Stuart Anderson MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Solar Power: Land UseDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 907159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his policy is on the use of agricultural land for solar energy.
Answer: Our policy remains unchanged. Solar farms should be built on brownfield sites or previously developed land, wherever possible. Where the development of agricultural land is shown to be necessary, lower-quality land should be preferred to higher-quality la...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100414More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for South Shropshire dated 11 September 2025 with case reference number SA36696.
Answer: The email from the hon. Member for South Shropshire dated 11 September 2025 with case reference number SA36696 has been transferred to the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). DBT will respond in due course.
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTourism: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of the domestic tourism sector on his net zero targets.
Answer: The Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan, published in October, sets out how the UK will continue to reduce emissions across all sectors of the economy on the pathway to net zero. The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero engages regularly...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUrban Areas: WheelchairsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken to improve the accessibility of the high street for wheelchair users.
Answer: It is the responsibility of local authorities to manage their streets and to ensure this is done in a way which allows them to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty.The Department provides good practice guidance on designing accessible streets in In...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: South ShropshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to support heritage assets in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: This government takes our responsibility to the built historic environment seriously. For this year alone, my Department has committed nearly £60 million of funding for heritage, including £15m for Heritage at Risk. Funding is administered by the Departme...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to support community-backed housing schemes.
Answer: The government recognises that the community-led housing sector delivers a wide range of benefits including strengthening community participation in local decision-making, engendering community cohesion, achieving high quality design and strengthening the...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: South ShropshireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps are being taken to increase mobile connectivity in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: Our ambition is for all populated areas to have access to higher quality standalone 5G by 2030. Government continues to work closely with the mobile network operators (MNOs), ensuring that we have the right policy and regulatory framework in place to supp...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary Work: South ShropshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to increase volunteering opportunities in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: Volunteering plays a vital role in communities throughout the country, contributing to the very fabric of British life. The Government wants to encourage and enable as many people as possible to be involved in delivering positive change. That is why we ar...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: South ShropshireDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available to increase options for active travel involving schools in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: On 10 December, the Department announced over £626 million of funding to support active travel across England, including walking and cycling to schools. Of this funding, Shropshire Unitary Authority, of which South Shropshire is a part, has been allocated...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: South ShropshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available to increase access to grassroots sport in South Shropshire constituency.
Answer: The Government is investing £98 million to deliver new and upgraded grassroots sports facilities across the UK in 2025/26 through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. Our delivery partner for the programme in England, the Football Foundation, ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBanking HubsTreasuryTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97589More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the adequacy of assessment criteria for establishing banking hubs.
Answer: Banking is changing, with many customers benefitting from the convenience and flexibility of managing their finances remotely. However, Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and is committed to championing sufficient...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime 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
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