Andrew George MP: written questions
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Written questions
Pigs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in (a) Austria, (b) Sweden, (c) Switzerland, (d) Norway, (e) Germany, and (f) New Zealand on their (i) banning and (ii) phasin
Answer: We have regular engagement with counterparts in other countries on farmed animal welfare issues, including on cages and other close confinement systems.
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Hazardous SubstancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) reproductive health incomes and (b) other long-term health effects of occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products among nursing staff;
Answer: The Government has not commissioned any research on the reproductive health outcomes or long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products. No assessment has been made of the cost to the National Health ...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHazardous SubstancesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of (a) biological safety cabinets, (b) closed-system drug-transfer devices and (c) other engineering controls during (i) preparation and (ii) administration of
Answer: Where hazardous medicinal products (HMPs) are substances hazardous to health subject to The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) (COSHH) employers, including NHS Trusts, are required to comply with the requirements of th...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHazardous Substances: RegulationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic effects are controlled to the same standard as (a) carcinogen
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has no current plans to amend The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) (as amended). These regulations place duties on all employers to assess the risk and ensure that the exposure of the...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHazardous Substances: Health ProfessionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) (i) develop and (ii) adopt a list of hazardous medicinal products and (b) require safety data sheets for finished medicines; and if he will take steps with the Health
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has no current plans to develop or adopt a list of hazardous medicinal products. The GB Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals Regulations 2009 (GB CLP) is disapplied to medicinal products in their finis...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Hazardous SubstancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) nurses and (b) other healthcare professionals exposed to hazardous medicinal products.
Answer: The Department has not made an estimate of the number of (a) nurses and (b) other healthcare professionals exposed to hazardous medicinal products.Any incidents involving staff exposure to hazardous medical products are reported and handled through local ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLow Incomes: Government AssistanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 906017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for low income workers.
Answer: This Government is committed to supporting low income workers to boost their earnings and progress in work.DWP offers work coach support in Jobcentres and a variety of contracted employment programmes to help people into work.As part of our plans to Get B...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: CornwallDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England plans to take to maintain access to the Peninsula Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service in Cornwall.
Answer: The Peninsula Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service continues to provide cancer care to patients suspected of having or having been diagnosed with sarcoma at sites across Devon and Cornwall, including in the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro (RCHT). However, RCHT ha...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: CornwallDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to maintain an NHS England commissioned specialist sarcoma service for people in Cornwall under the Peninsula Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service at the Royal Cornwall Treliske
Answer: The Peninsula Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service continues to provide cancer care to patients suspected of having or having been diagnosed with sarcoma at sites across Devon and Cornwall, including in the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro (RCHT). However, RCHT ha...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that workforce planning maintains the full complement of (a) staffing and (b) skills needed to deliver the highly specialised sarcoma services commissioned by
Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, including for the delivery of cancer services. The plan will ensure the National Health S...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 905975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review election regulations.
Answer: This government is committed to strengthening our democracy and upholding the integrity of our elections. Between October 2024 and April 2025, the government worked in partnership with the electoral sector to carry out a strategic review of electoral regi...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Housing: Local Growth PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 77985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) incoming and (b) existing Mayors of combined authorities are set targets for community-led housing in local growth plans.
Answer: Local Growth Plans provide a long-term strategic framework for growth in their regions, and all mayors will be required to produce and publish one. The plans articulate a ten-year vision for growth, identifying shared priorities to be taken forward with t...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Housing: Community Land TrustsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 77984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help raise awareness in local communities on the concept of community-led housing delivery via community land trusts.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 74018 on 16 September 2025.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthwatchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 77983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out an (a) impact, (b) equality, (c) risk and (d) other assessment of the proposed abolition of local Healthwatch organisations.
Answer: The abolition of local Healthwatch arrangements requires primary legislation which would be included in a Bill before Parliament. Timing of this is subject to the will of Parliament and will happen when parliamentary time allows.A full impact assessment w...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on the number of claimants in poverty.
Answer: The Department published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled. This estimates that there will be 50,000 fewer individuals in relative ...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on the proportion of Universal Credit claimants who will enter employment.
Answer: The DWP is working with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to assess the employment impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper. The OBR will publish their estimate of the impacts alongside the Autumn Budget.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Supply Chain AdjudicatorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator has undertaken enforcement action when a purchaser has not provided a compliant written milk contract.
Answer: Under the Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024, purchasers must explain variable price changes within 7 days of a price review. The Regulations now apply to all milk purchase contracts. Breaches can be reported to the Agricultural Supply Chain...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Supply Chain AdjudicatorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator has (a) received information on purchasers not explaining variable price changes within seven days of a price review and (b) taken ste
Answer: Under the Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024, purchasers must explain variable price changes within 7 days of a price review. The Regulations now apply to all milk purchase contracts. Breaches can be reported to the Agricultural Supply Chain...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Supply Chain AdjudicatorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator for supporting producers with (a) non-compliant and (b) missing written milk purchase c
Answer: The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA) is responsible for enforcing regulations developed under the Agriculture Act 2020 'Fair Dealing' powers (section 29). Regulations introduced using these powers promote fair contractual dealing and contribut...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of regional occupational AI exposure; and whether her Department plans to publish (a) maps and (b) targets based on this data.
Answer: We want to ensure that people have access to good, meaningful work. AI will impact the labour market and the Government is working to harness its benefits in terms of boosting growth, productivity, living standards, and worker wellbeing, while mitigating ...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: GraduatesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent guidance his Department has issued to (a) Jobcentre Plus and the (b) National Careers Service on advising graduates entering occupations with high task exposure to AI.
Answer: There are no departmental operational instructions or guidance which refer to graduates entering occupations with high task exposure to AI.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 34047 Small Businesses: Training, what steps his Department is taking to support SMEs to adopt AI; and whether this support includes management-pr
Answer: To ensure AI is widely adopted by businesses and workers across the economy, government is working with 11 industry partners to provide 7.5 million workers with essential AI skills by 2030.The Help to Grow: Management scheme, which helps SME leaders with ...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 29583 on Apprentices: Artificial Intelligence, whether she will plans to evaluate the outcome of adult AI literacy and reskilling programmes by (a)
Answer: We fund post-16 education, training and qualifications through 16-19 funding, the Adult Skills Fund and apprenticeships. This can support people at all stages of their lives to train and reskill in a range of sectors – including in response to changes in ...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 29583 on Apprentices: Artificial Intelligence, what funding her Department has provided to support adult AI literacy and reskilling programmes throu
Answer: We fund post-16 education, training and qualifications through 16-19 funding, the Adult Skills Fund and apprenticeships. This can support people at all stages of their lives to train and reskill in a range of sectors – including in response to changes in ...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: GraduatesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question HL8737, what assessment her Department has made since 2022 of changes in online job advert volumes by Standard Occupational Classification groups ranke
Answer: No such assessment has been made.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
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