Ruth Jones MP: written questions
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Universal Credit: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of migration from Employment Support Allowance to Universal Credit on care charges levied on disabled people by local authorities.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, the responsibility for interpreting and applying the law and the Care and Support Statutory (CASS) guidance rests with local authorities. Where local authorities decide to charge for the provision of care and support, they must fo...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish the (a) minutes, (b) outcomes and (c) performance monitoring for meetings of Lead Ministers for Disability.
Answer: On 3 December 2024, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I announced new Lead Ministers for Disability in every Government department.In addition to their day-to-day Ministerial portfolios, the Lead Ministers for Disability have a specific resp...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen against State Pension InequalityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last met with representatives of the WASPI campaign.
Answer: The previous Minister for Pensions met with representatives from WASPI on 5th September 2024 to hear their experiences directly, the first Minister to do so in eight years.
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish an (a) annual and (b) periodic report on the work of Lead Ministers for Disability.
Answer: On 3 December 2024, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I announced new Lead Ministers for Disability in every Government department.In addition to their day-to-day Ministerial portfolios, the Lead Ministers for Disability have a specific resp...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that Lead Ministers for Disability (a) engage with (i) disabled people's organisations, (ii) people with lived experience and (iii) other relevant civil society stakeho
Answer: On 3 December 2024, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I announced new Lead Ministers for Disability in every Government department.In addition to their day-to-day Ministerial portfolios, the Lead Ministers for Disability have a specific resp...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Lead Ministers for Disability scheme in communicating the (a) needs and (b) views of disabled people across Government.
Answer: On 3 December 2024, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I announced new Lead Ministers for Disability in every Government department.In addition to their day-to-day Ministerial portfolios, the Lead Ministers for Disability have a specific resp...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently the Lead Ministers for Disability have met over the last year; and if he will publish the (a) agenda and (b) topics discussed by the Lead Ministers for Disability in the last year.
Answer: On 3 December 2024, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I announced new Lead Ministers for Disability in every Government department.In addition to their day-to-day Ministerial portfolios, the Lead Ministers for Disability have a specific resp...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm inspections were conducted by the Animal and Plant Health Agency following a complaint of alleged breaches of animal welfare in each of the last five years.
Answer: All farm animals are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation. The Animal and Plant Agency (APHA), as the national regulator for farmed animal welfare in Great Britain, undertake proactive and reactive inspections on far...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Animal and Plant Health Agency procedures on providing farms with advanced notice of an inspection on the enforcement of animal
Answer: All farm animals are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation. The Animal and Plant Agency (APHA), as the national regulator for farmed animal welfare in Great Britain, undertake proactive and reactive inspections on far...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports the Animal and Plant Health Agency has received of alleged animal welfare breaches on farms in each of the last five years.
Answer: All farm animals are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation. The Animal and Plant Agency (APHA), as the national regulator for farmed animal welfare in Great Britain, undertake proactive and reactive inspections on far...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to apply lessons learned from the use of mandated CCTV footage in slaughterhouses to the enforcement of animal welfare standards on farms.
Answer: There are key differences between farms and slaughterhouses in terms of numbers and this affects the type of inspections that are practical. All slaughterhouses in England have Official Veterinarians from the Food Standards Agency present on-site when ope...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Animal and Plant Health Agency's guidance entitled Animal welfare on farms inspection, published on 12 January 2016, requiring compl
Answer: APHA carries out inspections for a number of different reasons, including (but not limited to) in case of allegation of poor animal welfare on farm. Any allegations of poor animal welfare are logged and assessed. Where there are non-compliances with the r...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to increase the significance of improving animal welfare within the work of the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Answer: Animal welfare is, and will continue to be, a high priority for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). Through its knowledge and expertise, effective delivery of regulatory functions, and provision of guidance and advice, APHA plays a critical welfare...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to require the Animal and Plant Health Agency to publish the (a) outcomes of inspections, (b) rates of compliance and (c) types of non-compliance on farms.
Answer: Defra publishes data in the Multi-annual National Control Plan (MANCP) annual reports, relating to animal welfare official controls and enforcement activities undertaken within GB, which the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contributes to. Outcomes o...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the Animal and Plant Health Agency acts on reports of animal welfare breaches on farms by animal protection groups.
Answer: All farm animals are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation. The Animal and Plant Agency (APHA), as the national regulator for farmed animal welfare in Great Britain, undertake proactive and reactive inspections on far...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the compliance by farms with animal welfare requirements.
Answer: All farm animals are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation. The Animal and Plant Agency (APHA), as the national regulator for farmed animal welfare in Great Britain, undertake proactive and reactive inspections on far...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: DatabasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is she taking to increase the amount of animal welfare data published by the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Answer: The Animal and Plant Health Agency hold all the data related to its regulatory activity on animal welfare; they are extrapolated and made available regularly from the databases held by the relevant teams for reporting purposes. APHA has a continuing commi...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: DatabasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) quality and (b) availability of animal welfare data published by the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Answer: The Animal and Plant Health Agency hold all the data related to its regulatory activity on animal welfare; they are extrapolated and made available regularly from the databases held by the relevant teams for reporting purposes. APHA has a continuing commi...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the proposed roadmap for the phasing out animal testing for chemicals being developed by the European Com
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting alternatives to animals in science and will publish a strategy to support their development, validation and adoption later this year. We have reviewed the European Commission's (EC) Life Sciences Strategy and enga...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department plans to publish the alternative methods to animal testing strategy.
Answer: The Labour Manifesto commits to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”, which is a long-term goal.The government will publish a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on phasing out animal testing of the Federal Drug Agency's Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Newport West and Islwyn to the answer that was provided on 15 May 2025 to Question UIN 51423.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndia: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the (a) physical assault and (b) death threats of 20 Christians on 21 September following the i
Answer: Any reports of physical assaults and death threats are concerning. We condemn all forms of violence and intimidation against individuals on the basis of their religion or belief. The UK is committed to defending freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for al...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 for protecting animals used in science.
Answer: The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) provides a robust and rigorous regulatory framework that protects animals used in science. It requires that the principles of the 3Rs - replacement, reduction and refinement - are followed so that animal...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimals in Science Regulation UnitHome OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Animals in Science Regulation Unit in protecting animals used in science.
Answer: The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) provides a robust and rigorous regulatory framework that protects animals used in science. It requires that the principles of the 3Rs - replacement, reduction and refinement - are followed so that animal...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of covered (a) tennis, (b) padel and (c) multi-sport facilities to help facilitate (i) year-round and (ii) all-weather participation
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK following the Spending Review. We a...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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