Lee Anderson MP: written questions
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Educational Institutions: Freedom of ExpressionDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support freedom of speech in (a) schools and (b) universities.
Answer: This government is absolutely committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom in schools, universities and beyond. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, confirmed to Parliament on 15 January the government’s plans for the future ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinvesting fines collected from water companies in reducing water bills.
Answer: The Water Restoration Fund, which launched in April last year, is reinvesting funding based on water company environmental fines and penalties into projects to improve the water environment. Up to £11 million of funding was made available on a competitive...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: Government AssistanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to help consumers with the cost of water bills.
Answer: Under the Conservatives, our sewage system crumbled. They irresponsibly let water companies divert customers’ money to line the pockets of their bosses and shareholders. The public are right to be angry after they have been left to pay the price of Conser...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordShoplifting: SentencingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the length of prison sentences for violent shoplifting offences.
Answer: In the last year of the previous government, shoplifting soared to a twenty-year high, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse . We will not stand for this.Everybody has a right to feel safe at their place of work and this Government is comm...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordShoplifting: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested and (b) charged for shoplifting offences in 2024.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of shoplifting offences, and their investigative outcomes (including those resulting in charged/summons), on a quarterly basis. The latest information, to the year ending September 2024, wer...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish a timetable for local government re-organisation.
Answer: I wrote to all councils in two-tier areas and to neighbouring small unitaries on 5th February to formally invite unitary proposals from all these councils. These letters will shortly be published on gov.uk and they set out the timelines and next steps for...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: AshfieldMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Ashfield District Council about phase one of the local government re-organisation.
Answer: There has not been a meeting with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Ashfield District Council about phase one of the local government re-organisation.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: AsylumDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of asylum seekers enrolled in university access programmes in each of the last five years.
Answer: The UK has a longstanding and proud tradition of providing a safe haven to those who have no choice but to leave their home country because of endangerment to their lives or to those of their families. Higher education (HE) student support is available to...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Low IncomesDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of students from low income backgrounds enrolled on university access programmes.
Answer: Access to higher education (HE) should be based on ability and attainment, not background. Opportunity should be available to all and it is the department’s aspiration that no groups are left behind.Grants and loans are available for students to undertake...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: AsylumDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many asylum seekers have begun degree qualifications whilst waiting for leave to remain in the UK.
Answer: The UK has a longstanding and proud tradition of providing a safe haven to those who have no choice but to leave their home country because of endangerment to their lives or to those of their families. Higher education (HE) student support is available to...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorism: Children and Young PeopleHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of twenty five were referred to Prevent in each of the last ten years, broken down by sex.
Answer: The Home Office publishes annual information on the number of referrals to Prevent, with the latest published figures being found here: Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, April 2023 to March 2024.Table 8 within the data t...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people referred to the Prevent programme more than once.
Answer: Based on data provided to the Home Office by Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (CTPHQ), it is estimated that between 2015 – 2025, circa 12% of all individuals on the Prevent Case Management database had multiple Prevent cases.This data is an extract...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: ChemicalsMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with veterans who were guarding the Qarmat Ali water treatment in Iraq in 2003 on their exposure to sodium dichromate.
Answer: On 15 January I met with veterans who guarded the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in Iraq in 2003. It was a positive meeting in which my priority was giving the veterans the space to be able to share their experiences and concerns. I am committed to regu...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: ChemicalsMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will write to veterans who were responsible for guarding the Qarmat Ali water treatment in Iraq in 2003 to offer medical checks.
Answer: On 15 January I met with veterans who guarded the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in Iraq in 2003. It was a positive meeting in which my priority was giving the veterans the space to be able to share their experiences and concerns. I am committed to regu...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she hold discussions with the Rt hon. and hon. Members from (a) Yorkshire and (b) Greater Manchester about the potential merits of a national inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: Since coming into office last July, the Government has been focused on delivering meaningful change for victims and survivors impacted by these horrendous crimes. We have continued to engage with many stakeholders and stand ready to meet and have met with...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme trustees about the review of that Scheme.
Answer: I met with the Chair and Trustee representatives of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme on 16 December where they outlined their proposals for changes to the Scheme.
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to provide (a) educational and (b) training support to apprentices, in the context of of recent trends in the level of Level 7 funding.
Answer: This government is committed to spreading opportunities and economic growth with the support of a strong skills system. The government is reforming the current apprenticeship offer to ensure that more young people can benefit from high quality training.Th...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHome EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure parents maintain the right to home educate their children.
Answer: Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 sets out a parent’s right to educate otherwise than at school, i.e. to home educate. The department knows many parents work hard to provide a suitable education for their children in their home environment.
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Ashfield and MansfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) healthcare services, (b) GPs and (c) mental health support in (i) Ashfield and (ii) Mansfield constituencies.
Answer: Since June 2022, the 42 integrated care boards (ICBs) across England have been responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services that meet the clinical needs of their respective populations, with the NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrax Power StationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the sustainability of energy produced by Drax power station in the last 12 years.
Answer: The Government supports biomass as a low carbon source of energy only where relevant sustainability criteria are met. Drax must demonstrate compliance with these criteria to Ofgem as the independent regulator. Evidence provided is independently audited. O...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrax Power Station: SubsidiesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to continue providing subsidy payments to the Drax power station.
Answer: A consultation was held under the previous administration on whether a transitional support mechanism should be introduced for large-scale biomass generators when their current support ends. Government is considering the responses to that consultation and...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: AshfieldMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to help (a) first-time buyers and (b) low-income families secure housing in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: The affordability challenges facing prospective first-time buyers mean that too many people are now locked out of homeownership.The government is committed to delivering 1.5 million homes, including the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuild...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) victims and (b) victims families impacted by grooming gangs; and what steps she is taking to ensure these incidents don't occur in the future.
Answer: We have been clear that this Government is prioritising work to safeguard children, ensure victims and survivors are protected and supported, while pursing offenders and bringing them to justice.I have supported, and continue to support, many victims and ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices and Training: AshfieldDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) vocational training and (b) apprenticeship programs in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: This government is working to create a clear, flexible, high-quality skills system that supports people of all ages, breaking down the barriers to opportunity and driving economic growth.The department has established Skills England to ensure we have the ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming: VATTreasuryTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21378More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact of VAT on private swimming schools.
Answer: VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. Tax breaks reduce the revenue available for public services, and must represent value for money for the taxpayer. At Autumn Budget 2024, the Gov...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
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