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Written questions by Bishop.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Matt Bishop this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (106)Department for Education (21)Department of Health and Social Care (20)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (11)Home Office (10)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (7)Department for Transport (7)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (5)Department for Work and Pensions (5)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (5)Department for Business and Trade (5)Treasury (4)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2)

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4 Dec 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
Asked

What steps she is taking to ensure that (a) the most vulnerable and (b) other people living in rural constituencies can easily access her Department's support (i) digitally and (ii) through local office

Reply

All DWP colleagues are trained to support our most vulnerable customers and have access to a wide range of guidance and signposting to support them. Where further specialist help is required, DWP has a national network of Advanced Customer Support Senior ...

3 Dec 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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What steps she is taking to ensure that early education and care providers are adequately supported to provide places for 70,000 more children by autumn 2025.

Reply

Giving children the best start in life is key to the government’s Opportunity Mission. Good parenting and high quality early education provide the foundation for children to achieve and thrive. This government is determined to ensure that parents have acc...

3 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to collaborate with local authorities to ensure that infrastructure is swiftly repaired after the recent floods.

Reply

The Government inherited flood assets in their worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous Government – just 92.1% of the Environment Agency’s 38,000 high consequence assets are currently at required condition. To ensure w...

3 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to support small businesses with flood damage (a) prevention and (b) mitigation.

Reply

Protecting communities and small businesses around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five core priorities. That is why we have committed £2.4 billion to invest over the next two years to bolster the nation’s resilience, which is...

29 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

Whether they are taking steps to financially support individuals who have already completed a university degree to retrain in another area at university.

Reply

Currently, the Equivalent or Lower Qualification (ELQ) rules prevent those studying for a second higher education course, at a level lower or equivalent to their first qualification, from receiving either tuition fee loans or maintenance loans for that co...

20 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the suspension of firearm certificate grants by Gloucestershire Constabulary.

Reply

Chief Constables have operational responsibility for consideration of firearms licensing applications and the allocation of resources to firearms licensing units.However, we expect police forces to ensure that all applications for firearm certificates, wh...

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