Simon Opher MP: written questions
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Written questions
Non-surgical Cosmetic ProceduresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will suspend permission for non-surgical filler injections for gluteal fat grafting procedures.
Answer: The Government is currently considering what steps may need to be taken in relation to the safety of non-surgical cosmetic procedures, including filler injections. The Government will set out its position at the earliest opportunity.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Emergency ServicesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of utilising veterans with specific skill sets in emergency services immediately on re-entering civilian life without extensive training.
Answer: This is a Government of service that will always stand up for those who serve our country. We are committed to making sure veterans make full use of the skills, qualifications and capabilities they gained in the military after they leave the Armed Forces....
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Detention CentresHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what criteria asylum seekers are housed in detention centres.
Answer: Asylum seekers may be detained for immigration purposes only in accordance with Home Office detention policy, as set out in the Detention General Instructions, the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention guidance and the Detained Asylum Casework guidance....
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIllegal Migration Act 2023Home OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of repealing the Illegal Migration Act 2023.
Answer: The Government has made clear the that the Migration and Economic Development (MEDP) Policy with Rwanda will end. We will bring forward a new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill as promised in the King’s Speech.
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to reduce the waiting list for ADHD diagnosis.
Answer: The Department is currently considering next steps to improve access to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments. It is the responsibility of integrated care boards to make appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of thei...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTransport: StroudDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure that transport infrastructure in the M5 corridor north of Bristol is developed in a way that allows hou
Answer: The Government recognises the need to ensure that housing growth is appropriately supported by transport infrastructure provision. I am unable to comment on specific proposals, it is for the local authority in consultation with infrastructure providers to...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that new houses are built with specifications that enable them to be carbon neutral.
Answer: The Government remains committed to meeting its target of net zero emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it.The Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation was publ...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGloucestershire Constabulary: Police Community Support OfficersHome OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for additional Police Community Support Officers being in post in Gloucestershire constabulary.
Answer: The Government is committed to strengthening neighbourhood policing as part of its Safer Streets Mission, That is why we are working with policing to introduce a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, providing a more visible police presence in town centres, r...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBreakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for making free breakfast clubs available in every primary school.
Answer: The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. Breakfast clubs will remove barriers to opportunity by ensuring every child, no matter their circumstances, is set-up for the day and ready...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending the Right to Buy scheme.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 4158 on 12 September 2024.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: LandMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will prohibit trail hunting across the Defence estate.
Answer: No licences have yet been issued for trail hunting on the Ministry of Defence Estate for the 2024–2025 season.
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to upgrade roads to enable housing targets to be met.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role that transport infrastructure plays in facilitating new housing development. A range of funding programmes exist to support the delivery of infrastructure, including roads, to support the delivery of new housing in...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to issue new badger cull licences.
Answer: On 30 August, the new Government announced the start of work to refresh the Bovine TB strategy for England, to end the badger cull by the end of this parliament and drive down disease to save cattle and farmers’ livelihoods. This will be undertaken in co-...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: StroudHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to house asylum seekers in Tricorn House in Stroud constituency.
Answer: For the safety and security of those we accommodate and our staff, the Home Office does not comment publicly on sites which may or may not be utilised to accommodate asylum seekers. Should a decision be made to use a site then the local MP will be notifie...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: GloucestershireDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1876 on Bus Services: Gloucestershire, if she will take steps to provide additional funding to South Gloucestershire Council for the maintenance of the local b
Answer: Improving bus services is a key part of this Government’s growth mission. We are determined to deliver better services, grow passenger numbers and drive opportunity to under-served regions. We have set out our plan to achieve this, centred around supporti...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordProtestHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review measures within the Public Order Act 2023 on restrictions to the right to protest.
Answer: Post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023 will be conducted two years after royal assent.
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: GloucestershireDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with representatives of South Gloucestershire Council on the adequacy of local bus services in Gloucestershire.
Answer: The government knows that Britain needs a modern transport network to help kickstart economic growth. Good local bus services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities, and the government is committed to working at pace with local tr...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordAmazon: Trade UnionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will hold discussions with Amazon on the operation of trade unions in that company.
Answer: The Government is committed to bringing a new era of partnership that sees representatives of employers and unions working together in co-operation and through negotiation. The Government is always willing to speak to the representatives of employers and ...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordProperty Management CompaniesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) define the minimum quality of service provided by estates management companies and (b) control the level of charges they ca
Answer: The Government is committed to bringing the injustice of ‘fleecehold’ private estates and unfair costs to an end. We will consult on the best way to achieve this and implement new protections for homeowners on private estates in the Leasehold and Freehold...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: GloucestershireDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of local bus services across local authority borders in Gloucestershire.
Answer: The government knows that Britain needs a modern transport network to help kickstart economic growth. Good local bus services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities, and the government is committed to working at pace with local tr...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recommendation 22 of the Third Report of the Work and Pensions Select Committee of Session 2023-24 on Defined benefit pensi
Answer: The Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry report on Defined Benefit pension schemes, published in March 2024 helpfully outlines areas to be considered, including the lack of pre-April 97 indexation in the Pension Protection Fund and Financial Assista...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordNeonicotinoidsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the use of neonicotinoids.
Answer: This government recognises that nature is at a crisis point across Britain. We will therefore change existing policies to prevent the use of those neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten our vital pollinators. A Defra spokesperson said: “We are at a crisis...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: StonehouseDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she supports development of the proposed Stroudwater Railway station in Stroud.
Answer: Following the General Election and the State Opening of Parliament, the Government is now formulating its plans. The Department will announce its policy intentions in due course and aims to provide an update on next steps for the proposed Stonehouse (Bris...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Solar PowerDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to reform the rules around the leasing of solar panels on school rooftops.
Answer: Rules around schools entering into leases fall within the remit of the department. Schools may enter into leases for solar panels on school rooftops where the arrangements do not constitute borrowing, but as these often require granting an energy company ...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMother and Baby Units: Healthcare AssistantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to increase the ratio of healthcare assistants to midwives in stand-alone midwife-led units maternity units.
Answer: No assessment has been made regarding a policy to increase the ratio of healthcare assistants to midwives in stand-alone midwife-led maternity units.NHS England have committed to ensuring that the right numbers of the right staff are available to provide ...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
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