Anneliese Dodds MP: written questions
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Oppression: IranHome OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to protect Iranian (a) dissidents, (b) activists, and (c) journalists residing in the UK from (i) harassment, (ii) surveillance (iii) and intimidation by agents of
Answer: The UK Government will continue to use all appropriate tools at our disposal to protect the UK and its people against any threats from the Iranian state. Any attempt by a foreign state to intimidate, harass or harm individuals in the UK will not be tolera...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: Political Prisoners and WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) women and (b) political prisoners under threat from the Iranian regime.
Answer: We continue to support women and political prisoners in Iran through sustained action alongside international partners in multilateral fora. In the past eight months, the UK was integral to the delivery of two Iran human rights resolutions. The first, ado...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordShared SpacesDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has provided guidance to local authorities on (a) legacy shared space schemes and (b) how streets covered by those schemes can be altered to be made more accessible for blind and partiall
Answer: Local authorities are bound by the Public Sector Equality Duty and it is for them to ensure any schemes they take forward are delivered in a way that allows them to comply with this duty. The Department provides guidance in Inclusive Mobility on designing...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel England: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Active Travel England has made on creating a disabled people's panel to help inform its work.
Answer: Active Travel England (ATE) does not have any current plans to create a disabled people’s panel and does not set policy. ATE routinely works with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and disabled representative organisations to improve its ou...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the powers of councils to improve street accessibility.
Answer: Local authorities are bound by the Public Sector Equality Duty and it is for them to ensure any schemes they take forward are delivered in a way that allows them to comply with this duty. The Department provides guidance in Inclusive Mobility on designing...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael and Palestinians: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question HL5327 on Israel and Palestinians: Development Aid and in the context of discussions held in the Knesset Constitution, Law
Answer: We are deeply troubled by the proposed non-governmental organisation (NGO) taxation bill which threatens to undermine the ability of NGOs to operate effectively and continue their essential work in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). W...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have been able to auto-enrol children for free school meals; and whether she expects that the new expanded eligibility will increase this number.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Oxford East to the answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 58496.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPupil PremiumDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the pupil premium will be linked to the current income unit only.
Answer: The allocation of pupil premium funding to schools will continue to be based on the existing earned income threshold for free school meal eligibility of £7,400 in the 2026/27 financial year.The pupil premium eligibility criteria also includes children loo...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPupil PremiumDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there will be an increase in the pupil premium following the introduction of free school meals for all pupils from families on Universal Credit.
Answer: The allocation of pupil premium funding to schools will continue to be based on the existing earned income threshold for free school meal eligibility of £7,400 in the 2026/27 financial year.The pupil premium eligibility criteria also includes children loo...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of children put on the child protection register for reasons including sexual abuse from (a) 2022-23 to (b) 2023-24 in Engl
Answer: Baroness Casey’s national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation recommended the department interrogate the child protection data to identify the causes of the decline in child sexual abuse and exploitation representation.The government has commit...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of (a) SINs and (b) rapid reviews submitted to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel in (i) 2023-24 compared with (i
Answer: The department’s official statistics show that in the year ending 31 March 2024, there were 405 serious incident notifications and 330 rapid reviews, respective decreases of 51 and 72 from the year prior. The statistics are based on one notification per i...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCurriculum and Assessment Review: Artificial Intelligence and MediaDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Curriculum and Assessment Review includes (a) media and (b) artificial intelligence literacy.
Answer: The Curriculum and Assessment Review’s terms of reference set out that it will seek to refresh the curriculum to ensure children and young people leave compulsory education ready for life and ready for work, building the knowledge, skills and attributes t...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: FuelsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the availability of fuel in Gaza for (a) desalination and (b) healthcare services.
Answer: The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. We remain deeply concerned at the lack of fuel supply in Gaza, which puts vital services such as water desalination at risk. On 18 July, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
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