Anna Dixon MP: written questions
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Game: HuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of the licensing of grouse shooting in England.
Answer: The Government recognises well-managed grouse shooting can be an important part of a local rural economy, providing direct and indirect employment. We also appreciate that many people hold strong views on the issue of grouse shooting and there is evidence...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the rights of Palestinian minors currently detained by Israel.
Answer: The plight of children affected by the war in Gaza is deeply distressing. We are deeply concerned by reports of the mistreatment of detainees. The UK continues to reiterate calls for Israel to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) unfe...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: PalestiniansHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the need for a resettlement scheme to support Palestinian refugees seeking asylum in the UK.
Answer: The UK has a long history of providing protection through various resettlement routes to supporting the most vulnerable people in the world.We keep all existing pathways under review and we are closely monitoring the events in Gaza,Palestinians who wish t...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNatural History: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to continue the implementation of a new GCSE in Natural History.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Shipley to the answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18517.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 23 January 2025 on Question 24557 on the pavement parking consultation, what her planned timeline is for (a) publishing a formal response and (b) announcing next steps for pavement parking
Answer: The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to our consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. As soon as the Government has decided its preferred way forward, ...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of (a) the potential implications for her policies of car insurance terms allowing providers to retain up to 90 percent of refunds on cancellation and (b) the potential merits of re
Answer: The Secretary of State has made no assessment of the potential implications of motor insurance terms allowing providers to retain up to 90 percent of refunds on cancellation, or the potential merits of reforming this practice.Motor insurers are responsibl...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of whether local authorities are able to meet their statutory duties to unpaid carers under the Care Act 2014.
Answer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is assessing how well local authorities in England are delivering their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014, including their duties relating to unpaid carers. This means that the CQC is looking at how local authoriti...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for awarding funding to applicants via the Water Restoration Fund.
Answer: For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Bill, including giving environmental regula...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ringfencing fines paid by water companies for the Water Restoration Fund.
Answer: For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Bill, including giving environmental regula...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEnzyme Replacement Therapy: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 on Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Drugs, what progress his Department has made in tackling shortages of (a) ADHD medication, (b) Creon and (c) other medicatio
Answer: The Department has continued to work hard with industry and NHS England to help resolve supply issues with some attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medicines, which are affecting the United Kingdom and other countries around the world. As a re...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCurriculum and Teaching MethodsDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a national bank of lesson and curriculum resources for primary and secondary school teachers.
Answer: The department has provided funding to Oak National Academy (Oak), a non-departmental public body, to provide free, optional and adaptable curriculum and lesson resources for primary and secondary school teachers. These resources are available on Oak’s we...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ShipleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of GLP-1 receptor agonist medications for diabetic patients in Shipley constituency.
Answer: There are ongoing global supply issues with some medications used to treat diabetes, and we continue to work closely with industry partners to improve the situation. Supplies of Rybelsus, which is an oral semaglutide available in tablet form, have been bo...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeline is for members of the Immediate Choice Police pension group to receive their McCloud remedy pension payments.
Answer: While the Home Office has responsibility for overarching policy and legislative changes to the police pension regulations, the police pension scheme is locally administered by individual police forces.It is for each chief constable, in their role as schem...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to decide (a) how and (b) when people affected by the loss of the enhanced disability premium when migrating to Universal Credit will receive the additional amount prescribed i
Answer: Regulations to provide additional transitional protection for those in receipt of Enhanced Disability premium came into force on 14th February 2024 for eligible customers to Universal Credit. The Department is fully committed to identifying and paying eli...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the baseline accessibility standard for new build homes to Part M4(2) of the building regulations.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to my answer to Question UIN 12990 on 25 November 2024.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces Compensation SchemeMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 10637 on the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, whether he plans to (a) extend the scheme and (b) offer an alternative scheme to veterans who served before May
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 30 October 2024, to Question 10637.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces Compensation SchemeMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme available to all veterans.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 30 October 2024, to Question 10637.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to provide financial support to people to make deposit payments on wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions are responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme. The Scheme is operated by the Motability Foundation. Should an individual choose to join the Motability Scheme, then Scheme ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: AssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what number and proportion of pupils in (a) state and (b) independent schools had access arrangements for extra time during (i) GCSEs and (ii) A-Levels in the summer exams 2024.
Answer: This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham, to write to the hon. Member directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct a review into apprenticeships that includes taking representations from existing functional skills teachers.
Answer: The department keeps all aspects of apprenticeships policy under review, including the English and mathematics requirements, to make sure it is striking the right balance in equipping apprentices with the right skills, without putting up unnecessary barri...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordClean Air Zones: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) reduce and (b) prevent fraud against people paying Clean Air Zone charges online via fake websites.
Answer: The Government is aware of fake and fraudulent websites relating to Clean Air Zone payments and takes this matter very seriously. We continue to monitor this issue and take appropriate action. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) investigates re...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Section 51 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, what steps his Department has taken to help British Overseas Territories establish a publicl
Answer: The FCDO has funded an expert NGO, Open Ownership, to provide technical assistance to Overseas Territory governments to establish publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership (PARBO). The UK Government has also provided legal drafting assistance ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: SafetyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to increase statute of limitations to 20 years for faulty medical devices.
Answer: The Consumer Protection Act, which contains our product liability legislation, has been in place since 1987 and my department is indeed undertaking a review of it, during which we will consider all aspects, including those claim limits my Honourable frien...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAssetsTreasuryTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10639More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to ring-fence Business Asset Disposal Relief in the upcoming Budget.
Answer: At Autumn Budget, the government announced that it would maintain Business Asset Disposal Relief, with its £1 million lifetime limit. The Chancellor also announced that the Capital Gains Tax rate for Business Asset Disposal Relief will increase from 10% t...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the McCloud remedy is implemented for affected NHS workers by April 2025.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is implementing the McCloud remedy for impacted members of the NHS Pension Scheme. Remedy implementation is a complex and large-scale undertaking. The core element of the remedy will provide members with a choi...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
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