Tim Farron MP: written questions
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Railway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to seek new nominations for another round of mid-tier Access for All funding.
Answer: Spending Review 2025 confirmed £280m total funding for the Access for All programme over a four-year period. Our focus is on delivering full step free access at stations, rather than the smaller scale upgrades previously delivered under the mid-tier. As s...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLakes LineDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has taken recent steps to implement a passing loop on the Lakes Line.
Answer: On 8 July, the Secretary of State announced the road and rail schemes which have been prioritised over the next four years following the Spending Review. The Lakes Line scheme has not been progressed at this time. We remain committed to working with Westm...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLakes LineDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to include the Lakes Line Passing Loop in the next Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline announcement.
Answer: On 8 July, the Secretary of State announced the road and rail schemes which have been prioritised over the next four years following the Spending Review. The Lakes Line scheme has not been progressed at this time. We remain committed to working with Westm...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Lancaster InfirmaryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the state of repair of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
Answer: As part of the management of their estate, National Health Service trusts regularly assess the physical condition of their estate. NHS England’s annual Estates Returns Information Collection collects data from trusts on the quality of their estate annuall...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Lancaster InfirmaryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce ward work in portacabins at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
Answer: National Health Service trusts make decisions locally on their use of temporary facilities, in line with delivering clinical services.Any temporary facility must meet the same Health Building Notice and Health Technical Memorandum safety, environmental, f...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Lancaster InfirmaryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays to rebuilding of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on people in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.
Answer: The New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation was published on 20 January 2025 and sets out a credible, deliverable plan for the schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP). This plan will be delivered through five-year waves of investment and is ba...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: North WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate additional funding to radiotherapy treatment in the North West of England.
Answer: Decisions about funding for radiotherapy treatment are taken at a local National Health Service level, rather than by the Department, and there are no plans to change this.All cancer patients have access to radiotherapy treatment. Decisions about cancer t...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Lancaster InfirmaryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to acquire further funding for the rebuilding of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
Answer: The New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation was published on 20 January 2025 and sets out a credible, deliverable plan for the schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP). This plan will be delivered through five-year waves of investment and is ba...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Preston Hospital: RadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will allocate funding to ensure that every patient at the Royal Preston Hospital who requires radiotherapy treatment is able to access it.
Answer: Decisions about funding for radiotherapy treatment are taken at a local National Health Service level, rather than by the Department, and there are no plans to change this.All cancer patients have access to radiotherapy treatment. Decisions about cancer t...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Lancaster InfirmaryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to rebuild the Royal Lancaster Hospital from 2035-38; and what steps he is taking to prevent further delays to this.
Answer: The New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation was published on 20 January 2025 and sets out a credible, deliverable plan for the schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP). This plan will be delivered through five-year waves of investment and is ba...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Lancaster Infirmary and Royal Preston HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s budget is for funding the Royal Preston Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary in 2026-27.
Answer: The New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation was published on 20 January 2025 and sets out a credible, deliverable plan for the schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP). This plan will be delivered through five-year waves of investment and is ba...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Lancaster InfirmaryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plan is to allocate funding for the rebuilding of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
Answer: The New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation was published on 20 January 2025 and sets out a credible, deliverable plan for the schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP). This plan will be delivered through five-year waves of investment and is ba...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Westmorland and LonsdaleDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on whether any areas of Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency exceeded the nitrogen dioxide annual mean limit in 2023.
Answer: No exceedances of the annual mean limit value for nitrogen dioxide were reported in 2023 in the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency from data held by the Department.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children were granted refugee family reunion visas in the year ending 30 June 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on refugee family reunion in the 'Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release'. Data on refugee family reunion visa grants, by age group, is published in table Fam_D01 of the 'family reunion visa grants detailed datasets...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Royal Preston HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average travel distance for cancer patients from South Cumbria and North Lancashire required to attend Royal Preston Hospital for radiotherapy.
Answer: NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring healthcare needs of local communities in England are met. For the Royal Preston Hospital, this is the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board.The National...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Royal Preston HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients resident in the postcode district (a) LA2, (b) LA5, (c) LA6, (d) LA7, (e) LA8, (f) LA9, (g) LA10, (h) LA11, (i) LA12, (j) LA13, (k) LA14, (l) LA15, (m) LA16, (n) LA17, (o) LA18, (
Answer: The attached table shows the number of patients who received radiotherapy treatment at the Rosemere Cancer Centre, Royal Preston Hospital each year between 2019 and 2024 for the postcode districts requested.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the localised hotspots in the reporting zones of (a) Greater London, (b) Nottingham, (c) Reading/Wokingham, (d) Coventry/Bedworth, (e) Eastern, (f) Greater Mancheste
Answer: The localised hotspots identified through Defra’s national modelling and monitoring networks are published annually as part of the national compliance assessment under the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which localised hotspots in the reporting zones of (a) Greater London, (b) Nottingham, (c) Reading/Wokingham, (d) Coventry/Bedworth, (e) Eastern, (f) Greater Manchester, (g) Portsmouth
Answer: Predicting when locations will comply with the annual mean limit value for nitrogen dioxide is inherently uncertain.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Employment and English LanguageHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) refugees and (b) displaced Ukrainians with leave to remain in the UK to (i) secure decent employment and (ii) improve their English language skills.
Answer: In the recently published Immigration White Paper, we committed to increase English Language proficiency across the immigration system. This change will support migrants to integrate and be active participants in their local communities.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Wholesale TradeTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68736More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing targeted business rates relief for food and drink wholesalers.
Answer: To deliver our manifesto pledge, from April 2026, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for high street retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties with rateable values (RVs) below £500,000. This tax cut must be sustainably funded, and ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood and Drinks: Wholesale TradeTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68735More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of her Department's plan to introduce a higher multiplier on properties with rateable value of £500,000 and above on the food and drink wholesale sector.
Answer: To deliver our manifesto pledge, from April 2026, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for high street retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties with rateable values (RVs) below £500,000. This tax cut must be sustainably funded, and ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will comply with the National Emission Ceiling Regulations emission reduction commitments for (a) NH3, (b) NOx, (c) SO2, (d) NMVOCs and (e) PM2.5 in each year un
Answer: The UK is projected to meet the emission reduction commitments for NH3, NOx, SO2, NMVOCs and PM2.5 for each year to 2029 and to meet tighter commitments for 2030 and beyond for NOx, SO2, NMVOCs and PM2.5. Projections published in March 2025 show a risk to...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) local authorities and (b) metro mayors have not published local plans to achieve compliance with legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
Answer: Responsibility for developing plans to address nitrogen dioxide exceedances rests with local authorities, rather than metro mayors. We have agreed plans with the following local authorities: Basingstoke and Deane Borough CouncilBasildon Borough Council, E...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) local authorities and (b) metro mayors have published local plans to achieve compliance with legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
Answer: Responsibility for developing plans to address nitrogen dioxide exceedances rests with local authorities, rather than metro mayors. We have agreed plans with the following local authorities: Basingstoke and Deane Borough CouncilBasildon Borough Council, E...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department publishes information on the (a) Joint Air Quality Unit, (b) nitrogen dioxide programme and (c) nitrogen dioxide programme’s Central Evaluation.
Answer: The Joint Air Quality Unit has been established to deliver the actions set out in the published Air quality plan for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in UK (2017) and the Supplement to the UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations (2018). The Cl...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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