Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions
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Scotland Office: National SecurityScotland OfficeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Scotland has regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of national security, defence and resilience issues. The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to provide de...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: National SecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: DSIT Ministers have regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience.The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to build the UK’s resil...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: National SecurityNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: The Secretary of State and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State have regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience. The Home Defence Programme wa...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: National SecurityMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: Ministers have regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience.The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to build the UK’s resilience...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: National SecurityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: Ministers have regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience. The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to build the UK’s resilienc...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: National SecurityHome OfficeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: The Home Secretary and Security Minister – the latter in his role as a Minister of State at both the Home Office and Cabinet Office – have regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including nati...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: National SecurityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has regular discussions with officials, external experts, and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence, and resilience.The Home Defence Programm...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: National SecurityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programm
Answer: As set out in the Strategic Defence Review, the national conversation will be a multi-year engagement designed to embed a whole-of-society approach, where Government, businesses, and the public all play a part in strengthening our resilience. This address...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: National SecurityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience. The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to build the UK...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: National SecurityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience. The Home Defence Programme was established in August...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: National SecurityDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience.The Home Defence Programme was establi...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: National SecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Defence has regular discussions with officials, external experts and Ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience. The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to ...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: National SecurityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: DCMS Ministers have regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience.The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to build the UK’s resil...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: National SecurityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: Details of the meetings held by Ministers of the Department for Business and Trade are available on transparency pages of gov.uk and are released as part of the Government's transparency agenda.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116866More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: Ministers have regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience. The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to build the UK’s resilienc...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116851More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings the Prime Minister has attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: The Prime Minister has regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience. The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to build the UK’s r...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNational SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116841More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will discuss with Ministerial colleagues a) the adequacy of security arrangements for Ministers and the Royal Family, b) the adequacy of security arrangements at all UK military installatio
Answer: As has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not comment on security arrangements.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: SloughDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to help tackle the use of catapults to injure wildlife in Slough constituency.
Answer: The Government takes crimes against wildlife seriously, including those involving the use of catapults, in Slough or anywhere else in the country. Although catapults are not listed as prohibited weapons in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, within thi...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of the implementation of Public Space Protection Orders in specific areas to prevent wildlife from being harmed by catapults.
Answer: The Government is clear that catapults should not be used to cause harm to wildlife, people, or property.There are a wide range of laws in place to punish those who misuse catapults. For example, under the Prevention of Crime Act 1953, if a person carries...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: SloughDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of dentist appointments in Slough.
Answer: Integrated care board (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry, to meet the needs of the local population. For the Slough constituency, this is the Frimley ICB.The Government is committed ...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: SloughDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of GP appointments in Slough.
Answer: We recognise the challenges in accessing general practices (GPs). That’s why we are expanding capacity across England, including in Slough. Since October 2024, we have invested £160 million into the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme to support recruit...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: SloughDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle flytipping in Slough constituency.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had recent direct discussions with local authorities in Slough or Berkshire on fly-tipping enforcement. Defra chairs the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG), through which we work with a wide range of interested pa...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: BerkshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on enforcement against flytipping in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had recent direct discussions with local authorities in Slough or Berkshire on fly-tipping enforcement. Defra chairs the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG), through which we work with a wide range of interested pa...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on enforcement against pavement parking.
Answer: On 8 January 2026, I announced the publication of the government’s formal response to the 2020 public consultation 'Pavement parking: options for change' which sets out what the government plans to do to tackle pavement parking. In the first instance we p...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: DefenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many (a) public engagements and (b) private meetings Ministers in their Department have undertaken related to the
Answer: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience, and associated public communications. As set out in ...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
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