Clive Lewis MP: written questions
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Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of regulating embodied carbon to help meet net zero targets.
Answer: Last year, the Government consulted on the possible introduction of Mandatory Product Standards, in other words regulations to limit the embodied emissions of products. In response, the previous Government set out it would not commit to introducing Mandat...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1715More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will be open.
Answer: The Government is committed to acting on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s Report and providing compensation to victims as quickly as possible. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority is established in law and work is progressing to put the o...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1714More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will replace the Infected Blood Support Scheme.
Answer: There will be no immediate changes to the Infected Blood Support Schemes (IBSS). Under the current proposal published on 21 May by the previous Government, payments will continue to be made at the same level until 31 March 2025 and they will not be deduct...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordBlood: ContaminationCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1713More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many registrations have been made with the Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Scheme since 21 May 2024.
Answer: In June 2024 the Government paid £728.91m in interim compensation payments to 3,659 people who were infected and registered with the Infected Blood Support Schemes (IBSS). As of 30 June 2024, 4,606 people who were infected, or their bereaved partners regi...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help protect teachers from assaults by (a) pupils and (b) parents.
Answer: No teacher should feel unsafe or face violence or abuse in the workplace. The department will always support teachers to ensure they can work in safe and calm classrooms. All school employers, including trusts, have a duty to protect the health, safety an...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of Safety Valve agreements on the delivery of local authorities' statutory obligations to children and young people with SEND.
Answer: Local authorities high needs budgets are under significant pressure, and the department is considering what support and reforms are needed to secure better outcomes and experiences for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilit...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: NorfolkDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will publish any data it holds on the potential impact of the Safety Valve agreement on the provision of special educational needs support in Norfolk.
Answer: Local authorities high needs budgets are under significant pressure, and the department is considering what support and reforms are needed to secure better outcomes and experiences for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilit...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review Safety Valve agreements with local authorities.
Answer: Local authorities high needs budgets are under significant pressure, and the department is considering what support and reforms are needed to secure better outcomes and experiences for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilit...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Safety Valve intervention programme on the provision of SEND services by local authorities.
Answer: Local authorities high needs budgets are under significant pressure, and the department is considering what support and reforms are needed to secure better outcomes and experiences for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilit...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordGround Rent and Service Charges: RegulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to regulate (a) ground rent and (b) service charges on residential buildings.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights, powers, and protections over their homes by implementing the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, including those designed to increase service charge transpare...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a timeline for enacting the Law Commission’s recommendations on enfranchisement, commonhold and the right to manage.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights, powers, and protections over their homes by implementing the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, including those designed to increase service charge transpare...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordFlats: LeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timescales are for banning new leasehold flats and ensuring that commonhold is the default tenure.
Answer: The Government is committed to bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end.As part of that commitment, we intend to reinvigorate commonhold through a comprehensive new legal framework and ban the sale of new leasehold flats so commonhold becomes the de...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish legal advice obtained under the previous Government on its decision to challenge the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction on Israeli military action
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary has made clear, he is not able to look back on advice made available to previous Government Ministers. As was announced on 26 July, the Government will not be submitting observations to the ICC, in line with its position that this...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCaribbean: CompensationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to support the Caribbean Community's Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice.
Answer: The UK greatly values our strong and longstanding relationship with the Caribbean and CARICOM. We most recently showed our solidarity through support to the regional response to Hurricane Beryl. The Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean, Baroness C...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing HormonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to monitor the potential impact of the ban on puberty blockers on (a) the mental health and (b) suicide rates among trans patients under the age of 18.
Answer: The emergency banning order, restricting the sale or supply of puberty blockers, was introduced by the previous government. The Order enables those who were already on a course of treatment with Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues, before 3 June 202...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing HormonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the ban on puberty blockers on the mental health of trans patients under the age of 18.
Answer: The emergency banning Order, restricting the sale or supply of puberty blockers, was introduced by the previous Government. The Order enables those who were already on a course of treatment with Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues, before 3 June 202...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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