Vikki Slade MP: written questions
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Written questions
Property DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of paragraph 129 of the First Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee of S
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 63881 on 7 July 2025.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to amend the local plan process to (a) include a stronger needs assessment for social housing across the plan period and (b) require local authorities
Answer: On 2 July, the government published a plan setting out the foundations for a decade of renewal in social and affordable housing. This is focused on delivering the biggest increase in supply in a generation, alongside a transformational and lasting change ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCensus: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64924More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding was allocated for preparations for the 2031 census in each of the past three financial years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 3rd July is attached.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBadgers: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the amendments made in Schedule 6, Part 2, Clause 41 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill relating to the Protection of Badger
Answer: These amendments standardise licences for development purposes under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 with those for other species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, 2017. This is intend...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help support small landowners in accessing (a) legal and (b) technical advice when negotiating agreements under the Electronic Communications Code.
Answer: The Government is keen that negotiations for Electronic Communications Code agreements are developed as collaboratively as possible. We recognise the benefits of all parties having access to sufficient information and advice to support this.We endorse the...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: StorageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the funding available to (a) housing associations, (b) property owners and (c) local authorities for the provision of infrastructure for the secur
Answer: No such specific assessment has been made.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCensusCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61971More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to make a formal decision on the methodology for the 2031 Census; and what steps he plans to take to hold stakeholder consultation prior to that decision.
Answer: The UK Statistics Authority published their recommendation on the next (2031) Census on 17 June. The recommendation outlines the consultation they undertook in order to reach their recommendation. The Government will publish their response in due course.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the effective roll out of broadband infrastructure in rural areas.
Answer: Project Gigabit is designed to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to premises that will not be built to by the market without subsidy. The significant majority of these premises will be in rural areas.More than £2.3 billion of Project Gigabit contracts hav...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, which local authorities will be allocated additional funding for the Affordable Homes Programme; and how mu
Answer: As under the existing Affordable Homes Programme, registered providers will need to bid for the grant funding announced at the Spending Review. The government will confirm further details, including the timing and process for bids to the new fund, in due ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help local authorities with the costs for the provision of temporary accommodation.
Answer: The Government has invested £1 billion in homelessness and rough sleeping services in 2025/26, a £233 million increase on the previous year. The 2025 Spending Review has protected this record level of investment. Where families do end up in temporary acco...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities in receipt of exceptional financial support to resolve funding issues in the long term.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant pressures that councils are facing. The Spending Review provides over £5 billion of new grant funding over the next three years for local services that communities rely on. The £3.4 billion, when taken together wi...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the housing benefit taper rate on young people in supported housing who increase working hours.
Answer: The income taper in Housing Benefit ensures people in work are better off than someone wholly reliant on benefits. In addition to any financial advantage, there are important non-financial benefits of working. These include learning new skills, improved c...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to include youth homelessness in the cross-government homelessness strategy.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question 52307 on 14 May 2025.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement: DamagesMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to review the system for bereavement damages.
Answer: The Government is working to deliver a major series of reforms to the civil justice system and while the issue of bereavement damages is being kept under review, there are no immediate plans to undertake a formal review of this issue.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Young PeopleDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the process for booking a driving test through the DVLA test booking system on the mental health of young people.
Answer: As part of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) plan to reduce driving test waiting times, announced in December 2024, the agency launched a call for evidence seeking views and experiences of booking and managing practical car driving tests, w...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency's consultation entitled Improving car driving test booking rules, published on 28 May 2025, what her Department's planned timeline is for making change
Answer: As part of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) plan to reduce driving test waiting times, announced in December 2024, the agency launched a call for evidence seeking views and experiences of booking and managing practical car driving tests, w...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that it conducts a full review of the requester's (a) case and (b) complaint when Access to Work reconsideration requests are made.
Answer: The Access to Work process for reviewing reconsideration requests, as well as complaints, includes a full review of the original case, including all relevant documentation and communications relating to the original decision. To help ensure impartiality, ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps with the Food Standards Agency to (a) review the standards for baby food products and (b) ensure that those standards are updated to include (i) new baby foods mad
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influences many aspects of wellbeing in later life.It is vital that we maintain the highest standards for foods consumed by babies and infants, which is why we hav...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCensusCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60662More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Office for National Statistics has had with local government stakeholders on the 2031 census.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon Lady’s Parliamentary Question of 17th June is attached.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Optical FibresDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of duplicate fibre broadband cabling on the (a) distribution of fibre coverage nationally, (b) environment and (c) infras
Answer: Competition in the broadband market leads to positive outcomes for consumers, including widespread coverage and competitive pricing. We do not intervene in commercial deployment decisions.We are aware that having multiple operators can mean deployment of ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Self-employedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that self-employed people are adequately supported when using the Access to Work scheme.
Answer: Access to Work is a personalised discretionary grant that provides support with workplace adjustments beyond an employer’s obligation as outlined in the Equality Act 2010, to support the recruitment and retention of disabled people into employment. In 23/...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps with the Food Standards Agency to align the labelling of early-weaning baby food sold as suitable for babies aged four months and older with NHS guidance on i
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influences many aspects of wellbeing in later life. Government dietary advice is that babies should be introduced to a healthy and varied diet, alongside their usu...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCensusCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58809More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the accuracy of the 2021 census, in the context of covid-19 lockdown measures.
Answer: I have met with UK Statistics Authority / Office of National Statistics leadership regarding the future of the census and the 2031 census twice: in October 2024 and April 2025. As is longstanding practice, we do not publish minutes of such meetings.The Of...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCensusCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58808More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with the UK Statistics Authority on (a) the future of the census and (b) the 2031 census; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.
Answer: I have met with UK Statistics Authority / Office of National Statistics leadership regarding the future of the census and the 2031 census twice: in October 2024 and April 2025. As is longstanding practice, we do not publish minutes of such meetings.The Of...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding for dispensing GPs to offer electronic prescribing.
Answer: Following its launch in 2005, the Electronic Prescribing Service (EPS) is now used in more than 96% of general practices (GPs). While GP IT services and funding do not cover dispensing services provided by dispensing doctors, EPS is used in prescribing an...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
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