Victoria Atkins MP: written questions
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Agriculture: GrantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average award received through his Department's capital grant scheme was in (a) July, (b) August, (c) September, (d) October and (e) November.
Answer: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) received a total of 5,470 applications for the capital grant scheme between July and November 2024 with 1,884 Agreements offered during this period with an average value of £14,011. Across the summer, a much larger volume o...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: GrantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for the capital grant scheme were approved by his Department in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) received a total of 5,470 applications for the capital grant scheme between July and November 2024 with 1,884 Agreements offered during this period with an average value of £14,011. Across the summer, a much larger volume o...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: GrantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for the capital grant scheme were received by his Department in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) received a total of 5,470 applications for the capital grant scheme between July and November 2024 with 1,884 Agreements offered during this period with an average value of £14,011. Across the summer, a much larger volume o...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultureTreasuryTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18140More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings she has had with the (a) National Farmers Union, (b) Country Land and Business Association, (c) Countryside Alliance, (d) Tenant Association Farmers and (e) Central Association for Agricultural Valuers
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. The Government takes into account ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgricultureTreasuryTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18139More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings she had with the (a) National Farmers Union, (b) Country Land and Business Association, (c) Countryside Alliance, (d) Tenant Association Farmers and (e) Central Association for Agricultural Valuers bef
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. The Government takes into account ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14315More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12741 on Business: Inheritance Tax, how many and what proportion of the estates that claimed both agricultural property relief and business property relief were
Answer: When estates include a claim for both APR and BPR, the estate may not consist entirely of a farming business and its working capital. HMRC estimates that of the population of estates that claimed both APR and BPR in 2021-22, almost a quarter included a BP...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14314More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12741 on Business: Inheritance Tax, what the combined value of assets qualifying for relief was in the estates that claimed both agricultural property relief an
Answer: In 2021-22, the total combined value of agricultural and business property relief (APR, BPR) from those estates that claimed both reliefs was £1.6 billion. When estates include a claim for both APR and BPR, the estate may not consist entirely of a farming...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14313More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12741 on Business: Inheritance Tax, how many and what proportion of the estates that claimed both agricultural property relief and business property relief (a)
Answer: When estates include a claim for both APR and BPR, the estate may not consist entirely of a farming business and its working capital. HMRC estimates that of the population of estates that claimed both APR and BPR in 2021-22, almost a quarter included a BP...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12741More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Summary of reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief, published on 30 October 2024, how many Agricultural Property Relief claims in
Answer: The Government has published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. In 2021-22, 782 estates making...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSurgical HubsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many procedures were delivered by surgical hubs opened since 27 October 2021 in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April, (e) May, (f) June and (g) July 2024.
Answer: Between October 2021 and 4 July 2024, 18 new Targeted Investment Fund (TIF2) funded surgical hubs have opened. Elective Hub data is only available from April 2024, when the Elective Hub dashboard was established.Of the 18 new TIF2 funded surgical hubs, on...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSurgical HubsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many procedures were delivered by surgical hubs opened since the 2021 Spending Review, as of 4 July 2024.
Answer: Between the 2021 Spending Review and 4 July 2024, 18 new Targeted Investment Fund (TIF2) funded surgical hubs have opened. Elective Hub data is only available from April 2024, when the Elective Hub dashboard was established.Of the 18 new TIF2 funded surgi...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) first stage and (b) second stage cancer patients received a diagnosis following an appointment at a community diagnostic centre opened since the 2021 Spending Review.
Answer: Data on the routes to diagnosis for cancer, which is collated and published by the National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) does not specify the setting where the diagnostic test took place, so we do not hold the information on diagnoses following app...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) checks, (b) tests and (c) scans were carried out at community diagnostic centres opened since the 2021 Spending Review in (i) January 2024, (ii) February 2024, (iii) March 2024, (iv) A
Answer: As of the end of June 2024, community diagnostics centres (CDCs) had delivered 9,292,578 tests, checks and scans since the 2021 Spending Review at the end of October. Over this period, the diagnostic waiting list has increased from 1,428,415 as at the end...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) checks, (b) tests and (c) scans were carried out at community diagnostic centres opened since the 2021 Spending Review, as of 4 July 2024.
Answer: As of the end of June 2024, community diagnostics centres (CDCs) had delivered 9,292,578 tests, checks and scans since the 2021 Spending Review at the end of October. Over this period, the diagnostic waiting list has increased from 1,428,415 as at the end...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Louth and HorncastleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the general population that are in receipt of the State Pension in each district council electoral ward in Louth and Horncastle constituency.
Answer: DWP cannot provide data down to a district council electoral ward level. Data on State Pension caseloads for GB is published and this can be found on DWP Stat-Xplore. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes data on estimates of the population a...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Louth and HorncastleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of the State Pension there are in each district council electoral ward in Louth and Horncastle constituency.
Answer: DWP cannot provide data down to a district council electoral ward level. Data on State Pension caseloads for GB is published and this can be found on Stat-Xplore. Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, can access User Guide...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Louth and HorncastleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that will be affected by the change in eligibility requirements for the Winter Fuel Payment in Winter 2024-25 in Louth and Horncastle constituency.
Answer: In Louth and Horncastle constituency, the estimated number of pensioners who will have Winter Fuel Payments withdrawn is 26,570. This estimation is calculated by subtracting the number of Pension Credit recipients for Louth and Horncastle constituency, fr...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: EnergyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the change in eligibility requirements for the Winter Fuel Payment in Winter 2024-25 on the affordability of energy for people aged over 65 in (a)
Answer: Energy support including for those who live in areas off-grid is the responsibility of Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The Home Upgrade Grant provides grants to low-income households to upgrade the energy performance of the worst quality, off...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Louth and HorncastleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for Winter Fuel payments to be introduced from winter 2024-25 on the (a) financial and (b) physical well-being
Answer: The Government is committed to a preventative approach to public health. Keeping people warm and well at home and improving the quality of new and existing homes will play an essential part in enabling people to live longer, healthier lives and reducing p...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Louth and HorncastleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pensioners will no longer be eligible to receive the Winter Fuel Payment in Louth and Horncastle constituency in Winter 2024-25.
Answer: In Louth and Horncastle constituency, the estimated proportion of pensioners who will no longer be eligible to receive the Winter Fuel Payment is 90%. This estimation is calculated by subtracting the number of Pension Credit recipients for Louth and Hornc...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTransport: LincolnshireDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's policy is on spending £262 million from reallocated HS2 funding on Lincolnshire's (a) roads and (b) public transport.
Answer: The previous Government made a number of funding commitments in the Network North Command Paper. These will be examined closely by my Government in the coming months.
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK’s preparedness for (a) mpox and (b) future outbreaks and pandemics.
Answer: The Secretary of State and I have met regularly with officials from the Department, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the National Health Service on this issue.UKHSA will continue to keep the global situation and our domestic preparations under cl...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners not in receipt of a means tested benefits on the NHS.
Answer: This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the governme...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) non-executive directors, (b) other direct ministerial appointees and (c) other public appointees in his Department have left their posts since the general election; what (a) direct ministe
Answer: As of 3 September 2024, three public appointees left as non-executive board members, those being: Gerry Murphy, who ended his final term of office on the Department’s board as planned on 31 July 2024, following 10 years of service; Amit Bhagwat, a member ...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Civil ServantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has appointed civil servants who (a) previously (i) worked for and (ii) were seconded to the Labour Party, (b) previously donated to the Labour Party and (c) have been Labour
Answer: Previous political activity does not preclude appointment into the Civil Service. All civil servants are expected to support the Government of the day, in accordance with the values of the Civil Service Code, which includes impartiality. Routine recruitme...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
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