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1803777

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals in her Department’s consultation on the harmonisation of gambling duties on the British horseracing industry.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	52877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2025 answer text <p>The Government is consulting on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one. The Government is committed to engaging with all stakeholders, including representatives of the horseracing industry, as part of the consultation process.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the significant cultural and economic value of British horseracing, both as a major sporting tradition and as an important contributor to rural economies across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Government encourages all interested parties to participate in the consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 22/05/2025 07:01:06 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1787495

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2025
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Parliament: Harassment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill will mean the House of Commons and the House of Lords will be liable in their capacity as employers for the harassment of their employees by members of both Houses, and will therefore have to take all reasonable steps to prevent it.
	tabling member printed	Lord Young of Acton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2025 answer text <p>Clause 20 in the Employment Rights Bill will amend the Equality Act 2010 to introduce an obligation on employers not to permit the harassment of their employees by third parties. Employers will be in breach of this obligation if they fail to take all reasonable steps to prevent the harassment of their staff, in the course of their employment, by third parties.</p><p> </p><p>‘Employment’ as defined by the Equality Act 2010 includes relevant staff employed by the UK Parliament, including the administrations of both houses, and the obligation would also include those employed by individual MPs or by any political party.</p><p> </p><p>A “third party” is a person other than the employer or a fellow employee. Therefore, as MPs and Peers are not considered employees for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, if they are not the employer of the member of staff, they would be a third party.</p><p> </p><p>If they are the employer of the member of staff, they are prohibited from harassing their staff by existing provisions in the Equality Act.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 21/05/2025 11:07:21 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
	tabling member	5379 label Biography information for Lord Young of Acton

1794252

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme in each year since its inception; and how much and what proportion of that funding was spent.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2025 answer text <p>Prior to 2021 the scheme was EU funded. The Secretary of State did not allocate any direct funding to The Fruit &amp; Vegetable Aid Scheme started in 2021 governed by EU rules before this time. Since then, £117,794,154.23 has been spent</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of actual UK funding spent on the scheme post EU exit is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2021 - £39,056,567.83 (£35,999,480.17 England only)</p><p>2022 - £40,110,883.98 (£34,460,975.86 England only)</p><p>2023 - £38,626,702.42 (£35,393,728.71 England only)</p><p>2024 - claims still being assessed.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 21/05/2025 12:35:35 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1794415

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Wombs: Transplant Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of including wombs on the list of routine organ donations included for transplant by the NHS on women's health.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2025 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for organ donation across the United Kingdom.</p><p>In the UK, womb donation for transplant is not included in the standard organ donation process and is therefore not part of routine deemed consent. Donations for new types of transplants are only undertaken following a special and/or additional voluntary request to a family. It is also usually done for specific research programmes where people die in very rare circumstances and where a particular kind of donation may be possible.</p><p>The Department has worked in collaboration with National Health Service hospitals like Imperial College Healthcare Trust and Oxford University Hospitals in facilitating womb transplant research and clinical trials, however, it is not yet a standard NHS treatment and there are no current plans to include womb transplants on the organ donation register.</p> answering member constituency West Lancashire answering member printed Ashley Dalton question first answered 21/05/2025 14:47:53 answering member 4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1795639

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2025
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 39920 on Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk, if his Department can provide the latest figures available.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	46794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2025 answer text <p>The answer to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-20/39920" target="_blank">Question 39920</a> provides the data as of 21 March 2025.There has been no change in the number of farm businesses with a Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement in South Suffolk constituency since 21 March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 21/05/2025 12:37:56 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1795965

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2025
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the first 100 days of their administration has resulted in good governance; and whether they intend to undertake an evaluation of those 100 days.
	tabling member printed	Lord Leigh of Hurley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2025 answer text <p>Good governance has been and continues to be integral to our administration as we deliver our Plan for Change.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent question first answered 21/05/2025 16:56:01 answering member 4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
	tabling member	4295 label Biography information for Lord Leigh of Hurley

1796082

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Press Conferences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39118 on Prime Minister: Press Conferences, what his Department’s policy is on the use of political party (a) fittings and (b) furniture at official government events.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2025 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Ministerial Code and Propriety and Ethics Guidance for Government Communicators, available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erith and Thamesmead answering member printed Ms Abena Oppong-Asare question first answered 21/05/2025 15:39:54 answering member 4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1796338

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	GREAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the return on investment of GREAT campaign funding in each year since it was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2025 answer text <p>Since 2011, the GREAT campaign has developed a robust approach to evaluation, which has been validated by multiple external organisations, and consistently reported strong returns to the UK economy. The methodologies used continue to be reviewed and refined to support regular reporting, ensuring the campaign consistently drives good impact and value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewisham West and East Dulwich answering member printed Ellie Reeves question first answered 21/05/2025 14:36:54 answering member 4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves
	tabling member	5100

1797607

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2025
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in his Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	48411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2025 answer text <p>Defra Group Communications is the first shared service communications team in Whitehall, merging 6 geographically dispersed communications teams from the core department and Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs). Alongside the department, the team works to the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Animal and Plant Health Agency, Forestry Commission and Rural Payments Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The teams work across all communications disciplines in support of the policy and operational priorities including a frontline team across the country providing a 24-hour communications response to incidents, working with local media and partners to give communities timely information they need to take action and prepare. This includes local and national media, planning, stakeholder engagement, digital communications and internal.</p><p> </p><p>Defra Group Communications staff work in an agile way to 6 organisations, it is not possible to provide granular full-time equivalent figures for each part of the group.</p><p> </p><p>The communications team employs professionals across all Civil Service grades, you can find more details on the salaries across Civil Service grades here - <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefrajobs.co.uk%2Fworking-here%2Fcivil-service-grades-explained%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C00dd8eac5ed5435606a908dd91fba072%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638827232098073296%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2vVpU3VqTwc6fnmDs5qEaUdYLzu1DLTOvicsDqqh4LA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Civil Service Grades Explained - Defra Jobs - UK Government</a>.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 21/05/2025 12:42:20 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1798054

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2025
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to ensure that children in foster care arrangements are placed in a suitable home.
	tabling member constituency	Beckenham and Penge
	tabling member printed	Liam Conlon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	48680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2025 answer text <p>The department is supporting local authorities to recruit and retain more foster carers so that councils can find more suitable foster homes, resulting in greater choice for better placement matching for the children in their care. Currently, there are 10 fostering regional programmes active across England, collaborating with 64% of all local authorities to recruit and retain foster carers who will provide loving homes local to the children who need them.</p><p>As part of children’s social care reform, we are providing £15 million of funding in 2025/26 to recruit and retain more foster carers. We will also provide an additional £25 million for fostering covering the 2026/27 and 2027/28 financial years. As part of this model, we are supporting foster carers and children by expanding ‘The Mockingbird Family Model’. Evaluation shows that Mockingbird improves carer retention, meaning that local authorities have a greater number of suitable fostering places available.</p><p>In addition, the department funds ‘Fosterlink’, a diagnostic support service for local authority fostering services, which reviews current processes to identify areas for service and practice improvements to support recruitment and retention. The department is also continuing to fund ‘Fosterline’, a free helpline service for current and prospective foster carers.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 21/05/2025 17:39:42 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5132