Vikki Slade MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Animal Products: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce mandatory animal welfare labelling on supermarket products in the forthcoming animal welfare strategy.
Answer: The Government's animal welfare strategy was published on 22 December 2025 and is available here on GOV.UK. As set out in the strategy, we are committed to ensuring that consumers have access to clear information on how their food was produced. To support...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the current steel rebar importation quotas on the growth of the UK steel industry.
Answer: The UK applies a steel safeguard measure to protect domestic producers against injury caused by unforeseen surges in imports. The decision in June 2025 to vary the steel safeguard, including category 13 (rebar), was made to ensure the measure continues to...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to restore the UK steel rebar importation quota rollover.
Answer: On 30 June 2025, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade took the decision to vary the steel safeguard quotas for the final year of the steel safeguard. As recommended by the independent Trade Remedies Authority, this included preventing any unused ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRemand in CustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that those remanded in custody for more than six months receive access to (a) education, (b) work and (c) mental health support.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring that individuals held in custody, including those on remand, have access to appropriate rehabilitative, educational, and wellbeing support while in prison.Remand prisoners are eligible to access the core ed...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSupply TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to the potential benefits for schools of introducing a register of supply teachers, allowing access to available, qualified and DBS checked substitute staff.
Answer: The department continues to develop and review policy on supply teaching and currently has no plans to introduce a national supply register for teachers.The mix of models presently available in England, including agencies, direct hire and some local pools...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: DebtsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee’s recommendation in its Fifth Report of Session 2024–26, Tackling the energy cost crisis, published on 29 Octob
Answer: The Government welcomes the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee’s report, following the committee’s inquiry into the cost of energy, and is grateful to the charities, think tanks, energy suppliers, members of the public, and all others who provided evi...
Answered 24 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the consumption of junk food by children.
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan for England, we are taking decisive action on the obesity crisis, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever. As part of this, the Government has announced...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordObesity: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of junk food advertising on childhood obesity.
Answer: As set out in our 10-Year Health Plan for England, we are taking decisive action on the obesity crisis, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever. We have implemented United Kingdom-wide restr...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal BreedingHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of animals in the UK who are bred for, but not used for, scientific research.
Answer: The Home Office does not currently collect statistics on the number of animals in Great Britain that were bred for use in scientific procedures but were killed or died without being used in procedures.Additional statistics were previously collected as req...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRemand in CustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to review the status of people held on remand in custody for more than six months to determine whether they should be considered for conditional release.
Answer: The decision to remand an individual in custody or to grant bail is solely a matter for the independent judiciary acting in accordance with the Bail Act 1976. With limited exceptions, the Bail Act creates a presumption in favour of bail for defendants inv...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestine Action: Remand in CustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the length of time spent in detention without trial by defendants charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 for (a) supporting or (b) being a member of Palestine Action.
Answer: No-one is being detained under the Terrorism Act 2000 for supporting, or being a member of, Palestine Action.
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPark HomesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of mobile home occupants on their host community where the former do not have a legal obligation to pay (a) Community Infrastructu
Answer: My Department has made no such assessment.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMobile Homes Act 2013Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) update the Mobile Homes Act 2013.
Answer: A review of the effectiveness of the Mobile Homes Act 2013 was undertaken in 2017 and it made a number of recommendations. Most have been implemented, such as the introduction of a fit and proper person test and changes to the pitch fee review inflationar...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timeline for progression is for areas of England not included in the devolution priority programme.
Answer: Decisions on future devolution areas beyond those in the Devolution Priority Programme have not yet been taken, but the Department will continue to engage with local authorities, including any new unitary authorities following local government reorganisat...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBookmakers: TaxationTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96337More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether telephone bookmakers will be subject to the increase to Remote Gaming Duty to 40% from 1 April 2026.
Answer: Telephone bookmakers will be subject to the new General Betting Duty rate of 25% for remote bets from 1 April 2027. This rate will not include telephone bets placed on UK horseracing, pool bets or spread bets.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: Foreign NationalsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on road safety in the UK of her Department’s policy allowing people who obtained their driving license abroad to drive in the UK for 12 months without obtain
Answer: Foreign visitors to the UK are permitted to drive cars and motorcycles for up to 12 months without needing to exchange their licences or take a test. This system was established in 1909 and has remained in place under all recent governments, including the...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure Mental Health Support Teams in schools are trained in Speech and Language therapy.
Answer: We currently have no plans to train the education mental health practitioners, who are the primary workforce of mental health support teams (MHSTs), in speech and language therapy. We are expanding MHSTs in schools and colleges to reach full national cove...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mail: OfcomDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the effectiveness of the working relationship between Ofcom and Royal Mail.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular discussions both with Royal Mail and with Ofcom, as the independent regulator for the postal sector. The effectiveness of the working relationship between Ofcom and Royal Mail is fundamental to maintaining a sustainabl...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncinerators: ConstructionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of re-instating the pause on the building of new waste incinerators.
Answer: Determining the need and location for waste management infrastructure is a matter for the relevant planning authority. To support decision making the Government has made it clear we only back new Energy from Waste projects if they meet strict local and en...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncinerators: DorsetDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the incinerator capacity for waste destined for landfill in Dorset.
Answer: The Government publishes annual statistics related to waste collected by local authorities: Local authority collected waste management - annual results - GOV.UK. In 2023-24 Dorset Council reported sending 936 tonnes of collected waste to landfill and Bour...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTelevision Licences: Older PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to remove the Television Licence exemption for people over 75 years old and in receipt of pension credit.
Answer: To ensure the BBC is on a stable financial footing, the Government has committed to the current licence fee model for the remainder of the current Charter period. Currently, TV licence concessions are available to people who are registered blind or severe...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLiterature: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish guidance for schools on (a) responding to parental requests for the withdrawal of books from recommended reading lists and (b) the circumstances under which schools can remove books from tho
Answer: The current National Curriculum requires teachers to encourage pupils to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information. Following the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review on 5 November 2025, the department...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89866More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing a progressive remote betting duty on small, independent bookmakers.
Answer: The Government launched a consultation on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system which closed on 21 July 2025. Responses are now being analysed and impacts are being assessed, and the Government will respond at Budget.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: RepaymentsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88532More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of HMRC's Child Benefit verification checks on the timelines of Self Assessment tax repayments.
Answer: Child Benefit is a non-means tested benefit payable to families as a contribution towards the cost of raising children. It is claimed through the Child Benefit service, which is separate to Self Assessment, so for the majority of families Child Benefit ch...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: RepaymentsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88531More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) delays in HMRC Self Assessment tax repayments and (b) the non-fulfilment of published complaint response timeframes on taxpayers awaiting refunds.
Answer: HMRC recognise that repayments are important for customers. They prioritise them to ensure they are processed as quickly and securely as possible. HMRC balance the provision of prompt payments to eligible customers with effective revenue protection from f...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
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