Joe Robertson MP: written questions
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Import Controls: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the agreement between the EU and UK to create a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement of 19 May 2025, whether agri-food tech exports would be required to meet (a) UK a
Answer: The EU have accepted there will need to be a number of areas where we need to retain our own rules. The details of these are subject to negotiation, but we have been clear about the importance of being able to set high animal welfare standards, support pu...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBeverage Containers: Deposit Return SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that UK Deposit Management Organisation Ltd includes representation from (a) small businesses and (b) the wider beverage industry.
Answer: Small businesses, including small producers and retailers, are key to the success of the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. During the development of DRS policy and legislation, the Government worked closely with small businesses and their...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics and Metals: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the inclusion of (a) plastic containers and (b) metal cans in the extended producer responsibility scheme following the rollout of the deposit return scheme
Answer: The Government is not currently considering changes to the scope of pEPR or Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The DRS regulation sets out the requirement for the Government to conduct a post implementation review of the DRS to consider its effectiveness, costs...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlass: Deposit Return SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to include glass in the deposit return scheme from 2027.
Answer: The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in England will include single-use drinks containers from 150ml to 3 litres. Materials included are polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, steel, and aluminium drink containers In England, Northern ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the (a) Extended Producer Responsibility and (b) Deposit Return Scheme thresholds for beverage manufacturers are applied (i) per-brand and (ii) according to the size of the par
Answer: If a business is the brand owner of the packaging, then they must include this when determining how much packaging they handle. There is guidance available on gov.uk and the ‘Extended producer responsibility for packaging: Regulators’ agreed positions and...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to review extended producer responsibility fees.
Answer: Producers were required to submit their final 2024 data by 1 April 2025. Following this deadline, we are conducting regulatory checks. Once checks are conducted to an appropriate level, we will use 2024 data and insight from regulator checks to publish pE...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBeverage Containers: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce a requirement for tethered caps on drinks before 2029.
Answer: There are no plans to introduce a tethered caps requirement before 2029.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBeverage Containers: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a UK-based beverage manufacturer can accept returns of all recyclable product packaging to offset their Extended Producer Responsibility levy.
Answer: Existing provisions in the pEPR regulations only allow for offsets from disposal cost fees for: packaging that is not commonly collected by Local Authorities for recycling, defined as packaging collected by less than 75% of Local Authorities; orreusable p...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBeverage Containers: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether beverage industry manufacturers will be required to pay the Extended Producer Responsibility levy if they sell their products in the on-trade market with proof from the vendor
Answer: The current regulations do not allow for this. This is because there are real challenges in effectively applying and compliance monitoring such an exemption across all sectors and producer types, resulting in a significant risk of misreporting and fraud. ...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England plans to remove the minimum age of referral to specialist gender identity clinics.
Answer: On 7 August 2024, NHS England published a new service specification that describes the pathway onto the waiting list for NHS Children and Young People's Gender Services in line with the recommendations of the Cass Review. The service specification does no...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ban bottom trawling within more English Marine Protected Areas.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath on 13 November 2024, PQ 13315.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHighly Protected Marine AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase the number of highly protected marine areas in English waters.
Answer: Defra is undertaking a review of the English Marine Protected Area network to look at whether sites are in the right places with the right protection. The review will explore ways to update protection and management approaches to better address the nature...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism and Learning Disability: Community CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve community support to help tackle the number of people with (a) a learning disability and (b) autism in inpatient units.
Answer: National Health Service planning guidance, published on 30 January 2025, includes a focus on improving mental health and learning disability care and contains the objective to deliver a minimum 10% reduction in the use of mental health inpatient care for ...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 42145 Community Health Services: Medical Equipment, what data his Department holds on the number of contracts agreed between local NHS proc
Answer: Neither the Department or NHS England hold data on contracts agreed between local National Health Service procuring authorities and community equipment providers.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: TransportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the NHS is for cross solent travel for (a) patients, (b) ambulance transport and (c) staff annually.
Answer: Information at this level of detail is not held centrally.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Postgraduate EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's postgraduate training review will consider the level of access to training opportunities available to international medical graduates.
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.To reform the National Health Service and make it fit for the future, we have launched a 10-Year Health Plan as par...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the revised Long-Term Workforce Plan will include a detailed plan for (a) meeting demand for training and (b) resolving competition ratios in the NHS.
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.To reform the National Health Service and make it fit for the future, we have launched a 10-Year Health Plan as par...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: TaxationTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47517More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to meet with the British Retail Consortium to discuss its request that the UK’s de minimis limit on low value imports be reviewed.
Answer: The Government has received a broad range of representation from stakeholders who are interested in the customs treatment of low value imports. Last week the Government announced a review of these arrangements and as part of this, Treasury Ministers and o...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: TaxationTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47516More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the de minimis limit for low value imports in the context of US tariffs.
Answer: The Government has received a broad range of representation from stakeholders who are interested in the customs treatment of low value imports. Last week the Government announced a review of these arrangements and as part of this, Treasury Ministers and o...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: TaxationTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47515More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the British Retail Consortium’s publication entitled Trade Community Call - De Minimis Rule, published on 11 April 2025.
Answer: The Government has received a broad range of representation from stakeholders who are interested in the customs treatment of low value imports. Last week the Government announced a review of these arrangements and as part of this, Treasury Ministers and o...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: TaxationTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47514More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations she has received on reviewing the UK’s de minimis limit for low value imports.
Answer: The Government has received a broad range of representation from stakeholders who are interested in the customs treatment of low value imports. Last week the Government announced a review of these arrangements and as part of this, Treasury Ministers and o...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support community pharmacy through the 10-year plan.
Answer: This Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting and community pharmacies will have a big role to play in that s...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle instances of inequitable access to pharmacies across geographic areas.
Answer: Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system, and the Government recognises the integral role they play within our communities, as an easily accessible ‘front door’ to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent community pharmacy closures in (a) rural and (b) deprived areas.
Answer: Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system, and the Government recognises the integral role they play within our communities, as an easily accessible ‘front door’ to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure equitable access to pharmacies across geographic areas, in the context of pharmacy closures.
Answer: Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system, and the Government recognises the integral role they play within our communities, as an easily accessible ‘front door’ to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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