Stuart Anderson MP: written questions
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Crime Prevention: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is available from her Department for local crime prevention measures in rural areas.
Answer: Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities and the agricultural sector. We are improving the protections for rural communities, with tougher measures to clamp down on equipment theft, anti-social behaviour, strengthened neig...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: South ShropshireHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in rural towns and villages in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour is a top priority for this Government.Under the Government's Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, we are putting neighbourhood officers back into communities and restoring public confidence by bringing back community-led, visib...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will reinstate financial support for the development of neighbourhood plans.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 59114 on 19 June 2025.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: Energy Performance CertificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of extending Energy Performance Certificate regulations to short-term holiday lets on the financ
Answer: We expect that the impact of extending Energy Performance of Buildings regulations to short-term holiday lets on the finances of owners of those properties will be minimal. We published an impact assessment alongside our consultation on reforms, accessibl...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the prevalence of the use of non-disclosure agreements during corporate restructuring in safety-critical sectors.
Answer: The Government is unable to assess the prevalence of the use of non-disclosure agreements across the economy, including in specific sectors, as they are private contractual agreements and data on their use is not collected. While NDAs can lawfully be used...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Landscapes: AgricultureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will increase the level of support available for the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme.
Answer: The Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme is due to end March 2026, and decisions on the future of the programme will be made as part of departmental business planning.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: ConservationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to promote limestone insulation as an energy efficiency measure.
Answer: The government does not promote one measure over another, instead energy efficiency measures installed under current Government energy efficiency schemes must be compliant with PAS 2035/2030 to ensure installations are done to the highest quality and the ...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: TaxationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of of green levies on utility bills.
Answer: The key to bringing down energy bills in the long term is clean power. With gas prices still significantly higher than historic levels, our exposure to international fossil fuel markets is still the main driver of high energy bills.Taken together, the act...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: ConservationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support conservation projects in churches at risk.
Answer: The Department supports the conservation of historic places of worship, including those at risk, through several channels. The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme was extended for a further year in January 2025 to March 2026, with a £23 million budget. ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLeisure Centres: StandardsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the sustainability of local authority leisure centres.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities. The ongoing responsibility of providing ac...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: South ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of community diagnostic hubs in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: Community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are delivering additional, digitally connected, diagnostic capacity in England, providing patients with a co-ordinated set of tests in the community in as few visits as possible, to enable fast and accurate diagnosesCDC...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Supply: West MidlandsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to improve food security in South Shropshire constituency and the West Midlands.
Answer: Food security is monitored via the UK Food Security Report, produced every three years (most recently December 2024). This gives an international, national, and household food security assessment. Additionally, we will be publishing an annual food securit...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of shotgun licences on funding for youth activities.
Answer: On 5 February 2025, increased fees came into effect to provide full-cost recovery for firearms licensing applications processed by police forces. This was the first increase in fees for 10 years and we intend to undertake more regular reviews in the futur...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is being taken to increase scam awareness in rural communities.
Answer: Whilst it is vital we continue to target the criminals behind fraud and make it harder for them to operate, we want to increase awareness across all communities to help people.We are working with City of London Police (CoLP) to support their coordination ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what action is being taken to support SEND transport costs in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: Central government funding for home-to-school travel is provided through the Local Government Finance Settlement which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Settlement for the 2025/26 financial year makes availa...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements during corporate restructuring in safety-critical sectors in the context of the Employment Tribunal correction
Answer: The Government cannot comment on individual cases. In addition, the Government is unable to assess sector-based trends on the use of non-disclosure agreements as they are private contractual agreements and data on their use is not collected.
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceWomen and EqualitiesTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92170More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for South Shropshire dated 19 June 2025 with case reference number SA34564.
Answer: The Government is committed to transparency and accountability, including through clear and timely responses to correspondence. Your correspondence dated 19 June was passed to the Equalities Minister responsible for the UK equality framework; you should h...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support independent specialist education colleges.
Answer: The department recognises the role special post-16 institutions play in providing specialist education in the further education (FE) sector, catering for young people whose needs cannot be met in general FE colleges.We have been clear that a more inclusiv...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRural Areas: Economic GrowthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential for economic growth in rural areas.
Answer: Delivering secure, strong and sustainable growth to boost prosperity and living standards across the UK is the Government’s priority mission, as set out in the Plan for Change. Forecasting the economy is the responsibility of the independent Office for Bu...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity AssetsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support community ownership.
Answer: Through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, we are introducing a new community right to buy to give communities stronger powers to take ownership of a range of assets which are important to them and protect them for future community use...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic HousesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support community pubs.
Answer: We recognise the vital role pubs play as social hubs within communities, fostering connections while driving local economies and supporting high streets. That’s why we’re investing £440,000 with Pub is The Hub to help rural pubs diversify, aiming to suppo...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen UK civil defence and resilience.
Answer: The Government is clear on the importance of implementing a whole-of-society approach to strengthen defence and our resilience to the threats we face, including those below and above the threshold of an armed attack. The Ministry of Defence, together with...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic LibrariesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support community libraries.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for assessing the needs of their local communities and designing a library service to meet those needs within available resources, including how community libraries may form a part of that. Where a community library is pa...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTourism: South ShropshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the visitor economy in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: Tourism contributes to growth and jobs across all parts of the country particularly in rural constituencies like South Shropshire, home to historical sites such as Ludlow castle and the diverse landscapes of the Shropshire Hills.DCMS works with VisitBrita...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mail: Rural AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail on tackling postal delays in rural communities.
Answer: Ministers and officials have discussions with Royal Mail on a regular basis in its capacity as the universal service provider to ensure that service standards are upheld across all regions, including rural areas. It is for Ofcom, as the independent regula...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
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