Charlie Maynard MP: written questions
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SlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of abattoirs on (a) food security and (b) local food supply chains.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of abattoirs to national food security, local supply chains and rural communities. We remain committed to maintaining a resilient and sustainable meat processing sector. While the sector has faced and continues to ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Research on how much of the £40 million funding for brain tumour research has been spent.
Answer: Between 2018/19 and 2022/23 DHSC directly invested £11.3 million in brain tumour research projects through the NIHR, plus an estimated £31.5 million in infrastructure enabling 8,500 patients to participate in wider brain cancer research. We are committed...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordConsumers: ProtectionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local trading standards services have adequate (a) support and (b) expertise to enforce consumer protection laws introduced through the Digital M
Answer: Department for Business and Trade officials have contributed to training events and provided practical information to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute to disseminate to trading standards officers about the Digital Markets, Competition and Consume...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrading Standards: Local GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current level of resources for local trading standards services based within local authorities in Great Britain.
Answer: Local authorities are independent of central government and are responsible for managing their own services and financial positions.The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish NationalityHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Good character: caseworker guidance, updated on 13 February 2025, how many people she expects to be impacted by this guidance.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer provided on 25 February 2025 to Question UIN 31371.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Private EducationMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of VAT on school fees on military families.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence recognises the unique circumstances faced by our Service personnel and that frequent mobility can disrupt children’s education. Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) helps by providing the children of Service personnel with a sta...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRights of WayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) the inequality of access to nature in England and (b) that a fifth of English const
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of providing access to the outdoors for people’s health and wellbeing and are working to ensure this is safe and appropriate. We also recognise that access to nature is currently inequitable across England, with so...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoadsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what definition her Department applies to determine when a road network is operating (a) at and (b) over full capacity.
Answer: Transport Business Cases follow the HM Treasury five-case Business Case model. Decisions are informed by the assessment of the scheme in relation to strategic fit, value for money, deliverability, commercial and financial considerations. The Department pr...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: InfrastructureTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35564More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of rail infrastructure funding on future trends in the level of regional economic growth.
Answer: The growth mission is the central mission of this government. The impact of rail infrastructure investment on regional economic growth is a key consideration that is informing decisions for phase 2 of the Spending Review. The first phase of the Spending R...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: OxfordshireTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35563More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech at Siemens Healthineers in Oxfordshire on 29 January 2025, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating additional funding to improve connectivity in Oxfordsh
Answer: We are already making considerable investment in transport infrastructure in Oxfordshire, including support for East West Rail and the acceleration of works on the Marston Vale Line to deliver services between Oxford and Bedford, as well as £10m in 25/26 ...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Manufacturing IndustriesTreasuryTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34554More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support food manufacturing sites with (a) energy costs and (b) business rates.
Answer: This Government has a cast iron commitment to food production. We have committed £5 billion over this year and next to the farming and countryside programme which includes the largest ever amount for sustainable food production. We have also committed to ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: ProductionTreasuryTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34553More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a Food Production Relief Scheme to provide targeted relief on (a) energy costs and (b) business rates for essential food producers.
Answer: This Government has a cast iron commitment to food production. We have committed £5 billion over this year and next to the farming and countryside programme which includes the largest ever amount for sustainable food production. We have also committed to ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWheat: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce UK reliance on imported wheat for milling.
Answer: British farmers are world-leaders and know their own land best - carefully planning their planting to suit the weather, their soil type, and their long-term agronomic strategy. Harvested production of wheat in 2023 was just under 13.9 million tonnes, whic...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWheat: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support farmers to produce more home grown wheat while meeting (a) net zero targets, (b) the targets outlined in the Environment Act 2021 and
Answer: The Government is committed to reducing emissions in the farming sector. The transition goes hand in hand with food security and farm productivity. For wheat in 2023, the UK was 96% self-sufficient. We will support farmers to adopt low carbon farming prac...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFlour: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of prioritizing sourcing flour for the public sector from certified regenerative farms to help achieve Net Zero by
Answer: The Government is committed to harnessing the purchasing power of the procurement food supply chain to set the tone in delivering our wider ambitions on net zero, sustainability, animal welfare, economic growth and nutrition and health. Over the next year...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFlour: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of sourcing flour for the public sector from certified regenerative farms on achieving Net Zero by 2050.
Answer: The Government is committed to harnessing the purchasing power of the procurement food supply chain to set the tone in delivering our wider ambitions on net zero, sustainability, animal welfare, economic growth and nutrition and health. Over the next year...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: AppealsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to seek UK accession to the World Trade Organization Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement.
Answer: The Government is keeping the question of UK membership of the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) under active consideration.The Government is committed to a free, fair and rules-based international trading system. Re-establishing a...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken towards deciding whether UK will align its regulations with the EU in certain sectors.
Answer: A more cooperative relationship with the EU is in the UK’s national interest, as it will help grow the economy and boost living standards.All decisions taken by the Government on regulation will be focused on supporting growth across the UK. The Governmen...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish monthly statistics on (a) the number of brain tumour patients who have received whole genome sequencing of their tumour and (b) the number of people diagnosed with brain tumours
Answer: The Department does not hold publishable data to identify where whole genome sequencing has taken place and cannot identify tumours by histological type. NHS England holds data that provides a count of hospital activity only, not by the number of patients...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many school age children die each year from Asthma in England and Wales.
Answer: To reduce avoidable deaths, improve the quality of life for children and young people with asthma, and to raise the profile of this work, NHS England published the first National Bundle of Care for Children and Young People with Asthma in September 2021. ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent asthma deaths in school children in England and Wales.
Answer: To reduce avoidable deaths, improve the quality of life for children and young people with asthma, and to raise the profile of this work, NHS England published the first National Bundle of Care for Children and Young People with Asthma in September 2021. ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the efficacity of the Asthma Friendly Schools initiative and (b) the potential merits of (i) supporting and (ii) promoting the scheme.
Answer: To reduce avoidable deaths, improve the quality of life for children and young people with asthma, and to raise the profile of this work, NHS England published the first National Bundle of Care for Children and Young People with Asthma in September 2021. ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEU LawDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will publish its divergence tracker.
Answer: DBT’s Assimilated Law Dashboard and Reports capture changes to legislation inherited from the EU when the UK left the EU. The Reports and dashboard are publicly available and are updated biannually per requirements of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and R...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPan-Euro-Mediterranean ConventionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 28625 on Rules of Origin, what criteria will be used to determine the benefits, risks and the national interest of joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean C
Answer: Rules of origin are often highly technical and there are many factors that influence how businesses experience using these rules and whether they would benefit from different rules - from the different types of paperwork involved, to the make-up of their ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: OxfordshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce homelessness in Oxfordshire.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected. The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to deliver the long-term solutions we need to get us back on track to ending all forms of homelessness. ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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