Suella Braverman MP: written questions
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Written questions
Roads: InvestmentDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to include improvements to connecting commuter roads in villages and towns in the road investment strategy.
Answer: The Road Investment Strategy is a long-term government plan that sets out what the Department for Transport expects National Highways to deliver on England’s strategic road network of motorways and major A roads in England over a five-year period. As part...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47727More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to use the newly applied Vehicle Excise Duty on Electric Vehicles to improve (a) road maintenance and (b) vehicle infrastructure.
Answer: As announced by the Government at Autumn Statement 2022, from 1 April 2025 zero emission cars, vans, and motorcycles have started to pay Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) in a similar way to petrol and diesel vehicles. The Consolidated Fund receives the proceeds ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUtilities: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that increased charges by utility providers are put towards maintaining (a) clean and (b) safe infrastructure for consumer services.
Answer: Ofgem review the price cap level every three months and ensure that it reflects wholesale prices as well as other costs incurred by suppliers. This includes network costs, for example the building, fixing and repair of pipes and wires to transport energy.
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUtilities: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to allow consumers to challenge the charges of a privately owned utility when no other utility services operate in their area.
Answer: Energy suppliers are bound by a universal service obligation under standard condition 22 of the gas and electricity Standard Licence Conditions. This means they are required to offer terms to any domestic consumer who asks, ensuring consumers have access ...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSouthern Water: Water ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of increases to wastewater charges made by Southern Water.
Answer: For too long, investment has not kept pace with the challenges of an ageing infrastructure system, a rapidly growing population and climate change. Now whilst it is never wanted, bills will therefore now need to rise to invest in our crumbling infrastruct...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Occupation: Housing BenefitMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to help increase levels of home ownership, in the context of her proposals to maintain levels of Housing Benefit.
Answer: The affordability challenges facing prospective first-time buyers mean that too many people are now locked out of homeownership. This government is determined to change that, ensuring that young families and hardworking renters can buy a home of their own...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Housing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of maintaining the level of Housing Benefit until 2026 on the affordability of housing for people on Housing Benefit.
Answer: Both Housing Benefit and the housing element of Universal Credit provide support for renters in the private and social rented sectors. The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum housing support for households claiming either benefit can rece...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on social care providers who rely on charitable donations.
Answer: The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process.To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care, the Gov...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the average cost of changes to employer National Insurance contributions to individual GP practices.
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on the integration of social care providers into the National Health Se
Answer: The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process in 2024.To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care,...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted a cost analysis for GP practices impacted by changes to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that numbers of (a) GP surgeries and (b) staff working in those surgeries are not adversely impacted by changes to employer National Insurance contribu
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to National Insurance announced at the Autumn Budget 2024 on the expansion of (a) GP practices and (b) other care pr
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of GP practices that will be affected by changes to National Insurance announced at the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: We have made necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ Nati...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: SurveyingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to ensure that ground surveys are effectively carried out by housing developers.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (2024) is clear that planning proposals and decisions should ensure that a site is suitable for its proposed use taking account of ground conditions and any risks arising from land instability and contamination, and ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of homeowners required to underpin their property due to construction faults within ten years after the date of completi
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of new-build homes that suffer structural collapse or require underpinning as a result of construction faults or malpractice by the developer. Most new build warranties cover damages caused by structu...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: SurveyingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effectiveness of structural surveys undertaken by developers for potential locations for newbuild homes.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (2024) is clear that planning proposals and decisions should ensure that a site is suitable for its proposed use taking account of ground conditions and any risks arising from land instability and contamination, and ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of homeowners who have been required to underpin new properties within 10 years of completion due to construction faults in ea
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of new-build homes that suffer structural collapse or require underpinning as a result of construction faults or malpractice by the developer. Most new build warranties cover damages caused by structu...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the number of complaints on the quality of construction from new home owners to developers.
Answer: The Building Regulations set out high-level functional requirements that most building work – including all new build housing – must meet. The regulations are supported by statutory guidance in the form of Approved Documents (ADs) which set out in more de...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to increase the powers of mortgage holders to hold developers to account in relat
Answer: The government is aware of the challenges faced by mortgage holders and all other purchasers of new build properties with building safety and other defects.Presently, most new home warranties are 10 years in length and are regularly a requirement placed o...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the number of new-build homes that suffer structural collapse as a result of malpractice by the developer.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of new-build homes that suffer structural collapse or require underpinning as a result of construction faults or malpractice by the developer. Most new build warranties cover damages caused by structu...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to require housing developers when assessing the suitability of sites to take into account the potential occurrence of (a) sink and (b) swell holes.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (2024) is clear that planning proposals and decisions should ensure that a site is suitable for its proposed use taking account of ground conditions and any risks arising from land instability and contamination, and ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has any plans to require housing developers to take into account the risk of structural changes when constructing new homes.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (2024) is clear that planning proposals and decisions should ensure that a site is suitable for its proposed use taking account of ground conditions and any risks arising from land instability and contamination, and ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the quality of newly constructed newbuilds.
Answer: The Building Regulations set out high-level functional requirements that most building work – including all new build housing – must meet. The regulations are supported by statutory guidance in the form of Approved Documents (ADs) which set out in more de...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Child Maintenance Service’s ability to secure outstanding loans.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not provide loans. The CMS encourage paying parents to pay their maintenance on time and in full to avoid accrual of arrears. Where a paying parent fails to pay child maintenance on time or in full, the CMS aims to...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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