Graham Stuart MP: written questions

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Written questions

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Legal ProfessionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many qualified lawyers are working in his Department's legal directorate.
Answer: As of 30 September 2024, there were between 70-89 lawyers working in Legal Directorate.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Legal ProfessionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many full time equivalent personnel there are working in his Department's legal directorate.
Answer: As of 30 September 2024, there were between 100-119 staff working in Legal Directorate.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
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Carbon Capture and Storage: Yorkshire and the HumberDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he expects to progress Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage in the Humber through the Track-1 Expansion and Track-2 processes.
Answer: The historic investment we recently announced in Carbon Capture and Storage in the North-West and North-East is just the start, representing a vote of confidence in this technology and burgeoning industry. To be ultimately successful, delivering on our cl...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
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Floods: Beverley and HoldernessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to pay the second phase of grants under the Farming Recovery Fund to farmers affected by flooding in Beverley and Holderness constituency.
Answer: We are aware of the ongoing challenges farmers have been facing following the winter storms and the wet weather in late 2023 and early 2024. We are committed to maintaining food production and supporting thriving farm businesses as well as protecting comm...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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Agriculture and Rural Areas: Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to approve Tranche 2 funding for Asset Repair and Improvement.
Answer: Protecting communities from flooding is a key priority for this Government, and that is why we have launched a Flood Resilience Taskforce. It will provide oversight of national and local flood resilience and preparedness ahead of and after the winter floo...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
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Listed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will extend the Listed Places of Worship Grant beyond March 2025.
Answer: Future Government spending is a matter for the upcoming Spending Review.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
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Wind Power: Planning PermissionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what percentage of existing onshore wind farms in England have a decommissioning bond as part of their planning consent agreement.
Answer: Given the large number of operational wind turbines within the UK, the Government does not hold this information centrally. Instead, this will be held by the relevant local planning authority.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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Wind Power: Planning PermissionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which onshore wind farms in the UK have a decommissioning bond as part of their planning consent agreement.
Answer: Given the large number of operational wind turbines within the UK, the Government does not hold this information centrally. Instead, this will be held by the relevant local planning authority.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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Dental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1642 on Dental Services, if he will make it his policy to implement the plans to reform dental services set out in the document published by his D
Answer: We are currently reviewing the Dental Recovery Plan, and what elements of it can be taken forward effectively and within National Health Service budgets. It is also clear that the plan did not go far enough, and so we are also working on our Dental Rescue...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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Floods: Beverley and HoldernessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to ensure all domestic insurers offer Build Back Better policies to protect victims of flood damage in Beverley and Holderness constituency.
Answer: Build Back Better (BBB) was introduced in 2022 to allow and encourage the insurance industry to provide their claimants with the opportunity to install flood resilient measures when repairs to their property are made. Insurers representing some 75% of the...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
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Special Educational Needs: East RidingDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-allocating the SEND per pupil funding allocation for the East Riding in line with other local authorities.
Answer: The department will take time to consider whether to make changes to the high needs national funding formula (NFF) that is used to allocate funding for children and young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities. The department will ...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
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Local Government Finance: East RidingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to fund the Hull and East Riding Mayoral Combined Authority.
Answer: We want to see devolution extended to every corner of England, and have invited local areas without a devolution agreement to come forward with proposals on a sensible geography.We recognise that in some parts of the country, such as Hull and East Yorkshi...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
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Local Transport Fund: East RidingDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much she plans to provide East Riding of Yorkshire Council from the Local Transport Fund.
Answer: The previous government made a number of funding commitments in the Network North Command Paper and these will be examined closely by the government in the coming months.
Answered 2 Aug 2024
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Dental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reform the provision of dental care.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges patients face when trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments, and to recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To r...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
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Telecommunications: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy to require fixed line operators to share infrastructure to help tackle the proliferation of telegraph poles.
Answer: We understand concerns about the excessive deployment of telegraph poles, and are urgently considering options to address this. Telegraph poles can play an important role in delivering affordable connectivity to communities, and competition can offer cons...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
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