Vikki Slade MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
ChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Ofsted inspections are carried out in accordance with standardised procedures across childcare settings.
Answer: From 10 November 2025, Ofsted report cards will be introduced across all education remits Ofsted inspects, including early years. We need all inspections to be high-quality, consistent and conducted with the highest levels of professionalism. That is what...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAllergies: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Secretary of State for Education of the potential impact of amending Schedule 17, Part 1, Paragraph 12(b) of The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to enable sc
Answer: Officials at the Department are in the early stages of considering if potential amendments to Schedule 17 of the Human Medicines Regulations (HMRs) 2012 are required.Should amendments to the HMRs be required, the Government will conduct a public consultat...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend the (a) Building Safety Act 2022 and (b) Building Regulations to ensure (i) building owners and (ii) nominated building design professionals can access
Answer: Provisions already exist within section 53 of the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) to ensure relevant building control information is made available to both local authorities and those carrying out building work when changing...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuprenorphine: DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with the Home Secretary of the potential merits of funding a wider rollout of long-acting Injectable Buprenorphine as a treatment option for people using opioids i
Answer: The Department supports the provision of long-acting injectable buprenorphine as an option for those undergoing Opioid Substitution Treatment. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug and alcohol treatment services according to local need,...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Education: AssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on families with home-educated children who are unable to (a) secure a place in a GCSE examination centre and (b) afford exam entry fees.
Answer: The department does not hold data on families with home educated children who are unable to secure a place in a GCSE examination centre or afford exam entry fees.The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce the first ever duty on local authori...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: AssetsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of requiring water companies to demonstrate efficient land asset management before price increases are approved on customers.
Answer: Water bills are set by Ofwat who consider all aspects of company business planning through their price review process. The Government is preparing to respond to the recommendations of the Independent Water Commission, including on asset management. Reform...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: LandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Ofwat records non-operational land assets held by water companies.
Answer: Information on water companies non-operational land assets is held by water companies themselves.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to adapt pharmacy contracts so that pharmacies can be re-located to areas of high need.
Answer: Community pharmacies are private businesses that provide National Health Service funded services.There were 10,402 community pharmacies on 30 September 2025. In general, despite a reduction in the number of pharmacies in recent years, patient access to ph...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the optimum number of pharmacies and (b) areas where there is an oversupply of pharmacies.
Answer: Community pharmacies are private businesses that provide National Health Service funded services.There were 10,402 community pharmacies on 30 September 2025. In general, despite a reduction in the number of pharmacies in recent years, patient access to ph...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the CMA's decision to allow some water companies to increase bills above the rate set by OFWAT on consumers.
Answer: Redetermination is an independent process, and the decision remains subject to consultation. The CMA will publish their final decision in March 2026.We expect all water companies to put appropriate support in place for customers struggling to pay their bi...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Military BasesHome OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of moving asylum seekers housed in hotels into disused military bases.
Answer: As part of our commitment to close all asylum hotels, we are looking at a range of more appropriate sites including disused accommodation, industrial and ex-military sites so we can reduce the impact on communities. Alternative accommodation sites will be...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Animal Welfare: DorsetDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent appointments to the Food Strategy Advisory Board on (a) animal welfare, (b) farming practices and (c) farmers in Dorset.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given to the hon. Member for Newton Abbott, Martin Wrigley on 30 October 2025 PQ UIN 82470.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics: Pre-school EducationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Education to reduce the usage of single-use plastics in (a) early years and (b) childcare settings.
Answer: Plastic is a very useful material that can often be the best environmental choice provided it is used and disposed of correctly. This Government is committed to moving to a circular economy for plastics – a future where we keep our resources in use for lo...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Conduct Authority: ComplaintsTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85628More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the Financial Conduct Authority responds in full to complainants against companies it has given permits to operate.
Answer: The FCA does not generally have a role in relation to managing or intervening with individual complaints between the firms it regulates and their customers. Under the independent Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) Dispute Resolution Rules, firms that a...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Mid Dorset and North PooleDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 906110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, What steps he is taking to support the hospitality sector in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency.
Answer: Hospitality businesses are at the heart of our communities. They bring people together, create welcoming spaces and support local suppliers.We have reduced alcohol duty on qualified draught products and plan to permanently reduce business rates for eligib...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Relations: Racial Discrimination and ReligionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Pride in place strategy, published on 25 September 2025, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help tackle (a
Answer: The Government has launched its Pride in Place Programme, providing up to £5bn funding and support over the next decade for 244 places across the country. This flagship offer will help build strong, resilient communities in areas that experience the most ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Asylum and MigrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Pride in place strategy, published on 25 September 2025, what steps he is taking to support (a) immigrants, (b) asylum se
Answer: The Government has launched its Pride in Place Programme, providing up to £5bn funding and support over the next decade for 244 places across the country. This flagship offer will help build strong, resilient communities in areas that experience the most ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBoilers: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department have made an assessment of the potential impact for home boiler longevity of amending Part L of the Building Regulations to mandate (a) boiler inhibitor ch
Answer: Approved Document L provides statutory guidance on how to comply with Part L, including advice on adding an inhibitor when a heating system is installed and on providing maintenance information to homeowners through a home user guide. Checks or re-dosing ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Small BusinessesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what grant funding is available to help small businesses improve their Energy Performance Certificate ratings to at least C; and whether he plans to introduce new such grants for small busine
Answer: EPC’s are an important metric to ensure that small businesses are as energy efficient as possible, allowing them to understand where bill savings and carbon emission reductions can be achieved. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme continues to provide grants of up t...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: TaxationTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82199More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question HL10544 on Digital Technology: Taxation, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the development of an international approach
Answer: International discussions have taken place throughout 2025 and continue at OECD level over the Two-Pillar solution. The UK remains committed to finding a multilateral solution to the challenges that digitalisation has created for the fair allocation of ta...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Energy Performance CertificatesTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81703More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will introduce tax reliefs for small businesses undertaking works to improve their properties’ Energy Performance Certificate ratings to a minimum of an EPC rating of C.
Answer: The Government keeps all tax reliefs under review, in order to ensure they strike the right balance between keeping taxes simple to administer, well-targeted and effective. When considering any new tax reliefs, HM Treasury must ensure that a relief is the...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes Against the Person: Retail TradeHome OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will issue guidance on crime reporting for lone workers in the retail sector.
Answer: Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level. We will not stand for this.There are currently no plans to produce specific guidance on crime reporting in the retail sector, however we would encourage all retailers, including lone workers, to r...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing method of production labelling on (a) the economy and (b) farm incomes.
Answer: We are considering the potential role of method of production labelling reform as part of the ongoing development of the Government’s wider animal welfare strategy.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of shooting incidents involving people (a) whose gun licences had been revoked and (b) who illegally retained possession of a firearm in the past five year
Answer: The Home Office collects information on offences involving firearms recorded by the police in England and Wales. We cannot tell from this information whether an offence involved people whose firearm licences were revoked, whether the firearm has been ille...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of shooting incidents involving people who had previously been reported as persons of concern in the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects information on offences involving firearms recorded by the police in England and Wales. We cannot tell from this information whether an offence involved people whose firearm licences were revoked, whether the firearm has been ille...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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