Toby Perkins MP: written questions
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Forests: Supply ChainsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward the Forest Risk Commodities regulations to enact the Environment Act 2021 provisions on deforestation in supply chains.
Answer: We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. We will set out our approach to addressing deforestation in the UK’s supply chains in due course.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: DredgingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency has spent on dredging rivers in each year since 2009.
Answer: The Environment Agency has no record of dredging the rivers Rother and Hipper during the last 10 years. The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes dredging to manage flood risk where it is technically effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: DredgingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the regular dredging of rivers.
Answer: The Environment Agency has no record of dredging the rivers Rother and Hipper during the last 10 years. The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes dredging to manage flood risk where it is technically effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: DredgingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the regular dredging of rivers on flooding.
Answer: The Environment Agency has no record of dredging the rivers Rother and Hipper during the last 10 years. The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes dredging to manage flood risk where it is technically effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Hipper and River Rother: DredgingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the (a) River Rother and (b) River Hipper was last dredged.
Answer: The Environment Agency has no record of dredging the rivers Rother and Hipper during the last 10 years. The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes dredging to manage flood risk where it is technically effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: PollutionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much revenue was raised from fines of oil companies for all oil spills occurring during offshore operations in each of the last five years.
Answer: OPRED issues fines for oil spills as an alternative to criminal prosecution for the more serious offences. A maximum fine of £50,000 can be issued for the most serious of spills. Revenue raised from fines of oil companies for all oil spills occurring duri...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department's upcoming consultation on updated environmental guidance for offshore oil and gas projects will include measures to enact the ban in primary legislation; and when he p
Answer: On 30 October the Government launched a public consultation on draft guidance that will help offshore operators understand how to assess end-use (scope 3) greenhouse gas emissions associated with oil and gas extraction projects in areas that have already ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: PollutionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to improve accountability for oil companies responsible for oil pollution.
Answer: Oil spills from oil and gas installations are of significant concern to the Department which is why there is no minimum quantity for reporting. The number of oil spills reported to OPRED (Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning) h...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordScience: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated to continuing professional development for science teachers in the financial years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.
Answer: Support for high quality science teaching mainly comes from core school budgets which will increase by £2.3 billion in the 2025/26 financial year.Funding allocations for continuing professional development in science were £8,385,649 for the 2022/23 financ...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordScience: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of cuts to the continuing professional development budget for science teachers on teacher retention rates.
Answer: This government is focused on fixing our economy after inheriting a £22 billion black hole in our public finances. That means we must take difficult decisions across our public services.All children should have high quality science teaching, which is why ...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSugar Beet: NeonicotinoidsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the levels of yellow virus on sugar beet; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the use of Cruiser SB on sugar beet on w
Answer: Viruses transmitted by aphids can severely reduce yields of sugar beet crops. The degree of threat varies from location to location and from year to year. Decisions on emergency authorisation applications must be taken in line with legal requirements. In ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the requirement for students studying Level 2 FE college courses to also study Maths and English GCSE if they have not already achieved that standard prior t
Answer: The department considers level 2 English and mathematics to be essential for enabling students to achieve and to seize opportunities in life, learning and work.The Curriculum and Assessment Review is looking at how best to support 16 to 19-year-olds who c...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department provides to the educating organisation as an annual per pupil rate for an A Level student studying at (a) school, (b) sixth form college and (c) further education college.
Answer: The department calculates the basic funding for institutions for students aged 16 to 19 or students up to the age of 25 when they have an education, health and care (EHC) plan using funding rates, which depend on the size of the student’s study programme....
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHeart DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to implement a heart disease action plan.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that fewer lives are lost to the biggest killers, such as heart disease, which includes cardiovascular disease (CVD), and stroke. That is why in our Health Mission to build a National Health Service fit for the future, we have...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any of the increased funding for the NHS, as announced in the Autumn Budget 2024, is ring-fenced for ambulance services.
Answer: The National Health Service’s funding increases have not been ring-fenced in that way. Ring-fencing funding restricts the freedom of integrated care boards to take decisions based on the specific circumstances of their local populations.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce ambulance waiting times.
Answer: The Government has committed to supporting the National Health Service to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, including for ambulance response times.As a first step, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAirports: ParkingDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) car rental car parking spaces and (b) car rental car parking spaces with electric charging points at each airport.
Answer: The Information requested is not held by the department.
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public electric vehicle charging points there are in each local authority area on (a) local authority land and (b) privately owned land.
Answer: The information requested is not available. The Department for Transport does not hold information on whether the land on which a public charging device is located is (a) local authority land or (b) privately owned land.The latest statistics on the number...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hybrid and (d) electric (i) cars, (ii) vans and (iii) other vehicles his Department hired in each of the last five years.
Answer: The data for Defra has been provided by our supplier of hire cars “Enterprise”. Data from Enterprise shows the following: Hires:FuelNo of hires Petrol5,171Diesel660EV/Hybrid174 Due to time constraints, we have only engaged with our main vehicle hire suppl...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hybrid and (d) electric (i) cars, (ii) vans and (iii) other vehicles his Department hired in each of the last five years.
Answer: This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Motor VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hybrid and (d) electric (i) cars, (ii) vans and (iii) other vehicles her Department hired in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department for Transports vehicle hire contract provides hire services for the core department, agencies and some arms-length bodies for cars, vans and other vehicles. Over a period of 5 years (Jan 2020 – Oct 24) on average 28,087 are hired a year, ho...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of GP appointments.
Answer: We know that patients are finding it harder than ever to see a general practitioner (GP) and we are committed to fixing the crisis in GPs. Our plan will require both investment and reform. Firstly, we will increase the proportion of funding for GPs, start...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) minimise disruption resulting from the transition to e-Visas and (b) ensure that older applicants are not disadvantaged by the move to an online system.
Answer: An extensive communications campaign is being delivered in support of the transition from physical immigration documents to eVisas, to raise awareness of eVisas, build understanding of how it applies to visa holders and checkers, and encourage them to tak...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the saving to the the NHS and social care services by hospices delivering palliative care.
Answer: Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.Most hospices are charitable, independen...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the funding model for hospices as part his plans to improve NHS services.
Answer: Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.Most hospices are charitable, independen...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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