Suella Braverman MP: written questions
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Proscribed Organisations: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to reduce taxpayer funding of legal representation of proscribed (a) people and (b) organisations.
Answer: This Government has made no assessment of limiting legal aid to members of proscribed organisations but will keep the matter under review.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProscribed Organisations: MusicHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit (a) artists and (b) music venues that hold concerts by artists who publicly express support
Answer: Under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 it is already an offence to invite support for a proscribed organisation:Section 12(1) makes it an offence to invite support for a proscribed organisation (the support invited need not be material support, such a...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: HampshireDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to modernise the booking of driving tests in Hampshire.
Answer: As set out in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) 2024/25 business plan, DVSA is beginning the process of replacing its booking system. The system has many uses including: booking and scheduling of all practical driving and riding testsrecord...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: HampshireDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent bots mass booking driving tests in Hampshire.
Answer: As set out in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) 2024/25 business plan, DVSA is beginning the process of replacing its booking system. The system has many uses including: booking and scheduling of all practical driving and riding testsrecord...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Fareham and WaterloovilleDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to expand transport support for provisional drivers unable to book a driving test in Fareham and Waterlooville constituency.
Answer: As set out in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) 2024/25 business plan, DVSA is beginning the process of replacing its booking system. The system has many uses including: booking and scheduling of all practical driving and riding testsrecord...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of hiring new staff due to changes in employer National Insurance contributions for GP practices in Hampshire.
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that hospices receive adequate funding from local health authorities.
Answer: The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and palliative and end of life care services, including hospice...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the integration of charity hospices into the National Health System.
Answer: The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and palliative and end of life care services, including hospice...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support her Department offers to (a) disabled people and (b) carers ineligible for the companion travel pass scheme.
Answer: The government is committed to improving public transport services so they are more inclusive and enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus tr...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for the companion pass scheme.
Answer: The government is committed to improving public transport services so they are more inclusive and enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus tr...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the companion bus pass scheme.
Answer: The government is committed to improving public transport services so they are more inclusive and enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus tr...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to support (a) carers and (b) disabled people having free bus travel removed by Hampshire County Council.
Answer: The government is committed to improving public transport services so they are more inclusive and enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus tr...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people impacted by changes to companion travel passes.
Answer: The government is committed to improving public transport services so they are more inclusive and enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus tr...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Advisory ServicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of independent domestic violence advisors working (a) in Fareham and Waterlooville constituency and (b) nationally.
Answer: This Government was elected on a landmark pledge to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) over the next decade, and tackling domestic abuse is a core part of this mission. We will use every lever within our power and work with key partners across ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to amend legislation to improve the appeals process for people on the Children and Adults barred list for exposing children to abuse whose domestic abuse perpetrator is no
Answer: The purpose of the children’s and adults’ barred lists maintained by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is to prevent individuals from applying to work or from working in regulated activity with children and/or vulnerable adults, if they are conside...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people on the Children and Adults barred list for exposing children to abuse whose domestic abuse perpetrator is not on the register.
Answer: The purpose of the children’s and adults’ barred lists maintained by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is to prevent individuals from applying to work or from working in regulated activity with children and/or vulnerable adults, if they are conside...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Criminal ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of support for domestic violence victims in the criminal justice system.
Answer: This Government was elected on a landmark pledge to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) over the next decade, and tackling domestic abuse is a core part of this mission. We will use every lever within our power and work with key partners across ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Administration of JusticeMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) legal process for domestic abuse victims and (b) advice given to abuse victims by investigating advisors.
Answer: This Government was elected on a landmark pledge to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) over the next decade, and tackling domestic abuse is a core part of this mission. We will use every lever within our power and work with key partners across ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProscribed Organisations: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the appeals process for proscribed organisations to appeal their designated status.
Answer: Section 4 of the Terrorism Act 2000 provides that any organisation or person affected by a proscription order can submit a signed, written application to the Home Secretary requesting that they consider whether a specified organisation should be removed f...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Proscribed OrganisationsHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with arts grant funders on support given to (a) organisations and (b) people that express support for proscribed terrorist organisations.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave her on 7 May in response to Question 48984.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Proscribed OrganisationsHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of restricting access to the UK of foreign nationals who have expressed public support for proscribed terrorist organisations.
Answer: The Immigration Rules already provide for the refusal of entry clearance, permission to enter and permission to stay on general grounds, if there is any evidence in their background, immigration history, criminal records or past behaviour which shows that...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProscribed OrganisationsHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening existing legislation to prevent the private display of proscribed terrorist flags and symbols.
Answer: The Government will continue to work with operational partners to consider what, if any, further changes are needed to the counter-terrorism framework so that our tools and powers keep pace with the modern threats that we face.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEvents Industry: Proscribed OrganisationsHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) music concert and (b) large venue event organisers on responding to displays of support for proscribed terrorist organisations.
Answer: Under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 it is already an offence to invite support for a proscribed organisation:Section 12(1) makes it an offence to invite support for a proscribed organisation (the support invited need not be material support, such a...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's reports entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, and Spring Statement 2025 health and
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper’(opens in a new tab).A further programme of analysis to support development of the ...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to improve road (a) services and (b) networks.
Answer: The Department has set the budgets for the financial year 2025/26 as part of the Autumn Budget 2024. This allocated £4.842 billion as part of an interim settlement for National Highways for the operation, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of the strate...
Answered 1 May 2025
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