Stuart Anderson MP: written questions
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Economic GrowthTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41140More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of recent trends in economic growth.
Answer: The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) are the Government’s official economic forecaster. They published their Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) on 26th March. They forecast GDP growth to be 1.0% in 2025, 1.9% in 2026, 1.8% in 2027, 1.7% i...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: South ShropshireTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40589More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the hospitality sector in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the hospitality sector and we recognise the significant contribution they have on the UK economy. Delivering on our manifesto pledge, we will introduce permanently lower tax rates for high street retail, hospit...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40588More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that Government procurement focuses on SMEs in local economies.
Answer: The Procurement Act has introduced a number of reforms to make it easier for small businesses to access public sector supply-chains and removing unnecessary burdens and costs, including:a new duty on contracting authorities to have regard to their partici...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the affordability of firearms licences and renewals for (a) game keepers and (b) veterinarians.
Answer: On 5 February 2025, increased fees came into effect for firearms licensing applications processed by police forces. This gave effect to a commitment in the Government’s manifesto. A full impact assessment was published alongside the Firearms (Variation of...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Envoy on Freedom of Religion or BeliefForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will put the role of Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief on a statutory footing.
Answer: The UK is committed to championing freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all around the world. However, we do not see additional value in making the role of envoy statutory. No special envoy roles in the UK are enshrined in legislation and legislation ...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases to employer's National Insurance Contributions on independent specialist schools.
Answer: The government has taken the decision to increase the rate of employer National Insurance contributions (NIC) from 6 April 2025 by 1.2 percentage points, from 13.8% to 15%, to ensure it can deliver the investment that public services need.From April 2025,...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to deliver at least one Family Hub in every local authority area.
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, measured by a record 75% of children starting school ready to learn, measured by the number hitting the early learning goals at the end of reception.Delivering...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: South ShropshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help expedite Pension Credit claims from South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: The Government put in place the biggest ever pension Credit take-up drive. To help ensure it has the capacity to assess all claims within reasonable timeframes, the Department deployed over 500 additional staff. On 27 February 2025 we published Pension Cr...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Cost EffectivenessHome OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the projected savings that will be raised via the police collaboration and efficiency programme.
Answer: In her Written Ministerial statement of 19 November (Statement UIN HCWS232) the Home Secretary set out her intention to work with policing on a package of reforms to ensure it can operate efficiently and effectively, deliver the Safer Streets Mission and ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic LibrariesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help public libraries expand outreach work.
Answer: Public libraries are funded by local authorities. Each local authority is responsible for assessing the needs of their local communities and designing a delivery model to meet those requirements within available resources. This could include a mobile and ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to focus public sector procurement on locally produced food.
Answer: The new national procurement policy statement sets out requirements for Government contracts, favouring high-quality products that we believe British producers are well-placed to supply, aiding our ambition for half of food supplied into public sector cat...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: StudentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that medical students remain in the (a) UK and (b) medical profession after graduation.
Answer: We are committed to listening to the concerns of resident doctors, and to enhancing and improving their working lives.We are undertaking a range of work to tackle the issues that resident doctors are facing, including improving working conditions and refo...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of training pathways to GP registration in (a) rural areas and (b) general.
Answer: The Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme was an initiative that formerly offered a one-off payment of £20,000 to General Practice Specialty Trainees committed to working in a select number of training locations in England that either had a history of unde...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: South ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the numbers of GPs in South Shropshire.
Answer: In January 2025, there were 57.8 full time equivalent doctors in general practice (GP) working in the South Shropshire constituency.The Government is recruiting over 1,000 recently qualified GPs through an £82 million boost to the Additional Roles Reimbur...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: ReadingDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help promote reading for fun in schools.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for South Shropshire to the answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35717.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBanks: Cash DispensingTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37281More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of bank closures on access to (a) cash and (b) in-person banking services.
Answer: Banking has changed significantly in recent years with many customers benefiting from the ease and convenience of remote banking. While branch closures are commercial decisions for banks, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance expects firms to car...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArts and Tourism: FinanceTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37280More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to allocate funding to support (a) sustainability and (b) innovation in the arts, tourism and leisure sector.
Answer: The Government has included the Creative Industries as one of the priority sectors in the Industrial Strategy, and as part of this is considering opportunities to support sustainability and innovation in the arts. At Phase 1 of the Spending Review the Gov...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health support for residents in rural areas.
Answer: People with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they need, which is why we will fix the broken system to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health and that people can be confident of accessing high q...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support (a) prevention and (b) recovery efforts by local flood action groups.
Answer: The Government’s new Flood Resilience Taskforce brings together representatives from national, regional and local government, the emergency services, and the third sector to improve co-ordination between organisations working on floods resilience so they ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve transport infrastructure within rural communities.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering the better, more reliable bus services that passengers deserve. In the Budget, the government confirmed investment of over £1 billion to support and improve bus services and keep fares affordable in England outsid...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCharities: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the availability of funding for small charities.
Answer: This government recognises the vital role that charities play in providing crucial support to different groups and communities. This Government is committed to resetting the relationship with civil society and treating them as an equal, expert partner who...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help increase mobile phone coverage.
Answer: The government wants all areas of the UK to benefit from reliable and good quality mobile coverage.4G geographic coverage from at least one mobile operator has now reached over 95% of the UK landmass through the Shared Rural Network. The programme is cont...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined AuthoritiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has provided to help support the operation of mayoral combined authorities in each of the last five years.
Answer: Details of funding provided to Mayoral Combined Authorities is published each year in annual devolution reports and can be accessed on gov.uk.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: Rural AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to help protect Post Office services in rural areas.
Answer: We recognise the key role Post Offices play in their communities, and branches in some rural areas are particularly important as the Post Office often acts as a community hub. We are listening carefully to stakeholders to ensure the whole network, includi...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support unpaid carers in rural areas.
Answer: Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, they are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all local people.The Government is com...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
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