Sarah Gibson MP: written questions
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Industry: InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Invest 2035 on rural economies; and what steps he plans to use to monitor its impact on rural inclusion.
Answer: Invest 2035 was published in October last year, seeking views on the UK’s Industrial Strategy. The Modern Industrial Strategy was published on 23 June, setting out a 10-year plan to back our strengths and realise Britain’s potential, targeting investment ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade o
Answer: Ministers and officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) worked closely with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to develop the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, such as on the inclusion of agri-tech to support gr...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Rural AreasDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what steps her Department is taking to support further education colleges in rural areas to deliver traini
Answer: The department is making additional investment of over £1 billion per year in skills for young people by 2028/29. This is additional to the over £400 million extra funding already planned for 16-19 education in the 2025/26 financial year, as well as £155 ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Rural AreasDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what steps she is taking to provide (a) targeted apprenticeship and (b) reskilling opportunities to people
Answer: This government is transforming the apprenticeships offer into a new growth and skills offer, which will give greater flexibility to employers and learners and increase access to talent across the eight industrial strategy sectors.The department will cont...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Energy: Rural AreasDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, if he will publish a clean energy investment plan for non-urban areas.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has set out clear plans to support the development of clean energy infrastructure via the Clean Power Action Plan and the Spending Review. For example, we are making deployment easier, including the Planning...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Energy and Environment Protection: Rural AreasDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support the development of clean energy infr
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has set out clear plans to support the development of clean energy infrastructure via the Clean Power Action Plan and the Spending Review. For example, we are making deployment easier, including the Planning...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: Rural AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Advanced Manufacturing Sector Plan, published on 23 June 2025, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that investment in advanced manufacturing is allocated to rural communitie
Answer: Deeper partnerships with mayors and devolved governments will deliver real change in local communities, ensuring Sector Plan gains across the UK.As part of this, we will support specific city regions and clusters through a new £600 million Strategic Sites...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor progress on the delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
Answer: The Government funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC).We have assessed the myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), research portfolio fun...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) UK Research and Innovation and (b) National Institute for Health and Care Research funding for biomedical research into (i) myalgic encepha
Answer: The Government funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC).We have assessed the myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), research portfolio fun...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the delivery plan for ME/CFS will include a strategic framework to support research into treatment development.
Answer: The Government funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC).We have assessed the myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), research portfolio fun...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: WiltshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding has been allocated to GP practices in Wiltshire in each of the last three years; and how many bids for premises improvement funding were (a) submitted and (b) approved.
Answer: The Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund will deliver upgrades to more than a thousand general practice surgeries across England this year. This includes nine schemes in the Bath, Northeast Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: WiltshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of GP premises in Wiltshire; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of practices operating in buildings considered unfit for purp
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future, with world class infrastructure across the entire NHS estate and confronting the challenges posed by historic underinvestment in primary care.There are 8,500 b...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of GP practices operating in premises not fit for purpose; and what steps his Department is taking to increase funding to address this issue.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future, with world class infrastructure across the entire NHS estate and confronting the challenges posed by historic underinvestment in primary care.There are 8,500 b...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of GP funding relative to the proportion of NHS patient contact delivered in primary care.
Answer: The Carr-Hill formula, which underpins capitation payments to general practices (GPs), is designed to ensure that resources are directed to practices based on an estimate of their patient workload and unavoidable practice costs.It is a workload-based form...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordConsumers: BereavementDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to conduct a cross-sector review of business practices in supporting recently bereaved customers.
Answer: Government has no plans to conduct a cross-sector review of business practice in supporting recently bereaved consumers. The Financial Conduct Authority have considered this issue across financial services and have published guidance on the fair treatment...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to monitor compliance with consumer protection legislation by private parking companies.
Answer: The Government is aware of concerns regarding the actions of some private parking operators and is determined to drive up standards across the sector. The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 places a duty on the Government to prepare a code of practice co...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the operation of private parking management and appeals systems.
Answer: The government is committed to raising standards across the private parking sector. The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 places a duty on the government to prepare a Code of Practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private par...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to establish a regulator for private parking operators.
Answer: The government is committed to raising standards across the private parking sector. The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 places a duty on the government to prepare a Code of Practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private par...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: Supply ChainsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that fair dealing improvements under Grocery Supply Code of Practice are extended to upstream suppliers who are not covered by the Code.
Answer: The Groceries Code is a competition measure owned by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA can only change the Code in ways which address the specific effects on competition found during its original market investigation, and not to address...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator: Groceries Code AdjudicatorDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of consolidating the functions of the Grocery Code Adjudicator and the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator to create a unified regulator with
Answer: The government is currently undertaking the fourth statutory review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA). The consultation to this review includes question about the GCA’s remit in relation to the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA), and addit...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDroughts: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to allocate additional resources to help rural and farming communities adapt to increased drought risk.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) has produced an updated irrigation prospects report for summer 2025. The report provides options to support irrigators now and in the longer term. The updated irrigation prospects across England for the summer season is ‘modera...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: WiltshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers in Wiltshire to (a) retain soil moisture and (b) protect (i) crops and (ii) livestock from high temperatures.
Answer: Defra is aware of current concerns around ongoing dry conditions, including in Wiltshire, and continues to closely monitor the situation. Defra has provided support through the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), where many farmers are carrying out actio...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: WeatherDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of extreme heat and drought on harvest forecasts for summer 2025.
Answer: Defra does not forecast harvest yields. However, the UK Agricultural Market Monitoring Group monitors, alongside other issues, the impact of heat and drought on agricultural markets across the UK, while continuing to develop our understanding and analysis...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) school and (b) college funding per pupil in Wiltshire in 2024–25.
Answer: Through the dedicated schools grant (DSG), Wiltshire received £364.5 million for mainstream schools in the 2024/25 financial year. This represented an increase of 2.3% per pupil compared to 2023/24, excluding growth funding. On top of that, they received ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase (a) school and (b) college funding per pupil above the rate of inflation in each financial year until 2029.
Answer: Across the spending review, core schools funding, including special educational needs and disabilities investment, will increase from £65.3 billion in the 2025/26 financial year (including the additional funding announced in May 2025) to £69.5 billion by ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
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