Matt Bishop MP: written questions

Written questions

• Bicycles: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19197More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it mandatory for cyclists to have lights on their bikes.

  Answer: It is already a requirement that cycles have white front and red rear lights lit when being ridden at night. Under The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 cycles must also be fitted with a red rear reflector and amber pedal reflectors (if manufactured...

  Answered 12 Dec 2024

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• Out of Area Treatment: WalesWales OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19196More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to provide (a) guidance and (b) training to healthcare providers on welsh health regulations when providing cross-border healthcare se

  Answer: NHS Wales and NHS England have a Statement of Values and Principles that underpins the arrangements for treatment for patients living on the Wales England border. This supports better patient outcomes and avoids fragmentation of care for those people livi...

  Answered 16 Dec 2024

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• Department for Work and Pensions: Rural AreasDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18046More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) the most vulnerable and (b) other people living in rural constituencies can easily access her Department's support (i) digitally and (ii) through local office

  Answer: All DWP colleagues are trained to support our most vulnerable customers and have access to a wide range of guidance and signposting to support them. Where further specialist help is required, DWP has a national network of Advanced Customer Support Senior ...

  Answered 12 Dec 2024

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• Small Businesses: FloodsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17717More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to support small businesses with flood damage (a) prevention and (b) mitigation.

  Answer: Protecting communities and small businesses around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five core priorities. That is why we have committed £2.4 billion to invest over the next two years to bolster the nation’s resilience, which is...

  Answered 6 Jan 2025

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• Floods: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17716More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to collaborate with local authorities to ensure that infrastructure is swiftly repaired after the recent floods.

  Answer: The Government inherited flood assets in their worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous Government – just 92.1% of the Environment Agency’s 38,000 high consequence assets are currently at required condition. To ensure w...

  Answered 17 Dec 2024

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• Childcare and Pre-school Education: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17715More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that early education and care providers are adequately supported to provide places for 70,000 more children by autumn 2025.

  Answer: Giving children the best start in life is key to the government’s Opportunity Mission. Good parenting and high quality early education provide the foundation for children to achieve and thrive. This government is determined to ensure that parents have acc...

  Answered 11 Dec 2024

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• Higher Education: GraduatesDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17053More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether they are taking steps to financially support individuals who have already completed a university degree to retrain in another area at university.

  Answer: Currently, the Equivalent or Lower Qualification (ELQ) rules prevent those studying for a second higher education course, at a level lower or equivalent to their first qualification, from receiving either tuition fee loans or maintenance loans for that co...

  Answered 9 Dec 2024

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• Firearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15362More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the suspension of firearm certificate grants by Gloucestershire Constabulary.

  Answer: Chief Constables have operational responsibility for consideration of firearms licensing applications and the allocation of resources to firearms licensing units.However, we expect police forces to ensure that all applications for firearm certificates, wh...

  Answered 29 Nov 2024

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