Vikki Slade MP: written questions

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Written questions

Pre-School EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reduce space requirements for children under two years of age in early years education settings.
Answer: We are currently considering the feedback to the department’s consultation on the use of ‘free flow’ outdoor space for children aged two years and above in early years settings.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Pre-School Education: Business RatesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will centralise the payment of national non-domestic rates for (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent early years settings.
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.The small business rate relief scheme provides...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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Pre-School Education: Business RatesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make non-domestic early years settings exempt from business rates.
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.The small business rate relief scheme provides...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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Nurseries and Pre-School Education: Business RatesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has taken steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) rateable values and (b) small business rates relief on
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.The small business rate relief scheme provides...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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Animal Welfare: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56471 on foie gras import controls, if he will publish a timeline for the negotiations of the proposed UK-EU common veterinary agreem
Answer: Our aim is to start the detailed negotiations as soon as possible, as we want to see businesses benefit from removing barriers to trade. It is too soon to comment on the details of the negotiations. However, animal welfare is a priority for this Governmen...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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Mental Capacity: Departmental CoordinationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to review the (a) safe and (b) effective use of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in cases where an individual has fluctuating capacity t
Answer: The Ministry of Justice has responsibility for the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, which provides a framework for making decisions on behalf of adults who are unable to do so for themselves. The 2007 statutory Code of Practice issued under the MCA already...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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MayorsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects new elected mayoral roles to be filled for each authority.
Answer: The consultations in the six areas on the Devolution Priority Programme have now closed, and the government is carefully considering the evidence collected. Further updates will be communicated in the usual way, in due course.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2025 to Question 18835 on Pharmacy and with reference to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework: 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026, published on 31 March 202
Answer: The Government will shortly publish its response to the public consultation entitled Pharmacy Supervision. An impact assessment will be published alongside draft legislation, on the legislation.GOV.UK website, at the following link:www.legislation.gov.uk
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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Social Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of processes by which local authorities can be (a) incentivised and (b) held accountable to meet their social housing targ
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 14 Jul 2025
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Food: PricesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing price caps for basic foodstuffs.
Answer: Defra regularly engages with supermarkets and producers on a range of food supply matters. It is not for the Government to set retail food prices nor to comment on day-to-day commercial decisions taken by businesses. Nonetheless, we appreciate concerns ab...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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