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Written questions by Gilbert.

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

Department:All (128)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (17)Home Office (17)Department of Health and Social Care (14)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (12)Cabinet Office (11)Department for Work and Pensions (10)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (9)Department for Business and Trade (9)Treasury (7)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (5)Department for Education (4)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (3)

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18 Nov 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
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Whether his Department plans to extend Contract for Difference terms in future allocation rounds.

Reply

The Government reviews the Contracts for Difference scheme before every round to ensure it continues to deliver our objectives. We are currently working with industry to accelerate ways to build upon the successful outcome of the last auction so that we c...

18 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What steps her Department is taking to support migrant victims of domestic abuse.

Reply

We keep under constant review the support we provide to migrant victims of domestic abuse, including how we can increase their confidence to report to the police and their ability to access help from specialist agencies. This government continues to suppo...

18 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

Whether her Department plans to continue to fund the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme beyond March 2025.

Reply

We keep under constant review the support we provide to migrant victims of domestic abuse, including how we can increase their confidence to report to the police and their ability to access help from specialist agencies. This government continues to suppo...

6 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
Asked

What steps she is taking to support British pensioners residing overseas.

Reply

UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, based on a person’s National Insurance record and are only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating....

6 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
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Whether she plans to uprate the state pension for British pensioners residing overseas.

Reply

The UK's policy on the up-rating of the UK State Pension for recipients living overseas is a longstanding one. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide and is only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with ...

5 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

Whether she plans to provide additional funding to GPs for the cost of the increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions.

Reply

Resource spending for the Department of Health and Social Care is set to increase by £22.6 billion in 2025-26 compared to 2023-24 outturn, providing a real-terms growth rate of 4% for the NHS, the largest since before 2010 excluding Covid-19 years. The Go...

4 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

Whether she plans to make wildlife crimes notifiable.

Reply

This Government recognises the importance of tackling wildlife crime, which is why, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office directly funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit to help tackle these crimes.There are cu...

4 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of VAT on private schools on children with special educational needs in Scotland.

Reply

Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for UK wide VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private schoo...

28 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
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Whether he plans to regulate non-domestic energy prices.

Reply

The Government does not currently have plans to introduce an energy price cap for non-domestic energy consumers. The Government believes the only way to protect billpayers permanently, including non-domestic organisations, is to speed up the transition aw...

28 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
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What support his Department is providing to small and medium sized enterprises for energy bills.

Reply

The Government recognises that some businesses may be struggling to pay their bills. The Government believes that the only way to protect billpayers permanently, including small and medium sized enterprises, is to speed up the transition away from fossil ...

21 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

With reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 7 October 2024 on Anniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle East, Official Report, column 38, what steps her Department is taking to suppor

Reply

We are deeply concerned by the continuing tensions and civilian casualties in Lebanon. I know how important it is for Lebanese nationals in the UK to have certainty on their immigration status, particularly in light of the ongoing conflict in their home c...

21 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
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Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the New Lines Institute’s publication entitled Genocide in Tigray: Serious Breaches of Internati

Reply

The 'Genocide in Tigray' report by the New Lines Institute has drawn attention to the conduct of actors during the conflict of 2020-2022. The report is consistent with UN investigations which concluded that all sides committed major human rights violation...

18 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What steps her Department is taking to prevent organised crime groups advertising victims of (a) trafficking and (b) other sexual exploitation offences on websites advertising prostitution in Edinburg

Reply

The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all of our levers to deliver this.The criminal justice system and su...

18 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What estimate she has made of the level of commercial sexual exploitation in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.

Reply

The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all of our levers to deliver this.The criminal justice system and su...

18 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What support her Department is providing to help victims of sexual exploitation in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency exit prostitution.

Reply

The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all of our levers to deliver this.The criminal justice system and su...

18 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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What steps her Department is taking to reduce demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.

Reply

The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all of our levers to deliver this.The criminal justice system and su...

18 Oct 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle pornography harms.

Reply

Under the Online Safety Act, all in-scope services that allow pornography must use highly effective age assurance to prevent children accessing it, including user-to-user services and services which publish pornography. Under the Act, platforms must proac...

18 Oct 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to prevent children being exposed to pornography.

Reply

The Government is committed to keeping children safe online. Our priority is the effective implementation of the Online Safety Act so that children benefit from its wide-reaching protections.The Act requires that all in scope services that allow pornograp...

15 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
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Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral statement of 2 September 2024 on Middle East Update, Official Report, column 37, whether his Department has undertaken a further review of export l

Reply

Export licence applications continue to be assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. The UK's robust export licensing criteria state that the Government will not issue export licences if there is a clear risk that t...

7 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
Asked

What recent discussions he has had with representatives in the energy sector on the development of an offshore energy passport.

Reply

The Secretary of State welcomes the delivery of an industry-led Skills Passport. This is an important step to help workers transition from carbon-intensive industries to new clean energy sectors as part of the Government's clean energy mission 2030.

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