Neil Hudson MP: written questions
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Proof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposals for digital ID on people without smartphones.
Answer: The Government will deliver a comprehensive inclusion programme to help ensure everyone eligible is able to access the new digital ID. This will include targeted support for those who may struggle to access or engage with digital services or devices. The ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of its proposals for digital ID on (a) older people and (b) vulnerable groups in Epping Forest constituency.
Answer: The Government will deliver a comprehensive inclusion programme to help ensure everyone eligible is able to access the new digital ID. This will include targeted support for those who may struggle to access or engage with digital services or devices. The ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its proposals for digital ID on older people.
Answer: The Government will deliver a comprehensive inclusion programme to help ensure everyone eligible is able to access the new digital ID. This will include targeted support for those who may struggle to access or engage with digital services or devices. The ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: PricesTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78803More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her economic policies on inflation for food and drink.
Answer: HM Treasury does not produce forecasts for the UK economy. Forecasting the economy, including the impact of Government policy decisions, is the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which published its latest forecast o...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: InflationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on reducing inflation of food and drink.
Answer: Over the past year, Defra Ministers have regularly engaged with HM Treasury Ministers on cost-of-living pressures, including the inflationary impacts on food and drink. The Child Poverty Taskforce provides a helpful cross-Whitehall forum for ministers acr...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInflation: Epping ForestTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78801More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of inflation on (a) businesses, (b) farmers and (c) consumers in Epping Forest constituency.
Answer: The Office for National Statistics does not publish inflation statistics at the level of individual constituencies such as Epping Forest. However, the Government understands that inflation remains a challenge for businesses, including farmers, and consume...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: InflationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent trends in the level of inflation for food and drink on food security.
Answer: UK consumer food prices depend on a range of factors including agri-food import prices, domestic agricultural prices, domestic labour and manufacturing costs, and Sterling exchange rates. Changes in food prices are dependent on changes in one or more of t...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the process of applying for an ECHP.
Answer: This government inherited a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system that has failed to meet the needs of families for far too long.We want to ensure that, where required, education, health and care (EHC) needs assessments are progressed p...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to provide mental health support in schools in Epping Forest constituency.
Answer: The government is providing access to specialist mental health professionals in every school by expanding Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs). 53% of schools and colleges in Epping Forest constituency were supported by an MHST in March 2025. Further data ...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Epping ForestDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support pupils with SEND in Epping Forest constituency.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that every child or young person receives the best possible educational experience, one that is academically stretching, where every child or young person feels like they belong and that sets them up for life and work.As part...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FinanceTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76057More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of measures in the Autumn Budget 2025 on the farming sector.
Answer: The Chancellor of the Exchequer holds regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on a range of issues.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal and Plant Health AgencyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to hold discussions with the Animal and Plant Health Agency on their ability to respond to category five animal disease outbreaks.
Answer: Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency regularly discuss capacity and capability to manage disease outbreaks at a variety of governance boards including the Outbreak Readiness Board and the Disease Emergency Response Committee. APHA has dealt with m...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Labour TurnoverDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to help increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of vets in the public sector.
Answer: Defra is aware of the numerous challenges facing recruitment and retention of qualified veterinary surgeons into Government roles. The Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Food Standards Agency have been looking at ways to increase recruitment into Gove...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhouses: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 71412 on Slaughterhouses, how much funding is remaining in the Smaller Abattoir Fund.
Answer: The total funding remaining for the Smaller Abattoir Fund is £704,928.
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhouses: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 71412 on Slaughterhouses, how much funding has been issued from the Smaller Abattoir Fund since July 2024.
Answer: Since July 2024, the Rural Payment Agency has paid £406,545 to customers of the Smaller Abattoir Fund.
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods Resilience TaskforceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the Floods Resilience Taskforce has met since September 2024; and on what dates.
Answer: The Flood Resilience Taskforce meets quarterly to coordinate and drive forward work on national flood resilience by national and local government and partners including the emergency services, environment and farming sectors and community groups. Since it...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: PetsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71418More
Question: Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the Renters Rights Bill on the number of renters who will not be able to request a pet.
Answer: The Renters’ Rights Bill will give all private rented sector tenants the right to request a pet, which landlords will not be able to unreasonably refuse.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCats: TaggingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the number of cats being microchipped.
Answer: From 10 June 2024, all owned cats in England over 20 weeks of age must be microchipped and registered on a compliant database. The legislation is intended to improve pet welfare by increasing the likelihood of reuniting lost or stray pets with their keepe...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCats: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle the designer breeding of (a) brachycephalic cats, (b) bully cats, (c) hybrid cats and (d) other cats.
Answer: Defra commissioned the Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) to examine the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices. The report can be found here. The Government is carefully considering its recommendations.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPets: DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support responsible dog ownership.
Answer: Defra is working with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to encourage responsible dog ownership, to ensure dog control issues are addressed before they escalate and to make sure the full force of the law is applied. As part of this wo...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting the 5 per cent rule for smaller abattoirs on the abattoir sector.
Answer: Working with Devolved Governments, Competent Authorities, and industry stakeholders, Defra has considered the potential merits of adopting the livestock unit regulatory flexibility (5% Rule) for smaller abattoirs, as part of its commitment to identifying ...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in Food Security Agency charges for the 2025/26 financial year on small and medium-sized abattoirs.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) conducts and charges for official controls, inspections, in abattoirs, which help to ensure that food hygiene and animal welfare standards are met. The controls are an intrinsic component in our food system which provide re...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhouses: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will confirm whether it plans to maintain the Smaller Abattoir Fund.
Answer: Defra recognises the vital role smaller abattoirs play in supporting local livestock producers and maintaining a resilient and competitive food supply chain. The Government will continue to work to simplify and rationalise our grant funding from 2026 onwa...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the welfare of farm animals transported within the UK.
Answer: All farm animals transported in the UK are protected by comprehensive legal requirements aimed at protecting their welfare. These include the provision of sufficient space, feed and water, ensuring that vehicles used are fit for purpose and secure and tha...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWildlife: PetsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 in reducing the number of dangerous wild animals being kept in private homes.
Answer: The main purpose of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (the DWAA) is to ensure that where private individuals keep such animals, including on a farm, they do so in circumstances which create no risk to the public.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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