Vikki Slade MP: written questions
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Students: 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
Original Parliament recordAutomatic Number Plate Recognition: ParkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing local authorities with the ability to use automatic number-plate recognition in car parks to help (a) increase t
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 17350 on 12 December 2024.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InfrastructureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS's 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance, published on 30 January 2025, what steps his Department is taking to include health infrastructure planning decisio
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future. This means we need to see world class NHS infrastructure across the entire NHS estate. Beyond hospitals, we know we need the right infrastructure in the right ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Offences against ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of offences against children have been released under early release schemes; and what continuing supervision is taking place.
Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We were forced to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. All sex offences, irrespective of sentence length, are excluded from SDS40.Offenders released on licence...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInternal Drainage Boards: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a long-term funding strategy for Internal Drainage Boards.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 43491 on 10 April 2025.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternal Drainage Boards: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to announce the allocation by local authority of the £5 million Internal Drainage Board support grant for 2025/26.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 43491 on 10 April 2025.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIncinerators: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an increase in waste incinerators on the UK's carbon emission reduction targets.
Answer: The Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy. Defra published the Residual Waste Infrastructure Capacity Note and an accompanying statement on 30 December 2024, which set out that government will only back new Energy from Waste proje...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIncinerators: HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of waste incineration on (a) public health and (b) respiratory conditions.
Answer: The Environment Agency assesses the emissions from new waste incinerators, also known as Energy from Waste (EfW) plants, as part of the permitting process and consults the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on every application received. The UKHSA’s positi...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Capital InvestmentTreasuryTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41632More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on investment by businesses.
Answer: The Government has taken a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to fix the public finances and fund public services. One of the toughest decisions we took was to raise the rate of employer National Insurance contributi...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: Business RatesDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the upper threshold for small business rates relief for early years providers.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring children have the best start in life, and has set a target of a record number of children starting school ready to learn as part of the government’s Plan for Change.Local authorities are responsible for ensuring tha...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase funding rates for early years provision of three and four year olds.
Answer: As usual, the hourly funding rates will vary between local authorities reflecting the different communities that local authorities serve. However, for the 2025/26 financial year, the national average three and four year-old hourly funding rate of local au...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of areas without childcare providers in England; and what estimate her Department has made of the number of early years providers that have closed sinc
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring children have the best start in life, and has set a target of a record number of children starting school ready to learn as part of the government’s Plan for Change.Local authorities are responsible for ensuring tha...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
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