Sarah Champion MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
China: UyghursForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his department has made of the UK’s obligations under (a) pillar two and (b) pillar three of the UN Responsibility to Protect framework in relation to the tre
Answer: The UK continues to stand firm on human rights in China, including in Xinjiang, where Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim communities continue to face persecution and arbitrary detention. We raise our concerns directly at the highest levels, and in int...
Answered 22 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFurs: FarmsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the fur working group established by her Department will consider the potential public health risks associated with overseas fur farming; and when she plans to publish her Depa
Answer: As set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, Defra has established a working group on fur, involving both industry experts and those who support restrictions on the trade in fur. The primary focus of the group will be to explore animal welfare concerns rela...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordImports: IsraelDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, when HM Revenue and Customs last updated the non-eligible postcode list published under the Notice to Importers: imports from Israel into the United Kingdom; and whether that data
Answer: The non-eligible postcode list was last updated on 22 August 2025 and HMRC work in cooperation with the relevant government departments on enforcement. However, as of 8 September the Foreign Secretary has announced an import ban on goods from Israeli Sett...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Origin MarkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with local authority Trading Standards services regarding the resourcing and enforcement of retail country-of-origin labelling compliance.
Answer: Under consumer protection legislation enforced locally by Trading Standards, it is illegal to mislead consumers as to the nature of a product through labelling or other marketing. With respect to food labelling, the Department for the Environment, Food an...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordOrigin Marking: Occupied TerritoriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last reviewed the 2009 technical advice document on the labelling of produce originating from the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and whether she plans to update
Answer: The UK aims to maintain high standards on the information provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. The UK expects food originating from Israeli settlements located in the territories occupied by Israel since...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAir Passenger DutyTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26027More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury has made an assessment of (a) the potential revenue that could be raised from extending the higher rate of Air Passenger Duty to all private jet flights and (b) the impact of using any additiona
Answer: At present, only 36 per cent of private jet passengers pay the higher APD rate, while most pay the same as those on commercial flights, despite private jets offering a more premium service with far fewer passengers and significantly higher emissions per p...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: Social MediaDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that the scope of the proposed ban on social media companies for children under 16 can respond to changes in (a) the services used by ch
Answer: The government announced in June that we would ban social media companies from offering their services to under 16s. This means capturing user to user platforms, whose purpose is to enable social interaction, and which allow users to post material alongsi...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordParking: Codes of PracticeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 26025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there is a target date set in autumn 2026 for laying the Private Parking Code of Practice before Parliament.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance her Department provides to social housing providers on the (a) disposal, (b) replacement and (c) recycling of legacy solar photovoltaic panels that have reached the end of their
Answer: Legislation is in place to control the disposal of solar equipment at the end of its life for the collection and recycling of old PV panels with some companies globally and in the UK able to take the materials from the panels to use in different industrie...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDrugs: ResearchDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the press release entitled Patients to benefit from faster access to medicines as UK moves away from animal testing in science, published on 12 August 2026, if he
Answer: Innovate UK awarded funding to the following projects: VivoSphere CardioSafe Platform for Reproducible, Regulatory-Ready In Vitro Cardiotoxicity Screening (VivoSphere UK, £200,000); RITMO (BiomimX Srl, £199,991); a cardiovascular safety framework (Univers...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the implementation of the bovine Tuberculosis eradication strategy for England.
Answer: This Government is currently considering the proposals set out in the recommended bovine TB control strategy for England. The department will continue to work closely with farmers, vets, scientists and industry partners to move swiftly from recommendation...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department takes to verify that all protective licence conditions and GPS exclusion zones recommended by a Victim Liaison Officer are (a) fully active and (b) communicated to the victim before an o
Answer: Sections 35 to 45 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 provide eligible victims with statutory rights under the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme, including the opportunity to make representations about licence conditions and to rece...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what policy protocol is in place under the Earned Progression Model when a releasing authority declines to implement a safety or geographic exclusion zone recommendation made by a Victim Liaison Officer; and what
Answer: Sections 35 to 45 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 provide eligible victims with statutory rights under the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme, including the opportunity to make representations about licence conditions and to rece...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the administrative and casework capacity of Victim Liaison Officers to manage the increased volume of statutory consultations required under the early re
Answer: Sections 35 to 45 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 provide eligible victims with statutory rights under the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme, including the opportunity to make representations about licence conditions and to rece...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Victim Liaison Officers will make recommendations regarding victim safety prior to the early release of any prisoner convicted of (a) sexual offences, (b) child sexual offences and (c) domestic abuse-rela
Answer: Sections 35 to 45 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 provide eligible victims with statutory rights under the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme, including the opportunity to make representations about licence conditions and to rece...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a requirement to ensure that a Victim Liaison Officer is formally consulted regarding victim safety and geographic exclusion zones prior to the early release of any prisoner convicted of (a) sexu
Answer: Sections 35 to 45 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 provide eligible victims with statutory rights under the Probation Service Victim Contact Scheme, including the opportunity to make representations about licence conditions and to rece...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: DatabasesMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department operates a single database to record (a) the number of offenders serving standard determinate sentences, (b) their offence category and (c) their release dates.
Answer: The Department holds information on offenders' offences, sentences and release dates within the Digital Prison Services (DPS) platform and the legacy offender case management system, NOMIS. This information is not held in a single database but these syste...
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department provides dedicated guidance on minimum rehabilitation requirements for prisoners in custody serving standard determinate sentences for (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offenc
Answer: Rehabilitative interventions are determined for each offender based on their specific needs and offending profile as part of sentence planning. There is no dedicated guidance on minimum rehabilitation requirements specifically for the offence types listed...
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the safety of release provisions in place for offenders serving custodial sentences for (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual
Answer: This Government is committed to strengthening public protection and ensuring the Probation Service has the tools and capacity it needs to keep communities safe and protect victims. We are investing £700m into probation and community services, recruiting 1...
Answered 24 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risk to victims of (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual offences arising from the reduction of automatic release p
Answer: First, I would like to express my sincere sympathy with all victims of these appalling crimes. This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public ...
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners serving standard determinate sentences for (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual offences who are eligible
Answer: First, I would like to express my sincere sympathy with all victims of these appalling crimes. This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public ...
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: ShellfishHome OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources have been allocated to the planned phased approach to policy development on decapods, including the number of full-time equivalent staff involved, dedicated budget, external expertise c
Answer: The Home Office has written to the Animals in Science Committee setting out its phased approach to developing proportionate and evidence-based arrangements for decapods used in scientific procedures. As part of this approach, the Home Office is developing...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: ShellfishHome OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a roadmap for the phased approach to policy development on decapods used in scientific procedures.
Answer: The Home Office has written to the Animals in Science Committee setting out its phased approach to developing proportionate and evidence-based arrangements for decapods used in scientific procedures. As part of this approach, the Home Office is developing...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Breeding: Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what assessment she has made of the reduction in procedures reported as
Answer: The Government welcomes the reduction in experimental procedures reported as severe in the 2025 published annual statistics. The proportion fell from 3.4% in 2024 to 1.3% in 2025, with the number of severe procedures decreasing from 48,380 to 17,593. Proc...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme are pending a determination by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
Answer: I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 18 June 2026 to Question 8809: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-10/8809.Figures up to 31 March 2025 are available in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Author...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
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