Anneliese Dodds MP: written questions
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Chemicals: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (i) mean, (ii) median, (iii) fastest and (iv) slowest timelines were for the permitting of chemical (a) production and (b) processing sites by the Environment Agency over the
Answer: The Environment Agency’s (EA) target assessment time to process chemical production or processing permit applications is 250 days. These permits are among the most complex the EA handles, involving thorough assessments to protect the environment and publi...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration White Paper S.221, if he will set out the timeframe for the implementation of measures against sponsors who fall short of their duties.
Answer: The current measures to tackle sponsors who fall short of their sponsorship duties can be found on Gov.uk in Part 3 of the guidance for sponsors: Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors part 3: sponsor duties and compliance (accessible) - GOV...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration White Paper S.221, what specific measures are in place or being developed to tackle sponsors who fall short of their responsibilities.
Answer: The current measures to tackle sponsors who fall short of their sponsorship duties can be found on Gov.uk in Part 3 of the guidance for sponsors: Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors part 3: sponsor duties and compliance (accessible) - GOV...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrants: Children in CareHome OfficeTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of not resolving the immigration status of children in care before they turn 18.
Answer: The Home Secretary set out in the Immigration White Paper published on 12 May that the Home Office will ensure children who have been in the UK for some time, turn 18 and discover they do not have status, are fully supported and able to regularise their s...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrants: Children in CareHome OfficeTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that every child in care has their immigration status resolved before turning 18.
Answer: The Home Secretary set out in the Immigration White Paper published on 12 May that the Home Office will ensure children who have been in the UK for some time, turn 18 and discover they do not have status, are fully supported and able to regularise their s...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: CompensationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mean and mode amounts of consolation payments are, in any years his Department has data for.
Answer: The number of consolatory payments authorised and the mean amounts per financial year to benefit claimants in the last ten years are in the table (below). The department records aggregated data for each quarter rather than individual level payments, there...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: CompensationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolation payments have been offered, per annum for the last ten years, to benefits claimants whose cases are mishandled or excessively delayed.
Answer: The number of consolatory payments authorised and the mean amounts per financial year to benefit claimants in the last ten years are in the table (below). The department records aggregated data for each quarter rather than individual level payments, there...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: CompensationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department keeps a regional breakdown of the number of consolation payments made.
Answer: The number of consolatory payments authorised and the mean amounts per financial year to benefit claimants in the last ten years are in the table (below). The department records aggregated data for each quarter rather than individual level payments, there...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Scooters: RegulationDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to regulate the sale and purchase of private escooters.
Answer: Under existing legislation, businesses are responsible for ensuring the products they place on the UK market, including e-scooters, are safe. When selling e-scooters, retailers must be clear that they can only be used on private land with the landowner’s ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: EnforcementHome OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support the police in taking enforcement action against the illegal use of (a) ebikes and (b) escooters.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour and the harm it causes is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The police have a suite of powers available to them to tackle the illegal use of e-bikes and e-scooters and we expect p...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPedestrian Areas: ParkingDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she intends to publish the Government's formal response to the consultation on pavement parking published on 31 August 2020.
Answer: The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to the 2020 pavement parking consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. We will announce the next steps and publish...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Rights: Disclosure of InformationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to incorporate transnational repression into the UK’s human rights reporting frameworks.
Answer: The UK is committed to promoting and protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and we monitor the infringement of human rights across the world, including instances of transnational repression (TNR). Working in coordination with partners, we...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOppression: SudanHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assess and prevent the transnational repression of Sudanese nationals and their families.
Answer: The first duty of this Government is to keep the country safe. Any attempt by any foreign state to intimidate, harass or harm individuals in the UK will not be tolerated, irrespective of the perpetrating country.The Government has conducted a comprehensiv...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOppressionHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects on incidents of transnational repression.
Answer: We continually assess potential threats in the UK using a multi-source model, drawing on intelligence assessments, engagement with international partners, and insights from civil society and affected individuals. In 2024, policing introduced a new recordi...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Chemical WeaponsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure access of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to conduct an investigation in Sudan.
Answer: We have expressed our concern over reports of the use of Chemical Weapons in Sudan, most recently at the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention held in The Hague from 24-28 November. We note that the Sudanese authorities in Port ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Working HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether fire services are classified as safety-critical work for the purposes of the HSE's classification of 12-hour shifts as undesirable for such work.
Answer: The Government recognises the risks that firefighters face and is grateful to them for their bravery. The maximum working hours for Fire and Rescue Service personnel are prescribed by the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR), which implement the provisions...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Working HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made any assessment of the impact on family life of twelve hour shifts within the fire service.
Answer: The Government recognises the risks that firefighters face and is grateful to them for their bravery. The maximum working hours for Fire and Rescue Service personnel are prescribed by the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR), which implement the provisions...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Working HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of fires attended by fire services affecting i) heritage sites ii) tower blocks and iii) HMOs during a) the night hours and b)
Answer: MHCLG collects data on incidents attended by the Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) in England through the Incident Recording System (IRS), which includes data on different dwelling and building types, as well as on fires by hour of the day. These statistics...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Working HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the a) fatality and b) injury rate of fires attended by fire services during the night hours compared with fires during daytimes.
Answer: MHCLG collects data on incidents attended by Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) in England through the Incident Recording System (IRS). This includes information on fires and fire-related fatalities and casualties by hour of the day from 2010 to 2025. Data c...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: LandminesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a child-focused victim-assistance component of any demining funding for Sudan to support (a) prosth
Answer: The UK is an active and committed member of the UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, which leads the international response to grave violations against children in conflict. The UK is providing further funding of £450,000 to U...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to help ensure the Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese Armed Forces urgently engage with the United Nations to (a) sign and (b) implement action pla
Answer: The UK is an active and committed member of the UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, which leads the international response to grave violations against children in conflict. The UK is providing further funding of £450,000 to U...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: War CrimesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 84311 on Sudan: Armed Conflict, how the UK is leveraging its membership of the UN working group on Children and Armed Co
Answer: The UK is an active and committed member of the UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, which leads the international response to grave violations against children in conflict. The UK is providing further funding of £450,000 to U...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBridges: OxfordDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the ongoing issues with Kennington Bridge on local, regional and national (a) connectivity and (b) economic development, and on the delivery of other major infrastr
Answer: I am aware of the continuing funding issues with Kennington Bridge and the importance of this key structure both to local, regional and national connectivity. The bridge is a local scheme and therefore any assessment to connectivity, economic development ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she or her Department have made to the i) Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), ii) Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and iii) Quad countries concerning access for the a
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statements on Sudan made by the Foreign Secretary on 18 November, and by the Minister of State for International Development and Africa in the House of Lords debate on 27 November. We will provide further updates to the Ho...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the siege of El Obeid on civilians.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statements on Sudan made by the Foreign Secretary on 18 November, and by the Minister of State for International Development and Africa in the House of Lords debate on 27 November. We will provide further updates to the Ho...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
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