Wendy Chamberlain MP: written questions
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Carer's AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to effectively communicate to eligible people over State Pension age that they may be entitled to Carer’s Allowance.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is constantly working to improve the way it communicates information and is committed to encouraging older people to claim Carer’s Allowance where they are entitled to it. Information and advice about entitlement...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of simplifying application forms for social security entitlements.
Answer: The Department continues to review the experience of users of its services, and seeks to balance application simplicity with obtaining the information needed for an accurate award. A key objective of DWP’s Service Modernisation Programme, drawing on end u...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Information SharingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to share data between her Department and HMRC to identify households eligible for Pension Credit.
Answer: HMRC and DWP already have well established data-sharing processes and procedures, which are governed by the rules on how data can be accessed, shared and used whilst safeguarding individuals’ data and privacy. DWP officials are currently working with HMRC...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on simplifying the Pension Credit application form (a) in paper and (b) online.
Answer: As the Department continues to modernise the Pension Credit service, we review the user experience, balancing simplification of application with capturing the right information to ensure accuracy of award. A key objective of DWP’s Service Modernisation Pr...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licenses have been revoked in each month since January 2024.
Answer: The table below provides the number of drivers who have been revoked in each month since January 2024. VolumesMonthDrivers revoked under the New Drivers Act 1995Group 1(car & motorcycle) drivers revoked on medical groundsGroup 2(bus and lorry) driver...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: CommunicationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish any guidance provided to the DVLA on methods of communicating with license holders.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) uses several methods of communicating with licence holders to ensure they are kept informed.The DVLA sends out important documents, reminders, notifications by traditional mail and encrypted email where a lic...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAirports: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of airport expansion on the ability of the UK to meet its net zero targets.
Answer: The government is committed to reaching net zero by 2050 and meeting our climate change obligations, as set out in the Climate Change Act. Delivering greener transport to help make Britain a clean energy superpower is a Department for Transport priority. ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were rejected under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (a) Pathway 1, (b) Pathway 2 and (c) Pathway 3 in each month since August 2021.
Answer: The Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) brings together existing Afghan resettlement schemes into a single, efficient pipeline. Further information about this is available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-resettlement-programme. The Afghan...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were approved under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (a) Pathway 1, (b) Pathway 2 and (c) Pathway 3 in each month since August 2021.
Answer: The Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) brings together existing Afghan resettlement schemes into a single, efficient pipeline. Further information about this is available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-resettlement-programme. The Afghan...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were closed under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (a) Pathway 1, (b) Pathway 2 and (c) Pathway 3 in each month since August 2021.
Answer: The Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) brings together existing Afghan resettlement schemes into a single, efficient pipeline. Further information about this is available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-resettlement-programme. The Afghan...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were classed as under consideration in the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (a) Pathway 1, (b) Pathway 2 and (c) Pathway 3 in each month since August 2021.
Answer: The Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) brings together existing Afghan resettlement schemes into a single, efficient pipeline. Further information about this is available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-resettlement-programme. The Afghan...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were opened under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (a) Pathway 1, (b) Pathway 2 and (c) Pathway 3 in each month since August 2021.
Answer: The Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) brings together existing Afghan resettlement schemes into a single, efficient pipeline. Further information about this is available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-resettlement-programme. The Afghan...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues on improving support for unpaid carers.
Answer: Supporting unpaid carers is a cross-Government issue which requires cross-Government support. I recently met with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets in the Department for Business and Trade and the Mi...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the cross-government delivery plan for ME/CFS establishes a common UK-wide approach.
Answer: The final delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, will cover the population of England only.However, due to the United Kingdom-wide nature of this issue, we have maintained engagement with the devolved administ...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: ViolenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to stop the escalation of violence in Juba, Sudan.
Answer: On 16 and 17 January, violent protests and looting of Sudanese businesses took place in Juba and across South Sudan. Security forces rapidly managed to restore calm but around 10,000 people were displaced and an unknown number killed. The protests were tr...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Private SecretariesCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25744More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Parliamentary Private Secretary position holders have changed roles since September 2024.
Answer: Details of changes to Parliamentary Private Secretary post holders since the September 2024 list was published will be included in the next list when it is published on gov.uk.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Private SecretariesCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24482More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries.
Answer: A list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries was published by the Cabinet Office in September 2024 on gov.uk and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-parliamentary-private-secretaries-pps-september-2024. It will be updated ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19035More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13623 on Agriculture: Inheritance Tax, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) agricultural property relief and (b) busines
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. It is expected that up to around 2...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPesticides: Public PlacesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to phase-out the use of (a) glyphosate and (b) other pesticides in public spaces.
Answer: It is for each local authority to decide the best way of delivering effective and cost-effective weed control in its operations without harming people or the environment. We are working with stakeholders in the sector to increase awareness and uptake of I...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGangmasters and Labour Abuse AuthorityHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4167 on Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Staff, how many in-person inspections were carried out by GLAA officers on farms in Scotland in
Answer: The GLAA has conducted, at minimum, the following number of inspections on farms in Scotland over the last 5 years:2019 – 52020 – 102021 – 222022 – 72023 – 7These figures include compliance and enforcement inspections, as well as joint inspections with ot...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCats: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 15 October 2024 to Questions 7849 and 8458 on Cats: Animal Breeding, whether his Department plans to include cat breeding in his Department's post-implementa
Answer: Defra’s post-implementation review of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 considers whether the Regulations have met their original objectives, their impact and effectiveness, including in relation to ...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil of the Nations and RegionsCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 900742More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will publish a summary of the first meeting of the Council of the Nations and Regions.
Answer: The inaugural Council of the Nations and Regions met on 11 October in Edinburgh to discuss growth and investment. On 17 October the UK Government published the Terms of Reference for the Council and a communique summarising the discussion. A communique wi...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCats: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure welfare standards in cat breeding.
Answer: Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations), anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets needs to have a valid licence issued by their local authority. Licensees must me...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 30 of Lord Darzi’s report entitled Independent investigation of the National Health Service in England, published in September 2024, if he will (a) make an assessment of
Answer: Lord Darzi’s independent review of the National Health Service is clear that a fresh approach to supporting and involving unpaid carers is required to improve outcomes for carers, people needing care and the NHS. We will carefully consider these findings ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDebts: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7550More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Institute of International Finance and OECD's debt transparency initiative; and whether she has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the adequacy of the i
Answer: The UK is a strong advocate for enhancing debt transparency including for private sector debt. As part of this, we supported the Institute of International Finance (IIF) and OECD Debt Transparency Initiative, set up in 2021, and the IIF’s Voluntary Princi...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
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