Tim Farron MP: written questions 2025
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April to Question 45559 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, which localised hotspot in the West Yorkshire Urban Area reporting zone is delaying complia
Answer: The localised hotspots that inform our estimates of when each reporting zone is predicted to become compliant are set out in the following table. The predicted years of compliance in Question 45559 were based on 2023 data. For each zone, the hotspot locat...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April to Question 45559 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, which localised hotspot in The Potteries reporting zone is delaying compliance until 2032.
Answer: The localised hotspots that inform our estimates of when each reporting zone is predicted to become compliant are set out in the following table. The predicted years of compliance in Question 45559 were based on 2023 data. For each zone, the hotspot locat...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April to Question 45559 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, which localised hotspot in the Sheffield Urban Area reporting zone is delaying compliance u
Answer: The localised hotspots that inform our estimates of when each reporting zone is predicted to become compliant are set out in the following table. The predicted years of compliance in Question 45559 were based on 2023 data. For each zone, the hotspot locat...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April to Question 45559 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, which localised hotspot in the Bristol Urban Area reporting zone is delaying compliance unt
Answer: The localised hotspots that inform our estimates of when each reporting zone is predicted to become compliant are set out in the following table. The predicted years of compliance in Question 45559 were based on 2023 data. For each zone, the hotspot locat...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April to Question 45559 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, which localised hotspot in the West Midlands Urban Area reporting zone is delaying complian
Answer: The localised hotspots that inform our estimates of when each reporting zone is predicted to become compliant are set out in the following table. The predicted years of compliance in Question 45559 were based on 2023 data. For each zone, the hotspot locat...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April to Question 45559 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, which (a) cities and (b) towns in the Eastern reporting zone are delaying compliance.
Answer: All NO2 exceedances delaying compliance in the Coventry and Bedworth zone are in the city of Coventry. Bradford is the only city, and Keighley is the only town, in the West Yorkshire Urban Area delaying compliance with the NO2 limit value. All NO2 exceeda...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45557 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, in which year she expects the Eastern reporting zone to become compliant.
Answer: The localised hotspots that inform our estimates of when each reporting zone is predicted to become compliant are set out in the following table. The predicted years of compliance in Question 45559 were based on 2023 data. For each zone, the hotspot locat...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLakes LineDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will include the Lakes Line Passing Loop in the next Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.
Answer: We believe the Local Transport Authority can best determine whether this project meets their local needs. The Department will continue to support development work on this scheme, should local budgets be prioritised.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the next Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline on the timescale for future rail investment.
Answer: The Department is taking decisions to progress the schemes that have the greatest potential to unlock growth only once we are confident that they will deliver it. The time taken to undertake this work has no impact on the timescales for future rail invest...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's planned timetable is for announcing the next Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.
Answer: The Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) is an essential part of how we are kickstarting economic growth. By building a modern railway network we can make a difference to passengers, taxpayers and communities across the country, and by investing arou...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to protect the ecological status chalk streams in legislation.
Answer: Cleaning up our waters, including iconic sites such as chalk streams is a top government priority. That is why on 23 October 2024, the Secretary of State announced the launch of an independent commission to fundamentally transform how our water system wor...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUlverston Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to make funding available to complete accessibility work at Ulverston station.
Answer: In May 2024, the previous government agreed the publication of a list of 50 additional stations selected for initial feasibility work, which included Ulverston railway station. We are in the early stages of understanding the full implications of the Spend...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to announce the outcomes of the Access For All mid-tier scheme.
Answer: We have not currently sought new nominations for another round of mid-tier Access for All funding since 2020 and the successful outcomes were announced by the previous Government at the time. We are carefully considering the best approach to the Access fo...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to consider introducing a range of alternative assessment methods to exams in schools.
Answer: The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE, an expert in education policy, including curriculum and social inequality. The Review is evaluating the existing...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of exams on mental health.
Answer: Exams and other assessments are an essential part of ensuring that young people have acquired the knowledge and skills they need in order to succeed in further study and in later life.We recognise that exams, like other things in life such as job intervie...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Curriculum TestsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of SAT exams on primary school students.
Answer: End of key stage 2 tests and teacher assessments, often known as SATs, are an essential part of ensuring that primary school pupils master the basics of reading, writing and mathematics to prepare them to achieve and thrive at secondary school.The governm...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: BridgesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a record of all full deck replacements of s-joint bridges in England.
Answer: National Highways have advised that the below half-joint structures are planned to have a full deck replacement: (this is assuming that the reference to a s-joint structure is similar to that of National Highways definition of half-joint structure) A47 Gr...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordM6: CumbriaDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the risk management plan for the M6 Lune Gorge structures project.
Answer: The M6 Lune Gorge structures project Risk Management Plan is a working document owned by National Highways. Therefore, it is not available for publication.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts to ensure aid supplies are able to enter Gaza.
Answer: The UK remains in close and regular contact with international counterparts to press for increased humanitarian access into Gaza. On 19 May, the UK, Canada, and France issued a joint statement calling on Israel to cease its renewed military offensive and ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with UN officials to ensure aid supplies are able to enter Gaza.
Answer: The UK has held regular discussions with UN agencies, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the World Food Programme (WFP), to support aid delivery and address access challenges in Gaza. On 19 May, the UK issued a jo...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions under the Equal Pay Act there have been; and what the scale of the fines issued is.
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold information on how many convictions under the Equal Pay Act there have been; or what the scale of the fines issued is.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that the interests of UK (a) beef and (b) ethanol producers are represented in the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal.
Answer: On 8 May, the UK government announced a landmark economic deal with the US. The US has committed to further negotiations, and we will continue our extensive engagement with businesses from across the UK throughout these remaining negotiations.For the firs...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBeef: Origin MarkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the adequacy of his Department's guidance on the (a) labelling and (b) information on country of origin for beef products in (i) food service and (ii) retail.
Answer: The UK maintains high standards on the information provided both online and on food labels and packaging so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. A range of Defra guidance is available on the Gov.uk platform for both consumers and ...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBeef: USADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of beef imports from the US that will be (a) carcass and b) valuable cuts following the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal.
Answer: On 8 May, the UK Government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to reach an agreement with President Trump. This delivers on the commitment by the Prime Minister and the President on 27 February to ag...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Supply: USADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure food security in relation to the ongoing negotiations for the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal.
Answer: On 8 May, the UK Government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to reach an agreement with President Trump. This delivers on the commitment by the Prime Minister and the President on 27 February to ag...
Answered 21 May 2025
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