Tracy Gilbert MP: written questions
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Written questions
State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals AbroadDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support British pensioners residing overseas.
Answer: UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, based on a person’s National Insurance record and are only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating....
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12848More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional funding to GPs for the cost of the increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions.
Answer: Resource spending for the Department of Health and Social Care is set to increase by £22.6 billion in 2025-26 compared to 2023-24 outturn, providing a real-terms growth rate of 4% for the NHS, the largest since before 2010 excluding Covid-19 years. The Go...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make wildlife crimes notifiable.
Answer: This Government recognises the importance of tackling wildlife crime, which is why, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office directly funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit to help tackle these crimes.There are cu...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of VAT on private schools on children with special educational needs in Scotland.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for UK wide VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private schoo...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to regulate non-domestic energy prices.
Answer: The Government does not currently have plans to introduce an energy price cap for non-domestic energy consumers. The Government believes the only way to protect billpayers permanently, including non-domestic organisations, is to speed up the transition aw...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: BillingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department is providing to small and medium sized enterprises for energy bills.
Answer: The Government recognises that some businesses may be struggling to pay their bills. The Government believes that the only way to protect billpayers permanently, including small and medium sized enterprises, is to speed up the transition away from fossil ...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTigray: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the New Lines Institute’s publication entitled Genocide in Tigray: Serious Breaches of Internati
Answer: The 'Genocide in Tigray' report by the New Lines Institute has drawn attention to the conduct of actors during the conflict of 2020-2022. The report is consistent with UN investigations which concluded that all sides committed major human rights violation...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: LebanonHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 7 October 2024 on Anniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle East, Official Report, column 38, what steps her Department is taking to suppor
Answer: We are deeply concerned by the continuing tensions and civilian casualties in Lebanon. I know how important it is for Lebanese nationals in the UK to have certainty on their immigration status, particularly in light of the ongoing conflict in their home c...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPornography: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to prevent children being exposed to pornography.
Answer: The Government is committed to keeping children safe online. Our priority is the effective implementation of the Online Safety Act so that children benefit from its wide-reaching protections.The Act requires that all in scope services that allow pornograp...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPornographyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle pornography harms.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, all in-scope services that allow pornography must use highly effective age assurance to prevent children accessing it, including user-to-user services and services which publish pornography. Under the Act, platforms must proac...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProstitution: Edinburgh North and LeithHome OfficeTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent organised crime groups advertising victims of (a) trafficking and (b) other sexual exploitation offences on websites advertising prostitution in Edinburg
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all of our levers to deliver this.The criminal justice system and su...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProstitution: Edinburgh North and LeithHome OfficeTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the level of commercial sexual exploitation in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all of our levers to deliver this.The criminal justice system and su...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProstitution: Edinburgh North and LeithHome OfficeTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all of our levers to deliver this.The criminal justice system and su...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProstitution: Edinburgh North and LeithHome OfficeTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to help victims of sexual exploitation in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency exit prostitution.
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all of our levers to deliver this.The criminal justice system and su...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral statement of 2 September 2024 on Middle East Update, Official Report, column 37, whether his Department has undertaken a further review of export l
Answer: Export licence applications continue to be assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. The UK's robust export licensing criteria state that the Government will not issue export licences if there is a clear risk that t...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOffshore IndustryDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with representatives in the energy sector on the development of an offshore energy passport.
Answer: The Secretary of State welcomes the delivery of an industry-led Skills Passport. This is an important step to help workers transition from carbon-intensive industries to new clean energy sectors as part of the Government's clean energy mission 2030.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil of the Nations and RegionsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7654More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans she has for the reporting to Parliament of the work of the Council of Nations and Regions.
Answer: The inaugural Council of the Nations and Regions met on 11 October in Edinburgh to discuss growth and investment.The UK Government will be publishing the Terms of Reference for the Council and a communique summarising the discussion shortly.A communique w...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Security: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3521More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to tackle the potential security threat posed by Chinese state-linked companies in the Government supply chain.
Answer: The Procurement Act 2023 introduces new powers to exclude and debar suppliers from public sector contracts if they pose a national security risk. To implement these powers, the Cabinet Office has established the new National Security Unit for Procurement,...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFuel Poverty: PensionersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of pensioners who will be in fuel poverty in winter 2024-25.
Answer: The latest statistics on fuel poverty in England cover 2023 and can be found in the published Official Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics. Table 23 and Table 30 provide estimates of the number of households in fu...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHeat NetworksDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help consumers of district heating schemes.
Answer: The Department is taking action to improve outcomes for heat network consumers, so that they receive similar levels of protection as gas and electricity consumers. The Heat Network Market Framework will address issues faced by consumers, such as excessive...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy: LocationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to announce the location for the headquarters of Great British Energy.
Answer: Scotland is the heart of energy in Great Britain and in recognition of the leading role that it plays in the UK’s clean energy revolution, Great British Energy will be headquartered and run from Scotland. We will announce the location in Scotland, of Grea...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordZero Hours ContractsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 20 of the King’s Speech Background Briefing Notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people w
Answer: The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (for January to March 2024) suggest that around 1,030,000 people (representing 3.1% of total employment) were employed on a zero-hours contract in the UK.Over the same period there were approximat...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordLiving WageDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 20 of the King’s Speech Background Briefing Notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people w
Answer: The minimum wage has been one of the most effective and successful policy interventions of the last 25 years. The Government is committed to delivering a genuine living wage for working people, and removing the discriminatory age bands, so that all adults...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordTobacco and Vapes BillDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Answer: My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been discussing the new United Kingdom-wide Tobacco and Vapes Bill with Neil Gray, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care for Scotland, and will send formal correspondence ...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
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