Vikki Slade MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction AgreementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ratify the Global Oceans Treaty.
Answer: The Government is completely committed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement,...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Services: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure that local authorities in rural areas receive higher levels of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26, in the contex
Answer: The government is absolutely committed to tackling the issues that matter to rural communities. Places with a significant rural population will on average receive around a 5% increase in their Core Spending Power next year, which is a real terms increase....
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Social ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure that local authorities remain democratically accountable for the provision of social care, in the context of her Department's plans for devo
Answer: The Government has no intention of changing local authorities’ democratic accountability for provision of social care. As set out in the English Devolution White Paper, we will reset the relationship with local government, to give the sector more autonomy...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Pharmacy supervision which closed on 29 February 2024.
Answer: A previous consultation on pharmacy supervision was published earlier this year. The Government and devolved administrations will set out plans for the policy when it responds to that consultation, in due course.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that the next local government finance settlement includes additional funding to meet higher costs arising from changes to (a) the national minim
Answer: We recognise the challenges that local authorities are facing. We have listened to voices across the sector and we prioritised local government at the Budget, where we announced over £4 billion in additional funding for local government services, includin...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will reinstate the availability of medications previously available on prescription for (a) households on low incomes and (b) pensioners so that they are free of charge.
Answer: There are currently no plans to review the list of items that formed part of the NHS England review into medicines that cannot be routinely supplied. Prescribers are free to make their own decisions on which medicines to prescribe, unless they are banned ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the list of conditions eligible for free prescriptions by working age people.
Answer: There are no plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate to exempt people from the prescription charge. Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the commun...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWar PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the monthly payment of war pensions.
Answer: The War Pension Scheme (WPS) compensates for any injury, illness or death which was caused by service before 6 April 2005. There are two main types of WPS awards depending on the level of disablement: A gratuity is a tax free lump sum payment for disablem...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Sub-lettingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) assess and (b) prevent unauthorised sub-letting of social housing for holiday lets.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting landlords to tackle the small minority of social tenants who, by cheating the system, deprive those in need of a social home.Under existing legislation, it is a criminal offence to sub-let social housing without t...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Workers and Health Services: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to dependant rules for health and social care visas on closures of care homes; and if he will make an assessment of the potentia
Answer: In December 2023, the Home Office published their estimated immigration impacts of the announced legal migration changes, including the restriction on bringing dependants for care workers and senior care workers. These are available at the following link:...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordA35: FloodsDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings her officials had with the then hon. member for Mid Dorset and North Poole on flooding at Bakers Arms Roundabout on the A35 during the last Parliament; and what agreements were made to consider me
Answer: The Department has no record of meetings on this matter during the last Parliament.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Motorcycles: Anti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to the Home Office, with reference to her Oral Statement of 27 November 2024 on Respect Orders and anti-social behaviour, whether police officers will be able to pursue (a) off road bikes and (b) e sc
Answer: The police are able to pursue off road bikes and electric scooters when they are used anti-socially or dangerously. Any decision on whether to undertake a pursuit is an operational one for the police and should take account of the risk factors and proport...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIncinerators: ConstructionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) undertake a needs assessment for waste disposal and (b) ban new incinerators unless there is a proven need for them.
Answer: The Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy, which will support economic growth, deliver green jobs, promote efficient and productive use of resources, minimise negative environmental impacts and help us accelerate to Net Zero. Ther...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordExtended ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce wraparound childcare in all schools by September 2026.
Answer: This government will build a modern childcare system that supports families from the end of parental leave, right through to the end of primary school.Childcare needs do not stop when children start school. To support parents the government will deliver f...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to end fox hunting.
Answer: This is a devolved matter with regard to Scotland and Northern Ireland; hunting with dogs is a reserved matter with respect to Wales and therefore, the information provided relates to England and Wales only. The Hunting Act 2004 makes it an offence to hun...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmpty PropertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to bring empty properties back into use; whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing (i) incentives and (ii)
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 6686 on 14 October 2024.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFish Farming: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase protection for farmed fish.
Answer: The Animal Welfare Committee’s updated Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing was published last year. A GB-wide farmed trout joint Government and industry working group is now examining the issues raised in the report to explore the...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: DisadvantagedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help (a) pensioners who will not receive Winter Fuel Allowance and (b) other people with disabilities who (i) need to run equipment through the winter and (ii) have a conditi
Answer: This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. The State Pension is the foundation of income in retirement and will remain so protecting 12 ...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit and Winter Fuel PaymentTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7333More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing (a) Pension Credit and (b) the personal allowances of pensioners to mitigate the potential impact of the removal of Winter Fuel Allowance.
Answer: The standard minimum income guarantee for a single person and couples in Pension Credit rises in line with average earnings to ensure that it maintains its relative value over time to ensure that Pension Credit (Guarantee Credit) will continue to provide ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) making wildlife crimes notifiable and (b) including them in national crime statistics.
Answer: There are no plans currently to make all wildlife crimes notifiable and consequentially to include in the national crime statistics. Any non-notifiable wildlife crime reported to police can still be investigated where appropriate, as Chief Constables have...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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