Sarah Olney MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Water Abstraction: TeddingtonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Thames Water on the definition of best value in the context of the Teddington DRA and Water Resource Management plan.
Answer: The Teddington Direct River Abstraction scheme has been selected by Thames Water in its Water Resources Management Plan from one of 2,400 options modelled at a regional level, by Water Resources South East. The options were put through an options appraisa...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: TeddingtonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Teddington Direct River Abstraction project on water quality in its vicinity; and if he will take steps to ensure the adequ
Answer: Teddington Direct River Abstraction (DRA) is a water recycling scheme considered in Thames Water’s draft Water Resources Management Plan 2024 (dWRMP24) and Water Resources South East’s (WRSE) Regional Plan as a supply option for 2030/31. The Environment A...
Answered 20 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWater TreatmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing of mandatory quaternary water treatment of wastewater.
Answer: Defra currently has no plans to introduce and make quaternary treatment mandatory for domestic wastewater treatment. Where it is deemed necessary as an additional wastewater treatment process, costs and benefits will be assessed, and stakeholder consultat...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRoyal Engineers: Development Aid and Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Engineers have helped to construct road bridges in (a) aid and (b) peacekeeping missions.
Answer: The Corps of Royal Engineers primarily builds temporary bridges that enable military road traffic to cross dry and wet gaps during operational deployments. The Corps of Royal Engineers has not recently helped to construct road bridges in aid or peacekeepi...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAviation: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of the Aviation Night Noise Effects (ANNE) study, funded by her Department.
Answer: The Aviation Night Noise Effects (ANNE) study is a current study examining the relationship of aviation noise on sleep disturbance and annoyance, and how this varies by different times of night. The study is funded by the Department for Transport and is a...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHeathrow AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential (a) economic, (b) environmental and (c) health impact of a third runway at Heathrow.
Answer: An Appraisal of Sustainability and economic assessment were conducted before the Airports National Policy Statement was voted on by Parliament and designated in 2018.https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/heathrow-airport-expansion#appraisal-of-sustain...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAirports: National Policy StatementsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the Airports National Policy Statement.
Answer: As required by the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State will review a National Policy Statement when she considers it appropriate to do so.
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2971More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing citizens with a breakdown of what proportion of their tax payments are invested into each sector of the economy.
Answer: The government regularly publishes a breakdown of total public tax receipts and total public sector spending. The most recent of these can be found in Annex B of the Spring Budget 2024 document, which is published on gov.uk here: Spring Budget 2024 - GOV....
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on the transition from housing benefit to Universal Credit; and what steps she is taking to reduce (a) hardship, (b) debt and (c) eviction risks for households using housing b
Answer: The DWP started sending Migration Notices to Housing Benefit only customers from 17 July 2024 and is committed to ensuring that the transition to Universal Credit works as smoothly as possible for all individuals. DWP has processes in place within Univers...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department provides on whether Heathrow Airport is legally required to support (a) noise abatement schemes, (b) sound insulation and (c) double glazing for properties affected by aircraft nois
Answer: Heathrow Airport is a designated aerodrome under Section 78 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982, for the purpose of limiting, or of mitigating the effect of, noise and vibration connected with the taking-off or landing of aircraft. Noise abatement procedures f...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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