Lorraine Beavers MP: written questions
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SentencingAttorney GeneralTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906314More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Answer: The Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme can deliver justice for the victims of some of the most serious crimes, including murder and rape. During 2024, my office dealt with requests to review 831 sentences. So far during 2025, we have already exceeded th...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the extent of regional inequities in the provision of early access programmes for (a) innovative treatments and (b) people living with SOD1 motor neurone disease.
Answer: Company-led early access programmes (EAPs) are not endorsed by the Department or NHS England and no assessment has been made of whether there are regional inequities in the provision of early access programmes for innovative treatments and people living w...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential merits of recovering the costs of treating chemical pollutants in (a) drinking water, (b) wastewater and (c) high risk sites in England from th
Answer: Defra is committed to the ‘polluter pays’ principle and regularly reviews ways to improve its implementation and efficacy. The Government can already seek cost recovery for contaminated land so that the responsible party (typically the polluter or current...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPer- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: TaxationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) implications for his policies of the recent tax introduced in France on industrial emissions of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl su
Answer: Defra continues to work closely with the other Government Departments, regulators, and the Devolved Governments to assess levels of PFAS occurring in the environment, their sources and their potential risks, in order to inform policy and regulatory approa...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904379More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to encourage the insourcing of public services.
Answer: This Government is determined to deliver high quality public services and better value for money for the taxpayer. To further this aim, the government has committed to introducing a public interest test to assess whether expiring contracts could be better...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.59 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, what proportion of the additional funding for homelessness in 2025/26 has been (a) alloc
Answer: Funding allocations for homelessness and rough sleeping in 2025/26 were published on 18 December 2024 here. In line with grant funding conditions, local authorities will report their spending at the end of financial year.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a reviewing homelessness funding across departments.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to deliver the long-term solutions we need to get us back on track to ending homelessness. This includes chairing a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group, bringing together ministers from across gover...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory fare meters in private hire vehicles.
Answer: Licensing authorities have the power to set maximum taxi fares for journeys within their area. Regulated fares provide an important element of customer protection in the rank and hail market where passengers do not have a choice over which vehicle they hi...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUber: TaxisDepartment for TransportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to strengthen regulations on out-of-area working of private hire Uber vehicles.
Answer: The Department is considering options to improve the current regulatory position in respect of taxis and private hire vehicles and will consult shortly on whether to make all local transport authorities, including Strategic Authorities, responsible for ta...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUber: TaxisDepartment for TransportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Uber accounts are not used by unlicensed taxi drivers.
Answer: Enforcement of the private hire vehicle licensing regime is a matter for licensing authorities and the police. Any licensed private hire vehicle operators found to be enabling the use of unlicensed drivers or vehicles to carry passengers may be prosecuted...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the deadline for applications to the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Answer: I understand the Honourable Member’s interest here and I thank her for her letter to the Attorney General’s Office on this issue.Parliament intended the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme to be an exceptional power but it is important for victims and offender...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity Act 1989Department for Business and TradeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Electricity Act 1989 to ensure that the use of sub-meters in domestic properties is subject to the same consumer protections as
Answer: Under the Electricity Act 1989 all electricity meters used for billing must be of an approved design and be accurate. Those who charge anyone through submeters, such as landlords, in domestic properties ultimately have the same legal obligations as licens...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: VisasHome OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to improve the usability for the UK Visas and Immigration Sponsor Management System.
Answer: The Home Office is currently investing in an ambitious programme of transformation to improve efficiency and effectiveness, which includes the sponsorship I.T system.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying regional weighting for the minimum salary threshold for the Skilled Worker visa.
Answer: The salary thresholds are in place to ensure that resident workers’ wages should not be undercut and to protect overseas workers from being used as low-cost labour. The thresholds are set at the median levels according to the Office for National Statistic...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the minimum salary threshold for the Skilled Worker visa to provide exemptions for (a) the manufacturing sector and (b) other se
Answer: The salary thresholds are in place to ensure that resident workers’ wages should not be undercut and to protect overseas workers from being used as low-cost labour. The thresholds are set at the median levels according to the Office for National Statistic...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Blackpool North and FleetwoodDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests in Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards. Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at all driving test centres (DTC), includ...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupil ExclusionsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the practice of off-rolling.
Answer: The government is clear that off-rolling is an unacceptable practice and the department continues to work with Ofsted to tackle it.Ofsted takes any use of unlawful exclusions and off-rolling very seriously. Where evidence of off-rolling is found by inspec...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNoise: NuisanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to simplify the process for the issuance of abatement notices by the Environment Agency.
Answer: Defra is responsible for the domestic legislation covering Statutory Nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, whilst Local Authorities environmental health departments are the main enforcers of the Statutory Nuisance regime and associated leg...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLandfill: Coastal AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning further licenses for coastal landfill sites.
Answer: The Secretary of State does not currently have plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of banning further licences for coastal landfill sites. The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations provide an integrated framework for the...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLandfillDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to require landfill operators to publish regular information on the (a) types and (b) quantities of waste deposited at each of their sites.
Answer: The waste data for landfills in England is publicly available through the Environment Agency. Operators must report waste types and quantities, which are part of a public register accessible via the Environment Agency and published annually on GOV.UK: How...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWaste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to strengthen the Environment Agency's due diligence processes for (a) awarding and (b) transferring environmental permits.
Answer: Guidance on due diligence checks for a) awarding and b) transferring environmental permits under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 are set out in the legal and operator competence guidance and the relevant convictions guida...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Lottery: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds data on the amount the Health Lottery (a) makes in profit and (b) spends on social endeavours.
Answer: The Health Lottery has social responsibility duties and requirements to provide information to the Gambling Commission about proceeds and how these are split between prizes, expenses and good causes under its licence from the Gambling Commission. The Depa...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Lottery: AccountabilityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with the Health Lottery on fulfilling its social responsibility duties.
Answer: The Health Lottery has social responsibility duties and requirements to provide information to the Gambling Commission about proceeds and how these are split between prizes, expenses and good causes under its licence from the Gambling Commission. The Depa...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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