Tim Farron MP: written questions

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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63559More
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, whether Coventry is the only (a) city and (b) town in the Coventry and Bedworth zone delayi
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
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63558More
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, whether Bradford is the only (a) city and (b) town in the West Yorkshire Urban Area reporti
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
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63557More
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 towns in the South East reporting zone are delaying compliance until 2028.
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
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63556More
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 Reading and Wokingham Area reporting zone delayed compliance
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
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63555More
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 Portsmouth Urban Area reporting zone is delaying compliance
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
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63554More
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 Nottingham Urban Area reporting zone delayed compliance unti
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
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63553More
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 Greater Manchester Urban Area reporting zone is delaying com
Answer: The Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan is currently being implemented. Greater Manchester’s modelling identifies localised hotspots in 2026 at A34 Bridge St, A34 Quay St, A664 Shudehill, Lever St in Manchester and A49 Chapel Lane and King St West in Wigan....
Answered 8 Jul 2025
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63552More
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 Greater London Urban Area reporting zone delayed compliance
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
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63551More
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 Liverpool 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
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Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63550More
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 Coventry and Bedworth reporting zone is delaying compliance
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
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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
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Nitrogen 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
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Nitrogen 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
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Nitrogen 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
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Nitrogen 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
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Nitrogen 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
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Nitrogen 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
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Lakes 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
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RailwaysDepartment 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
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RailwaysDepartment 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
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Rivers: 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
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Ulverston 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
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Railway 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
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AssessmentsDepartment 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
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Pupils: 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
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