Lee Anderson MP: written questions
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Water Supply: ShortagesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackling potential water shortages relating to population growth in the future.
Answer: The Government is committed to a twin track approach to improving water resilience. This involves action to improve water efficiency and reduce water company leaks alongside investing in new supply infrastructure, including new reservoirs and water transf...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: Money LaunderingHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of money laundering by Turkish barber shops on (a) the community and (b) the wider economy.
Answer: Money laundering not only enables serious and organised crime and national security threats but impacts our communities by drawing people into crime, gangs, and exploitation. It also undermines the integrity of our financial system and impacts on economic...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWarehouses: Conditions of Employment and Working ConditionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve working conditions for people who work in distribution centres.
Answer: Government cares about working conditions and employment rights, that is why we are delivering the Employment Rights Bill. The Bill will deliver significant benefits, including better working conditions, more secure work, reducing inequalities and improvi...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate on towns with large vehicle production industries.
Answer: The government does not hold data on how the Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate has impacted on towns with large vehicle production industries specifically. However, we speak regularly to all the major UK automotive stakeholders to take the temperature of the...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCash DispensingTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57336More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54350 on Cash Dispensing: Ashfield, how she defines the reasonable provision of free cash withdrawal and deposit facilities for personal current accounts.
Answer: As the regulator responsible for the access to cash regime, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) defines reasonable provision on a geographic basis, whilst having regard to the cash access policy statement set out by HMT. The FCA’s rules set out that 95%...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: SmugglingTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57335More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54343 on Tobacco: Smuggling, how many and what proportion of those referrals resulted in the revocation of the business's economic operator registration.
Answer: The majority of referrals received so far have been in respect of businesses who do not hold an economic operator registration because they do not sell, or intend to sell, any legitimate tobacco products. Under The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Secur...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: SmugglingTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57334More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54343 on Tobacco: Smuggling, how many and what proportion of those referrals resulted in a penalty; and what the average penalty was.
Answer: Of the 312 referrals received by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) from local authority Trading Standards, 87 have so far progressed through casework to the issuing of a financial penalty for breaches of the Tobacco Track and Trace requirements. The average p...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: ChinaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on Chinese vape products on the level of illegal Chinese vapes entering the UK.
Answer: We are closely monitoring the impact of the tariffs introduced by the United States, and are prepared to act in the best interests of the United Kingdom, as shown through the Economic Prosperity Deal signed with the US in May. No assessment has been made ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve levels of care for children in social care.
Answer: The department announced the biggest overhaul to children’s social care in a generation to ensure opportunity for all children. This includes increased investment and landmark legislation through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.Our policy statem...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Care HomesDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many warning letters Ofsted has sent to unregistered care settings for children in the last year.
Answer: It is illegal to manage an unregistered setting that should be registered with Ofsted. Unregistered settings pose a risk to children, given there is no assurance about safety.Ofsted can pursue criminal prosecution, and between April 2023 and March 2024, o...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Care HomesDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle unregistered care settings for children.
Answer: It is illegal to manage an unregistered setting that should be registered with Ofsted. Unregistered settings pose a risk to children, given there is no assurance about safety.Ofsted can pursue criminal prosecution, and between April 2023 and March 2024, o...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Winter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people began receiving Pension Credit after the announcement of changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment in 2024.
Answer: On 29 May 2025 we published Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application volumes up to 25 May 2025. Pension Credit Statistics - May 2025Comparing the period since the announcement on 29 July 2024 that Winter Fuel...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Trade UnionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trade union access proposals on SMEs that employ less than 200 people.
Answer: The Government is committed to modernising industrial relations and as part of this we are moving away from a reliance on outdated, ad-hoc access arrangements by providing a formal right of access for trade unions in the Employment Rights Bill.We will be ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help support (a) seriously ill and (b) disabled people who may be affected by proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment.
Answer: We have committed to introduce a new requirement that claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to focus PIP on those with highe...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: VacanciesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interim support his Department is providing to integrated care boards in relation to NHS dentist shortages in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions.Integrated care boards have started to advertise posts through the Golden Hello scheme....
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: AshfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of access to NHS dental care in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: The Dental Statistics - England 2023/24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324In the NHS Not...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: AshfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of available NHS dental appointments in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: AshfieldDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test examiners have left the DVSA in Ashfield constituency in the last year.
Answer: During the last 12 months, two driving examiners (DE) have retired in Ashfield. As a result of recruitment campaigns in Ashfield, in the last 12 months two new entrants were successful. One new entrant has completed their training and is conducting drivin...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: AshfieldDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test examiners have been onboarded in Ashfield constituency in the last year.
Answer: During the last 12 months, two driving examiners (DE) have retired in Ashfield. As a result of recruitment campaigns in Ashfield, in the last 12 months two new entrants were successful. One new entrant has completed their training and is conducting drivin...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: AshfieldDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting times were for (i) theory and (ii) practical driving tests in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: During the last 12 months, two driving examiners (DE) have retired in Ashfield. As a result of recruitment campaigns in Ashfield, in the last 12 months two new entrants were successful. One new entrant has completed their training and is conducting drivin...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which areas of England have the longest waiting time for a driving test.
Answer: During the last 12 months, two driving examiners (DE) have retired in Ashfield. As a result of recruitment campaigns in Ashfield, in the last 12 months two new entrants were successful. One new entrant has completed their training and is conducting drivin...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the validity of driving theory tests to a minimum of three years.
Answer: The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is in place to ensure a customer’s road safety knowledge and ability to identify developing hazards is current. This validity period is set in legislation, a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the DVSA on waiting times for driving tests.
Answer: During the last 12 months, two driving examiners (DE) have retired in Ashfield. As a result of recruitment campaigns in Ashfield, in the last 12 months two new entrants were successful. One new entrant has completed their training and is conducting drivin...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Allowance to enable more people to claim it
Answer: The Government wants to expand eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments, recognising the goals of supporting these pensioners, meeting need and of sustainable public finances. Any change will be announced to Parliament in the normal way.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCash Dispensing: AshfieldTreasuryTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54350More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure access to cash in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those in vulnerable groups, and is committed to protecting access to cash for individuals and businesses.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumed ...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
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