Victoria Collins MP: written questions
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Energy: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the energy efficiency of homes in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help people find ways to save money on energy bills and transform our ageing building stock into comfortable, low-carbon homes that are fit for the future, including those in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency. We will upg...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Job CreationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support job creation in the renewable energy sector in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency and (b) Hertfordshire.
Answer: The Government’s initial assessment of the challenges of building the skilled workforce to deliver the Clean Energy Superpower Mission has been outlined in the Clean Power Action Plan. The Plan includes an Evidence Annex which provides a basis for Governm...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include people impacted by low-grade brain tumours which follow the cancer pathways, care and treatment, but are not technically cancer in the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will include further details on how we will improve outcomes for all cancer patients, including those with brain tumours.Although low-grade brain tumours are generally non-cancerous, they can have similar, serious symptoms and req...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy that claimants of (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Universal Credit with sight loss conditions that have no prospect of improvement will be exempt from reassessme
Answer: Our wide-ranging package of reforms to health and disability benefits, set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, will improve experiences of the system for those who need it. The functional impact and severity of a condition can significantly vary acro...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to include lung health in the NHS 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts our National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to improving respiratory...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeans-tested Benefits: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the take-up of means-tested benefits in households with children in poverty.
Answer: The Department provides extensive information on Universal Credit including on GOV.UK that supports customers to identify what support may be available. Additionally, we signpost potential customers to external benefit calculators where they can identify ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether increases to employer National Insurance contributions will impact transportation services for children with SEND.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted to the answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 26397.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Children in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the disparities in educational outcomes for children in care.
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 46394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve educational outcomes for children in care.
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 recordRenewable 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
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