Victoria Collins MP: written questions
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Insulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to make changes to the (a) accreditation, (b) certification and (c) guarantee regime of (i) installers and (ii) retrofit coordinators working under (A) ECO4, (B) future Warm
Answer: The government is reviewing the system of consumer protection and oversight for home retrofit installations that improve energy efficiency and decarbonise homes. This work is looking at the entire landscape: from how installers work in people’s homes to w...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that homes which have received (a) insulation and (b) internal wall insulation under the ECO4 scheme are independently inspected any sub-standard
Answer: Government is offering free inspections of all properties where external wall insulation was fitted under ECO4. Ofgem will contact every household with external wall insulation that has not yet been audited. Remediation is already taking place to address ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring vision rehabilitation services under the same regulatory and monitoring framework as other adult social care services; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of do
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities have the duty to shape their care market and to commission a range of high-quality, sustainable, and person-centred care and support services to meet the diverse needs of all local people. This includes encouragi...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRehabilitation: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to develop national guidelines and quality standards for vision rehabilitation services; and if he will commission the National Institute for Health and Care Exc
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based guidelines and quality standards for the health and care system on best practice. Topics for the development of NICE guideline...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance Tax: ProbateTreasuryTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93103More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the current six-month deadline for the payment of Inheritance Tax in cases of administrative delays in the granting of probate.
Answer: The deadline for payment of Inheritance Tax (IHT) is the end of the sixth month after the month in which the death occurs. Personal representatives (PRs) are required to make a payment of IHT before applying for probate. This is a longstanding requirement...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Airports: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the cumulative impact of multiple concurrent airport expansions at Luton, Gatwick and Heathrow.
Answer: The Government recognises a role for, and is supportive of, airport expansion where it provides economic growth and is compatible with our legally binding net zero target and strict environmental standards. The Secretary of State has approved Luton and G...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92429More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of the time taken by HMRC to process inheritance tax queries and (b) potential impact of the time taken on the ability of executors to settle estates without incurrin
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is consistently exceeding its service standards of processing over 80% of inheritance tax returns for estates within 15 working days. Once these returns have been processed, most customers will be able to pay any inheritance ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on working with expert stakeholders to review the impact of four-weekly employer pay cycles on Universal Credit payments.
Answer: We are committed to reviewing Universal Credit, to make sure it is doing the job we want it to, to make work pay and tackle poverty. As part of the review we have considered the impact that fluctuating incomes including those paid on a four-weekly cycle h...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Curriculum Review to provide algorithm literacy and AI education to help children understand that AI systems can have inaccurate outputs; and what
Answer: The department has accepted the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s recommendations for computing and are committed to going further through explicitly including AI within the curriculum, and exploring a potential Level 3 qualification in data science and ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that safety-by-design principles are integrated into AI systems from inception rather than as retrospective additions especially given the
Answer: The government is committed to tackling the atrocious harm of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). Making, distributing or possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is a serious criminal offence, and the Online Safety Act requires services to p...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: TestingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to establish standardised testing frameworks for identifying bias in AI datasets; and whether she will consider introducing requirements for the qual
Answer: AI is already regulated in the UK. A range of existing rules already apply to AI systems, such as data protection, competition, equality legislation and sectoral regulation. The government is committed to supporting regulators to promote the responsible u...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the benefits of (a) a duty of candour requiring AI developers and deployers to publicly disclose when biases are discovered in their algorithm
Answer: A range of existing rules already apply to AI systems such as data protection, competition, equality legislation and sectoral regulation. The government is also committed to supporting regulators to promote the responsible use of AI in their sectors and m...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what transparency conditions are currently required when government departments procure AI systems from private companies; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure public sector bodie
Answer: Since February 2024, all government departments and arm’s-length bodies must comply with the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS), which mandates publishing details on algorithmic tools, including decision-making processes, human oversight, ...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: Misleading AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help tackle misleading advertising online.
Answer: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the independent regulator for advertising in the UK and enforces the Advertising Codes. These codes include specific rules intended to protect consumers from misleading marketing communications, including onlin...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of restrictions on television and online advertising of products high in fat, salt and sugar on levels of marketing through out
Answer: As set out in our 10-Year Health Plan for England, we will take decisive action on the obesity crisis to ease the strain on our National Health Service and create the healthiest generation of children ever. We are already delivering the biggest public hea...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: PricesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions her department has had with a) telecoms companies b) consumer groups on unspecified discretionary price rises in consumer telecoms contracts.
Answer: It is imperative that people feel empowered when interacting with the telecoms market and that they can be confident they are getting a fair deal.The Secretary of State wrote to Ofcom’s CEO on 31 October to seek Ofcom’s assessment of existing consumer pro...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: PricesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of unspecified price increases in fixed-term telecoms contract on consumers; and whether her Department has had discussio
Answer: It is imperative that people feel empowered when interacting with the telecoms market and that they can be confident they are getting a fair deal.The Secretary of State wrote to Ofcom’s CEO on 31 October to seek Ofcom’s assessment of existing consumer pro...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: CannabisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support clinical trials for multi-compound cannabis-based medicinal products for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy in children.
Answer: The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding two trials to investigate the safety and efficacy of cannabinoid treatments for drug-resistant epilepsy in both adults and children...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Medical TreatmentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to transfer oversight of cannabis-based medicinal products to the Department of Health and Social Care.
Answer: The Home Office is the lead department for controlled drug legislation. The Department for Health and Social care and its arms’ length bodies, including the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (‘MHRA’), have responsibility for healthcar...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: CannabisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children with drug-resistant epilepsy have been prescribed cannabis-based medicinal products through private prescriptions in each of the last three years; and what assessment his Departme
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority does not hold the information in the form requested. National Health Service or private controlled drug prescription forms to do contain information on the condition being treated, or why a medicine has been prescribed....
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce national waiting-time standards for ADHD and autism assessments for under-18s; and what progress NHS England has made in improving the (a) collection and (b) publicat
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends a maximum waiting time of 13 weeks between a referral for an autism assessment and a first appointment. There is no wait standard for referral for an autism assessment to receiving a ...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards prioritise ADHD and autism assessments for children and young people approaching (a) key educational stages, (b) GCSEs and (c) post-16
Answer: We recognise that transitions between life stages can be particularly challenging for those who find change difficult, including many autistic people and people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).The Medium-Term Planning Framework, publi...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to (a) consult (i) frontline enforcement bodies and (ii) animal welfare organisations on measures to strengthen enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004 and (b) bring for
Answer: We have no plans to consult on enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004. The enforcement of the Hunting Act is an operational matter for the police. This is in line with their duties to keep the peace, protect communities and prevent the commission of offences...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce national response standards for (a) service levels and (b) response times for all fire and rescue services.
Answer: The Government has accepted, in principle, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s recommendation to establish a national college of fire and rescue. The Inquiry report suggested a range of potential functions for a college to fulfil, including the development and a...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVans: TheftHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on detection rates for thefts (a) from and (b) of light commercial vehicles, broken down by police force area; and whether she is taking steps to support forces w
Answer: The Home Office requires the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales to report trends in crime using aggregated categories such as theft of a vehicle or theft from a vehicle and we do not hold detailed data on the type of vehicles involved.This ...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
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