Siân Berry MP: written questions
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Air Pollution: Public ConsultationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 903708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to monitor the effective implementation of Government consultation principles on the needs of people affected by air pollution.
Answer: Defra seeks to align its consultations with the Cabinet Office consultations principles, published in 2018, to ensure our consultations are accessible to a wide variety of stakeholders and gather the best possible information to assist with policy develop...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael Defense Forces: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of UK citizens that (a) have served since 7 October 2023 and (b) are serving with the Israeli Defence Forces.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not hold specific information on British Nationals who have served with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The UK recognises the right of British dual nationals to serve in the legitimately recog...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael Defense Forces: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) monitor and (b) investigate the conduct of British citizens serving with the Israeli Defence Forces.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not hold specific information on British Nationals who have served with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The UK recognises the right of British dual nationals to serve in the legitimately recog...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael Defense Forces: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will issue guidance to British nationals joining the Israeli Defence Forces on the risks of being involved in actions that are contrary to international agreements sign
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not hold specific information on British Nationals who have served with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The UK recognises the right of British dual nationals to serve in the legitimately recog...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 40020 on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services, whether he has had discussions with the British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS on the my
Answer: We are engaging with our myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), Task and Finish Group, including the British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS, seeking their feedback and suggestions as we develop our final delivery ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled £2 billion new investment to support biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation, published on 25 March 2025
Answer: At Spring statement, the government announced an immediate injection of £2 billion to support delivery of the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and contribute to our ambitious Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Sussex: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Office for Students' regulatory case report for the University of Sussex, published on 26 March 2025, whether the Office for Students plans to issue guidance to higher education institutio
Answer: This government is committed to free speech as a non-negotiable, and expects universities to take their responsibilities to upholding it seriously.The Office for Students (OfS) is an independent regulator responsible for ensuring that higher education (HE...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Sussex: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Office for Students commissioned external legal counsel in relation to their (a) regulatory case report for the University of Sussex, published on 26 March 2025 and (b) investigation which led to th
Answer: This government is committed to free speech as a non-negotiable, and expects universities to take their responsibilities to upholding it seriously.The Office for Students (OfS) is an independent regulator responsible for ensuring that higher education (HE...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Sussex: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Office for Students’ staff hours were spent on work relating to the Office for Students' regulatory case report for the University of Sussex, published on 26 March 2025 broken down by grade.
Answer: This government is committed to free speech as a non-negotiable, and expects universities to take their responsibilities to upholding it seriously.The Office for Students (OfS) is an independent regulator responsible for ensuring that higher education (HE...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Sussex: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Office for Students' regulatory case report for the University of Sussex, published on 26 March 2025, what was the cost to the public purse of the investigation which led to this report.
Answer: This government is committed to free speech as a non-negotiable, and expects universities to take their responsibilities to upholding it seriously.The Office for Students (OfS) is an independent regulator responsible for ensuring that higher education (HE...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37066More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to (a) engage and (b) communicate with the public about major infrastructure projects.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering a cross-cutting 10 year infrastructure strategy communicating to the public its approach to housing, economic and social infrastructure, alongside a pipeline to give industry a clear sense of the government’s long...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37064More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the Institution of Civil Engineers entitled Paying for Britain’s Infrastructure System, published on 25 February 2025.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering a cross-cutting 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy communicating to the public its approach to housing, economic and social infrastructure, alongside a pipeline to give industry a clear sense of the government’s long...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPesticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2024 to Question 10174 on Pesticides, when he plans to publish the National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
Answer: We intend to publish a Pesticides National Action Plan this year.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordT-levels: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) spend was up to and including the 2023-24 financial year and (b) forecast spend is for the 2024-25 financial year on the T level programme.
Answer: Spend on the T Level programme was £994 million up to and including the 2023/24 financial year. Forecast spend for the 2024/25 financial year on the T Level programme is £253 million.
Answered 23 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Poverty TaskforceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28504 , whether the Child Poverty Strategy's work on social security reforms will include assessment of the impact of the two-child benefit cap on
Answer: The causes of child poverty are wide-ranging and deep-rooted, and so it is right that the Taskforce carefully considers and assesses the available levers as it develops this Strategy.The UK Government has committed to economic stability and any decision o...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: InflationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22765 on Pensions: Inflation, whether he has had discussions with American Express.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold individual occupational pension scheme data. Discretionary increases in benefits above the statutory minimum and those required by scheme rules are a matter for the scheme sponsor and trustees.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace Pensions: InflationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of American Express retirees in the UK impacted by the lack of statutory inflation protection for pre-1997 defined benefit pensions.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold individual occupational pension scheme data. Discretionary increases in benefits above the statutory minimum and those required by scheme rules are a matter for the scheme sponsor and trustees.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Legal Costs and Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2024 on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform, HCWS244, what her planned timetable is to (a) consult and (b) bring measures into
Answer: As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement in question, the government will consult this year on the Act’s provisions on service charges and on legal costs, bringing these measures into force as quickly as possible thereafter.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written QuestionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 23103 on Air Pollution, published on 9 January 2025.
Answer: The next review of our statutory Air Quality Strategy is due to be completed by mid-2028. We intend to bring forward that date whilst ensuring we have time to work closely with stakeholders to co-design the new strategy.
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his speech entitled The Kew Lecture: Foreign Secretary's speech on the climate crisis, given on 17 September 2024, whether he has made any changes to staffi
Answer: The Kew Lecture announced that UK Special Representatives for Climate and Nature would be appointed. Rachel Kyte CMG and Ruth Davis OBE took up these roles on 21 October and 15 November, respectively. In addition, several Foreign, Commonwealth and Develop...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Official Tribunals Statistics quarterly: July to September 2024, what analysis has been done of the reasons for the increase in asylum appeal cases in the category of Asylum/Protecti
Answer: Both the Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2024 to which the question refers, published by the Ministry of Justice, and the latest Immigration System Statistics quarterly release, published by Home Office, explain that the rise in asylum ap...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration entitled An inspection of asylum casework June-October 2023, published on 29 February 2024, whether she has
Answer: This report deals wholly with the Asylum Casework system under the previous administration.The Home Office partially accepted the recommendation made in the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration 2024 “ICIBI annual report for...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration entitled An inspection of Asylum Casework June-October 2023, whether her Department has taken steps to introd
Answer: This report deals wholly with the Asylum Casework system under the previous administration.The Home Office partially accepted the recommendation made in the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration 2024 “ICIBI annual report for...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHomes for Ukraine SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason thank you payments to sponsors hosting refugees from Ukraine for more than 12 months will reduce from £500 to £350 from 1 April 2025; and what assessment she has
Answer: To fund our continued support through the 18 month Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme visa period, and ensure it is affordable within government budgets, we have taken the difficult decision to reduce the level of thank you payments.We recognise that thi...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of comments by President Trump on Gaza on the (a) Camp David Accords and (b) Wadi Araba Treaty.
Answer: The Egypt-Israel (Camp David) and Jordan-Israel (Wadi Araba) peace treaties were historic achievements. The US played an integral part in facilitating negotiations between Israel, Jordan and Egypt that has resulted in lasting peace. That is why we support...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
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