Tessa Munt MP: written questions
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Tyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to (a) remove and (b) replace the requirement for geo-tagged photographic evidence as part of the post-shipment information required under the enhanced verification
Answer: The Environment Agency is not currently planning to remove or replace the requirement for geo‑tagged photographs. Where geo-tagged photos are not available alternative evidence will be considered.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart on that country changing its laws relating to importing end-of-life tyres for pyrolysis; and if she will make an assessment of
Answer: Government is engaging with the Indian authorities, including the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, to confirm their legal position on the regulatory controls that apply for the import of end-of-life tyres to India. We continue t...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 25 February 2026 to question 113530, how many of the 50 receiving sites approved by the Environment Agency have post shipment information outstanding be
Answer: As of 10 June 2026, the Environment Agency (EA) has 66 receiving sites in India that it has assessed as suitable to receive waste tyres. There are shipments beyond 16 weeks for 20 of these sites. For these shipments, the EA has received information explai...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: AccidentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department (a) currently holds and (b) previously held any documentation relating to the Chinook ZD576 which crashed on 2 June 1994.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have conducted an extensive search of The National Archives' (TNA) search engine, Discovery, and their own records and have located records relating only to attendance at a funeral and a memorial service fo...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: AccidentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department (a) currently holds and (b) previously held any documentation relating to the Chinook ZD576 which crashed on 2 June 1994.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions have conducted an extensive search of The National Archive’s search engine, Discovery, and their own records and have been unable to locate any records relating to Chinook ZD576. Our thoughts and sympathies remain with...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department (a) currently holds and (b) previously held any documentation relating to the Chinook ZD576 which crashed on 2 June 1994.
Answer: Our deepest sympathies remain with the bereaved families of this tragic accident. The investigation into Chinook ZD576 was led by the RAF, who asked the Air Accident Investigation Branch (a part of the Department for Transport) to assist the investigation...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: AccidentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department (a) currently holds and (b) previously held any documentation relating to the Chinook ZD576 which crashed on 2 June 1994.
Answer: The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology have conducted an extensive search of The National Archive’s (TNA) search engine, Discovery, and their own records and have been able to locate any records relating to Chinook ZD576.Our thoughts and sym...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: AccidentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department (a) currently holds and (b) previously held any documentation relating to the Chinook ZD576 which crashed on 2 June 1994.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) have conducted an extensive search of The National Archive’s (TNA) search engine, Discovery, and their own records and have been unable to locate any records relating to Chinook ZD576. Our thoughts and sympathie...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 25 February 2026 to Question 113532, how many exporters or brokers who have failed to comply with the requirement to provide post shipment information w
Answer: As of 5 June 2026, the Environment Agency has issued seven prohibition notices to exporters that failed to comply with the requirement to provide post-shipment information within the revised sixteen-week deadline.
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Answer of 25 February to Question 113532, how many exporters and brokers issued with a warning notice have subsequently come into compliance and provided the post
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) does not currently record information on a central system or in a way that allows it to identify how many exporters and brokers issued with a warning notice have come into compliance. The EA is updating its processes to enable ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her answer of the 20th April 2026 to Question UIN 124082, how many of the 533 shipments referenced in her response as having taken place between the 28th October 2025
Answer: The Environment Agency’s (EA) data is maintained as a rolling operational dataset. The EA is currently unable to identify how many of the shipments that were non-compliant in this period are now compliant. Collating it within the time available would incu...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her answer of the 20th April 2026 to Question UIN 124082, how many of the 548 shipments referenced in her response as having taken place between the 28th October 2025
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) has now received post‑shipment information for 531 of the 548 shipments. The EA is now following up with the exporters of the remaining 17 shipments to ensure that the material has been taken to an appropriate facility.
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her answer of the 20th April 2026 to Question UIN 124082, how many of the 3277 shipments referenced in her response as having taken place between the 28th October 202
Answer: The Environment Agency received post-shipment information for 2,503 of 3,315 shipments. This amendment to the total is because of shipments being initially reported which were out of scope. All of the 812 late submissions have been followed up with the ex...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: AccidentsScotland OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 900260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential merits of a public inquiry into the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash in June 1994.
Answer: On this 30th anniversary of the terrible tragedy of the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash, our thoughts remain with the families of those who lost their lives, and with all the communities affected by that devastating loss.I welcome the engagement that took p...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: AccidentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any documents relating to the (a) Chinook Air Crash on 2 June 1994 and to (b) Mk 2 Chinook have been destroyed.
Answer: Further time is required to ascertain whether the Ministry of Defence holds information in scope of this question. I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Public RecordsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) oversight, (b) involvement, (c) responsibility and (d) accountability he has have for decisions relating to the closure of documents to the public for any period of time.
Answer: In accordance with the statutory Code of Practice on the management of records, Ministry of Defence (MOD) Ministers have the authority to make a final decision on the closure (and continued closure) of records. However day-to-day management of Defence rec...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Public RecordsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what oversight, involvement, responsibility and accountability Ministers have for decisions relating to the closure of documents to the public for 100 years.
Answer: In accordance with the statutory Code of Practice on the management of records, Ministry of Defence (MOD) Ministers have the authority to make a final decision on the closure (and continued closure) of records. However day-to-day management of Defence rec...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Public RecordsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what matters do the documents which have been closed to the public for 100 years in each of the last ten years relate.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Over the last ten years, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has closed certain records for extended periods, including 100 years, where it is assessed that dis...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Public RecordsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions have documents relating to incidents, accidents, near misses and criminal activity have been closed to the public for 100 years, in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.The Ministry of Defence (MOD) records over the last ten years have been closed to the public for up to 100 years to protect personal information or where i...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: AccidentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 111, on what date, and at whose instruction, were any of the other documents relating to the Chinook ZD576 first closed to the public.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) have conducted an extensive search of The National Archive’s (TNA) search engine, Discovery, and have been unable to locate any further MOD records relating to Chinook ZD576 being listed as closed to the public. The MOD can c...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordJuries: AllowancesMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 900017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of expenses rates for people undertaking jury service.
Answer: The Government recognises the important civic duty undertaken by jurors and is committed to ensuring they feel supported throughout their service. Jurors can claim travel, subsistence, and loss of earnings or additional care costs. All support provided to...
Answered 19 May 2026
Original Parliament recordMineralsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to the response to Question UIN 123625 of the 13th April 2026, (a) which businesses from the aluminium industry have shared information with his department regarding the challenges faced by the
Answer: The Department continues to engage closely with businesses and representative bodies across the aluminium sector, which provide insight into the challenges facing the industry. As is standard practice, we do not publish details of individual companies inv...
Answered 19 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many aluminium cans were exported from the UK for recycling via the Packaging Export Recovery Note system in each year from 2023 to 2025.
Answer: In 2023 there were 109,638 tonnes of waste packaging aluminium reported to the Environment Agency as being exported from England via the Packaging Export Recovery Note system. In 2024 there were 105,821 tonnes reported, in 2025 there were 103,888 tonnes r...
Answered 19 May 2026
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: AccidentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date, and at whose instruction, were the documents relating to the Chinook ZD576 sealed for 100-years.
Answer: Extracts DEFE 71/1616/1 and DEFE 25/1073/3 were closed to the public on 18 November 2019 and 9 November 2020. The decision was taken following a sensitivity review undertaken by specialist Ministry of Defence (MOD) Records Review officials acting on behal...
Answered 19 May 2026
Original Parliament recordTree Felling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many felling licences Forestry Commission England has granted on a) ancient semi-natural woodland sites and b) plantation on ancient woodland sites in each of the last 5 years.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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