Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions 2025
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Ethiopia: Ethnic GroupsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the safety of ethnic Amhara communities in Ethiopia.
Answer: Combatting conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) within Ethiopia continues to be a key focus for the UK and we work with UN partners as well as NGOs and the Red Cross in order to support those affected by these particular human rights violations. Civili...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEthiopia: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to humanitarian organisations operating in conflict-affected areas of Ethiopia.
Answer: Combatting conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) within Ethiopia continues to be a key focus for the UK and we work with UN partners as well as NGOs and the Red Cross in order to support those affected by these particular human rights violations. Civili...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: SloughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to protect renters' rights in Slough constituency.
Answer: The Renters’ Rights Bill received Royal Assent on Monday 27 October.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of UK Overseas Territories on progress made on adopting publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my Written Ministerial Statements of 3 July and 22 July which provide an update on progress achieved to date and details of next steps. We have clearly conveyed to our partners in the remaining Overseas Territories the urgency of...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPakistan: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Pakistan on levels of religious freedom in that country.
Answer: Promoting freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is a core part of the UK's diplomatic engagement with Pakistan. Ministers and senior officials have consistently raised this issue with Pakistani counterparts, including in August 2025 when I voiced concern o...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Relations: South EastMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to support community cohesion in (a) the South East and (b) Slough.
Answer: MHCLG's Community Cohesion Unit works to support and promote cohesion across England, through working closely with local authorities, voluntary and community sector and faith organisations, and other government departments. The government's new £2.87 mill...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Myeloma: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include diagnosis targets for myeloma in the national cancer plan for England.
Answer: Early diagnosis is a key focus of the National Cancer Plan. It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers such as myeloma, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, t...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Myeloma: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help reduce the time taken to diagnose myeloma.
Answer: Information on the average time taken to diagnose myeloma in the South East is not held centrally. We publish 28-Day Faster Diagnosis data by suspected cancer, including provider and commissioner data, monthly. The latest publication is available at the f...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Myeloma: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken to diagnose myeloma in the South East.
Answer: Information on the average time taken to diagnose myeloma in the South East is not held centrally. We publish 28-Day Faster Diagnosis data by suspected cancer, including provider and commissioner data, monthly. The latest publication is available at the f...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Women's RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on women and girls' rights in Afghanistan.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 21 October to question 81210.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Law Commission report entitled Firearms Law: Reforms to Address Pressing Problems, published on 16 December 2015, whether she plans to implement the recommendation on codifying t
Answer: The Government has no plans at present to codify existing firearms legislation but we keep the law in this area under review to ensure we maintain strong controls on firearms.The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published o...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStreet Cleaning: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with local councils on improving street cleanliness.
Answer: I have not had any recent discussions with local councils on street cleanliness. My officials chair the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG), through which they engage with a wide range of interested parties such as local councils, National Farme...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
Answer: Over the past 5 years (between 1st October 2020 and 30th September 2025) there have been 38 occasions when Department for Transport central department’s employees have been investigated for alleged disciplinary offences. Please see the attached table.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
Answer: DSIT was formed following machinery of government changes in 2023 which saw staff join the department from BEIS, DCMS and Cabinet Office. Consequently, data is only available from 2024 onwards. HR Casework data indicates the following number of disciplina...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
Answer: Defra’s casework data is held for three years from the date of case closure. Over the last three years, 139 officials were investigated under Defra’s disciplinary process. The 139 cases are broken down into the following: 2022 = 7 disciplinary cases were ...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
Answer: Desnz does not hold a centralised record of the number of officials who were investigated under the Department’s disciplinary processes.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
Answer: The number of employees who were subject to an investigation as part of the department’s disciplinary process is shown in table below.Year (calendar)Number of cases2025*18202437202334202234202130 *1 January - 30 September 2025
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
Answer: From 1st January 2021 until 16th October 2025 25 officials have been investigated under the department’s disciplinary processes. We are unable to provide the yearly breakdown of disciplinary investigations because doing so would breach the Data Protection...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity and Natural Gas: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to decouple gas and electricity prices.
Answer: The Government is determined to increase the share of renewables on the system so that the electricity price is set by cheaper clean power sources rather than gas. Every wind turbine we switch on and solar panel we deploy helps push gas off as the price s...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has (a) made contingency plans and (b) undertaken cross-government exercises to respond to potential (i) significant deterioration in and (ii) complete loss of (A) satellite
Answer: The Department for Science Innovation and Technology recently launched its Crisis Response Team to enable transition of responsibilities from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero following the Machinery of Government change that led to the form...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: WeatherDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to prepare the rail network for adverse weather in winter 2025.
Answer: Department officials hold regular discussions with Network Rail and the industry to ensure severe weather preparedness plans are in place with clear mitigations to reduce the impacts of weather on the rail network. The industry’s winter preparedness regim...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials were investigated under his Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last 5 years.
Answer: On 1st July 2023 due to a Machinery of Government Change, the Department of International Trade (DIT) became the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), alongside parts of the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). We therefore ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStreptococcus: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce group B strep infections in newborn babies.
Answer: The United Kingdom uses the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ risk-based approach whereby those women identified as being at increased risk of having a baby affected by Group B streptococcus (GBS) are managed according to agreed clinical ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average cost to the public purse of processing an application to renew a shotgun licence.
Answer: On 5 February 2025, increased fees came into effect for firearms licensing applications processed by police forces. This gave effect to a commitment in the Government’s manifesto.A full impact assessment was published alongside the Firearms (Variation of ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnited Arab Emirates: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on whether the United Arab Emirates has exported military equipment for use by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.
Answer: We are deeply concerned by the terrible violence across Sudan. We are aware of reports alleging different states' involvement in supplying weapons to the warring parties in Sudan, including those detailed in the UN Panel of Experts report. External provis...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
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