Toby Perkins MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Vocational Guidance: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the White Paper entitled Get Britain Working, published on 26 November 2024, what steps she plans to take to engage with disabled people in the development of the new jobs and careers
Answer: As announced in the recent Get Britain Working White Paper, we are reforming Jobcentre Plus and creating a new service that will enable everyone to access support to find good, meaningful work, and support to help them to progress in work, including throu...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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Vocational Guidance: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, what steps she plans to take to ensure that (a) work coaches and (b) disability employment advisors understand the barriers to employment faced by
Answer: This Government is committed to championing the rights of disabled people and to working with disabled people to design our reforms. The Get Britain Working White Paper announced that DWP will establish a panel to consult disabled people as part of our wi...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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Vocational Guidance: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, what steps she plans to take to ensure that disabled people can access specialist careers advice.
Answer: As announced in the recent Get Britain Working White Paper, we are reforming Jobcentre Plus and creating a new service that will enable everyone to access support to find good, meaningful work, and support to help them to progress in work, including throu...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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Forests: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support UK businesses to comply with (a) domestic and (b) EU regimes for the prevention of deforestation in supply chains.
Answer: Businesses are supported to comply with UK timber regulations through the Office for Product Safety and Standards. There is currently no domestic regime in place in relation to other commodities. Guidance in respect of complying with EU legislation is a m...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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Forests: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations within the Environmental Audit Committee's report entitled The UK's contribution to ta
Answer: We note the recommendations put forward by the committee and recognise the important work that there is to be done.
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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Forests: Supply ChainsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward the Forest Risk Commodities regulations to enact the Environment Act 2021 provisions on deforestation in supply chains.
Answer: We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. We will set out our approach to addressing deforestation in the UK’s supply chains in due course.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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Rivers: DredgingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency has spent on dredging rivers in each year since 2009.
Answer: The Environment Agency has no record of dredging the rivers Rother and Hipper during the last 10 years. The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes dredging to manage flood risk where it is technically effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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Rivers: DredgingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the regular dredging of rivers.
Answer: The Environment Agency has no record of dredging the rivers Rother and Hipper during the last 10 years. The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes dredging to manage flood risk where it is technically effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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Flood Control: DredgingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the regular dredging of rivers on flooding.
Answer: The Environment Agency has no record of dredging the rivers Rother and Hipper during the last 10 years. The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes dredging to manage flood risk where it is technically effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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River Hipper and River Rother: DredgingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the (a) River Rother and (b) River Hipper was last dredged.
Answer: The Environment Agency has no record of dredging the rivers Rother and Hipper during the last 10 years. The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes dredging to manage flood risk where it is technically effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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