25 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing disabled travellers who reach state pension age to retain their disabled bus pass.
ReplyUnder the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS), there is no legislative requirement to switch between a disabled pass and an older person's pass when a disabled passholder reaches the state pension age. Local authorities (or Travel Concess...
25 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhether the Treasury will monitor the evidence after the Strait of Hormuz reopens to ensure that consumers are not continuing to pay higher prices.
ReplyHM Treasury has a comprehensive framework for the monitoring, assessment, and management of current and potential risks to the economy, including those posed by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The framework involves systematic monitoring of the evide...
25 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedIf she plans to provide people not in education, employment or training with free bus travel.
ReplyThe Government recognises the importance of affordable bus travel in helping to reduce barriers to opportunity. We have introduced a £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London, which has been extended until March 2027, helping millions of passen...
25 Jun 2026·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department plans to take to provide additional practical support to lone parents.
ReplyAs set out in our Child Poverty Strategy, this government recognises that the right employment support can help lone parents overcome complex barriers to work, increase their hours and earnings, and progress in work. That is why we are driving forward lab...
24 Jun 2026·Home Office·Pending
AskedWhat plans her Department has to increase EUSS caseworking resources to reduce waiting time for decisions on applications.
24 Jun 2026·Home Office·Pending
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a reliable and secure physical alternative that enables individuals to prove EUSS status.
24 Jun 2026·Home Office·Pending
AskedWhether she plans to reinstate and expand funding for organisations to provide legal support to vulnerable individuals seeking to prove EUSS status.
24 Jun 2026·Home Office·Pending
AskedWhether she plans to conduct an independent review of the eVisa system.
24 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
AskedIn the context of fit notes, what clinical evidence supports removing or reducing GP involvement in decisions that NICE states require long term clinical understanding.
24 Jun 2026·Home Office·Pending
AskedIf her Department will publish statistics on (a) eVisa errors, (b) cancellations of EUSS status and (c) EUSS status granted in error.
24 Jun 2026·Home Office·Pending
AskedWhether she plans to increase resources for the Home Office Resolution Centre to assist eVisa holders.
24 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
AskedIf she plans to provide emergency support to Air Ambulance charities for the costs of fuel.
24 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
AskedWhat steps he is taking to ensure that fit note assessments comply with NICE guidelines for autism and severe mental health conditions.
24 Jun 2026·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Pending
AskedWhat plans he has to provide local authorities with grants to instal more solar panels on social housing stock.
24 Jun 2026·Department for Work and Pensions·Pending
AskedWhat assessment has been made of the potential impact of increasing the universal credit child element by £20 a week on child poverty levels.
24 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what the maximum fine that can be issued as a Variable Monetary Penalty for an onshore oil spill is.
ReplyOn the 1 December 2023 legislation was changed to introduce unlimited variable monetary penalties. This applies to Environment Agency enforcement responses to onshore oil spills in England. Further information can be found here:- Annex 1: RES Act – the En...
24 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to fund a transitional programme to integrated pest management methods for farmers.
ReplyThe UK Pesticides National Action Plan (NAP) 2025 includes actions committed to by all four governments to encourage uptake of integrated pest management (IPM) across the UK. In England, farmers can access support for IPM and wider nature-positive farming...
24 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, how many hours of bottom-towed fishing took place between June 2025 and May 2026 within the 41 English offshore marine protected areas subject to public consultation in summer 2025.
ReplyI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Putney on 16 March 2026, PQ UIN 118879.
24 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow can members of the public register their objections to those who have been awarded honours.
ReplyHonours are awarded by The Sovereign following a recommendation from one of ten independent Honours Committees, comprising a majority of independent members who are experts in their relevant sector. Honours are given to reward outstanding service in a giv...
24 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to ban the use of snares in England.
ReplyThis Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation and this included a commitment to bring an end to the use of snare traps in England. This was recently reaffirmed in this Government’s...