Sarah Dyke MP: written questions
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Written questions
LGBT+ People: Care HomesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904713More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of developing a strategy on supporting LGBTQ people in care.
Answer: We want everyone, including LGBT+ people, to have fair access to high quality care, which is respectful and inclusive.The government recently introduced a new qualification to improve our training offer to social care staff on being supportive and caring ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: SomersetDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 4.62 of HM Treasury's document entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 12 June 2025, what proportion of flood defence spending from 2026-27 to 2028-29 w
Answer: We’re investing £2.65 billion over two years to March 2026 to maintain, repair, and build flood defences. We’re committing a further £4.2 billion over three years from April 2026, an increase of 5% per year, as announced at Spending Review 2025. We’re con...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to deliver devolution to councils that are not part of the Devolution Priority Programme.
Answer: We want to see all of England access devolved powers by establishing Strategic Authorities that can make the key decisions to drive economic growth. Our ultimate goal is to have all of England represented by a mayor who can take their seat at the Council ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the European Commission's document entitled Vision for Agriculture and Food, published on 19 February 2025, if he will hold discussions with animal welfare organisati
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Department is engaging with key animal welfare stakeholders as part of the development of our overarching approach to animal welf...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEggs: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of a sales ban on imported (a) eggs and (b) egg products produced on farms that use battery cages.
Answer: Ministers and officials meet regularly to address these important topics. The Government shares the public’s high regard for the UK’s environmental protections, food standards and animal welfare. We will promote robust standards nationally and internation...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to require the (a) import and (b) sale of (i) eggs, (ii) pork and (ii) fur to meet UK animal welfa
Answer: Ministers and officials meet regularly to address these important topics. The Government shares the public’s high regard for the UK’s environmental protections, food standards and animal welfare. We will promote robust standards nationally and internation...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether consumer standards set by the Regulator for Social Housing apply to socially rented residential pitches on local authority (a) owned and (b) managed Gypsy and Traveller s
Answer: All registered providers of social housing, including local authorities, are required to deliver the outcomes of the consumer standards set by the independent Regulator of Social Housing (‘the regulator’). The regulatory standards apply to social housing ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have a place on the breakfast clubs pilot programme.
Answer: From summer term 2025, 750 state funded primary schools will be funded as early adopter schools to provide access to a free, universal breakfast club lasting at least 30 minutes that includes food.The department aims to test and learn with as many differe...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT People: Care HomesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902579More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle LGBT discrimination in care homes.
Answer: It is essential that everyone living in a care home is kept safe, including those who may be more likely to experience discrimination, such as LGBT+ people. They must be treated with dignity, listened to and have their needs understood and met by their lo...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: Government AssistanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing those impacted by flooding following Storm Herminia.
Answer: The Environment Agency surged support at strategic, tactical and operational levels and worked with Local Resilience Forums to manage flood impacts in areas affected by Storm Hermina. There were approximately 160 properties flooded and 6000 protected. The...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle digital exclusion.
Answer: It is shocking that the last government published no digital inclusion strategy for 10 years. This Government is determined to remedy that and I hope to be able to say more soon.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve access to electric vehicle charging for disabled people.
Answer: To address the specific barriers disabled EV drivers face when using public chargepoints, the Government co-sponsored the publication of the Publically Available Specification (PAS) 1899:2022 standard, which provides specifications on designing and instal...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Land Management SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers and land managers successfully applied for capital grants for environmental land management in (a) Glastonbury and Somerton constituency and (b) England in 2024.
Answer: Between 1 January 2024 and 28 November 2024, there have been 6573 successful applications for Capital Grants under the Environmental Land Management Schemes in England in 2024. The Rural Payment Agency cannot provide constituency data at this time due to ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCatering: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15871More
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 single-use food service materials for dine-in settings that have more than 20 covers.
Answer: This Government is committed to moving to a circular economy for plastics - a future where we keep our resources in use for longer; waste is reduced; we accelerate the path to net zero; we see investment in critical infrastructure and green jobs; our econ...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) refillable and (b) returnable packaging to help support the transition to become a circular economy.
Answer: Refillable and returnable packaging is a key part of supporting the transition to a circular economy. Defra is working with WRAP to identify and analyse measures that could be used to encourage greater use of refillable and returnable packaging.
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRural England Prosperity FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Rural England Prosperity Fund has been spent.
Answer: Delivery of the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) has been devolved to eligible local authorities. This includes assessing and approving project applications, processing payments and day-to-day monitoring. REPF funding is available from April 2023 to M...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRural England Prosperity FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to extend the Rural England Prosperity Fund.
Answer: The Autumn Statement on 30 October confirmed Defra’s budgets for 2024-25 and 2025-26. Funding allocations for individual programmes for the next financial year will be determined in upcoming months through the department’s business planning exercise. The ...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: TreatiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what position the UK will take on (a) chemical recycling and (b) a mass balance approach in negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty.
Answer: At the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a new UN Plastics Treaty, the UK will align with our domestic policy on any provisions related to chemical recycling, including mass balance. Therefore, where relevant we will ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: Consumption and ProductionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 9584 on Plastics: Treaties, what level of (a) production and (b) consumption of primary plastic polymers is sustainable.
Answer: The UK supports measures under the proposed Global Plastics Treaty to reduce the production and consumption of primary plastic polymers to sustainable levels, and the Government recognises that further work will be needed to establish what those sustainab...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: TreatiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty in South Korea.
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues, and Cabinet discussions are considered confidential.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: TreatiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of levels of international funding needed to support new financial mechanisms that would be required under the Global Plastics Treaty.
Answer: The Government is committed to playing a leading role at the forthcoming fifth intergovernmental negotiating committee to ensure an effective plastic pollution treaty is agreed which addresses the full lifecycle of plastics. Funding will be needed from al...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has carried out an impact assessment of ending the £2 bus fare cap.
Answer: Delivering reliable and affordable public transport services for passengers is one of the government’s top priorities as we know how important this is for passengers and for local growth. The government is looking at the future of the £2 fare cap as a mat...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProject Gigabit: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of the Project Gigabit fund has been allocated to rural areas.
Answer: The latest published data shows that between April 2022 and March 2023, 90% of premises benefiting from publicly-subsidised broadband rollout, including Project Gigabit, were rural.Almost £2 billion of contracts have been signed to connect over a million ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBeverage Containers: LitterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) polyethylene terephthalate plastic bottles, (b) glass bottles and (c) metal beverage containers littered annually in the UK.
Answer: Across the UK, it is estimated that approximately 4 billion plastic and 2.5 billion metal drinks containers are not recycled every year – a significant amount being littered. Once the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers is introduced, the De...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBeverage Containers: Deposit Return SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential environmental benefits of including (a) PET plastic bottles, (b) glass bottles and (c) metal beverage containers within the proposed
Answer: The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers across all four nations will include single-use drinks containers from 150ml to 3 litres. In England and Northern Ireland, materials included in DRS are polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, steel,...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
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