Vikki Slade MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Broadband: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to (a) require broadband providers to share infrastructure and (b) ensure that (i) lamp posts and (ii) other publicly-owned infrastructure are access
Answer: Duties and obligations relating to telecommunications installations are included in the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003, which include requirements to share apparatus where practicable. This is supported by th...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeoengineeringDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with the Advanced Research and Innovation Agency on holding a public consultation before external trials of sun dimming take place.
Answer: The Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s (ARIA) ‘Exploring Climate Cooling’ programme, backed by £56.8 million, has been designed to build an evidence base which will enable scientists to better understand and properly assess whether or not Earth cool...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reopen the New to Partnership Payment Scheme to support healthcare professionals to become GP partners.
Answer: The Department has no current plans to reopen the New to Partnership Payment Scheme, which was launched by NHS England and ran from July 2020 to June 2023.We recognise that fewer general practitioners (GPs) are interested in going into partnership, and th...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of partner GPs in each of the next 10 years.
Answer: As self-employed contractors, general practitioners (GPs) act as providers making their own decisions based on local workforce needs. This includes decisions about the number of partners and salaried GPs at the practice.GPs will be the cornerstone of the ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) salaried and (b) partner GPs in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of general practice (GP) partners nationally, both full time equivalent (FTE) and as a headcount, as of March in each of the last 10 years:GP partnersYearFTEHeadcountMarch 201621,52324,060March 201720,59523,088March 20...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policy that claimants’ (a) appointees and (b) Lasting Power of Attorney appointees cannot submit online claims on those claimants
Answer: In law both appointees and attorneys can make online claims. They act for the claimant and can perform any function ordinarily required of the claimant. The department is continuing to modernise its services to provide customers and appointees/attorneys w...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the current funding model for higher education on (a) students and (b) University staff.
Answer: The government is committed to creating a secure future for our world-leading higher education (HE) sector and has already taken a number of actions to help move the sector towards a more stable financial footing, including the difficult decision to incre...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of local authorities receiving Exceptional Financial Support in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant pressures that councils are facing. The Spending Review provides over £5 billion of new grant funding over the next three years for local services that communities rely on. The £3.4 billion, when taken together wi...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: PovertyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poverty on access to (a) minimally processed and (b) healthy food (i) for children and young people and (ii) in general.
Answer: Delivering on our commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for the Government, and the Ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce is working to publish the Child Poverty Strategy.Evidence suggests that in the long-term, food insecurity may be ass...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she is taking steps to ban pavement parking.
Answer: The Department held a consultation on pavement parking in 2020 and has been considering all the views expressed in response to the consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. We will annou...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to nurseries pricing structures on families who usually use fewer than 30 funded hours of nursery provision and are being asked to increase these
Answer: The department is committed to rolling out the expanded childcare entitlements, working hand in hand with the early years sector.In 2026/27, the government is expecting to spend over £9 billion on early years entitlements, supporting more parents to balan...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCharitable Donations: UkraineDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to exempt Ukraine from the ban on donations used to support military action.
Answer: Providing support or military supplies to any foreign armed force is not a charitable purpose, and no UK charity can legally undertake such activity. There are no plans to change this. The Charity Commission for England and Wales published guidance in 202...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRegional Airports: Night FlyingDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to impose (a) quotas and (b) no-flying times at night at (a) Bournemouth International Airport and (b) other regional airports.
Answer: The Government only sets noise-related restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports. At all other airports, including Bournemouth, flight restrictions are set through the planning system and not by the Government. It is the responsibility of th...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-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
Original Parliament recordPre-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
Original Parliament recordPre-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
Original Parliament recordNurseries 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
Original Parliament recordAnimal 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
Original Parliament recordMental 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
Original Parliament recordMayorsMinistry 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
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment 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
Original Parliament recordSocial 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
Original Parliament recordFood: 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
Original Parliament recordProperty DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of paragraph 129 of the First Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee of S
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 63881 on 7 July 2025.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to amend the local plan process to (a) include a stronger needs assessment for social housing across the plan period and (b) require local authorities
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 11 Jul 2025
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