Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP: written questions
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Written questions
Renewable Fuels: Public ConsultationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the consultation on the renewable liquid heating fuel obligation will be launched.
Answer: The Government recognises that renewable liquid heating fuels (RLHF) could play a role in heating. As it is a limited resource, the Government expect sustainable biomass to be prioritised where there are limited alternatives for decarbonisation. RLHFs are...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDogs: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of regulations on dog breeding; and what steps she is taking to tackle illegal puppy farming.
Answer: Defra undertook a post-implementation review of The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, which was published in December 2024. The Government is considering the findings, as well, as the recommendations in...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGreyhounds: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the highest welfare standards for greyhounds (a) during racing careers and (b) after retirement.
Answer: The welfare of racing greyhounds in England is covered by the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010. The 2006 Act allows action to be taken where there is evidence of cruelty to an animal or a failure to provide for...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to (a) improve the welfare of farmed animals and (b) restrict the use of cages.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Prime Minister announced that we will be publishing an animal welfare strategy later this year.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that social workers receive specialist training to recognise signs of child sexual abuse connected to the production of online child pornography.
Answer: It is vitally important that all professionals working with children, including social workers, can recognise and respond quickly to the signs of child sexual abuse.While local authorities and other employers are responsible for the professional developme...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for introducing legislation to prohibit the import of hunting trophies.
Answer: The Government is committed to banning the import of hunting trophies from species of conservation concern. Timeframes for introducing legislation will be provided once there is sufficient clarity on the Parliamentary timetable.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHunting: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish draft legislative proposals to ban trail hunting.
Answer: Work is ongoing to determine the best approach to deliver the manifesto commitment to ban trail hunting. We have committed to running a consultation to ensure those with an interest can input. We will share further details in due course.
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74850More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available to small businesses affected by changes in Small Business Rate Relief.
Answer: Every three years, all commercial properties are revalued by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). The 2026 revaluation, which will take effect from April 2026, will update RVs and may, therefore, affect businesses’ eligibility for SBRR. The revaluation proc...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWorking Conditions: TemperatureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review existing workplace temperature guidance; and if she will take legislative steps to set a maximum working temperature to protect employees’ (a) health and (b) safety.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring workplaces are safe in the modern world and in our Next Steps to Make Work Pay publication, we committed to look at how to modernise health and safety guidance for extreme temperatures. As part of this, the Health a...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes: 2025 update, published on 7 February 2025.
Answer: The Government’s recent consultation on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector closed on 2nd May and we are currently analysing responses. A Government response will be published in due course.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Season TicketsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the range of season and flexible ticket options available to commuters when rail services are brought into public ownership, to better accommodate hybrid working patterns.
Answer: We are overhauling the complex fares and ticketing system to make it easier for passengers to trust that they are buying the right ticket and getting the best fare, with the move to Great British Railways (GBR) enabling passengers to receive a more consis...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSecond Homes: Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are correctly implementing the council tax premium on second homes.
Answer: The second homes council tax premiums is not a mandatory requirement, and it is for individual councils to decide whether to make use of a premium. However, where councils apply a premium, they are required to implement this in line with the relevant regu...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 905180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect nature in the design of new build housing developments.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework is clear about the importance of conserving and enhancing the natural environment. Planning policies and decisions should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by minimising impacts on and provi...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Academic YearDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to grant local authorities greater flexibility in setting school term dates.
Answer: Local authorities already have responsibility for setting term dates for schools where they are the employer, including community schools, community special schools, voluntary controlled schools, pupil referral units and maintained nursery schools. These ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the challenges that medical graduates face in securing positions within medical specialty training programmes.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need to ensure that patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places meets the demands of the National Health Servic...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPet Travel SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for the roll-out of the new pet passport scheme.
Answer: We have agreed to establish a UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Zone, which will mean taking pets on holiday into the EU will be easier and cheaper. Instead of getting an animal health certificate each time you travel, you will be able to get a multi...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of military accommodation units are unoccupied in Suffolk Coastal constituency; and whether his Department plans to bring them back into use.
Answer: The Defence Housing Strategy includes an extensive review of our entire Service Family Accommodation (SFA) portfolio to determine how we will utilise our properties. I expect we will be able to provide details of our future intentions when the review is c...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department plans to spend on military accommodation in Suffolk Coastal constituency in each of the next five financial years.
Answer: The Defence Housing Strategy includes an extensive review of our entire Service Family Accommodation (SFA) portfolio to determine how we will utilise our properties. I expect we will be able to provide details of our future intentions when the review is c...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Bases: Suffolk CoastalMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual running costs were for Army sites located in Suffolk Coastal constituency in each of the last five financial years; and how much funding his Department plans to provide for those sites in the next
Answer: The data requested for the previous five financial years can be found below. These costs relate to MOD Woodbridge (Rock Barracks and Woodbridge Airfield), as the only Army owned site within the hon. Member’s constituency: Year£ millionFY2024-254.416FY2023...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFreeport EastMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to extend the boundary of Freeport East.
Answer: The boundaries of Freeport tax sites are defined in law. They were agreed, after careful deliberation, by the Government and local Freeport partners, including the relevant local authorities. The Government currently has no plans to amend the boundaries o...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNuisance Calls: Older PeopleHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) ensure adequate in-person police access for older people seeking to report scam phone calls in communities where police stations have closed and (b) tackle t
Answer: The Home Office is committed to tackling the threat of fraud, which is why this Government has committed to publishing a new and enhanced Fraud Strategy that addresses the full range of harm that UK citizens face from fraud, including tackling the imperso...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNuisance Calls: Older PeopleHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help older people report scam phone calls.
Answer: The Home Office is committed to tackling the threat of fraud, which is why this Government has committed to publishing a new and enhanced Fraud Strategy that addresses the full range of harm that UK citizens face from fraud, including tackling the imperso...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: Entertainments and Tourist AttractionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of mandating the installation of defibrillators in all (a) visitor attractions and (b) entertainment venues in the UK that accommodat
Answer: No assessment has been made and there are no plans to mandate the installation of defibrillators at such locations, in light of the rapid expansion of automated external defibrillators across the United Kingdom.There are now over 100,000 defibrillators in...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing an accessible food labelling system to improve transparency.
Answer: The availability and accessibility of essential food information to all consumers is vitally important. It is already a requirement that mandatory food information must be easily visible, clearly legible and where appropriate indelible, in addition to the...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Health and SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to University of Central Lancashire's report entitled Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic fire effluents, published in November 2020, what steps she is taki
Answer: The University of Central Lancashire’s report was helpful in highlighting this particular issue. This must be considered alongside other relevant academic research and study in this area.We are continuing to review the evidence around risks to firefighter...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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