Sarah Champion MP: written questions 2025
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Offences against Children: RotherhamHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how much it cost for the Independent Office for Police Conduct to carry out the Operation Amazon investigation linked to child sexual abuse in Rotherham.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to letter sent to her from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) regarding the costs for Operation Linden. A copy of the letter was placed in the House Library. As noted in that letter, “the total operations cost of the 9...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: RotherhamHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how much it cost for the Independent Office for Police Conduct to carry out the Operation Linden investigation linked to child sexual abuse in Rotherham.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to letter sent to her from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) regarding the costs for Operation Linden. A copy of the letter was placed in the House Library. As noted in that letter, “the total operations cost of the 9...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: ProcurementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on the procurement of food that is locally produced or certified to higher environment standards.
Answer: Defra is responsible for the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services (GBSF), which set the requirements for sourcing, cooking, and serving of food for central Government and executive agencies in England. Local authorities are encourage...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for ensuring that half of all food purchased across the public sector is (a) locally produced and (b) certified to higher environment standards.
Answer: The Government is open to considering all lawful means of achieving its ambition that half of all food purchased across the public sector should be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. As a first step, we will be reviewing the ...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordReligion: RadicalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will respond to the report of the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights entitled The Next Wave: How Religious Extremism Is Regaining Power, publ
Answer: We are aware of the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights report entitled 'The Next Wave: How Religious Extremism Is Regaining Power', and the issues it raises in relation to the rollback on rights.The UK has a long history as ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £400m Afghan Response Route funds announced on the 15 July 2025 was classified as Official Development Assistance in each year of operation; and from which Departments’ budgets it was sourced.
Answer: No money spent on relocation or resettlement in the UK as a result of the data loss incident is being paid for out of the Official Development Assistance budget. HM Treasury included the cost of Afghan resettlement schemes, including the ARR, in the spend...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse MaterialDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that AI technologies which fall outside the scope of the Online Safety Act are subject to appropriate regulatory oversight of their potenti
Answer: We are committed to ensuring our laws keep pace with technology and are building on the Online Safety Act by taking further action in the Crime and Policing Bill to criminalise AI models which have been optimised to create child sexual abuse material.As s...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66539More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many companies are listed on the Government’s Debarment List under the exclusion regime in the Procurement Act 2023.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling misconduct in public procurement. All contracting authorities and suppliers are expected to act, and be seen to act, with integrity. The debarment regime came into effect on 24 February 2025. We will not hesitate to...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: PrimatesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's transparency data entitled Non-technical summaries for project licences granted January – March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for
Answer: The Home Office is committed to ensuring that the use of animals in scientific research is strictly regulated and is only permitted where no suitable alternatives are available.In parallel, the Government is committed to working towards a vision of phasin...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMagistrates: VacanciesMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of unfilled magistrate vacancies on 9 July 2025.
Answer: We do not have a set number of magistrate vacancies. Magistrate recruitment targets are set on an annual basis covering 1 April to 31 March. As of 1 April 2025, there were 14,636 magistrates in post. We are aiming to recruit around 2,000 magistrates in 20...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Fuels and Water SupplyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of levels of availability of fuel in Gaza; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact
Answer: The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. We remain deeply concerned at the lack of fuel supply in Gaza, which puts vital services such as water desalination at risk. On 18 July, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to consultation outcome document entitled Summary of responses and government response, published on 12 June 2025, what his Department's timetable is for implementing ma
Answer: On 12 June 2025 we published the summary of responses and government response to the fairer food labelling consultation, which was undertaken last year by the previous government. The response is available here on GOV.UK. We recognise the strong support f...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSri Lanka: HomicideForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made support an independent UN investigation into the Chemmani site in Sri Lanka, which includes (a) exhumations, (b) forensic analysis, and (c) v
Answer: The UK Government is deeply concerned by the recent discovery of the mass grave in Chemmani. We remain committed to supporting accountability for human rights violations and we regularly meet the Government of Sri Lanka to discuss reconciliation and accou...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVictims: Codes of PracticeMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Victims' Code is enforceable; and what mechanisms are available to victims to ensure that criminal justice agencies comply with that code.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that victims receive the service they deserve under the Code. This is why earlier this year we commenced the new statutory obligation from the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which requires those who provide Code services to c...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVictims: Codes of PracticeMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to commence section 8 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2025; and what steps she is taking produce the framework to review compliance with the Victims Code.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that victims receive the service they deserve under the Code. This is why earlier this year we commenced the new statutory obligation from the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which requires those who provide Code services to c...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Humanitarian LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to uphold International Humanitarian Law.
Answer: The UK is a champion of International Humanitarian Law and committed to promoting compliance. Where the UK is involved in military action, this is conducted in full accordance with UK and international law. If we see signs that violations of International...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordZoos: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to improve the enforcement of zoo licensing.
Answer: The Government published new Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain on 24 May 2025. The Standards will come into force from May 2027 and will replace the current 2012 Secretary of State’s Standards of Modern Zoo Practice. One of the objectives...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary ServicesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a veterinary agreement with the EU on conservation.
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on May 19, 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area. With the principles and framework of an SPS agreement now agreed, we will now negotiate the detail of an agreeme...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Learning DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of rolling out sheltered employment work schemes for adults with learning disabilities.
Answer: There is an international and domestic evidence-base demonstrating that sheltered employment, when delivered in line with one of the recognised Supported Employment models, is effective in supporting disabled people, people with health conditions and comp...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which staffing grades in his Department have been most impacted by reductions in Official Development Assistance spending; and what steps he is taking to ensure that levels o
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has been clear that the reduction in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget does not automatically lead to staffing reductions. Our development capability and expertise will continue to have an important role to play in our...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in Official Development Assistance spending on (a) internal structuring and (b) staffing levels in his Depar
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has been clear about the reform needed in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to ensure it is fit for the future and is delivering for the British people. The FCDO will consider the size and shape of its workforce...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: Departmental ResponsibilitiesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how responsibility for animal welfare policy is divided between (a) his Department, (b) the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and (c) the Home Office; and who the lead m
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is responsible for technology policy around the development, validation and uptake of alternative testing methods, led by Lord Vallance. The Home Office is responsible for regulation of the use of anim...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement will include (a) zoo animals that are part of conservation breeding programmes, (b) plants intended for conservation pur
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders’ Summit on 19 May 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area, aimed at reducing trade barriers and facilitating the safe and efficient movement of trade. With the principles a...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordShellfish: Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21608 on Cephalopods and Shellfish: Animal Welfare, what estimate she has made of when the Animals in Science Committee will conclude its work on
Answer: The Home Office does not require advice from the Animals in Science Committee at this stage but will be guided by decisions made under the Animal Welfare Act regarding any consideration as to whether decapod crustaceans are regulated under the Animals (Sc...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 38034, if he will establish an expert advisory group of representatives from (a) industry, (b) academia and (c) civil society to over
Answer: The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”. The government has been consulting industry, academia and civil society as this process unfolds.The ...
Answered 28 May 2025
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