Siân Berry MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Affordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to support local authorities to fast-track planning applications that deliver 100% affordable housing.
Answer: The government has no specific plans to fast-track planning applications that deliver 100% affordable housing. We have already taken a number of steps to streamline planning processes generally. We are currently consulting on a new National Planning Polic...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with Homes England about access to grant funding for small housing providers.
Answer: Small housing providers can bid for grant funding through the government’s new 10-year £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme.Guidance to bidders from Homes England can be found on gov.uk here, and to bidders from the Greater London Authority h...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport accessibility for disabled people.
Answer: The government is committed to improving public transport services, so they are more inclusive and enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. As part of our broader mission to break down barriers to opportunity, we recognise th...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordShipping: StormsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Natural Environment Research Council Open Research Archive Storms and Waves update entitled Climate Change Impacts on Storms and Waves Relevant to the UK and Ireland, published in May 2025
Answer: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has not conducted any specific research of the potential of a change in mean significant wave height to the incidence of marine pollution in the UK.We are also not aware of any discussions or research into the pote...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMarine Environment: Nature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of bottom trawling on meeting the target in the UN Global Biodiversity Framework of conserving 30% of earth’s seas by 2030.
Answer: The 30by30 target, Target 3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, is a global target to effectively protect 30% of the global ocean and of land by 2030. Just over 9.8% of the global ocean is now protecte...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will investigate whether Peter Mandelson (a) shared privileged information with Palantir and (b) used his role in Government for personal gain.
Answer: I refer you to the Government's response to the Urgent Question tabled on 12 February, and the Written Ministerial Statement in the name of the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister that same day, which set out an update on the Government's process. We wi...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112532More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will launch an independent inquiry into the potential role of Peter Mandelson in negotiating contracts between the UK Government and Palantir; and if he will make it his policy to publish the results of th
Answer: Details of central government contracts above £12,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts procured under the Procurement Act 2023, which came into force on 24 February 2025, are published on the ...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPress: PrivacyCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107285More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has agreed a date to meet with victims of press abuse, following his remarks at the Liaison Committee on 15 December 2025.
Answer: Officials from the Prime Minister’s Office are in contact to arrange a meeting.
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStop and Search: DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which stop and search for items related to protest is used much more frequently by some police forces than others.
Answer: The Public Order Act 2023 includes stop and search powers for police to search for and seize articles related to protest-related offences.The Home Office publishes statistics on use of stop and search powers, the latest are at: Stop and search, arrests, a...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Hunger StrikesMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to hold discussions with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on his comments of December 2025 on the treatment of hunger-striking prisoners.
Answer: No discussions are planned. We are confident that the measures in place to ensure proper care for prisoners who refuse food are in accordance with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 92325 on Access to Work Programme, how many Access to Work awards have been (a) decided, (b) reduced at renewal, (c) increased at renewal and (d) r
Answer: A total of 20,852 Access to Work renewal awards have been decided since July 2024.The Department does not hold information on the number of awards that have been (a) reduced, (b) increased, or (c) removed at the point of renewal. Determining these figures...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Written Statement HCWS1044 on 11 November 2025, which findings contained in the 2007 DWP evaluation of the effectiveness of automatic pension forecast letters were not provided to his
Answer: The Secretary of State announced in his oral statement of 11 November 2025 that we will retake the decision made in December 2024 as it relates to the communications on State Pension age. This was because findings from a 2007 report had not been drawn to ...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the financial cost to his Department of litigation related to the WASPI campaign since December 2024.
Answer: Based on the information held, since December 2024, the recorded legal costs on litigations with WASPI including disbursements and VAT are £135,999.61.
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes on 1950s-born women living in Brighton Pavilion constituency.
Answer: All women born since 6 April 1950 have been affected by changes to State Pension age. Estimates can be made with ONS 2022 Census Data of how many women born in the 1950s were resident in each constituency in that year.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to widen eligibility for hybrid closed loop (HCL) pump devices for people with diabetes; what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the progress of the rollout of HCL pumps to
Answer: The eligibility criteria for hybrid closed loop (HCL) devices for people with diabetes are set in guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) at the following link:https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta943NICE is an ind...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: BrightonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practice (a) closures and (b) mergers there have been in (i) Brighton Pavilion constituency and (ii) the Brighton and Hove local authority area since 2016.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of general practice closures and mergers that there have been in the Brighton Pavilion constituency and the Brighton and Hove local authority area since 2016. This data is held by the NHS Sussex Integrated C...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent changes there have been in funding for hospice services in (a) England, (b) the South East region and (c) Sussex.
Answer: In December 2024, we announced that we were providing £100 million of capital funding for eligible adult and children’s hospices in England. I am pleased to say that we can now confirm we are providing a further £25 million in capital funding for hospices...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSystem Building: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of remediation needed on large panel system (LPS) housing blocks on the finances of local authorities; and whether building sa
Answer: The issues with Large Panel System (LPS) buildings are longstanding and well known. Building owners are responsible for managing safety and performance risks in their buildings, in a proportionate, risk- based and evidence-based way. We have made it clear...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help prevent regional inconsistencies in pavement parking enforcement policy; and when statutory guidance for local authorities to enforce against unnecessary obstruction of the pave
Answer: On 8 January 2026, the Secretary of State announced the publication of the government’s formal response to the 2020 public consultation 'Pavement parking: options for change' which sets out the legislative measures to tackle pavement parking. The governme...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPlastics: PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Southern Water on (a) the significant pollution incident on the south coast of England in October 2025 and (b) the steps it is taking to ensu
Answer: The Secretary of State and I are in close contact with the Environment Agency, which is now conducting an active investigation into the incident. Southern Water will be subject to a PACE interview; a formal, legally regulated interview under the Police an...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGlyphosate: RegulationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Health and Safety Executive to launch a public consultation as part of the statutory process for the potential renewal of the approval of glyphosate for use in Great Britain.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) expects to launch the statutory public consultation on the assessment of the renewal of the approval of glyphosate in Summer 2026. Further information can be found here Active substance renewal: glyphosate - HSE The c...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that police training on violence against women and girls includes training on technology-facilitated abuse.
Answer: The Home Office has already invested £13.1 million this year into the new National Centre for VAWG and Public Protection (NCVPP). This funding includes an additional £2 million to deliver a comprehensive package of training enhancements across public prot...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCourts: TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to make trauma-informed training mandatory for all criminal court staff by spring 2026.
Answer: We are rolling-out national trauma-informed training for HMCTS criminal court staff from spring 2026. Staff will be encouraged to undertake the training, particularly where their role involves regular interaction with witnesses and victims.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy, published 18 December 2025, if she will take steps to ensure that the expansion of electronic monitoring for perpetrators of violence against women
Answer: Probation practitioners follow robust safeguarding practices when considering the use of Electronic Monitoring (EM). Practitioners assess the suitability of an offender’s proposed address covering who resides there, any safeguarding concerns, and proximit...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
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