Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions
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Textiles: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) compliance measures and (b) enforcement mechanisms he is developing to ensure (i) producer, (ii) sorter and (iii) exporter adherence to the (A) transparency and (B) traceabili
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTextiles: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for the (a) publication, (b) consultation and (c) enforcement phases of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for textiles.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: GhanaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to have discussions with Ghanaian (a) public, (b) private and (c) civil society stakeholders in advance of implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibility schem
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: GhanaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will invite (a) Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency, (b) textile traders, (c) recycling operators and (d) designers to participate in a (i) collaborative pilot and (ii) forma
Answer: The UK Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy domestically, and support this transition globally, to deliver growth, green jobs, and promote efficient and productive use of resources including in the textiles sector. The UK is mode...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTextiles: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for textiles will include obligations for (a) producers and (b) importers to contribute to downstream waste management costs in coun
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: GhanaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to (a) support and (b) co-finance (i) textile recycling and (ii) waste infrastructure in Ghana through (A) UK aid, (B) public–private partnerships and (C) ot
Answer: The UK Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy domestically, and support this transition globally, to deliver growth, green jobs, and promote efficient and productive use of resources including in the textiles sector. The UK is mode...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTextiles: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the implementation of the Automatic-sorting for Circularity in Textiles UK pilot; what funding he has provided to that pilot; and what safeguards are in pl
Answer: The total cost of the Autosort for Circular Textiles Innovation Demonstrator was £4,128,228, with nearly £1.5 million of funding provided by industry and private investors. One of the project’s aims was to ensure that the processed material was retained t...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordClothing: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the level of short-lifespan garments produced by ultrafast fashion brands; and whether he plans to introduce (a) product standards and (b
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTextiles: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mixed-fibre textiles on textile recycling; and whether he plans to introduce eco-modulated fees to promote the use of recyclable
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTextiles: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce export controls under the textile Extended Producer Responsibility framework to ensure that producers contribute to (a) recycling and (b) end-of-life infr
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTextiles: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of post-consumer textiles collected in the UK is (a) processed domestically and (b) exported (i) in total and (ii) of material categorised as unsellable.
Answer: While the department does not hold internal estimates on the proportion of post-consumer textiles processed domestically, exported, and respective proportions deemed unsellable, industry partners provide some insight. WRAP estimates that the UK generated ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: GhanaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether systems are in place to (a) record and (b) monitor the (i) tonnage, (ii) quality and (iii) composition of post-consumer textile exports from the UK to Ghana; and what evidence
Answer: Exporters of waste textiles must provide information on where the waste is being exported to, and the operation the waste will be subject to at its final destination. UK legislation requires that those involved in the shipments of textile waste take all n...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: MonitoringDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to include digital product passports within the (a) Extended Producer Responsibility framework and (b) Circular Economy Strategy.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTextiles: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for textiles will include mandatory requirements for transparency on (a) exported textile waste, (b) related financial transfers and
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: GhanaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Ghanaian (a) government agencies, (b) waste management entities and (c) market associations on the development of Extended Producer Responsibility p
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Econ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase the use of capacity in local private hospitals to reduce NHS waiting times for surgical procedures.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we have committed to return to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029.Independent sector providers have a role to pl...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Patient Choice SchemesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allow patients to (a) view and (b) choose from available operation appointments across different hospitals within the same region.
Answer: Patients in England can choose the hospital for their first outpatient appointments via the NHS e-Referral Service and the NHS App, allowing them to view and choose from available appointments across different hospitals within the same region.The National...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve coordination between NHS hospitals within the same region to offer patients earlier appointments at alternative sites.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we have committed to return to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment (RTT) by March 2029.Planning Guidance for 2025/26 sets a tar...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the availability of (a) daily and (b) weekly surgical appointments for operations in NHS hospitals.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients, including those waiting for surgical appointments, wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by Mar...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients receive timely updates about the status of their NHS operations through (a) the NHS App, (b) other digital platforms and (c) other means.
Answer: The National Health Service continues to invest heavily in the NHS App, and in the past two years we have been implementing digital integration between acute hospitals and the NHS App, meaning that patients can now view their clinical pathway and appointm...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for urgent NHS operations in cases where patients are waiting significantly beyond the clinically recommended timeframe.
Answer: It is unacceptable that patients continue to wait lengthy periods for treatment, especially where waits are for high priority surgical procedures.We are committed to driving down waiting times. In January, we published our Elective Reform Plan, which sets...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department collects data on (a) errors and (b) false positives arising from algorithmic fraud detection tools.
Answer: DWP is committed to processing data lawfully, proportionately, and ethically, with meaningful human input and safeguards in place to protect individuals. “Algorithmic fraud detection tool” is not a term we use in DWP however, the department develops, test...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit decisions made using (a) automated and (b) AI-assisted systems have been overturned on appeal since 2020.
Answer: No Artificial Intelligence is currently deployed to make decisions regarding benefit entitlement or value in isolation. There is automation in some benefit processes but decisions regarding entitlement and value will have a human decision maker involved.
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) transparency and (b) accountability in its use of AI systems in public services.
Answer: We have AI governance in place to ensure we use AI in a safe, ethical, and transparent way. DWP is committed to publishing details of its use of algorithms against the cross-Government Algorithmic Transparency Reporting Standard (ATRS). We ensure our gene...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether benefit claimants are informed when their claims are assessed using algorithmic tools.
Answer: DWP’s Personal Information Charter (PIC) (Personal information charter - Department for Work and Pensions - GOV.UK) outlines how DWP processes personal data related to and its use of both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Making (ADM). D...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
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