Sarah Gibson MP: written questions 2025
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Domestic Abuse: Children and Young PeopleHome OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent data her Department holds on the prevalence of intimate partner violence among young people aged 16 to 19.
Answer: Acknowledging the complex nature of domestic abuse, the ONS recently revised a question module in the Crime Survey for England and Wales to improve the accuracy and depth of data collected on domestic abuse. According to the new survey module, 18.7% of 16...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Children and Young PeopleHome OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of domestic abuse among 16 to 19 year-olds.
Answer: Acknowledging the complex nature of domestic abuse, the ONS recently revised a question module in the Crime Survey for England and Wales to improve the accuracy and depth of data collected on domestic abuse. According to the new survey module, 18.7% of 16...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRelationships and Sex EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to make Relationship and Sex Education mandatory in post-16 education settings.
Answer: The department recognises the importance of promoting healthy relationships to young people. This is why relationships and sex education (RSE) is a standard element of the personal development tutorial system in further education.These regular tutorials a...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRelationships and Sex EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of provision of Relationship and Sex Education for young people aged 16 to19 in post-16 education settings.
Answer: The department recognises the importance of promoting healthy relationships to young people. This is why relationships and sex education (RSE) is a standard element of the personal development tutorial system in further education.These regular tutorials a...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPerinatal Mortality: BurialMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds data on how many local authorities have complete and accessible records of historic stillbirth burials.
Answer: The government understands that tracing a baby’s grave or a record of cremation can be a very difficult time for people both mentally and emotionally. It is important, therefore, that parents searching for the final resting place of their child’s remains ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPerinatal Mortality: CemeteriesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to local authorities and families wishing to install memorials or markers on sites of historic communal graves of stillborn babies.
Answer: The government understands that tracing a baby’s grave or a record of cremation can be a very difficult time for people both mentally and emotionally. It is important, therefore, that parents searching for the final resting place of their child’s remains ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBile Duct Cancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of cholangiocarcinoma (a) symptoms and (b) risk factors.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Strangford on 23 January 2025 to Question 24851.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBile Duct Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research funding has been allocated to cholangiocarcinoma through (a) UK Research and Innovation and (b) the National Institute for Health and Care Research in the last five years.
Answer: The Department invests £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £133 million in 2023/24, reflecting its high priority. T...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: WiltshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of flooding incidents reported in Wiltshire (a) since 2020 and (b) each of the previous five-year periods.
Answer: Since 2010, the Wiltshire Council area has experienced multiple flood incidents that have required the response of the Environment Agency and other Flood Risk Authorities. This included widespread flooding during 2023/24, resulting in two-thirds of towns ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: WiltshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the £2.65 billion allocated under the Government’s flood defence investment programme is being directed to flood mitigation schemes in Wiltshire.
Answer: We’re investing a record £2.65 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to improve flood resilience by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences. The full list of over 700 schemes to benefit from fresh funding this year was announced on 31 March and can be...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrencies: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cryptocurrency-related suspicious activity reports were filed with the National Crime Agency in each of the last three years.
Answer: The number of cryptocurrency-related suspicious activity reports filed in each of the last three years were: FY 2021/22 – 73,652FY 2022/23 – 78,132FY 2023/24 – 70,222 Figures for FY 2024/25 are not yet available.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptoassetsTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60729More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the number of UK-based firms registered with the Financial Conduct Authority to provide cryptoasset services.
Answer: Since January 2020, certain cryptoasset firms have been required to register with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the UK’s Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations (MLRs). To date, 51 cryptoasset firms have been registered with the...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrencies: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of cryptocurrency use in illicit finance; and what steps she is taking to reduce this activity.
Answer: Directed by the Economic Crime Plan 2 (and supported by an Economic Crime Levy funding) UK law enforcement is investing in improving both its capacity and capability to investigate the criminal use of cryptoassets. This includes:Investing in specialist ca...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrenciesTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60726More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps her Department has taken to strengthen consumer protection in relation to investments in unbacked cryptocurrencies.
Answer: Since January 2020, certain cryptoasset firms have been required to register with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the UK’s Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations (MLRs). To date, 51 cryptoasset firms have been registered with the...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptoassets: RegulationTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60725More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) funding and (b) resourcing for the Financial Conduct Authority for effective regulation of the cryptoasset sector.
Answer: Since January 2020, certain cryptoasset firms have been required to register with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the UK’s Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations (MLRs). To date, 51 cryptoasset firms have been registered with the...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband and Mobile Phones: WiltshireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of residents paying above 5% of household income on (a) broadband and (b) mobile services in Wiltshire; and what steps he is ta
Answer: The Government has not estimated the number of residents spending over 5% of household income on broadband and mobile services in Wiltshire.We regularly engage with Ofcom, the independent regulator of telecommunications, who publish research on affordabil...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: WiltshireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of households without home internet access in Wiltshire; and what recent estimate his Department has made of levels of digital exclusion in (a) W
Answer: According to Ofcom’s Connected Nations 2025 Spring Update, in the Wiltshire local authority area, 104 premises had no mobile, fixed or wireless internet service provider coverage and in the Chippenham constituency, 14 premises. And through Project Gigabit...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total funding allocated to councils and businesses for electric vehicle charging infrastructure was in the 2025 Spending Review; and what this allocation was in the previous five years.
Answer: In the 2025 Spending Review £400 million of capital funding was allocated to support the rollout of charging infrastructure in the four financial years from 2026/27 to 2029/30. This includes along the strategic road network in England, charging infrastruc...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: InnovationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the commercialisation of circular economy innovations in UK supply chains.
Answer: Defra recognises that commercialising circular economy innovations in UK supply chains is critical to driving genuine circular change and economic growth. In taking a whole-economy approach, the Circular Economy Taskforce will consider how the Government ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes in incentivising circular product design.
Answer: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes are internationally recognised as effective tools for promoting more sustainable product design. As part of the development of packaging EPR (pEPR) scheme, we have engaged with industry stakeholders to better...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: RecyclingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department provides to support SMEs in the construction sector to adopt circular design and reuse practices.
Answer: Small and medium sized housebuilders are essential to meeting the government’s housing ambitions and supporting local economies.The government is acting to support SME housebuilders by increasing their access to land, providing further financial assistanc...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential economic merits of implementing circular economy models in the UK.
Answer: This Government has committed to transitioning to a circular economy to improve lives up and down the country, grow our economy, and protect our environment for generations to come. Recent economic modelling of illustrative measures suggests we could grow...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to promote the transition to a circular economy.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy and has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Economy Strategy for England, for which we plan to publish for consultation in the co...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPensioners: FraudHome OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of fraud involving impersonation of government agencies targeting pensioners have been recorded in each of the last five years by region.
Answer: The Home Office collects data on the number of fraud and computer misuse cases reported to Action Fraud that have been recorded as crimes by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). Information on the victims of these cases is not held.Action Fraud ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Work Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the (a) guidance and (b) training provided to assessors conducting Work Capability Assessments for people living with ME.
Answer: When the FAS Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) contracts commenced, DWP Clinical Policy Group took over ownership of all the clinical Core Training and Guidance Materials (CTGM). These documents, amongst other things, contain clinical condition sp...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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