Siân Berry MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Railway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve (a) step-free and (b) disabled access at railway stations; whether the Access for All funding scheme will continue; and what her planned timeline is to tackle access issu
Answer: We are carefully considering the best approach to the Access for All programme. This Government is committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognises the social and economic benefits this brings to communities.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: Export ControlsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) L3Harris on and (b) other UK-based companies using the open general export licence for exports for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II since 5
Answer: The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has regular discussions with UK exporters on Open General Export Licences (OGELs) including the OGEL: exports in support of Joint Strike Fighter: F-35 Lightning II. Exporters registered to OGELs have specific reporting...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: Export ControlsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether L3Harris has used the provision under Section 4. part (2) of the open general export licence for exports for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II to export equipment where the end-user is
Answer: Usage against Open General Export Licences (OGEL) is only recorded and held on an annual basis, and therefore it is not possible to report on the number of times an OGEL has been used from part way through the year. The Export Control Joint Unit’s searcha...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordExport Controls: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether L3Harris held any of the export licences to Israel suspended on 2 September 2024
Answer: L3Harris did not hold any of the Standard Individual Export Licence or Open Individual Export Licences that were suspended on 2 September 2024.
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and (b) other experts on the potential merits of offering the Covid-19 booster vaccine to frontlin
Answer: As with all United Kingdom vaccination programmes, the decision on which groups are eligible for a particular part of the programme is only made following careful consideration of the groups most at risk of illness, severe illness, or death, as a conseque...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an equalities impact assessment of the decision to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment.
Answer: The Regulations will come into force on 16 September, the first day of the Winter Fuel Payment qualifying week. In making her decision on Winter Fuel Payment eligibility, the Secretary of State had regard to the equality analysis in line with the Public S...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential (a) impact of non-take up of Pension Credit by eligible people on their ability to meet fuel costs this winter and (b) merits of providing an automati
Answer: The Government is determined to protect the poorest pensioners and target support to those in greatest need. Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or certain other income-related benefi...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: ConductHome OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) monitor and (b) maintain standards of police conduct.
Answer: Policing is subject to a highly regulated police complaints and disciplinary system, which includes oversight responsibilities for both local policing bodies and the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). The Government has committed to strengtheni...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnti-corruption ChampionHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to appoint a new anti-corruption champion.
Answer: The government is considering a range of appointments following the election. When there are appointments to announce, this will be done in the usual way.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness and Criminology: BTEC QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students took the (a) BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Business and (b) WJEC Level 3 Applied Diploma in Criminology in (i) Brighton and Hove and (ii) the UK in the 2023-24 academic year; and whether st
Answer: The full-year participation data for the 2023/24 academic year is expected to be available in November 2024. After this point the department will be in a position to provide additional breakdowns. Regarding student enrolment for the 2025/26 academic year,...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the 2024-25 pay award does not apply to teachers in (a) sixth form and (b) further education colleges; and if she will make it her policy to apply the award to those teachers.
Answer: Further education (FE) providers are not in scope of the School Teacher Review Body’s remit. The government neither sets nor makes recommendations about FE teacher pay, and it is instead the responsibility of individual colleges to make awards in line wit...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022Home OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to repeal the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
Answer: Certain sections of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 are currently being reviewed by the Government in line with commitments made in Parliament when the Act was passed. In addition, the entirety of the Act will be subject to post-legislat...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Social MediaHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of prosecution under Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006 of (a) social media platforms and (b) their owners for facilitating (i) the disseminatio
Answer: Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006 contains offences relating to the sale and other dissemination of books and other publications, including material on the internet by an individual, that encourage people to engage in terrorism, or provide information t...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish an updated Road Safety Statement; and whether that update will include a Vision Zero approach.
Answer: The Government has announced that it intends to publish a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. Work is already underway on this and further details will be set out in due course.
Answered 3 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to set conditions for and regulate the use and deployment of live facial recognition technology by police forces in England and Wales.
Answer: Live facial technology is already being used effectively by some police forces to identify suspects more quickly and accurately.Its use is governed by data protection, equality, and human rights legislation supplemented by specific policing guidance.
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding her Department has provided for (i) walking, (ii) cycling, (iii) healthy and safer streets, (iv) disabled access and (v) other ways to support active travel in Engla
Answer: The table below outlines Departmental funding for active travel for the period 2011/12 to 2023/24. It is not possible to disaggregate this into separate amounts for walking, cycling, healthy streets and so forth. Comparable data for 2010/11 is unavailable...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordYouth Work: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the (a) revenue and (b) capital funding provided by each government department for youth work in England and Wales in each financial year since2010-11.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people. In England, since 2010, DCMS has directly provided over £1.5 billion to the youth sector - mainly through three l...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government , if she will make an estimate of the real-terms value of the total of discounts claimed under Right to Buy in each local authority in England and Wales in each year since 1989.
Answer: The total amount of Right to Buy discounts per local authority from 2011-12 onwards is available in Section B of the Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) available here Local authority housing data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), with the latest data included...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing councils with grants to buy homes from the market to convert the tenure of these homes to council housing.
Answer: The Government will support councils and housing associations to build their capacity and make a greater contribution to affordable housing supply. As a first step, we have given councils the ability to combine Right to Buy receipts with section 106 contr...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Right to Buy and associated discounts on the value for money of grant spending on new council housing through the Affo
Answer: Local authorities can bid for grant funding through the Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) to support delivery of affordable homes. If a home built using AHP grant is sold via the Right to Buy, then the local authority must either recycle the relevant grant...
Answered 30 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the value for money of grant spending on new council housing through the Affordable Housing Programme.
Answer: The Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) receives bids from housing associations and local authorities. Our delivery partners, the GLA and Homes England, assess the viability of these against criteria set out in the internal programme evaluation. The National...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the amount held by each (a) council and (b) other planning authority in unspent Section 106 and developer contributions towards affordable housing
Answer: Local planning authorities are required to publish an infrastructure funding statement annually on their websites. These should include information on the amount of unspent developer contributions they hold at the end of each reporting year and the amount...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTransport: CostsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2672More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the percentage change in real terms of the average cost per kilometre to an individual of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) train and (d) domestic aeroplane since (i) 199
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon Lady’s Parliamentary Question of 30/07/24 is attached.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure communities have equal access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) across different (a) risk, (b) demographic and (c) geographic groups.
Answer: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a priority for the Government, and we will commission a new plan to end new HIV transmissions within England by 2030. As part of our work in developing a new plan, we will explore options for ensuring equity and equal...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) available (a) in pharmacies and (b) from an online service.
Answer: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a priority for the Government, and we will commission a new plan to end new HIV transmissions within England by 2030. As part of our work in developing a new plan, we will explore options for ensuring equity and equal...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
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