Victoria Collins MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Renewable Energy: Nature ConservationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support nature-positive renewable energy.
Answer: The Government has been engaging with a range of stakeholders, providing an opportunity to share their ideas and views on how government can best encourage nature positive best practice into energy infrastructure planning and development. We are working t...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: Care LeaversDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage (a) children in care and (b) care leavers to (i) progress into higher education and (ii) complete their course or placement.
Answer: Reforming children’s social care is critical to giving hundreds of thousands of children and young people the start in life they deserve.We are committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive out...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Children in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure children in care are not moved during (a) exam periods and (b) other critical periods in their education.
Answer: Reforming children’s social care is critical to giving hundreds of thousands of children and young people the start in life they deserve.We are committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive out...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: TechnologyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of green technologies.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the growth and scaling-up of green technologies, including through the creation of GB Energy, as part of its Clean Energy Superpower Mission. The Government will set out its full approach to seizing the growth opp...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the use of nature-based solutions to climate change.
Answer: Defra recognises the critical benefits nature-based solutions can provide for tackling climate change and averting its impacts – delivering multiple benefits for climate, biodiversity, and people. Nature’s recovery is one of the five top priorities for th...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Harpenden and BerkhamstedMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure access to legal aid in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning legal aid services in England and Wales. The LAA monitors the numbers of providers in each procurement area and across all categories of law. It takes operational action where it can, to respond ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Pupil ExclusionsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of (a) suspensions and (b) exclusions among pupils with SEND.
Answer: The department publishes data from the school census on suspensions and permanent exclusions from state-funded schools in England. The most recent full release, for the 2022/23 academic year, is available at the following link: https://explore-education-s...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on taking legislative steps to create a domestic abuse aggravated offence.
Answer: This Government was elected on a landmark pledge to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade, and tackling domestic abuse is a core part of this mission. We will use every lever within our power and work with key partners across Governm...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: FloodsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers affected by flooding.
Answer: Defra’s Farming Recovery Fund (FRF) scheme has paid out over £59.1 million to over 12,500 farm businesses affected by flooding and extreme wet weather during the period October 2023 to March 2024. On 31st March 2025 the government announced an additional ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Children in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the attainment gap between children in care and their peers.
Answer: Reforming children’s social care is critical to giving hundreds of thousands of children and young people the start in life they deserve.We are committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive out...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be offered by the NHS in the Spring booster programme.
Answer: The spring 2025 campaign will continue to use mRNA vaccine supply secured under existing pandemic contracts with Pfizer and Moderna. Those eligible will be offered either Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines during the spring 2025 campaign.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of care leavers who are Not in Education, Employment or Training.
Answer: The number of care leavers who are not in education, employment or training is published annually in the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoptions’.Figures on the activity of care leavers aged 17-21 years old, including tho...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what eligibility criteria her Department is using to choose successful schools for Great British Energy's rooftop solar panels project.
Answer: The department recently announced, in partnership with Great British (GB) Energy, an £80 million (£40 million from the department and £40 million from GB Energy) initiative to install solar and other technologies such as electric vehicle chargers in 200 s...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: SchoolsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether there is a timeline for the delivery of Great British Energy’s first project to install rooftop solar panels in schools.
Answer: The match funding between GBE and DfE announced on 21 March 2025 will enable around 200 schools in England to install solar power and complementary decarbonisation technologies, helping to drive down their energy bills. It is estimated to provide up to £1...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Freedom: GenderForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle gender-specific religious persecution.
Answer: The UK remains strongly committed to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. Working with the Special Envoy for FoRB, David Smith MP, we are ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support Nigeria in implementing the Universal Periodic Review recommendations relating to the Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to upholding the right to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) and was an active participant in Nigeria's Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council in January 2024. Our dialogue on human rights, including FoRB...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46377More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxation policies on (a) farm investment and (b) succession planning on domestic food production.
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances in a fair way. The reforms reduce the inherita...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: InfrastructureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to permit local planning authorities to commission independent assessments of (a) water and (b) drainage infrastructure capacity.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 45308 on 22 April 2025.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken in response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices to review working practices for (a) taxis and (b) private hire vehicle.
Answer: The Taylor Review was published in 2017 and while it continues to be a valuable contribution to the debate on working practices, this Government is focused on delivering our plan to Make Work Pay.Once implemented, our Plan to Make Work Pay will represent ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance Tax: Rural Areas and TenantsTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46374More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to inheritance tax on (a) rural communities and (b) low-income tenants.
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances in a fair way. The reforms reduce the inherita...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department have to extend the Start for Life programme beyond the 75 upper-tier local authorities that currently receive funding.
Answer: In 2025/26, £57 million will be made available to 75 local authorities with high levels of deprivation to provide a range of Start for Life services. Funding for future years is being considered as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the role of hospices in providing care in communities.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life.The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families r...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to improve transparency in (a) fee structures and (b) pricing practices in private nurseries.
Answer: It is the government’s ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.This working parent entitlement aims to suppor...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the £100,000 threshold for entitlement to 30 hours of free childcare on affected families.
Answer: It is the government’s ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.This working parent entitlement aims to suppor...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered introducing a tapered withdrawal of the 30 hours of free childcare entitlement for households earning above £100,000.
Answer: It is the government’s ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.This working parent entitlement aims to suppor...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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