Vikki Slade MP: written questions
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Doors: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of pausing the proposed move from the British fire door safety testing standard to the European Standard until the review of
Answer: The withdrawal of National Classes fire testing standards (BS 476) from Approved Document B in favour of the European Standard (BS EN 13501) aimed to enhance fire protection by simplifying compliance routes within the guidance. This change makes it easier...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDoors: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is for removing the national BS 476-22 classification for fire door resistance from Approved Document B.
Answer: The withdrawal of National Classes fire testing standards (BS 476) from Approved Document B in favour of the European Standard (BS EN 13501) aimed to enhance fire protection by simplifying compliance routes within the guidance. This change makes it easier...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: TaxationTreasuryTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53419More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of taxing high-polluting corporations to help support net zero initiatives.
Answer: The Government is committed to maintaining an ambitious carbon pricing scheme to ensure that polluters continue to pay for their emissions. The UK’s main carbon pricing scheme is the Emissions Trading Scheme, which covers emissions from power generation, ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of non-sexual offences against children have been released under early release schemes; and what steps her Department is taking to supervise those offenders.
Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We were forced to take decisive action to prevent overcrowding and protect the public. Certain offences have been excluded from the SDS change including sex offences irrespective of sentence length; se...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTransgender PeopleWomen and EqualitiesTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53417More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Supreme Court ruling of [2025] UKSC 16, 16 April 2025, on levels of provision of (a) services, (b) healthcare and (c) workplace facilities for trans
Answer: The Government has set out our expectation that organisations follow the clarity the Supreme Court ruling provides. The EHRC has committed to support organisations with its updated statutory Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: FinanceTreasuryTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904251More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase funding for emergency services.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting our vital emergency services.That is why in 2025/26 we have increased health spending by £22.6 billion relative to 2023/24, policing funding by £1.1 billion and standalone Fire and Rescue Authorities by £65.5 mill...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of methodological changes to the classification of certain types of accommodation between the 2011 and 2021 census
Answer: The established methodology for official statistics on housing supply utilises the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) census to improve the quality and reliability of these statistics. The census dwelling count is subject to intensi...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Remote MeetingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department will publish the response to the consultation entitled Enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings, which closed on 19 December 20
Answer: Our consultation on remote attendance and proxy voting closed on 19 December, and results will be published in due course. The consultation aimed to consider how to support the local government sector to modernise democratic engagement and remove unnecess...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCCTV: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49676More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of excluding CCTV systems used for security purposes from business rates valuations.
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, the government published the Transforming Business Rates Discussion Paper, which sets out priority areas for reform. This paper invites industry to help co-design a fairer business rates system that supports investment and is fit for...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49675More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the thresholds for Small Business Rate Relief to reflect changes in rateable values ahead of the 2026 revaluation.
Answer: Currently, Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) is available to businesses with a single property below a set rateable value. Eligible properties under £12,000 will receive 100 per cent relief, which means over a third of businesses in England (more than 700...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department plans to provide for (a) dance, (b) drama, (c) music and (d) musical theatre higher education courses in each of the next three years.
Answer: The department is determined that the higher education (HE) funding system should deliver for our economy, for universities and for students. The HE sector needs a secure financial footing, which is why, after seven years of frozen fee caps under the prev...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Office for Students will be required to provide a third category for registration; and whether this will take into account the specialised environments of small specialist providers.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole to the answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 36617.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament record5G: Mid Dorset and North PooleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the (a) quality and (b) total area coverage area for (i) 5G and (ii) other wireless data reception in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency; and what step
Answer: According to Ofcom’s Connected Nations report (published on 5 December 2024) 92% of the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency has 4G geographic coverage from all four mobile operators, while 85% of the constituency has 5G geographic coverage from at lea...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the funding made available to ICBs for primary care can be used by GP surgeries to develop plans for premises improvement that will extend beyond
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future and recognises the importance of strategic, value for money investments in capital projects, such as new facilities, significant upgrades, or other targeted cap...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Students' Allowances: Assistive TechnologyDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which groups were consulted on the withdrawal of funding for non-specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.
Answer: The department engaged with individual disability experts with relevant experience to gather feedback on the proposals. These experts were consulted in a personal capacity, and the department is therefore not able to provide their personal information.Thi...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Students' Allowances: Assistive TechnologyDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the savings to her Department from the withdrawal of funding for non-specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.
Answer: Funding under the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) is in general not available for goods and services that may be needed by the general student population, whether disabled or not. The department has withdrawn funding for non-specialist software as this...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordShared Rural Network: Mid Dorset and North PooleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on the Shared Rural Network (SRN) since July 2024; and what SRN projects are underway in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency.
Answer: Since July 2024, we have activated 40 government funded masts under the Shared Rural Network, providing new 4G coverage to rural communities across Great Britain. At the end of 2024 Ofcom confirmed that the programme had also hit its objective of helping ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ArtsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in protecting artists against breaches of artistic
Answer: The Department has not made its own assessment of the effectiveness of the Berne Convention in relation to AI models.However, a recent meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which is responsible for the Berne Convention, included ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Gardens TrustMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the benefit of including the Garden Trust as a statutory consultee to planning decisions.
Answer: The Gardens Trust is currently a statutory consultee on “development likely to affect all registered gardens or parks”. I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 10 March 2025 (HCWS510).
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Scooters: Pilot SchemesDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ongoing e-scooter trials, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of e-scooters on (a) the modal shift of transport away from private cars and (b) reducing traffic congestion in
Answer: The first national evaluation of the e-scooter trials was published in December 2022. This found that e-scooters increasingly replaced private motor vehicle or taxi use over time (from 12% of journeys in March 2021 to 21% in December 2021). 42% of e-scoot...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: FinesDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the current caps on the values of fines available to local authorities outside London on driver behaviour.
Answer: No recent assessment has been made. A number of parking sector stakeholders conducted research recently into this complex issue, and it has been submitted to the Department. Officials will be reviewing the research and its findings in due course.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) increasing protections for sellers in conveyancing processes, in the context of levels of protections in (i) Scotland
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to (a) the answer given to Question UIN PQ 32038 on 28 February 2025, and (b) the answer given to Question UIN PQ 18947 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Migration Advisory Committee's review into the financial requirements for the Family Visa route to be published; and what plans she has for the minimum salary threshold for the Fa
Answer: The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is an independent body, and their review of the financial requirements will be robust and transparent. It is expected the MAC will issue their report in the Summer. We will carefully consider the MAC’s recommendation...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that ongoing work under the digital identities framework to digitise (a) sex and (b) other personal information incorporates safeguards to guarantee th
Answer: Digital identities do not offer a new way to determine sex or gender. As with physical verification, individual organisations are responsible for determining what precise information it is appropriate to verify in a particular case and how they verify tha...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ban the use of (a) cages for (i) laying hens and (ii) other animals and (b) close confinement systems for (A) sows and calves and (B) other animals in farming
Answer: We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently c...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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