for eligible children of compulsory school age, 5 to 16. The department publishes statutory guidance to help them fulfil this duty. Neither the guidance, nor the law, ...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: DroughtsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of drought on farmers in the South West; and what steps he is taking to help mitigate that impact.
Answer: Drought has led to an early harvest with a reduction in crop quality and yields. Livestock farmers are facing a growing risk with forage, winter feed supplies and consequently buying additional food or selling animals to reduce pressure on supplies. Measu...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will work with the Secretary of State for Education to embed food, farming and sustainability education in the national curriculum.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for South Cotswolds to the response of 8 September 2025 to Question 72659.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of improving food, farming, and sustainability education on public health.
Answer: As part of the last reform of the national curriculum, an equalities impact assessment was carried out to evaluate whether the proposed changes would impact positively or negatively on groups with protected characteristics. This equalities impact assessme...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Development: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has conducted impact assessments of food, farming, and sustainability education policy in the context of her Department's duties under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: As part of the last reform of the national curriculum, an equalities impact assessment was carried out to evaluate whether the proposed changes would impact positively or negatively on groups with protected characteristics. This equalities impact assessme...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAllotments: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of local authorities selling statutory allotment sites on (a) rural and (b) smaller communities; and what steps sh
Answer: There are strict criteria in place to protect statutory allotments – these are sites covered by the Allotment Act 1925. A local authority cannot sell or dispose of statutory allotment land without the consent of the Secretary of State, who will only grant...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Post OfficeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department provides to ensure that people impacted by the Post Office Horizon scandal are aware that compensation payments are exempt from Universal Credit means testing; and whether a
Answer: Payments of compensation from the Post Office compensation scheme have been indefinitely disregarded as capital and income from the calculation of Universal Credit. Please see guidance below for customers relating to special compensation payments.Universa...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of providing funding for (a) continuous glucose monitoring and (b) other preventive technologies on (i) NHS expenditure a
Answer: Data from the National Diabetes Audit suggests that the number of people with type 2 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring is increasing. In 2022/23, 37,000 people were using continuous glucose monitoring, rising to 95,000 people in 2023/24, and to...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of providing free continuous glucose monitoring systems to patients eligible for the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme; and if he wil
Answer: Continuous glucose monitoring systems are available on the National Health Service in line with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines which state that, among other criteria, a person must have a diagnosis of diabetes. People wit...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Young CarersDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve the early identification of young carers in further education settings and (b) increase (i) awareness and (ii) understanding of young carers by (A) college sta
Answer: Young carers were added to the school census as a specific group for the first time in 2022/23. The department expects the recording of census data to improve over time as the collection becomes better established but are looking at the ways the data is e...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Young CarersDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve the early identification of young carers by schools and (b) ensure that all education staff receive training to (i) recognise and (ii) support young carers at
Answer: Young carers were added to the school census as a specific group for the first time in 2022/23. The department expects the recording of census data to improve over time as the collection becomes better established but are looking at the ways the data is e...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Young CarersDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to hold schools to account for (a) failing to report the presence of young carers and (b) submitting (i) incomplete and (ii) inaccurate data on young carers in the school cen
Answer: Young carers were added to the school census as a specific group for the first time in 2022/23. The department expects the recording of census data to improve over time as the collection becomes better established but are looking at the ways the data is e...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity AssetsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether statutory guidance on Community Right to Buy provisions in the English Devolution Bill will recognise environmental impact when determining the value of community assets.
Answer: The government recognises the vital role of community spaces and wants to see them thriving again. Community Right to Buy will empower local people to bring community spaces back into community ownership.These provisions were introduced on 10 July in the ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) removing (i) dental therapist and (ii) dental technician roles and (b) other changes to the Skilled Worker visa eligibility li
Answer: Registration with the General Dental Council in the United Kingdom is a separate process from obtaining a Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa, although both are required to enable overseas dental professionals to work in the UK.On 1 July 2025, c...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power and Solar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) small nuclear power plants and (b) large-scale solar farms.
Answer: As set out in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, a power system run on low carbon generation with renewables providing the vast majority of generation, supported by nuclear, can form the basis of a clean, affordable and secure energy system. This assessmen...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the English Devolution Bill will include powers for local councils to tackle pavement parking.
Answer: The Department held a consultation in 2020 and is working through the policy options to tackle pavement parking and the appropriate means of delivering them. As soon as the Government is satisfied that an optimal solution to this complex issue has been i...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment Income: TaxationTreasuryTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62065More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of aligning the tax rates for passive income with those for earned income; and what assessment she has made of the potential fiscal and social impact of such a re
Answer: Currently, different forms of income, such as employment income and non-employment income (including from property, dividends and capital gains), are subject to different tax rates reflecting their differing nature and to support the government’s broader ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
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