Rebecca Long Bailey MP: written questions
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Warm Homes AgencyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on establishing the Warm Homes Agency.
Answer: Following the announcement of the Warm Homes Agency, officials have been working with relevant stakeholders, including Ofgem, Salix, devolved governments and local authorities, to develop the design, scope and functions of the Agency. We will further deve...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on establishing the Warm Homes Plan workforce.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will create high-quality jobs and boost innovation to deliver economic growth. The government, in partnership with the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has established the Warm Homes Plan Workforce Taskforce to facilitate the transition, c...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company Obligation: Small BusinessesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to provide support to energy efficiency (a) SMEs and (b) microbusinesses dependent on ECO scheme funding.
Answer: The Government recognises that ending ECO presents challenges for the supply chain. The Government will support the transition to opportunities provided by the Warm Homes Plan, including new regulations for renters and new builds treating millions of home...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the ECO scheme on energy efficiency sector workers and businesses.
Answer: The Government recognises that ending ECO presents challenges for the supply chain. The Government will support the transition to opportunities provided by the Warm Homes Plan, including new regulations for renters and new builds treating millions of home...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company Obligation: Small BusinessesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of SMEs and microbusinesses in the energy efficiency sector and wider supply chains that are dependent on ECO scheme funding.
Answer: The Government recognises that ending ECO presents challenges for the supply chain. The Government will support the transition to opportunities provided by the Warm Homes Plan, including new regulations for renters and new builds treating millions of home...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding is currently available for energy efficiency retrofitting of insulation for low-income households; and what funding will be available through the (a) Warm Homes Plan and (b) othe
Answer: The £15 billion investment in the Warm Homes Plan includes £5 billion allocated to low-income households, delivered initially through the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (WH:SHF) and the Warm Homes: Local Grant (WH:LG). These continue to provide fabric me...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMcDonalds RestaurantsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to encourage McDonald's Restaurants UK to take up the offer from the UK National Contact Point to provide mediation with complainants regarding the corporation's compliance with
Answer: The Office for Responsible Business Conduct’s (ORBC) Dispute Resolution Service, formerly the UK National Contact Point, operates independently from Ministers. In line with the ORBC’s rules of procedure, mediation has been offered to both parties to the C...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Salford of 11 September 2025 on the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
Answer: The letter in question was transferred to this Department and issues raised were addressed in a response issued on 15 October. The 15 October letter was a response to correspondence received from my hon Friend on 11 September 2025 and 17 September on the ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Salford of 30 October 2025 on deaths in custody and prison management at HMP Forest Bank, reference number MC128673.
Answer: The Department apologises for the delay in responding on this occasion and we regret that this falls short of expected standards. We are prioritising this and a response will be issued within the coming week.
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBroadcasting: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the use of extension of probationary periods in publicly owned broadcasters to detriment whistleblowing employees.
Answer: Our public service broadcasters are operationally independent of Government and so probationary periods rightfully remain a matter for them.Employees of public service broadcasters, like most employees in Great Britain, who blow the whistle on certain typ...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBroadcasting: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what external oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that publicly owned broadcasters investigate whistleblowing concerns independently of senior management.
Answer: Our public service broadcasters are operationally independent of Government and so probationary periods rightfully remain a matter for them.Employees of public service broadcasters, like most employees in Great Britain, who blow the whistle on certain typ...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBroadcasting: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of whistleblowing protections for employees of publicly owned broadcasters under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
Answer: Our public service broadcasters, publicly owned or otherwise, rightfully remain independent of Government, but their employees like most in Great Britain are protected under the whistleblowing framework in the Employment Rights Act 1996 (as amended by the...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFood PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a list of organisations represented at his Department's conference on food poverty on 14 and 15 January 2026.
Answer: The DWP Food Poverty Conference took place at the Abbey Centre on 15 January 2026.Our aim was to bring together a range of local authorities, other government departments, charities and academics to share and discuss a range of good practice happening on ...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT System: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which Horizon Shortfall Scheme payments are 1) exempt from tax and 2) subject to tax, and whether these taxation rules apply to all historical payments already paid out.
Answer: The Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS) is designed to put postmasters back into the position they would have been in ‘but for’ Horizon, and no one will pay more tax than at the time of the shortfalls. All fully assessed HSS awards are paid gross and taxable i...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made in ensuring British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd El-Fattah's safe travel to the UK.
Answer: As I stated in the latest session of FCDO Oral Questions on 2 December, the Prime Minister raised this case with President Sisi on 18 November, and the Foreign Secretary has pressed for Mr el-Fattah's return on multiple occasions with the Egyptian Foreign...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data she holds on the use of Withdrawal of Implied Permission notices by train operating companies.
Answer: Use of Withdrawal of Implied Permission (WIP) notices is an operational matter for the train operating companies. The Department does not hold data on WIP notices.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the development of a railway-wide Withdrawal of Implied Permission notice.
Answer: The Department keeps security under constant review, however no change of policy for Withdrawal of Implied Permission (WIP) is planned at this stage.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the sanction of a Withdrawal of Implied Permission notice by one Train Operating Company is confined to the services of the train operating company applying that sanction.
Answer: Individuals who have been issued with a full Withdrawal of Implied Permission (WIP) will be banned from accessing the station the WIP was issued from and will be prohibited from using any train of that particular train operating company that passes throug...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train companies contracted to her Department utilise Withdrawal of Implied Permission notices.
Answer: Usage of Withdrawal of Implied Permission (WIP) notices are an operational matter for the train operating company or Network Rail. The Department does not hold data on which operators utilise WIPs.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance she has given to train companies contracted to her Department on the usage of Withdrawal of Implied Permission notices.
Answer: Usage of Withdrawal of Implied Permission (WIP) notices are an operational matter for the train operating company or Network Rail and the Department does not issue guidance.The Rail Delivery Group are able to provide guidance to operators on WIP notices.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Poverty Strategy will end the two-child limit on Universal Credit.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce will publish a Child Poverty Strategy in the autumn that will deliver measures to tackle the structural and root causes ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to allow for an adequate level of parliamentary scrutiny of the delivery of the planned child poverty strategy.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce will publish a Child Poverty Strategy in the autumn that will deliver measures to tackle the structural and root causes ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include targets on reducing child poverty within the planned child poverty strategy.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing work to publish a Child Poverty Strategy in the autumn that will deliver measures to tackle the structural and root causes of child poverty. The publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate the ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is providing to support the development of reliable prostate cancer screening tests.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee reviewed the evidence for prostate cancer screening in 2020 and recommended against it due to the insufficient reliability of the best available test, the prostate specific antigen test (PSA test).The committee is curre...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national screening programme for prostate cancer.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee reviewed the evidence for prostate cancer screening in 2020 and recommended against it due to the insufficient reliability of the best available test, the prostate specific antigen test (PSA test).The committee is curre...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
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