Carla Denyer MP: written questions
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Roads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for publishing finalised City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements 2.
Answer: Funding in future years is being considered as part of the current Spending Review, the outcome of which will be confirmed in due course.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the availability of (a) suitably skilled contractors and (b) materials to allow local authorities to meet the 31 March 2027 deadline for investing City Reg
Answer: The Government recognises that investment in transport infrastructure is of critical importance to unlocking national growth and the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) programme has a key role to play in continuing to transform local tr...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for (a) introducing a registration scheme for short-term lets, (b) removing the furnished holiday let rules to ensure all income from property will
Answer: The government remains committed to introducing a national mandatory registration scheme for short-term lets. The initial phase of digital development is now complete, and public testing is planned to start in the next 12 months. Further details about the...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.62 of the Office for Budget Responsibility Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published on 26 March 2025, CP 1289, what assessment she has made of the pot
Answer: The factors affecting affordability in the private rented sector are complex and difficult to disentangle. As well as the size of the total housing stock, they include the movement of tenants into homeownership and social rented housing, house prices, tax...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take legislative steps to require independent schools to (a) identify SEND pupils and (b) provide support to those pupils in line with the (i) SEND Code of Practice and (ii) Children and Families Ac
Answer: Independent schools are regulated against The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, which set out the standards for the education, welfare and safety for pupils attending an independent school. These standards can be accessed at: http...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to develop new country information for Syria; and when she plans to begin processing (a) asylum claims and (b) settlement cases.
Answer: Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. However, we continue to register new claims from Syri...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHoney: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to align with changes to the EU Honey Directive on labelling published on 14 May 2024.
Answer: Defra, alongside the Food Standards Agency in Wales and Food Standards Scotland, are working together to assess and address issues arising from the EU’s recent amendments relating to the Honey Directive 2001/110/EC. Any decision on future policy will focu...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish an impact assessment of the updates to her Department's guidance entitled Good character: caseworker guidance, updated on 10 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 25 February to Question 31371.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 902576 on Employment: Asylum, what the gender balance of dependents of asylum seekers is; what assessment she has made of the impact of the rules
Answer: We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is gender sensitive, building on the Government’s wider strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. All decision-makers receive mandatory training on considering asylum claims and must follow ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Sea Oil: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29661More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) Equinor and (b) Ithaca have received (i) investment tax credit and (ii) ringfence expenditure supplement in connection to Rosebank oil field development in the period leading up to January 2025.
Answer: It is a long-standing convention that the government does not discuss individual taxpayers, and so the government cannot discuss the amount of tax relief available to individual companies in relation to the oil and gas fields they may have a commercial in...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Sea Oil: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29660More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has budgeted for any (a) investment tax credit and (b) ringfenced expenditure supplement to be paid to (i) Equinor and (ii) Ithaca in connection to Rosebank oil field development after Februar
Answer: It is a long-standing convention that the government does not discuss individual taxpayers, and so the government cannot discuss the amount of tax relief available to individual companies in relation to the oil and gas fields they may have a commercial in...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: TaxationTreasuryTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29659More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of new UK oil and gas extraction on (a) GDP and (b) tax receipts in each of the next five years.
Answer: It is a long-standing convention that the government does not discuss individual taxpayers, and so the government cannot discuss the amount of tax relief available to individual companies in relation to the oil and gas fields they may have a commercial in...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: North SeaDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to the public purse was of legal services used by the Government in relation to potential Rosebank oil and gas field development since 4 July 2024; and whether further legal cos
Answer: The Department has paid a total of £26,773 in legal fees relating to the Jackdaw and Rosebank fields since 4 July 2024.
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement Support PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to uprate Bereavement Support Payments annually in line with inflation.
Answer: Bereavement Support Payment is intended to help people through the immediate period following a bereavement. It is not a cost-of-living benefit like Universal Credit, which is generally increased in line with inflation. The rate of Bereavement Support Pay...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement Support PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the value of the Bereavement Support payment.
Answer: Bereavement Support Payment is intended to help people through the immediate period following a bereavement. It is not a cost-of-living benefit like Universal Credit, which is generally increased in line with inflation. The rate of Bereavement Support Pay...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: Development Consent OrdersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his policy to stop issuing development consents for all new oil and gas fields.
Answer: The Government has committed that it will not revoke existing licences and will partner with business and workers to manage our existing fields for the entirety of their lifespan. We have already consulted on revised environmental guidance for development...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to oppose any (a) forcible displacement and (b) ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.
Answer: The Government's objective remans a negotiated two-state solution, with a sovereign Palestinian state, which includes the West Bank and Gaza, alongside a safe and secure Israel. In order to deliver this, it is clear that Palestinian civilians must be perm...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will summon the United States Ambassador to discuss President Trump's proposals on Gaza.
Answer: We will continue to engage with the US Administration on all our priorities, including the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). We look forward to working with the incoming US Ambassador to London, once confirmed by the Sen...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructure: Carbon EmissionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will issue guidance to planning authorities on the cumulative impact of carbon emissions from infrastructure projects on the Government’s carbon reduction targets.
Answer: The government’s Planning Practice Guidance on Climate Change, its National Design Guide and National Model Design Code provide general guidance on how carbon impacts can be taken into account in the town and country planning process.For Nationally Signif...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: AsylumWomen and EqualitiesTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902576More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of restrictions on the right to work on women seeking asylum.
Answer: This Government remains determined to restore order to the asylum system and clear the backlog of claims as quickly as possible.Asylum seekers can apply for permission to work if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of ...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals have been accepted by the National Age Assessment Board; and what proportion of these referrals were from (a) local authorities and (b) her Department.
Answer: The requested data is not part of published statistics, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the cod...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases taken by the National Age Assessment Board were assessed as (a) under 18 years of age and (b) 18 years or older.
Answer: The requested data is not part of published statistics, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the cod...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels: Climate ChangeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the oil and gas sector contributes to meeting global climate targets.
Answer: The UK is committed to transitioning away from fossil fuels and meeting global climate targets. The Government supports action on decarbonising oil and gas production and is consulting on new guidance to ensure the impact of burning oil and gas is conside...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIthaca Energy: Occupied TerritoriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2025 to Question 21077 on Ithaca Energy: Occupied Territories, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reports th
Answer: There are no current plans to make such assessment.We routinely update our guidance to British businesses on the Overseas Business Risk website.We advise British businesses to bear in mind the British Government's view on the illegality of settlements und...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: Climate ChangeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of opening new oil and gas fields in the North Sea on the Paris Agreement goal to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.
Answer: At COP28, the UK and others agreed to transition away from fossil fuels in an orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade. This is essential to keep the global temperature limit of 1.5°C within reach. The Government has acted...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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