Lee Anderson MP: written questions
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Air Pollution: AshfieldDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of air quality levels in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: Local authorities review and assess air quality in their areas and publish an annual report on their actions to improve local air quality including local monitoring data which is assessed by Defra. In their most recent report, the Council indicated they w...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of roads in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England are deemed to be in poor condition.
Answer: In the financial year ending March 2024, the percentage of Local A roads and motorways in Nottinghamshire where maintenance should have been considered was 3%, B and C roads was 4%, and unclassified roads was 35%. For the same period, in England, the perc...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDegrees: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of AI on undergraduate degree integrity.
Answer: There are huge opportunities for artificial intelligence (AI) as it becomes more sophisticated, particularly through generative AI, and the department knows higher education (HE) and the industries they work with are at the forefront of this. There will b...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHamas: Hostage TakingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the International Committee of the Red Cross on delivery of humanitarian supplies to Israeli hostages still held by Hamas.
Answer: The UK remains deeply concerned about Israeli hostages held by Hamas. We fully support the International Committee of the Red Cross's (ICRC) efforts to secure humanitarian access in line with international humanitarian law. The ICRC is the only humanitari...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: AshfieldDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve management of flood risk in high-risk areas of Ashfield constituency.
Answer: Ashfield constituency suffered flooding to 58 properties in Storm Babet, October 2023 and to six properties in Storm Henk, January 2024. Much of the flooding risk in Ashfield is from ‘ordinary watercourses’ or surface water run-off, both of which are the ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKing's Mill Hospital: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for operations at King's Mill Hospital.
Answer: King’s Mill Hospital is the largest hospital within the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The trust has secured additional outpatient, diagnostic, and operating capacity to help reduce waiting times for operations.This has been done by worki...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve public transport services outside of major cities.
Answer: We are committed to funding all local areas to deliver their local transport priorities. We are providing £2.3 billion over the spending review period through the Local Transport Grant for local transport improvements outside of London and the largest cit...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: AshfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to (a) optician and (b) eye health provision in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.Free National Health Service sight tests are widely available across the country, from any...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will ensure that hon. Members are able to debate a divisible motion on the agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.
Answer: Parliamentary business will be arranged in the usual way.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help prevent anti-Christian (a) violence and (b) persecution in Nigeria.
Answer: The UK regularly advocates for the protection of all vulnerable communities, including religious minorities at the UN, and other multilateral fora. Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB) is regularly raised with the Nigerian Government during bilateral dis...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the use of stop and search to tackle knife crime.
Answer: Stop and search remains a fundamental tool for tackling knife crime, exercised fairly and effectively. Police officers have the power to stop and search individuals or vehicles for offensive weapons, provided they have reasonable grounds to suspect they w...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to introduce mandatory prison sentences for carrying bladed articles.
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling knife crime as a priority. We are clear that those who carry knives unlawfully must face serious consequences, and that sentencing must reflect the harm these offences cause to victims and communities.In recognitio...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGraffitiDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle graffiti vandalism.
Answer: Local authorities are primarily responsible for managing graffiti on their land. Existing Defra guidance on managing graffiti and flyposting for local authorities and others outlines the options available for tackling these issues with examples of good pr...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRAF AkrotiriForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether RAF Akrotiri and Dhekelia will remain an Overseas Territory.
Answer: The UK Government retains sovereignty over the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBAs) under the 1960 Treaty of Establishment. The UK Government remains resolutely committed to the SBAs, which make an important contribution to the security of...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFalkland Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Falkland Islands will remain an Overseas Territory.
Answer: Yes. We will always resolutely defend the sovereignty and self-determination of the Falkland Islands, as I and other Ministers have made repeatedly clear in the House, and to the Members of the Legislative Assembly and Governor in my regular meetings with...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where she plans to relocate irregular migrants living in hotels to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029.
Answer: The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders and consider a range of options to fulfil its statutory obligations, and deliver our commitment to reduce the overall cost of asylum accommodation, including ending the use of hotels by the en...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: AutismDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help support autistic people into the workplace.
Answer: We are committed to supporting neurodivergent people, including autistic people, get into and thrive in work. Our Jobcentres have a range of support available, including Disability Employment Advisors.On 6th March 2025 we announced that we will deploy 100...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: AutismDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of requiring Personal Independent Payment claimants to score four points in a single category on autistic people.
Answer: No assessment has been made.Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper’(opens in a new tab).Among those in receipt of Personal...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that his Department collects data on (a) lobular and (b) ductal breast cancer separately.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects and analyses diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. Further information on the National Disease Registration Service is available at t...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDyslexia: NottinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support her Department is providing for dyslexic children in Nottinghamshire.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.We recognise that the early identification of ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDyslexiaDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will lower the age for dyslexia assessments.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.We recognise that the early identification of ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: StrikesDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of schools impacted by strike action during the (a) GCSE and (b) A-level exam period.
Answer: There is currently no national industrial action taking place in schools. There is no requirement for schools to report instances of local industrial action in schools and the department does not collect data on local strike action.The department’s guidan...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: StrikesDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with teachers' unions on strike action during the GCSE exam period.
Answer: There is currently no national industrial action taking place in schools. There is no requirement for schools to report instances of local industrial action in schools and the department does not collect data on local strike action.The department’s guidan...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: NottinghamshireHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce knife crime in Nottinghamshire.
Answer: Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission and we are determined to tackle the scourge of serious knife crime on our streets.To date, we have implemented a ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-style m...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordClive BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to improve living conditions at Clive Barracks; and whether he plans to relocate troops stationed there.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently undertaking an extensive review of its entire Service Family Accommodation (SFA) portfolio, to determine how the department will invest to strengthen housing standards for forces families. The Defence Housing Str...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
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