Stuart Andrew MP: written questions
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Written questions
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Historic EnglandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings she had had in the last six months with Historic England on listed places of worship that are at risk.
Answer: I have met with Historic England several times formally and informally since July 2024 when we have discussed a wide range of issues affecting heritage buildings, heritage at risk and planning reform. These discussions have also included discussions on li...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: ChurchesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings she has had with (a) the Church of England, (b) the Roman Catholic Church and (c) representatives of non-conformist churches in the last six months.
Answer: Details of ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHistoric Buildings: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Church of England, (b) the Roman Catholic Church and (c) representatives of non-conformist churches on funding for the (i) restoration and (ii) preservat
Answer: DCMS leads on heritage policy covering a wide range of historic buildings; representatives from the churches have largely restricted their comments to matters of repair and renovation works to listed places of worship.
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Church of England, (b) the Roman Catholic Church and (c) representatives of non-conformist churches on changes to the Listed Places of Worship Scheme.
Answer: The Government holds a range of meetings with representatives of religious organisations. DCMS officials have met with the Church of England and Catholic Bishops’ Conference to discuss the changes and ministers have exchanged correspondence with represent...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the Listed Places of Worship Scheme on the (a) restoration and (b) preservation of historic buildings.
Answer: The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme was established to provide grants towards VAT paid on repairs and maintenance to the nation's listed places of worship. Based on past claims we estimate that 94% of applications will not be affected by the £25,000...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish her Department's equality impact assessment in relation to changes to the Listed Places of Worship Scheme.
Answer: We do not have any plans to publish an equality impact assessment in relation to changes to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: ReformDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to implement the policies set out in the policy paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published on 27 April 2023; and if she will make an assessment o
Answer: The Minister for Gambling has indicated her support for the previous government’s 2023 gambling white paper. This government has moved quickly to implement a number of proposals, including the statutory levy and online slots stake limits. We are consideri...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming Arts: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure young performers are (a) not (i) overworked and (ii) financially abused and (b) otherwise safeguarded in the context of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bi
Answer: The existing legislation on child performance is already sufficient. Under S37 of the Children and Young Persons Act (1963), a licence must be obtained before children can take part in certain types of performance, both professional and amateur, and in pa...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming Arts: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguarding provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill for young performers absent from school for work.
Answer: The existing legislation on child performance is already sufficient. Under S37 of the Children and Young Persons Act (1963), a licence must be obtained before children can take part in certain types of performance, both professional and amateur, and in pa...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming Arts: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that young performers who are absent from school receive an appropriate education.
Answer: The existing legislation on child performance is already sufficient. Under S37 of the Children and Young Persons Act (1963), a licence must be obtained before children can take part in certain types of performance, both professional and amateur, and in pa...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming Arts: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure that young performers are positively recorded in the absent register following the passage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer: The existing legislation on child performance is already sufficient. Under S37 of the Children and Young Persons Act (1963), a licence must be obtained before children can take part in certain types of performance, both professional and amateur, and in pa...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming Arts: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on local authority licensing for young performers who are absent from schools for performing engagements.
Answer: The existing legislation on child performance is already sufficient. Under S37 of the Children and Young Persons Act (1963), a licence must be obtained before children can take part in certain types of performance, both professional and amateur, and in pa...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: ConcussionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many national governing bodies of sport have (a) published and (b) implemented the Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport.
Answer: The impact of the Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport is currently being evaluated by the Department for Health and Social Care, with DCMS involvement, including an assessment of how National Governing Bodies have made use of the guidelines. The ev...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: InjuriesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in developing a standard framework for the recording of head injuries in sport.
Answer: The impact of the Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport is currently being evaluated by the Department for Health and Social Care, with DCMS involvement, including an assessment of how National Governing Bodies have made use of the guidelines. The ev...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: ConcussionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to fund research recommended by the Sports Concussion Research Forum.
Answer: The impact of the Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport is currently being evaluated by the Department for Health and Social Care, with DCMS involvement, including an assessment of how National Governing Bodies have made use of the guidelines. The ev...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: ConcussionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the implementation of the Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport.
Answer: The impact of the Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport is currently being evaluated by the Department for Health and Social Care, with DCMS involvement, including an assessment of how National Governing Bodies have made use of the guidelines. The ev...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGift AidTreasuryTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25667More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend Gift Aid legislation to ensure that charities who rely on a membership subscription model can continue to claim Gift Aid while complying with the Dig
Answer: The government is pleased to confirm its plans to legislate to amend the rules concerning Gift Aid due to implications of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. This Act introduces new protections for consumers who take out subscription ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGift AidTreasuryTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25666More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has plans to make changes to the rules on gift aid.
Answer: The government is pleased to confirm its plans to legislate to amend the rules concerning Gift Aid due to implications of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. This Act introduces new protections for consumers who take out subscription ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Written Statement of 30 July 2024 on Building the homes we need, HCWS48, how many of the new planning officers will have the expertise to handle historic an
Answer: At the Budget, the Chancellor announced a £46 million package of investment to support capacity and capability in local planning authorities. We are working with delivery partners to understand how we can scale delivery and fund the recruitment and traini...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21293More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) Business and (b) Agricultural Property Relief on the heritage sector.
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR) at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. It is expected that up...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHistoric Buildings: EnergyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Section 5.2 of Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency: a review of the barriers, what progress has been made on Historic England’s review into the barriers to delivering
Answer: With reference to Section 5.2 of Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency: a review of the barriers, the findings showed that although requirements in retrofit standards are driving demand and increasing numbers of providers delivering the required s...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Buildings: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she department has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the decarbonisation of listed buildings.
Answer: I have not held any such discussions, but my officials discuss this and other related issues as part of ongoing engagement with their DESNZ and MHCLG counterparts. In addition, in July, Historic England, the UK government's statutory advisor on England's ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic Venues: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17789More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of forthcoming changes to business rate relief on the viability of grassroots music venues.
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, the Government announced that retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties will receive 40% relief (up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business) for 2025-26. Under the plans we inherited from the previous government, RHL relief wou...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to review the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.
Answer: Defra is finalising its post-implementation review of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018. The report into the review will be published in due course.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support she plans to provide to the Early Years sector to help manage the impact of proposed changes to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member for Daventry to the answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12804.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
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