Sarah Olney MP: written questions
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Written questions
Access to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average wait time for a decision to be made following an application for Access to Work each year between 2015-2026.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average length of time each year between 2015-2026 that a person would wait on hold for when calling the Access to Work helpline.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: TeddingtonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ability of the proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction Scheme to provide resilience in a 1:200 year drought event, in the context of the 1:40 d
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: TeddingtonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8th September 2026, to Question UIN 26078, on Water Abstraction: Teddington, how many additional days would the proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction a
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: TeddingtonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 7th September 2026, to Question UIN 26076, on Water Abstraction: Teddington, what assessment she has made of Thames Water’s M2 (LTOA) abstraction licence in c
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordVisitor Levy: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the overnight visitor levy be applied to homeless people living in hotels provided for temporary accommodation.
Answer: The visitor levy will apply to short-term, commercially let overnight accommodation. National exemptions will apply to non-commercial accommodation or land uses. This includes Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sites, temporary accommodation, and charitable accomm...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordReservoirs: Lee ValleyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment was made of the relative requirements of the Lee Valley reservoirs compared with the Northern Lower Thames reservoirs in times of drought in 2022.
Answer: In 2022 the Environment Agency declared a drought in south east England. This resulted in lower than average flows in the River Thames, reducing the volumes that could be abstracted and stored in reservoirs in London, including the Queen Mary, Queen Mothe...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordReservoirs: Lee ValleyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the relative requirements of the Lee Valley reservoirs compared with the Northern Lower Thames reservoirs in times of drought.
Answer: In 2022 the Environment Agency declared a drought in south east England. This resulted in lower than average flows in the River Thames, reducing the volumes that could be abstracted and stored in reservoirs in London, including the Queen Mary, Queen Mothe...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to address the temporary accommodation subsidy gap.
Answer: This Government is focused on delivering long-term solutions to reduce homelessness and reliance on temporary accommodation, including increasing the supply of affordable and social housing. We are also working to ensure that temporary accommodation repre...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: TeddingtonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of (a) the daily quantity of raw water that the Teddington Direct River Abstraction Scheme would supply to reservoirs for onward transport to water t
Answer: The proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) supplies 67Ml/d during droughts. London’s water use is just under 2000Ml/d. Therefore, TDRA contributes just over 3% of Thames Water’s total demand in London and is needed to provide drought resilien...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDroughts: ReservoirsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the 2022 drought on the Queen Mary, Queen Mother and Wraysbury reservoirs.
Answer: In 2022 the Environment Agency declared a drought in south east England. This resulted in lower than average flows in the River Thames, reducing the volumes that could be abstracted and stored in reservoirs in London, including the Queen Mary, Queen Mothe...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: TeddingtonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer provided on 14th July 2026, to Question 16496, on Water Abstraction: (a) what determination she made of the flow rate, measured at the Kingston gauge, that would
Answer: The proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction is an intermittent drought resilience scheme triggered by river flow and reservoir storage conditions through the Lower Thames Control Diagram and does not have a single flow-rate trigger at the Kingston ga...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordValuation: StandardsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21309More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the average waiting time for processing public requests at the Valuation Office Agency each year since 2015.
Answer: The current average wait time for the resolution of a Council Tax Formal band challenge is 2.7 months.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordValuation: StandardsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21308More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the current average wait time for processing public requests at the Valuation Office Agency.
Answer: The current average wait time for the resolution of a Council Tax Formal band challenge is 2.7 months.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordProbate: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what are the average wait times for processing probates at the Probate Office each year since 2015.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes regular data on probate timeliness and open caseload in the quarterly Family Court Statistics bulletin, available at: Family Court Statistics Quarterly - GOV.UK.Published data on probate timeliness by application type are...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordProbate: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the current average wait time for processing probates at the Probate Office.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes regular data on probate timeliness and open caseload in the quarterly Family Court Statistics bulletin, available at: Family Court Statistics Quarterly - GOV.UK.Published data on probate timeliness by application type are...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Land RegistryMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what have been the average wait time for routine changes to registered titles at the HM Land Registry each year since 2015.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWater: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the government will set out a timeline for the introduction of the Clean Water Bill.
Answer: The Clean Water Bill was announced as part of the second Parliamentary session in the King’s Speech on 13 May. The Bill will implement many of the reforms outlined in the Government’s ‘New Vision for Water’ White Paper, published on 20 January. The Bill w...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Land RegistryMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what are the current average wait time for routine changes to registered titles at the HM Land Registry.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on expansion of a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
Answer: The consultation on the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement (HENPS) closed on 1 September 2026, and Parliamentary scrutiny by the Transport Select Committee is ongoing. The Government will carefully consider the views received through the c...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21301More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the level of growth major infrastructure projects should deliver.
Answer: The government is committed to increasing the UK's long-term growth potential. The 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy set out the government's long-term plan for economic, housing and social infrastructure to drive growth and boost living standards in every...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21300More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on providing support for infrastructure projects that have a negative net present value in their appraisals.
Answer: The Government published a new version of the Green Book in February. This ensures that government decisions are no longer based solely on single metrics, such as benefit-cost ratios or net present social values. They must instead take into account the fu...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of public subsidy she is willing to provide to support expansion at Heathrow.
Answer: The Government has been clear that Heathrow expansion should be privately financed. It is for promoters of expansion to bring forward detailed proposals, including the costs and financing arrangements for their schemes. We will continue to assess issues o...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the risk that the cost of Heathrow expansion will exceed current estimates; and what safeguards will be put in place to ensure that any cost overruns are not borne by taxpayers.
Answer: Any proposal for Heathrow expansion will be subject to rigorous scrutiny through the planning, regulatory and approval processes, including assessment of its costs, deliverability and value for money. It will be for the scheme promoter to secure financing...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of Heathrow expansion on passenger charges, airline ticket prices and the competitiveness of regional airports.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of keeping air travel affordable for passengers and airlines. Heathrow's airport charges are regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which has a statutory duty to further the interests of users of air tran...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
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