Suella Braverman MP: written questions

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Care Homes: Offences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will establish an independent review into Richmond upon Thames Council’s handling of safeguarding concerns at Grafton Close children’s home.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Offences against Children: Care HomesHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the police on the potential merits of commissioning a further investigation into abuse at Grafton Close covering the full period the home was operational.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, ensuring victims and survivors receive appropriate care and support and pursuing offenders and bringing them to justice.Operation Fernbridge was a police‑led investi...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Offences against Children: Care HomesHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) the timeframe and (b) other aspects of Operation Fernbridge for investigating allegations of child sexual abuse at Grafton Close children’s home.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, ensuring victims and survivors receive appropriate care and support and pursuing offenders and bringing them to justice.Operation Fernbridge was a police‑led investi...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to conduct a review of whether both the General and Specific Licences are proportionate, enforceable and workable for organisers of bird gatherings.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings of poultry or ot...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the revised bird gathering licensing regime on the long-term viability of community bird shows and exhibitions.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings of poultry or ot...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Animal and Plant Health Agency on the adequacy of the notice period required when applying for a specific licence and the time to communicate t
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. A specific licence must be applied for at least 20 days before a planned gathering. This is to allow sufficient time to undertake an individual risk assessment and t...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the process her Department takes to determine an application for a bird gathering operating under the specific licence.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. In England, bird gatherings are regulated under Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006. To hold a gathering which inclu...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review the requirement for digital-only submission of licence applications and supporting documents for bird gatherings when operating under the Specifi
Answer: The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is committed to providing a digital first but not digital only service. Accessibility is a paramount concern and one that APHA is committed to adhering to and monitoring, as per Government Digital Services require...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Animal and Plant Health Agency on securing veterinary oversight for licensed bird gatherings.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.Defra takes a proportionate approach to veterinary input and oversight at bird gatherings. At all gatherings there is a requirement that a veterinary surgeon must be ...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of the availability of suitably qualified veterinary professionals to support bird gatherings under revised licensing rules.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.Defra takes a proportionate approach to veterinary input and oversight at bird gatherings. At all gatherings there is a requirement that a veterinary surgeon must be ...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the transition from general to specific licences does not adversely impact small bird-keeping groups.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.The decision as to whether to allow gatherings by way of a general licence is kept under regular review and is informed by qualitative risk assessment containing the ...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of bird-gathering licensing arrangements on hobby keepers, small-scale breeders and local bird events.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings of poultry or ot...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department consulted bird keepers prior to introducing the Specific Licence on 8 December 2025.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Defra officials engaged with stakeholders during summer 2025 including show organisers, auctioneers and breed societies, to better understand achievable conditions f...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Birds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason Passeriformes was included under the Specific Licence effective from 8 December, 2025.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings of poultry or oth...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Care Homes: Offences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that survivors reporting historic abuse in children’s homes receive consistent and transparent engagement from responsible local authorities.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Care Homes: Offences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the support currently available to survivors of abuse linked to former children’s homes such as Grafton Close.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Care Homes: Offences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of historic safeguarding failures at Grafton Close Children’s Home in Richmond upon Thames.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Children in Care: Personal RecordsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of missing or incomplete historic records relating to children’s homes and local authority care files.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Children in Care: Personal RecordsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms exist to ensure that local authorities provide timely access to historical care records for former looked-after children who make such requests.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Children in Care: Richmond upon ThamesDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of record-keeping by Richmond upon Thames Council relating to looked-after children in the 1970s and 1980s.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Offences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that survivors of historic abuse are supported in a trauma-informed manner when approaching local authorities for (a) information and (b) redress.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Offences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on engaging directly with survivors of historic abuse rather than referring them to external insurance solicitors.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Children in Care: Richmond upon ThamesDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the processes used by Richmond upon Thames Council when responding to individuals who come forward with disclosures relating to historic abuse th
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Water TreatmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to review the regulatory framework governing effluent recycling to ensure independent scrutiny and auditing of any future plant, in line with international practice.
Answer: The Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) brings together the three water regulators Ofwat, Environment Agency and Drinking Water Inspectorate. RAPID is enabling the right regulatory frameworks and provides a robust proce...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
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Reservoirs: HampshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Planning Inspectorate has full access to environmental, technical and financial risk assessments before considering the Development Consent
Answer: The Development Consent Order application for the Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Scheme, linked to Havant Thicket Reservoir scheme in construction, will provide interested parties a further opportunity to make representations to a Planning I...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
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