Tim Farron MP: written questions
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Food SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of days of food stocks nationally in the event of a significant disruption to supply.
Answer: The UK does not have national food stockpiles or current plans to create these. The UK has a resilient food supply chain that is well equipped to deal with potential disruption. This high degree of food security is built on supply from diverse sources inc...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the resilience of food supply chains.
Answer: The UK does not have national food stockpiles or current plans to create these. The UK has a resilient food supply chain that is well equipped to deal with potential disruption. This high degree of food security is built on supply from diverse sources inc...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDroughtsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of surplus water availability during periods of expected drought.
Answer: Water companies must plan for secure supplies during severe droughts, without the need for emergency restrictions. The 2024/2025 annual review of water company data showed that England has an overall surplus. However, this is less than expected in half of...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWater: StorageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the level of national water storage capacity.
Answer: The Environment Agency’s National System Simulation Model, which includes 90% of England’s supply system, shows the current national total storage capacity of 2.03 billion cubic metres for public water use.Havant Thicket reservoir is currently under const...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordFood Supply: EmergenciesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to develop food storage and distribution capacity for use in national emergencies.
Answer: The UK does not have national food stockpiles or current plans to create these. The UK has a resilient food supply chain that is well equipped to deal with potential disruption. This high degree of food security is built on supply from diverse sources inc...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordFood Supply: EmergenciesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the adequacy of the volume of food held in storage for use in a national emergency.
Answer: The UK does not have national food stockpiles or current plans to create these. The UK has a resilient food supply chain that is well equipped to deal with potential disruption. This high degree of food security is built on supply from diverse sources inc...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the National Crime Agency currently plays in tackling organised waste crime.
Answer: National leadership for tackling waste crime sits with the Environment Agency. Its Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JUWC) brings together operational partners (including the NCA) to coordinate the response. The NCA can investigate waste crime where cases meet ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of designating waste crime as a national strategic policing priority.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently published the Waste Crime Action Plan, which sets out how we will tackle waste crime through prevention, enforcement, and accelerating the clean-up effort. National leadership for tac...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many illegal waste sites are known to the Environment Agency in each English district in the most recent year for which data is available; and what estimate she has made of the tot
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) has provided the attached dataset which shows the number of illegal wastes sites by Local Authority Area as of 7 October 2025, from the total of 517 sites active at that time. The EA does not hold a view on what would make a si...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste crime officers are currently employed by the Environment Agency; and how many large-scale illegal waste sites have a designated waste crime officer assigned to them.
Answer: There are 331 full-time employees directly involved in waste crime. This number includes officers in the Area and National operational teams who respond to illegal waste sites, prevent and disrupt waste crime at sites in England, prevent illegal exports o...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLandfill: ExpenditureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the cost to the public purse of landfill site regulation, monitoring, and remediation over the last five years.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) regulates permitted landfill sites on a full cost‑recovery basis. The costs of regulation are met by the landfill operators, primarily through annual subsistence charges which are paid by permit holders. These charges cover rou...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLandfill Tax: Tax YieldsTreasuryTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124503More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised from Landfill Tax in each of the last five years.
Answer: Landfill Tax receipts for the latest five financial years (2020-21 to 2024-25) are published here: HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste Management: FinesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what penalties she plans to bring in for waste companies that persistently breach their operating licence.
Answer: The Government’s new Waste Crime Action Plan commits to making fuller use of existing Environment Agency (EA) powers so that high-risk waste sites can be stopped early before they escalate. Earlier EA interventions using Fixed Penalty Notices will deter t...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for the NHS to do cardiac testing on young people.
Answer: The Government recognises how worrying heart health can be for the families of young people. The National Health Service already offers cardiac tests for young people who present with symptoms that could indicate a cardiac issue. Testing young people who ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBabies: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the newborn screening programme is fit for purpose and screens for all conditions.
Answer: The NHS Newborn Blood Spot Programme screens for ten rare but serious conditions and consistently achieves very high coverage, with the most recent figure at 98% in quarter two of 2025/26.Coverage of babies who move into the area after birth is lower, at ...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Outdoor EducationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Outdoor Learning Specialist apprenticeships are projected to start in the current funding year; how long the standard has been operational; and what he estimates to be the cost saving associate
Answer: The Outdoor Learning Specialist standard was approved for delivery from February 2022.The department publishes a range of apprenticeships data, including on apprenticeship starts, and those for the current academic year are published here: Apprenticeships...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBurkina Faso: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is providing support to improve security in Burkina Faso in the context of recent attacks conducted by Islamist armed groups.
Answer: The UK is deeply concerned by the deteriorating security situation in Burkina Faso, including regular attacks by terrorist groups. This year, the UK provided £173 million to support programmes across the Sahel, including to alleviate the root causes of co...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepressive Illnesses: Transcranial Magnetic StimulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the provision of TMS for depression.
Answer: There are no plans at present to increase the provision of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for depression based on current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance. Integrated care boards are responsible for providing health and care s...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepressive Illnesses: Transcranial Magnetic StimulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS mental health Trusts currently provide a TMS service to people experiencing depression and how many people have received a full course of TMS treatment.
Answer: There are no plans at present to increase the provision of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for depression based on current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance. Integrated care boards are responsible for providing health and care s...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIran: InternetForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding her Department provides to support secure internet access, circumvention technologies and independent Persian-language media for people in Iran; and whether
Answer: On 23 January, the UK supported UN Human Rights Council resolution SS39/1 calling on Iran to immediately restore full internet access and telecommunications services, and in February, we spoke out as part of the Freedom Online Coalition for the Iranian pe...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOppression: IranHome OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce an expedited visa and scholarship scheme for at-risk Iranian activists, journalists and human-rights defenders seeking sanctuary and study in the UK.
Answer: The Home Office is monitoring the situation in Iran and the impacts it will have.The UK has not introduced a bespoke visa route in response to the conflict. Existing visa routes remain available and Iranian nationals who wish to come to the UK can apply t...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOppression: IranHome OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect Iranian dissidents, journalists and human-rights defenders resident in the UK from surveillance, harassment and threats linked to the Iranian state.
Answer: The Home Office works closely with other Government departments as well as relevant agencies and law enforcement to protect those identified as being at risk. We will continue to use all appropriate tools at our disposal to protect the UK and its people ...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIran: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian impact of UK sanctions on Iran; and what steps she is taking to ensure that sanctions are focused on human-rights violators a
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 26 February in response to Question 114342. Further to this, I add that the UK seeks to mitigate any unintended negative impacts of sanctions, including on humanitarian delivery. The UK does not sanction fo...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIran: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will commit to expanding targeted sanctions against Iranian officials and security force commanders responsible for killings, torture and internet shutdowns during the
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 26 February in response to Question 114342. Further to this, I add that the UK seeks to mitigate any unintended negative impacts of sanctions, including on humanitarian delivery. The UK does not sanction fo...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIran: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the situation of women, girls and ethnic and religious minorities in Iran following the protests that began in December 2025; and what steps h
Answer: The human rights situation in Iran, including for women, girls and minorities, has long been unacceptable. As the Foreign Secretary said to the House on 13 January: it takes huge bravery to protest and to speak out in the face of this oppression - especia...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
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