Tristan Osborne MP: written questions
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Written questions
Medical Equipment: Unmanned Air SystemsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to deploy drone technologies carrying (a) defibrillators and (b) other emergency medical equipment.
Answer: The Government is committed to innovation in drones and other growth sectors, and work is ongoing across Government, including between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Civil Aviation Authority, to support the safe and effective introductio...
Answered 9 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStocks and Shares: Foreign CompaniesTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75211More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is considering steps to incentivise domicile Exchange Traded Funds in the UK if they have a significant corporate footprint in country.
Answer: The UK is home to the world’s second largest investment management sector, with over £10.9 trillion of assets under management (11% of global assets). The UK has historic expertise in portfolio management, a crucial part of the Financial Services ecosyste...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordStocks and SharesTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75195More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to establish an Exchange Traded Fund.
Answer: The UK is home to the world’s second largest investment management sector, with over £10.9 trillion of assets under management (11% of global assets). The UK has historic expertise in portfolio management, a crucial part of the Financial Services ecosyste...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: PalestiniansHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that visa applications for injured Palestinian children are processed without delay; and whether those visas applications can be fast-tracked.
Answer: The Prime Minister announced at the end of July that the UK will medically evacuate Gazan children for treatment in the UK. A cross-government taskforce is working urgently to get some of these sick and injured children out of Gaza, so that they can recei...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74387More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the definition of recycled in Section 49 of the Finance Act 2021 to recognize organic recycling through food waste schemes.
Answer: The Plastic Packaging Tax provides a clear economic incentive for businesses to use recycled plastic in the manufacture of plastic packaging, thereby stimulating the collection and recycling of plastic waste and diverting it away from landfill or incinera...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of soft plastic recycling schemes operated by supermarkets.
Answer: Defra has not carried out a specific assessment of soft plastic recycling schemes offered by supermarkets. Under Defra’s Simpler Recycling reforms, The Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2024 require flexible plastics to be collected from kerbside ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: CompostDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on the (a) collection and (b) disposal of independently certified BS 13432 compliant compostable packaging.
Answer: Under Simpler Recycling, local authorities and other waste collectors are required to collect the following recyclable waste streams from all households and workplaces in England: glass, metal, plastic, paper and card, food waste (and garden waste from ho...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMaterials: InnovationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with UKRI on steps his Department is taking to support innovative materials whose development has been funded by grants from Innovate UK.
Answer: Officials regularly engage with UK Research and Innovation including with Innovate UK as the delivery partner for some of our most significant research programmes. The Farming Innovation Programme, delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, provides grant...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordData ProtectionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the risks (a) associated with third-party providers' involvement in (i) age verification and (ii) content moderation systems and (b) of (A) da
Answer: UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act impose obligations on data controllers – including third-party providers - to process data fairly, lawfully, and transparently.The OSA also requires all providers to give particular regard to the importance of protectin...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of the (a) legal and (b) safety implications of using VPNs to bypass online safety measures.
Answer: While there are legitimate reasons for using VPNs, services that deliberately target UK children and promote VPN use to circumvent online safety measures could face enforcement action under the Online Safety Act. Some VPNs may present security or privacy ...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIsraeli Settlements: Overseas CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that (a) Airbnb and (b) other UK- (i) based and (ii) operating companies do not operate in Israeli settlements in the Oc
Answer: The UK's clear position on illegal Israeli settlements is set out on the Overseas Business Risk website. We advise British businesses to bear in mind the British Government's view on the illegality of settlements under international law when considering t...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients waiting to start treatment at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in (a) July 2024 and (b) June 2025.
Answer: Referral to Treatment data published by NHS England shows that the waiting list at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was 45,074 at the end of July 2024.Official statistics have not yet been released for June 2025, though the latest published dat...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMedway NHS Foundation Trust: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients waiting to start treatment with the Medway NHS Foundation Trust in (a) July 2024 and (b) June 2025.
Answer: Referral to Treatment data published by NHS England shows that the waiting list at the Medway NHS Foundation Trust was 43,722 at the end of July 2024.Official statistics have not yet been released for June 2025, though the latest published data shows the ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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