Joe Powell MP: written questions
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Written questions
Gambling: Impact AssessmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when gambling impact assessments will come into force.
Answer: The Government will bring Gambling Impact Assessments (GIAs) into force in due course, and the Department for Media, Culture and Sport is currently considering what preparations and guidance will be needed for their introduction, to enable local authoriti...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: Greater LondonDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the incident rate per mile ridden for dockless e-bikes in London.
Answer: The Department does not currently collect specific data on collisions or injuries involving e-bikes operated through hire schemes. We will consult comprehensively on all aspects of licensing for shared cycle schemes, including potential data-sharing requi...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of leg injuries caused by riding Lime bikes, known as Lime Leg, have presented in accident and emergency departments in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not collect data in the format requested. The National Health Service reports on Admitted Patient Care activity in England, including the cause of a patient's attendance in hospital, as part of the Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activi...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EU: Money LaunderingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on strengthening cooperation on anti money laundering, as part of preparations for the next EU-UK summit.
Answer: This Government remains committed to strengthening UK-EU cooperation on tackling money-laundering. The UK works closely with the EU and its Member States through a range of established fora, including through the Financial Action Task Force.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMoney LaunderingCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6163More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on strengthening cooperation on anti money laundering, as part of preparations for the next EU-UK summit.
Answer: This Government remains committed to strengthening UK-EU cooperation on tackling money-laundering. The UK works closely with the EU and its Member States through a range of established fora, including through the Financial Action Task Force.
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: UK Relations with EUTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6162More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Paymaster General on including the topic of cooperation on anti money laundering in the agenda for the next EU-UK summit.
Answer: The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Paymaster General regularly meet to discuss a range of topics, including cooperation with the European Union. The UK works closely with the EU and its Member States through a range of established fora, including the...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring the increase to the collective enfranchisement threshold for mixed use premises from 25% commercial to 50% into force.
Answer: The government’s intention is to commence Section 29 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act alongside other enfranchisement provisions contained within it. To commence the Act’s enfranchisement provisions, we need to rectify via primary legislation a sm...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSuccession: LGBT+ PeopleWomen and EqualitiesTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 908920More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure parity for same-sex couples with other couples in pension inheritance.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring equal treatment for same-sex couples in pension inheritance.Following a Supreme Court judgment, occupational pension schemes must provide survivor benefits for same-sex spouses and civil partners on the same basis a...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDirectorsTreasuryTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 908895More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle rogue company directors.
Answer: I commend the Honourable Member for his relentless work on this issue, and I share his concern, because communities like Portobello Road and Notting Hill Gate should be places where legitimate businesses thrive, not where rogue traders and repeat director...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling: LicensingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Cumulative Impact Assessments for gambling licensing will be introduced.
Answer: The Government has now tabled an amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill with the intention of introducing Gambling Impact Assessment (GIAs), formerly referred to as Cumulative Impact Assessments. The implementation date will be...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Information PacksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he expects to respond to the home buying and selling reform consultation.
Answer: On 6 October, my Department published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. Both consultations closed on 29 December. We are now reviewing the feedback received. Subje...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDarfur: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on preventing (a) mass atrocities and (b) genocide of the violence perpetrated by the Rapid Suppor
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the response provided to the Urgent Question on Sudan: Protection of Civilians on 30 October.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 905431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to protect communities vulnerable to flooding.
Answer: After 14 years of Conservative Government, we inherited England’s flood defences in their worst state on record. That is why this Government has announced the largest flooding programme in history to protect homes and businesses across the country. We wil...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: ValuationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to consult on the valuation rates used to calculate the cost of enfranchisement premiums.
Answer: The 2024 Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act sets the method for calculating the price of a statutory lease extension or freehold acquisition, known as the valuation process. The Bill removes the requirement for marriage value to be paid, caps the treatment...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDelivery Services: Electric BicyclesHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded for enforcement action against delivery e-bikes in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) and other outcomes for motoring offences in England and Wales on an annual basis, as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures: Roads policing’ statistical bulletin. The most rece...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on supporting refugees from Ukraine in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: The Home Office did not record the costs of supporting refugees from Ukraine in financial year 2023-24 separately from its wider work in this area, and the requested data could only be isolated and verified now for the purposes of answering this question ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Companies: PropertyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including publicly accessible trust data in the Register of Overseas Entities.
Answer: While the Government remains committed to enhancing transparency in relation to trusts within the Register of Overseas entities (ROE), we must carefully consider the privacy risks that come with it. The government will be laying regulations in due course ...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOverseas Territories Joint Ministerial CouncilForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to publish the results of the UK and Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council on 19-21 November 2024.
Answer: The conclusions of the Joint Ministerial Council will be published through a communiqué jointly agreed by the UK and the Overseas Territories. We will also make a Written Ministerial Statement.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOpen Government Partnership: Departmental ResponsibilitiesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on appointing a Ministerial lead for the UK's seat on the Open Government Partnership Steering Committee.
Answer: The responsibility for the interrelated areas of open government and open data is currently held in the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO). However, as part of a Machinery of Government change to create the Digital Centre of Government, CDDO has moved...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: HinduismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of Hindus in Bangladesh.
Answer: The UK has a long-standing commitment to the protection of human rights. We are committed to Freedom of Religion or Belief for all. In July, the Foreign Secretary and I raised concerns publicly and privately about the unprecedented levels of violence and ...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAzerbaijan: PrisonersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the arbitrary detention of prisoners in Azerbaijan.
Answer: The UK remains concerned at the increased number of detentions of independent journalists, human rights defenders and civil society representatives over the last year, and we continue to urge Azerbaijan to improve human rights protections for all its citi...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to commence Section 64 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
Answer: The Government intend to 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. These include the provisions at Sections 49 and 64 of th...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to commence Section 49 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
Answer: The Government intend to 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. These include the provisions at Sections 49 and 64 of th...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 900703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help protect people online.
Answer: In line with our Safer Streets Mission, the Online Safety Act brings much needed protections to the online world by protecting children from harmful and age-inappropriate content, tackling violence against women and girls, and taking down criminal activit...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Ground RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases which closed on 17 January 2024.
Answer: Over the course of this Parliament, the Government will further reform the leasehold system. We will enact remaining Law Commission recommendations relating to enfranchisement and the Right to Manage, tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rents, rein...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
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