Aphra Brandreth MP: written questions
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Water Companies: FinesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what options were considered by his Department for the use of water company fines before the decision to direct them towards water projects was taken.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, the Government has confirmed water company fines will be allocated to local environmental projects and programmes to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. Over £100 million in fines has been levied against water companies sin...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: FinesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long discussions have been taking place within government on the allocation of water company fines towards water restoration and infrastructure projects.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, the Government has confirmed water company fines will be allocated to local environmental projects and programmes to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. Over £100 million in fines has been levied against water companies sin...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: FinesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the revenue that will be raised from fines imposed on water companies for environmental breaches in the next 12 months.
Answer: Environmental enforcement, including fines, is provided by independent regulators Ofwat and the Environment Agency (EA). Enforcement activity and subsequent fines are affected by a wide variety of factors and the Government does not have a predicted figur...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of funding through the Water Restoration Fund will be used to support water (a) quality and (b) infrastructure projects.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, the Government has confirmed water company fines will be allocated to local environmental projects and programmes to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. Over £100 million in fines has been levied against water companies sin...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Government to invest over £100m in water company fines to local environmental projects, published on 19 June 2025, when he decided to use f
Answer: Following the Spending Review, the Government has confirmed water company fines will be allocated to local environmental projects and programmes to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. Over £100 million in fines has been levied against water companies sin...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: WalesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Welsh Government’s decision to ban the movement of livestock from England into Wales; and what discussions
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answers given on X June 2025 to PQs 61013 and 61014 regarding the potential impact of bluetongue regulations in North Shropshire. Disease control is a devolved matter, and it is for the devolved administrations to asse...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural ShowsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agricultural shows (a) he and (b) his ministerial team have attended since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Ministers are attending a range of agriculture shows across the UK. Most recently, Ministers have attended the Royal Cornwall Show and the Royal Highland Show.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the updated school food standards (a) reflect current nutritional science and (b) address trends in (i) childhood obesity and (ii) food related ill health.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Chester South and Eddisbury to the answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 58507.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that people living in rural (a) communities and (b) villages will be able to contribute to planning decisions, in the context of the national s
Answer: Following the introduction of a national scheme of delegation, people living in rural communities and villages will continue to be able to make representations on individual planning applications, irrespective of who the decision maker is.On 28 May 2025, ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Centre for Social Justice's report entitled Change the Prescription, published in January 20
Answer: We recognise that for some people, treatment through medication may not be the best option, which is why we are continuing to expand access to alternative forms of treatment through NHS Talking Therapies and Individual Placement and Support schemes. This ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Illness: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to healthcare professionals to (a) identify and (b) help tackle the causes of mental distress.
Answer: Individual health care providers are responsible for ensuring that their staff have the knowledge, skills, and competence to meet the specific needs of the communities they serve. To support this, NHS England offers a wide range of training opportunities ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the national scheme of delegation on people living in rural (a) communities and (b) villages.
Answer: Following the introduction of a national scheme of delegation, people living in rural communities and villages will continue to be able to make representations on individual planning applications, irrespective of who the decision maker is.On 28 May 2025, ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered taking entry-level doctor jobs off the shortage occupation skills list.
Answer: The Government published the White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the immigration System’ on 12 May 2025. The White Paper set out its intention to introduce a Temporary Shortage List to replace the Immigration Salary List (previously known as the Shortage ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) the arrangements for plan making at (i) borough and (ii) neighbourhood level and (b) the reduction in five
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change includes an ambitious milestone of delivering 1.5 million safe and decent homes in this Parliament.Delivering on that milestone requires local planning authorities to plan for sufficient homes, as well as commercial develo...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments and TofersenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 56055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that variations in local NHS (a) capacity and (b) resourcing of (i) Early Access Programmes and (ii) the availability of tofersen support the reduction
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has received the application for tofersen and is currently reviewing it rapidly for quality, safety, and efficacy, for use in the United Kingdom.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which ODA-funded programmes in countries classified as (a) non-priority, (b) high-income and (c) of no current strategic interest are due to receive funding in the 2 025-26 f
Answer: We will publish the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Official Development Assistance allocations for Financial Year 2025/26 in the Annual Report & Accounts in July.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Sexual OffencesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ODA reductions on support for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine; and whether he plans to ringfen
Answer: The UK remains committed to ensuring justice for Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). We will continue to provide capacity building support to respond to CRSV through the UK Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSV...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of humanitarian aid funding to Ukraine beyond the 2025-26 financial year; and whether there are any forthcoming fundi
Answer: As the Prime Minister has said in Parliament, we will continue to support Ukraine's humanitarian needs. Funding allocation decisions for the current financial year are ongoing, and we will prioritise support for those most in need. We continue to work wit...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: ReconstructionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to prioritise funding within the reduced ODA budget for the reconstruction and rebuilding of (a) healthcare, (b) housing and (c) education infra
Answer: Recovery and reconstruction in Ukraine is estimated to require a total cost of $524 billion over the next decade. Given the scale of the damage, the UK's aim is to use its Official Developmental Assistance resources to deliver impact directly, mobilise ot...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any UK Government-funded humanitarian aid projects in Ukraine are scheduled to conclude in 2024; and what assessment has been made of the impact of discontinuation on
Answer: We are proud of our fast, flexible, and responsive support to Ukrainians living through Russia's invasion. The UK has provided £477 million in humanitarian support to Ukraine and the region since the start of the full-scale invasion. The Prime Minister ha...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many ODA-funded projects currently operating in Ukraine (a) have secured funding beyond 2024–25 and (b) are at risk of early termination due to ODA budget constraints.
Answer: Both the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have reaffirmed the need to support Ukraine's needs over the long term as a priority for our future development assistance. Detailed decisions on how the Official Developmental Assistance budget will be used a...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many ODA-funded projects operating in Ukraine (a) have secured funding beyond 2024–25 and (b) are at risk of early termination due to ODA budget constraints.
Answer: Both the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have reaffirmed the need to support Ukraine's needs over the long term as a priority for our future development assistance. Detailed decisions on how the Official Developmental Assistance budget will be used a...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the revised ODA budget in the 2024–25 financial year is allocated to support Ukraine; and how much was allocated in (a) 2022–23 and (b) 2023–24.
Answer: The UK is a leading bilateral donor to Ukraine. In 2022-23, UK Official Developmental Assistance (ODA) spend for Ukraine was £210.11 million and in 2023-2024 it was £222.95 million.The UK allocated £236.7 million of ODA financing for Ukraine in the 2024/2...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) career and (b) job search support provisions available to junior doctors.
Answer: There has been no recent assessment. Under the UK Foundation Programme curriculum, foundation doctors should receive career guidance and advice from educational supervisors, along with the opportunity to explore potential careers.A variety of other tools ...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered reformulating unfilled training posts to enable them to be given to medical students in their second foundation year who have prior experience in the relevant department.
Answer: There has been no such consideration. Foundation training and medical speciality training involve different responsibilities, expectations, and levels of experience. The two-year foundation programme acts as a bridge between medical school and specialty t...
Answered 16 May 2025
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