Andrew Snowden MP: written questions
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Written questions
Political Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has provided terms of reference to the Electoral Commission for its review of political party spending limits.
Answer: On 10 July 2026, the then Minister for Democracy wrote to the Electoral Commission asking it to review registered political party and third-party campaigner spending limits and provide recommendations by July 2027. On 29 August 2026, the Secretary of Stat...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: StandardsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22597More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve customer service performance within HM Revenue and Customs in relation to correspondence and repayment claims.
Answer: HMRC’s correspondence service standard is to respond to 80% of priority post, including repayment claims, within 15 working days. Regular HMRC performance information, including progress against this correspondence service standard, is published at https:...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessment: RepaymentsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22596More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision HM Revenue and Customs makes for expediting tax repayment claims where taxpayers are experiencing financial hardship or serious ill health.
Answer: HMRC’s correspondence service standard is to respond to 80% of priority post, including repayment claims, within 15 working days. Regular HMRC performance information, including progress against this correspondence service standard, is published at https:...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessment: RepaymentsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22595More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current average processing time is for amended paper self-assessment tax returns resulting in repayments.
Answer: HMRC does not hold this information in a readily accessible format. The information requested could only be obtained through the manual review of individual records, and the cost of doing so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Westminster Hall SittingsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22594More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will make an estimate of the number of hours spent (a) responding to and (b) preparing for Westminster Hall Debates by (i) government ministers, (ii) civil servants and (iii) special advisers for each par
Answer: It is not possible to provide an exact cost for preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates. There will be differences in the costs of Civil Service, Special Adviser and Ministerial time depending on the policy matter and length of the deba...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordArson: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review sentencing guidelines for people convicted of arson, in the context of increased risk of wildfires caused by extreme heat conditions.
Answer: Sentencing guidelines are developed and reviewed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, which also monitors and evaluates all definitive guidelines, as per its statutory duty to do so. These evaluations assess the impact the guideline has had on...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHM CoastguardDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has commissioned an internal review into the decision-making process for proposed changes to the Coastguard Rescue Service.
Answer: My department undertook further work to scrutinise the information that was provided to inform decision making for the Coastguard Rescue Service model. Following this, I confirmed on 16 July that plans to move to an expenses-only volunteer model in Septem...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LancashireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish all consultation responses relating to Lancashire local government reorganisation, subject to data protection requirements.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement of 7 September 2026. The Government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused activity in the other 14 areas while a full review of the l...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LancashireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many responses relating to Lancashire were received during consultation on local government reorganisation.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement of 7 September 2026. The Government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused activity in the other 14 areas while a full review of the l...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LancashireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what alternative options for local government structures in Lancashire were considered before reaching the decision to merge Fylde Borough Council and Wyre Borough Council with B
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement of 7 September 2026. The Government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused activity in the other 14 areas while a full review of the l...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LancashireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of redundancy costs arising from local government reorganisation in Lancashire.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement of 7 September 2026. The Government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused activity in the other 14 areas while a full review of the l...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LancashireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department will provide towards the implementation costs of local government reorganisation in Lancashire.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement of 7 September 2026. The Government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused activity in the other 14 areas while a full review of the l...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LancashireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing local government reorganisation in Lancashire.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement of 7 September 2026. The Government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused activity in the other 14 areas while a full review of the l...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LancashireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed reorganisation on democratic accountability in Lancashire.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement of 7 September 2026. The Government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused activity in the other 14 areas while a full review of the l...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LancashireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential was for reorganising local government in Lancashire into four unitary authorities.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement of 7 September 2026. The Government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused activity in the other 14 areas while a full review of the l...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Drinks: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether retailers will be expected to operate a Challenge 25 policy for the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the documentation published at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/banning-the-sale-of-high-caffeine-energy-drinks-to-children
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Drinks: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding will be provided to local authorities to enforce the proposed ban on high caffeine energy drinks.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the documentation published at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/banning-the-sale-of-high-caffeine-energy-drinks-to-children
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Drinks: CaffeineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what products fall within the definition of a high-caffeine energy drink.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the documentation published at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/banning-the-sale-of-high-caffeine-energy-drinks-to-children
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Drinks: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for determining the age threshold for banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the documentation published at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/banning-the-sale-of-high-caffeine-energy-drinks-to-children
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: Capital InvestmentDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate he has made of the capital investment required to place British Steel Limited on a commercially sustainable footing.
Answer: The Government has put in place a new Board of Directors who will be tasked with developing a plan to transform British Steel into a commercially and environmentally sustainable steelmaking enterprise. Ministers will consider these proposals in due course...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: StandardsDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how Ministers will monitor the performance of the Board of British Steel Limited.
Answer: The Government will monitor the performance of the Board of British Steel Limited through shareholder governance arrangements, including regular reporting and engagement against objectives in the Shareholder Framework Document, which will set out the rela...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: NationalisationDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Government intends to retain British Steel Limited in public ownership permanently.
Answer: Public ownership provides the immediate platform from which the Government can stabilise the company and consider its future direction by exploring what opportunities there may be to deliver a long-term future for the company, including possible options f...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: NationalisationDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether all existing customer and supplier contracts remain in force following nationalisation.
Answer: The transfer and continuity provisions were intended to preserve contractual continuity following the transfer of British Steel Limited into public ownership. Rights and obligations under existing customer and supplier contracts transferred by operation o...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: NationalisationDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what liabilities have transferred to the Government as part of the nationalisation of British Steel Limited.
Answer: The powers in the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act enabled the Business Secretary to bring British Steel into public ownership by way of asset transfer. This includes all property, rights and liabilities (unless otherwise specified) and as such, any l...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: NationalisationDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what was the total consideration paid by the Government in acquiring British Steel Limited.
Answer: Since April 2025, the Government has provided approximately £625 million for working capital at British Steel. The longer-term cost to the public purse will depend on future decisions about the company’s operations and any private sector involvement. Deli...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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