Siân Berry MP: written questions
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Animal Experiments: TemperatureHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assess and improve the standards under which laboratory animals, including dogs, are bred and kept in extreme heat episodes.
Answer: The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) provides robust protections for animals bred, supplied or used in scientific procedures. Under ASPA, licensed establishments are responsible at all times for ensuring the welfare of animals in their care...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric BicyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has taken steps to assess and act upon the recommendations in the June 2026 report from the APPG for Cycling and Walking, on illegal e-bikes, in particular around police and local authori
Answer: Enforcement of road traffic law is an operational matter for the police, but the Government has strengthened the tools available to them through the Crime and Policing Act 2026, including new powers to seize vehicles, including illegal e-bikes used antiso...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBrain Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to provide details of the distribution so far of funding from the December 2025 announcement from the National Institute for Health and Care Research of £13.7 million for brain tumour research, inc
Answer: In January 2026, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) announced increased investment of over £25 million in the NIHR Brain Tumour Research Consortium. This includes an initial investment of £13.7 million announced in December 2025, a...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2026Awaiting answerUIN 19702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of increased funding support needed for local authorities to speed up the completion of non-cladding remediation works in social housing.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services on plans to consider facial recognition as an assessment criteria for the PEEL legitimacy inspec
Answer: His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) assesses the operational performance of forces in England and Wales. HMICFRS operates independently of Government.The Inspectorate’s Police Efficiency, Effectiveness and L...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBody Searches: Children and Vulnerable AdultsHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle cases of police forces not making a safeguarding referral following the strip search of a child or a vulnerable adult.
Answer: The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBody Searches: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle cases of police forces not routinely recording additional characteristics of vulnerability during child strip searches, including a) child in need status, b) lo
Answer: The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBody SearchesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to help ensure that the recording requirements in PACE Code A covering stop and search are extended to strip searches.
Answer: The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBody SearchesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to help ensure that the recording of the ethnicity of individuals who are strip searched is based on their self-identification.
Answer: The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBody SearchesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department's annual stop and search data release finding that the majority of strip searches were carried out on the suspicion of drug possession.
Answer: The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBody SearchesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the a) arrest rate, b) no further action rate, and c) linked outcome rate for police use of strip search powers.
Answer: The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBody SearchesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle police forces recording a) the location, b) whether a supervisor was consulted, and c) whether an appropriate adult was present during strip searches as ‘unknow
Answer: The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBody SearchesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of piloting the use of decision-breaks and real-time supervision as a way of tackling racial profiling in the application of strip search powers.
Answer: The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBody SearchesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of publishing the search history for strip searches at the local force level disaggregated by age, gender, and ethnicity.
Answer: The Government recognises that strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and that its use must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and subject to robust safeguards, particularly where children and vulnerable people are invol...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordYouth CustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations, departments and practitioners the Department is consulting in the development of the forthcoming Youth Custody Transformation Plan; what the planned timeline is for developing and publishing
Answer: As set out in the White Paper Cutting Youth Crime, Changing Young Lives, the Government is developing a Youth Custody Transformation Plan as part of the wider programme of youth justice reform.The Plan will set out how the youth custody estate can best pr...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory guidance to local authorities that anyone with a chronic and progressive condition should not be reassessed for a Blue Badge.
Answer: Whilst there is no provision in legislation to publish statutory guidance on assessment of progressive and chronic conditions, the Blue Badge Digital Service provides local authorities with the option to mark cases as ‘not needing an evidence review’. Thi...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: BiofuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that foreign commercial interests do not act to disadvantage domestic producers in the implementation of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate.
Answer: The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate can be met through both domestically produced SAF and SAF imported from abroad. To support the production of domestic SAF to contribute towards Mandate targets, the department has run grant funding programmes su...
Answered 4 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordDisability Living AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to apply the findings from the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: interim report to Disability Living Allowance in areas where elements of both systems operate in similar wa
Answer: The Terms of Reference for the Timms Review set out the broad scope of the Review to ensure that PIP is fair and fit for the future. Disability Living Allowance is not in scope for this Review. The steering group published its interim report on 9 July, pr...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRoyal Family: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18414More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer to the Answer of 10 May 2002 to Question 54672, what recent guidance his Department has given to public bodies on potential embarrassment as a justifiable reason to withhold the rele
Answer: The Cabinet Office has issued no such guidance to public bodies.
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: Alternative FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with advanced e-SAF producers on the call for evidence on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Transport has not had discussions with advanced e-SAF producers on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate call for evidence titled “SAF Mandate: SAF supply and industry certainty in an evolving market”, launched on 16 June....
Answered 21 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: BiofuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of making crop-based biofuels eligible under the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate on UK (a) food security and (b) agricultural land use.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Transport has not had discussions with advanced e-SAF producers on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate call for evidence titled “SAF Mandate: SAF supply and industry certainty in an evolving market”, launched on 16 June....
Answered 21 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Young Lives vs Cancer’s report entitled The cost of waiting, published in March 2025, what assessment he has made of the impact of the average time between a child or young person (und
Answer: Reducing customer journey times for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants is a priority for the Department and we are working constantly to make improvements to our service. More information can be found here:...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of waiting times between a child or young person (under 25) being diagnosed with cancer and their first payment of disability benefit on (a) debt levels, (b) ca
Answer: Reducing customer journey times for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants is a priority for the Department and we are working constantly to make improvements to our service. More information can be found here:...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the average processing time between an application being accepted and the first payment for DLA and PIP for children and young people under 25 with cancer.
Answer: Reducing customer journey times for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants is a priority for the Department and we are working constantly to make improvements to our service. More information can be found here:...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposal to remove access to the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity element of Universal Credit for under-22s on young peopl
Answer: The Young People and Work Report has been commissioned by the UK Government to investigate the persistently high numbers of young people out of work, education and training (NEETs). On the 28th May 2026, Alan Milburn published his diagnostic report, outli...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
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