Joe Robertson MP: written questions
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Hospitality Industry and Tourism: TaxationTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64701More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the total effective tax payable by (a) the hospitality sector and (b) other sectors.
Answer: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has not performed a comparative analysis of the total effective tax payable from the hospitality sector and other sectors.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Tourism: VATTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64700More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the standard 20% VAT rate on the international competitiveness of the (a) tourism and (b) hospitality sectors.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution made by hospitality and tourism businesses to economic growth and social life in the UK. VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64699More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a distributional impact assessment of changes to national insurance contributions on (a) low and (b) middle income workers in the hospitality industry.
Answer: The Government has set out the impacts of the policy changes from Autumn Budget 2024 in the usual way. A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64698More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of changes to the employer National Insurance contributions on employment levels in the hospitality sector.
Answer: The Government has set out the impacts of the policy changes from Autumn Budget 2024 in the usual way. A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of existing data collection systems in capturing the scale of spiking incidents in the UK.
Answer: From April 2026, offences which involved spiking will be added to the Home Office’s Annual Data Requirement. This is the formal mechanism through which the Home Office collects data from all police forces in England and Wales. This will ensure that the Ho...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to improve data collection on the prevalence of spiking.
Answer: From April 2026, offences which involved spiking will be added to the Home Office’s Annual Data Requirement. This is the formal mechanism through which the Home Office collects data from all police forces in England and Wales. This will ensure that the Ho...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the importance of understanding offender motivation as part of the Government's strategy to tackle spiking.
Answer: The Home Office has recently completed the tender for a piece of academic research into the motivations of perpetrators who commit spiking offences. This project will help to fill a gap in research that was identified by a recent literature review on the ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to support research into the motivations of people who commit spiking offences.
Answer: The Home Office has recently completed the tender for a piece of academic research into the motivations of perpetrators who commit spiking offences. This project will help to fill a gap in research that was identified by a recent literature review on the ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Deputy Director for 10 Year Health Plan Engagement's Change NHS website blog post, entitled, Ensuring the Plan represents everyone, which groups are classified as inclusion he
Answer: Inclusion health is an umbrella term used to describe people who are socially excluded, who typically experience multiple overlapping risk factors for poor health, such as poverty, violence, and complex trauma.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: TravellersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Deputy Director for 10 Year Health Plan Engagement's, Change NHS website blog, entitled, Ensuring the Plan represents everyone, what discussions his Department has with (a) tr
Answer: In building our 10-Year Health Plan, we ran one of the biggest public engagement exercises the National Health Service has ever run, including a large number of consultation events including eight in-person deliberative events with the public and seven wi...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpiking: ProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions relating to spiking have there been in each of the last five year.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not currently collate statistics which show the number of individuals who are charged and subsequently prosecuted and convicted of offences which relate to incidents of spiking. The Government is, however, considering options ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that victims of (a) spiking and (b) prank spiking have adequate access to justice.
Answer: The Government committed, in its manifesto, to create a new offence covering spiking. Our aim is to create a clear and modern offence that covers the wide range of behaviours currently associated with spiking, encourage victims to report such incidents an...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with (a) organisations and (b) stakeholders on the creation of a criminal offence specifically targeting drink spiking.
Answer: The Government committed, in its manifesto, to create a new offence covering spiking. Our aim is to create a clear and modern offence that covers the wide range of behaviours currently associated with spiking, encourage victims to report such incidents an...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve coordination between (a) healthcare providers and (b) law enforcement in responding to suspected spiking incidents.
Answer: It is crucial that all organisations that may be involved in supporting victims of spiking and collecting evidence (including those in the healthcare, hospitality and education sectors) do so in a joined-up way.The Home Office is currently working with th...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to frontline police officers to improve the (a) identification and (b) handling of spiking cases.
Answer: The Government have introduced through the Crime and Policing Bill a new criminal offence for spiking, to help police better respond to this crime.The Home Office has funded specialist spiking training for staff in the hospitality industry to ensure they ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessments her Department has made of trends in the number of spiking incidents.
Answer: Spiking is often underreported and this can make analysis of trends difficult.In order to improve our understanding of trends, from April 2026 offences which involve spiking will be added to the Home Office’s Annual Data Requirement. This is the formal me...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Public ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS10-Year Health Plan whether discussions have been held with (a) higher socio-economic groups and (b) working people.
Answer: We launched the Change NHS website to ensure that as many people as possible could have their say. As part of this, we asked participants to provide demographic information to help us hear from a representative cross-section of the public across the engag...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list each foreign language where there has been (a) translation and (b) interpretation to facilitate engagement with the proposed NHS 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: The Change NHS portal was available in English, Urdu, Romanian, Punjabi, and Polish, as these are the five most common languages in England, as reported by the 2021 Census. Participants at 10-Year Health Plan deliberative engagement events were given the ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ProstitutionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with sex workers on the proposed NHS 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: In building our 10-Year Health Plan, we ran one of the biggest public engagement exercises the National Health Service has ever run, including a large number of consultation events including eight in-person deliberative events with the public and seven wi...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Asylum and MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has held discussions with (a) foreign migrants and (b) asylum seekers on the proposed NHS 10-Year Plan.
Answer: In building our 10-Year Health Plan, we ran one of the biggest public engagement exercises the National Health Service has ever run, including a large number of consultation events including eight in-person deliberative events with the public and seven wi...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) stakeholders, (b) NGOs and (c) interest groups have been consulted on the NHS 10-Year Plan by (i) his Department and (ii) NHS England since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Throughout the 10-Year Health Plan’s engagement activity, we have engaged with over 1,600 stakeholders, non-governmental organisations, and patient groups to hear their ideas for change. Following publication of the 10-Year Health Plan, we will publish a ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 44040 on Packaging: Recycling and with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Simpler recycling: workplace recycling in Eng
Answer: All compliance and enforcement activities are conducted in line with the Regulator’s Code and the Environment Agency’s Enforcement and Sanction Policy to ensure a proportionate, risk-based approach. When contamination of workplace recyclables is suspected...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDairy Products and Meat: School MealsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the requirement for schools to serve (a) meat and (b) dairy products to children.
Answer: The Secretary of State has had no discussions with stakeholders on the requirements for schools to serve meat and dairy products to children, which is a matter for the Department for Education together with the Department of Health and Social Care. To ens...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: InternetMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57180 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Internet, if she will publish her Department's Acceptable Use p
Answer: I will deposit a copy in the House library.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Hello Lamp PostDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out the procurement mechanism used by the Environment Agency to award the contract for the Environment Agency Community Engagement Platform (National) 2024 to Hello Lamp
Answer: The contract is available on contracts finder via Environment Agency Community Engagement Platform (National) 2024 - Contracts Finder.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
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