Vikki Slade MP: written questions
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Regional Airports: Night FlyingDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to impose (a) quotas and (b) no-flying times at night at (a) Bournemouth International Airport and (b) other regional airports.
Answer: The Government only sets noise-related restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports. At all other airports, including Bournemouth, flight restrictions are set through the planning system and not by the Government. It is the responsibility of th...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-School EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reduce space requirements for children under two years of age in early years education settings.
Answer: We are currently considering the feedback to the department’s consultation on the use of ‘free flow’ outdoor space for children aged two years and above in early years settings.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-School Education: Business RatesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will centralise the payment of national non-domestic rates for (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent early years settings.
Answer: It is the government’s ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.The small business rate relief scheme provides...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-School Education: Business RatesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make non-domestic early years settings exempt from business rates.
Answer: It is the government’s ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.The small business rate relief scheme provides...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries and Pre-School Education: Business RatesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has taken steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) rateable values and (b) small business rates relief on
Answer: It is the government’s ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.The small business rate relief scheme provides...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56471 on foie gras import controls, if he will publish a timeline for the negotiations of the proposed UK-EU common veterinary agreem
Answer: Our aim is to start the detailed negotiations as soon as possible, as we want to see businesses benefit from removing barriers to trade. It is too soon to comment on the details of the negotiations. However, animal welfare is a priority for this Governmen...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Capacity: Departmental CoordinationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to review the (a) safe and (b) effective use of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in cases where an individual has fluctuating capacity t
Answer: The Ministry of Justice has responsibility for the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, which provides a framework for making decisions on behalf of adults who are unable to do so for themselves. The 2007 statutory Code of Practice issued under the MCA already...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMayorsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects new elected mayoral roles to be filled for each authority.
Answer: The consultations in the six areas on the Devolution Priority Programme have now closed, and the government is carefully considering the evidence collected. Further updates will be communicated in the usual way, in due course.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2025 to Question 18835 on Pharmacy and with reference to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework: 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026, published on 31 March 202
Answer: The Government will shortly publish its response to the public consultation entitled Pharmacy Supervision. An impact assessment will be published alongside draft legislation, on the legislation.GOV.UK website, at the following link:www.legislation.gov.uk
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of processes by which local authorities can be (a) incentivised and (b) held accountable to meet their social housing targ
Answer: On 2 July, the government published a plan setting out the foundations for a decade of renewal in social and affordable housing. This is focused on delivering the biggest increase in supply in a generation, alongside a transformational and lasting change ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: PricesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing price caps for basic foodstuffs.
Answer: Defra regularly engages with supermarkets and producers on a range of food supply matters. It is not for the Government to set retail food prices nor to comment on day-to-day commercial decisions taken by businesses. Nonetheless, we appreciate concerns ab...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of paragraph 129 of the First Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee of S
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 63881 on 7 July 2025.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to amend the local plan process to (a) include a stronger needs assessment for social housing across the plan period and (b) require local authorities
Answer: On 2 July, the government published a plan setting out the foundations for a decade of renewal in social and affordable housing. This is focused on delivering the biggest increase in supply in a generation, alongside a transformational and lasting change ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCensus: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64924More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding was allocated for preparations for the 2031 census in each of the past three financial years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 3rd July is attached.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBadgers: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the amendments made in Schedule 6, Part 2, Clause 41 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill relating to the Protection of Badger
Answer: These amendments standardise licences for development purposes under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 with those for other species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, 2017. This is intend...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help support small landowners in accessing (a) legal and (b) technical advice when negotiating agreements under the Electronic Communications Code.
Answer: The Government is keen that negotiations for Electronic Communications Code agreements are developed as collaboratively as possible. We recognise the benefits of all parties having access to sufficient information and advice to support this.We endorse the...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: StorageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the funding available to (a) housing associations, (b) property owners and (c) local authorities for the provision of infrastructure for the secur
Answer: No such specific assessment has been made.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCensusCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61971More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to make a formal decision on the methodology for the 2031 Census; and what steps he plans to take to hold stakeholder consultation prior to that decision.
Answer: The UK Statistics Authority published their recommendation on the next (2031) Census on 17 June. The recommendation outlines the consultation they undertook in order to reach their recommendation. The Government will publish their response in due course.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the effective roll out of broadband infrastructure in rural areas.
Answer: Project Gigabit is designed to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to premises that will not be built to by the market without subsidy. The significant majority of these premises will be in rural areas.More than £2.3 billion of Project Gigabit contracts hav...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, which local authorities will be allocated additional funding for the Affordable Homes Programme; and how mu
Answer: As under the existing Affordable Homes Programme, registered providers will need to bid for the grant funding announced at the Spending Review. The government will confirm further details, including the timing and process for bids to the new fund, in due ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help local authorities with the costs for the provision of temporary accommodation.
Answer: The Government has invested £1 billion in homelessness and rough sleeping services in 2025/26, a £233 million increase on the previous year. The 2025 Spending Review has protected this record level of investment. Where families do end up in temporary acco...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities in receipt of exceptional financial support to resolve funding issues in the long term.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant pressures that councils are facing. The Spending Review provides over £5 billion of new grant funding over the next three years for local services that communities rely on. The £3.4 billion, when taken together wi...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the housing benefit taper rate on young people in supported housing who increase working hours.
Answer: The income taper in Housing Benefit ensures people in work are better off than someone wholly reliant on benefits. In addition to any financial advantage, there are important non-financial benefits of working. These include learning new skills, improved c...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to include youth homelessness in the cross-government homelessness strategy.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question 52307 on 14 May 2025.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement: DamagesMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to review the system for bereavement damages.
Answer: The Government is working to deliver a major series of reforms to the civil justice system and while the issue of bereavement damages is being kept under review, there are no immediate plans to undertake a formal review of this issue.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
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