Nesil Caliskan MP: written questions
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Written questions
Right to Buy Scheme: BarkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 27765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many council homes have been sold under Right to Buy in Barking constituency in each year since 2010.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Service ChargesCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27764More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans her Department has to consider leasehold service charges in the cost-of-living taskforce.
Answer: Reforms to leasehold service charges remains a matter led by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 26280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to reform the leasehold system.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: BarkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many leaks were reported across water supply infrastructure in Barking constituency over the last five years.
Answer: The Environment Agency monitors water company leakage through annual reporting across a 12-month period, assessing delivery against Water Resources Management Plans. Water companies have committed to reducing leakage by 50% from 2017/18 levels by 2050. Un...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRiver Roding: SewageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Thames Water regarding sewage discharge in the River Roding.
Answer: Thames Water assets, including sewage treatment works, pumping stations, sewers and surface water outfalls, are regularly considered in pollution investigations within the River Roding catchment. Thames Water is progressing Environment Agency approved Ass...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRiver Thames: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve water quality of the River Thames tributaries such as the River Roding.
Answer: The River Roding is affected by wastewater discharges, urban drainage and sewer misconnections. The Environment Agency works with partners to address these pressures through the Government’s Plan for Water. Under Thames Water’s Asset Management Period 8 (...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Immigration ControlsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of the Immigration and Asylum Bill on the social care sector.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Home Office on immigration issues affecting the adult social care sector, including the workforce. On 29 July, the Prime Minister set out his objectives for reforming social care and brought ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Small BusinessesDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is considering to support small and medium sized businesses operating in high street premises.
Answer: The Government’s Plan for Small Businesses sets out measures to support high street businesses by addressing crime, updating our licensing regime and targeting funding through our Pride in Place and High Street and Growth Incubator programmes. Businesses ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: Greater LondonHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of hate crime incidences recorded in (a) the Barking constituency and (b) London in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes official statistics on the number of hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area level.Data for the Metropolitan and City of London Police forces, for the year ending March 2024, can be found ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlaces of Worship Security Funding SchemeHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses for allocating protective security funds to different religious groups under the places of worship protective security fund; and whether the number of reported religi
Answer: Funding allocations for the Home Office's protective security schemes for faith communities are informed by threat and risk. We draw on a range of information, such as data on religiously motivated hate crime and assessments from policing and intelligence...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFaith Schools and Mosques: SecurityHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help keep (a) mosques and (b) muslim faith schools secure.
Answer: This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion at their chosen place of worship, and to making our streets and communities safer. The Government and police work closely together to review threats and ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Buildings: SecurityHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of hate crime around places of worship.
Answer: This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion at their chosen place of worship, and to making our streets and communities safer. The Government and police work closely together to review threats and ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Buildings: SecurityHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of protective security schemes for religious places of worship.
Answer: This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion at their chosen place of worship, and to making our streets and communities safer. The Government and police work closely together to review threats and ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCyprus: Overseas TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the trade embargo on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Answer: In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' as an independent state. Several UN Security Council Resolutions, other multil...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCyprus: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support a political solution in Cyprus .
Answer: The UK is fully committed to supporting ongoing UN efforts to reach a Cyprus Settlement. I represented the UK at the informal talks in Geneva in March chaired by the UN Secretary General, where I encouraged all sides to engage constructively towards a Set...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBetting Shops: LicensingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to increase maximum licensing fees for Track Betting Premises to local authorities.
Answer: The fees that licensing authorities collect for premises licence applications and annual renewals are used to cover administration and enforcement costs. In England and Wales, local authorities can set their own licensing fees for gambling premises, inclu...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysical Education: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of PE provision in the national curriculum.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Barking, to the answer of 28 March to Question 40068.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPhotographic Reconnaissance Unit: War MemorialsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on confirming the site for the planned Photographic Reconnaissance Unit Memorial.
Answer: The Royal Parks wrote to DCMS on 11 April 2025 regarding the site for the planned Photographic Reconnaissance Unit memorial. Officials from DCMS have since been in discussion with The Royal Parks regarding the proposed site, which is under The Royal Parks...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in levels of improvements to diagnostic services for pancreatic cancer since July 2024.
Answer: We will support the National Health Service to transform diagnostic services by spending £1.65 billion on additional capacity, including new surgical hubs and diagnostic scanners, to support the delivery of over 30,000 more procedures and 1.25 million dia...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic and Dance SchemeDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to fund the Music and Dance Scheme in 2025-26.
Answer: The department will inform Music and Dance Scheme providers about funding for the 2025/26 academic year following the conclusion of the spending review in the spring.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: HamasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary said to the House on 20 March, we strongly oppose Israel's resumption of hostilities. We urgently want to see a return to a ceasefire. More bloodshed is in no-one's interest. Hamas must release all the hostages and negotiations mu...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the amount of UK aid that has reached Gaza since 15 January 2025.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not have a breakdown of the specific amount of UK aid that has reached Gaza since 15 January 2025, but the UN reports that over 4,000 trucks of aid entered Gaza per week during the ceasefire, re...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupied Territories: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to provide further aid to (a) the Occupied Palestinian Territories and (b) Gaza.
Answer: As the Prime Minister made clear in the House on 25 February, this Government is proud of the UK's pioneering record on overseas development, and we will continue to play a key humanitarian role in Gaza. As with all Official Development Assistance (ODA) s...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommonholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Commonhold White Paper: The proposed new commonhold model for homeownership in England and Wales, published on 3 March 20
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statements I made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244) and 3 March 2025 (HCWS488).The government will consult this year on the best approach to banning new leasehold flats. We are also reviewing the Law Commissi...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreater London AuthorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to give local authorities in London a formal decision-making role in future integrated settlements applied to the Greater London Authority.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024 the Government committed to exploring how the Integrated Settlement policy could be applied for the Greater London Authority from the 2026-27 financial year onwards, taking into account the capital’s unique devolution arrangements. T...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
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