Tom Gordon MP: written questions
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Fuels: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to help increase (a) competition and (b) the transparency of road fuel pricing.
Answer: The Government will implement Fuel Finder, a statutory open data scheme for fuel prices, to increase price transparency and help drivers make more informed decisions on where to buy petrol and diesel. This will increase pressure on retailers to compete st...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to help reduce variations in fuel prices between regions.
Answer: The Government will implement Fuel Finder, a statutory open data scheme for fuel prices, to increase price transparency and help drivers make more informed decisions on where to buy petrol and diesel. This will increase pressure on retailers to compete st...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on when the Competition and Markets Authority plans to publish its assessment of regional road fuel pricing.
Answer: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) addressed variation in regional road fuel pricing as part of their Road Fuel Market Study which was published in July 2023. The CMA published its latest report on 31 March 2025 and plans to release a more compre...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Nile Virus: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many additional surveillance sites are being introduced under the Vector-Borne RADAR programme following the detection of West Nile Virus fragments.
Answer: The Vector-Borne RADAR programme includes a project run by UKHSA’s Medical Entomology and Zoonoses Ecology team undertaking country-wide surveillance for mosquitos in 2025. Pools of any female mosquitos collected will be tested for several potential mosqu...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Nile Virus: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support and (b) inform healthcare professionals on the potential clinical presentation of West Nile Virus in the UK.
Answer: In May 2025, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) reported fragments of West Nile virus genetic material in a small sample of mosquitoes collected in Nottinghamshire during July 2023, as part of the RADAR surveillance programme. There is no evidence ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMosquitos: DiseasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of climate change on the range of mosquito-borne diseases in the UK.
Answer: Defra funds, with UKRI, a large research consortium looking at the effects of climate change on mosquito-borne diseases in the UK. This programme includes the Vector-Borne disease RADAR programme, but there are other equally important vector borne disease...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEncephalitis: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK Health Security Agency plans to expand its clinical testing protocols for patients presenting with encephalitis of unknown cause, in the context of the recent detection of West Nile
Answer: In May 2025, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) reported fragments of West Nile virus genetic material in a small sample of mosquitoes collected in Nottinghamshire during July 2023, as part of the RADAR surveillance programme. There is no evidence ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase public health surveillance following the detection of West Nile Virus genetic material in UK mosquitoes.
Answer: In May 2025, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) reported fragments of West Nile virus genetic material in a small sample of mosquitoes collected in Nottinghamshire during July 2023, as part of the RADAR surveillance programme. There is no evidence ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Restraint TechniquesDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce a statutory duty on all educational settings to record and report each incident of physical restraint to parents and relevant authorities.
Answer: The government recognises that the misuse of reasonable force and restrictive interventions can have a significant and long-lasting effect on pupils, staff members and parents.The department is currently consulting on revisions to the ‘Use of reasonable ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Restraint TechniquesDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce a statutory definition of restraint in the context of education.
Answer: The government recognises that the misuse of reasonable force and restrictive interventions can have a significant and long-lasting effect on pupils, staff members and parents.The department is currently consulting on revisions to the ‘Use of reasonable ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of families that have experienced adoption breakdown in the last 12 months.
Answer: The department does not collect information centrally on families that have experienced adoptions that break down.The department publishes information on whether children starting to be looked after in any given year were known to have been previously ado...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help retain foster carers.
Answer: As part of my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Transformation Fund announced in the Spring Statement and building on the £15 million investment in the Autumn Budget 2024, the department will provide an additional £25 million over two ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities provide sufficient support for foster carers.
Answer: As part of my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Transformation Fund announced in the Spring Statement and building on the £15 million investment in the Autumn Budget 2024, the department will provide an additional £25 million over two ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of foster care placements that were unsuccessful in (a) England and (b) Wales in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: As part of my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Transformation Fund announced in the Spring Statement and building on the £15 million investment in the Autumn Budget 2024, the department will provide an additional £25 million over two ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle adoption breakdown.
Answer: The department has provided funding of £9 million in this financial year to Adoption England to improve adoption services in Regional Adoption Agencies (RAAs).This includes £3 million of funding to develop more Centres of Excellence as multidisciplinary t...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase bowel cancer screening rates; and whether he plans to increase bowel cancer screening targets.
Answer: The National Health Service is in the final stages of changing the screening age for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, from those between 60 to 74 years old to those between 50 to 74 years old by 2025, which will increase the numbers being screened.NH...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she collects data on the number of post adoption (a) disruptions and (b) breakdowns in England.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough to the answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 37457.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDelivery Services: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to protect delivery drivers from exploitative working practices.
Answer: Our Plan to Make Work Pay represents the biggest upgrade of workers' rights in a generation.The Government does not condone the exploitation of workers in any form and we are committed to strengthening protections for workers. Individuals' entitlement to ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDelivery Services: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with delivery firms on ensuring that delivery drivers are adequately compensated.
Answer: This Government believes that hard work deserves fair pay and is determined to deliver a genuine living wage for all that takes account the impact on business, competitiveness, the labour market, the wider economy and the cost of living.Our Ministers valu...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptography and SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of encryption in protecting cyber security; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing access requests under Technical Cap
Answer: This Government recognises the importance of online privacy and security safeguards such as strong encryption.Technical Capability Notices can be used to maintain capabilities that provide for responsible and exceptional access to data by law enforcement ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure there is independent scrutiny of Technical Capability Notices; and if she will introduce new (a) judicial and (b) parliamentary oversight.
Answer: The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 allows the Secretary of State to place obligations on telecommunications operators or postal operators through a Technical Capability Notice. A Technical Capability Notice itself does not require an operator to disclose a...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure access requests under Technical Capability Notices are targeted.
Answer: Technical Capability Notices do not directly require the disclosure of data. It is the separate authorisations or warrants that allow access to data. Each authorisation or warrant addresses matters of necessity and proportionality and collateral intrusion...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: ConcreteDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 22818 on Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete, what her Department's timetable is for publishing the findings from the call to evidence on weight limits for Volum
Answer: The Department will publish its findings shortly.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: BuildingsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of school buildings.
Answer: Ensuring schools and colleges have the resources and buildings they need is a key part of our mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every young person the best start in life.Responsibility for keeping school buildings safe and well-mainta...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the the potential merits of implementing routine screening for Type 1 Diabetes to reduce the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, national screening programmes are introduced based on the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent scientific advisory committee which advises Ministers and the National Health Service in all f...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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