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Written questions

Aphra Brandreth

147 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Restoration Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of funding through the Water Restoration Fund will be used to support water (a) quality and (b) infrastructure projects.

20 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Restoration Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Government to invest over £100m in water company fines to local environmental projects, published on 19 June 2025, when he decided to use f

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Welsh Government’s decision to ban the movement of livestock from England into Wales; and what discussions

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Shows

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agricultural shows (a) he and (b) his ministerial team have attended since 4 July 2024.

13 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the updated school food standards (a) reflect current nutritional science and (b) address trends in (i) childhood obesity and (ii) food related ill health.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that people living in rural (a) communities and (b) villages will be able to contribute to planning decisions, in the context of the national s

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Centre for Social Justice's report entitled Change the Prescription, published in January 20

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to healthcare professionals to (a) identify and (b) help tackle the causes of mental distress.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the national scheme of delegation on people living in rural (a) communities and (b) villages.

5 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Resident Doctors: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered taking entry-level doctor jobs off the shortage occupation skills list.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) the arrangements for plan making at (i) borough and (ii) neighbourhood level and (b) the reduction in five

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments and Tofersen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that variations in local NHS (a) capacity and (b) resourcing of (i) Early Access Programmes and (ii) the availability of tofersen support the reduction

9 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which ODA-funded programmes in countries classified as (a) non-priority, (b) high-income and (c) of no current strategic interest are due to receive funding in the 2 025-26 f

9 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ODA reductions on support for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine; and whether he plans to ringfen

9 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of humanitarian aid funding to Ukraine beyond the 2025-26 financial year; and whether there are any forthcoming fundi

9 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to prioritise funding within the reduced ODA budget for the reconstruction and rebuilding of (a) healthcare, (b) housing and (c) education infra

9 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any UK Government-funded humanitarian aid projects in Ukraine are scheduled to conclude in 2024; and what assessment has been made of the impact of discontinuation on

9 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many ODA-funded projects currently operating in Ukraine (a) have secured funding beyond 2024–25 and (b) are at risk of early termination due to ODA budget constraints.

9 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many ODA-funded projects operating in Ukraine (a) have secured funding beyond 2024–25 and (b) are at risk of early termination due to ODA budget constraints.

9 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the revised ODA budget in the 2024–25 financial year is allocated to support Ukraine; and how much was allocated in (a) 2022–23 and (b) 2023–24.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resident Doctors: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) career and (b) job search support provisions available to junior doctors.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered reformulating unfilled training posts to enable them to be given to medical students in their second foundation year who have prior experience in the relevant department.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered allowing medical students in their second foundation year to apply for positions that are ring-fenced for physician associates.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme on food security.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the auditing process in place for animal testing facilities.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of levels of welfare of employees at animal testing facilities.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resident Doctors: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help junior doctors find employment in the NHS after they have completed training.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to decarbonise schools.

28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Chester South and Eddisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible families are receiving Healthy Start in Chester South and Eddisbury constituency.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has distributed from its Environmental Land Management budget this financial year to date; and how much remains.

Source: official written-questions record.