Siân Berry MP: written questions
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Aviation: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to allocate a proportion of support from the Revenue Support Mechanism to power-to-liquid fuel projects.
Answer: We recognise the importance of Revenue Certainty Mechanism (RCM) contracts supporting a range of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production technologies. Power-to-liquid (PtL) SAF projects present significant opportunities for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissio...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestine ActionHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Police and Crime Commissioners on the impact of the proscription of Palestine Action on police (a) budgets and (b) operations.
Answer: Policing is operationally independent and decisions as to spending will be taken by Chief Constables and PCCs at a local level. The Home Office does not hold figures on the cost to the public purse of specific protests or enforcement of specific laws.The ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 904439 on Protest, what her Department's planned timetable is for considering the Court of Appeal judgment in relation to Serious Disruption Regulatio
Answer: The Government has accepted the Court of Appeal’s judgment, which upheld the quashing of the Serious Disruption Regulations. The Home Office is currently reviewing the implications of the judgment and will set out any further action in due course.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: GazaHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish guidance to Hon. Members on how students in Gaza who are eligible for support to come to the UK can access this support; and if she will provide a dedicated communication pathway f
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Home Secretary’s oral statement to the House on 1 September 2025 on strengthening border security and reforms to the asylum system. Further details will be set out in due course.Members can continue to contact the Home...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff are working on responding to the Managing Pavement Parking consultation.
Answer: My Department currently has a 0.6 full-time equivalent (FTE) policy lead working on pavement parking. This individual is supported by officials from various Civil Service professions across the Department, including analysts and lawyers, who provide occas...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: West YorkshireTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73861More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her oral evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee on 22 July 2025, on what evidential basis the country has cared more about bats than about commuter times for people in Leeds and
Answer: In the past, our planning system has acted as a brake on growth, with consenting times for major infrastructure taking far too long and costing too much money. Environmental and planning compliance has meant projects like HS2 have suffered excessive costs...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73100More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 68002 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the communication with affected businesses of the change to reliefs in
Answer: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief has been extended year-by-year by previous Governments since the pandemic, creating uncertainty for businesses and an unsustainable fiscal pressure for Government.Without any Government intervention, RHL relief...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: SolicitorsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to funding for level 7 solicitor apprenticeships on (a) equalities and (b) social mobility.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion to the answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57823.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Sussex Integrated Care Board to implement the Women's Health Strategy recommendations on access to fertility services for LGBTQ+ people.
Answer: We expect integrated care boards to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, ensuring equal access to fertility treatment across England.NICE is currently reviewing the fertility guide...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: SussexDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Sussex ICB on the reduction of the number of IVF cycles they offer.
Answer: We expect integrated care boards to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, ensuring equal access to fertility treatment across England.NICE is currently reviewing the fertility guide...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 21111 on Local Housing Allowance, if she will publish the analysis of the range of factors considered in the decision not to increase local housing a
Answer: The impacts referenced in the previous answer were determined using a wide variety of metrics, data and analysis. These included:Current and past rental data supplied by the Valuation Office Agency, Rent Officers Scotland, and Rent Officers Wales;Analysis...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 21111 on Local Housing Allowance, what the overall increase in rental prices was in the period under consideration.
Answer: The rental data referenced in the previous question was a combination of the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, which was an increase of 8.4% as of September 2024, as well as rental data supplied by the Valuation Office Agency, Rent Officers Scotland, and ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational Education: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the Protect Student Choice’s report entitled Causing gaps, creating uncertainty: why the government should lift the
Answer: This government is fully committed to the future of T Levels, which are delivering fantastic results for thousands of young people. T Level learners who go directly into work are more likely to work in a sector related to their course than learners on oth...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the value of the illegal drugs market for (a) cannabis, (b) cocaine, and (c) opioids.
Answer: The most recent estimate of the value of the illegal drugs market for cannabis, cocaine and opioids is available as a part of the Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs: Evidence Pack. This is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/go...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the deterrent effects of classification on drug (a) use, (b) production, (c) sales and (d) the reduction of anti-social behaviour.
Answer: The Government has not made a formal assessment of the deterrent effects of classification. The Government consults the statutory expert advisory group, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) established under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, abo...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish an update of recent progress in meeting the objectives of the second cycling and walking investment strategy.
Answer: The latest National Travel Survey figures published on the 27th August revealed that in 2024 43 percent of short journeys in towns and cities were walked or cycled; 339 walking stages were walked per person; the estimated total number of cycling stages wa...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordConditions of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether guidance will be issued for (a) employees and (b) legal advisers on interpreting confidentiality clauses under the new regime under Clause 22A of the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: The Government will work with organisations such as the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service on updates to their guidance on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), also known as confidentiality clauses, to ensure that workers and employers understand...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordConditions of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is is taking to increase awareness among workers of their proposed new rights under Clause 22A of the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: The Government will work with organisations such as the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service on updates to their guidance on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), also known as confidentiality clauses, to ensure that workers and employers understand...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 66780 on Transport: Disability, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting access panels to create a national network.
Answer: The Sustrans Transforming Mobility Report recommends that local leaders, who best understand their communities, use access panels to engage disabled people in shaping, reviewing, and monitoring transport policies and projects. Paid access panels are one p...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRegional Planning and DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 3 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, when she plans to lay a report before Parliament on the delivery of the levelling-up missions.
Answer: The Government published the Levelling Up Missions annual report 2024 to 2025 on 21 May 2025.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTourism: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to publish a sustainable tourism plan.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the growth of a more sustainable and resilient tourism sector. We are in the process of developing a Visitor Economy Growth Strategy with the Visitor Economy Advisory Council which will map out plans to support th...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthwatch: BrightonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his proposal to close independent local Healthwatch services and transfer their functions to (a) local authorities and (b) Integrated Care Boards, what proportion of existing fund
Answer: The abolition of Healthwatch England and the transfer of its functions, as well as the changes to Local Healthwatch, will require primary legislation. The timing of this is subject to the will of Parliament and will happen when Parliamentary time allows.A...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthwatchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the Equalities Impact Statement on the decision to close local Healthwatch services and transfer their functions to local authorities and Integrated Care Boards; and what assessm
Answer: The abolition of Healthwatch England and the transfer of its functions, as well as the changes to Local Healthwatch, will require primary legislation. The timing of this is subject to the will of Parliament and will happen when Parliamentary time allows.A...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme reviews were outstanding as of 5 July 2024; how many remain outstanding; what steps he is taking to reduce the backlog; and what the average time is for pr
Answer: On 1 July 2025, I announced the closure of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme to new applicants via Written Ministerial Statement (Hansard Link: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-07-01/hcws76...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEquality and Human Rights Commission: Artificial IntelligenceWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69492More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission (a) is using and (b) has commissioned external teams to use artificial intelligence tools in analysis of the responses to its consultation on the Draft Code of
Answer: The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is independent of government. The matter of consultation analysis is a decision for EHRC. This question has been passed to the EHRC who will be providing a written response to Sian Berry MP.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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