Every parliamentary written question tabled by Ashley Fox this session, with the full answer and department. Back to the MP page.
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Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of compliant third‑party insurance becoming unavailable while remaining a mandatory condition of exemption on owners of dogs registered on the Index of Exempted Dogs.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is considering (a) transitional measures, (b) grace periods and (c) temporary arrangements to prevent compliant owners of dogs registered on the Index of Exempted Dogs from breaching the law due to a lack of available insurance.
Awaiting answer.
What estimate her Department has made of the cost to an average self-employed person of the reduction in the self-reporting threshold in the rollout of Making Tax Digital to £20,000 by 2028.
Awaiting answer.
What progress his Department has made on the business case for Northern's procurement of new rolling stock since 17 December 2025; and whether Northern remains on schedule to sign contracts for new trains.
Awaiting answer.
Whether LNER met its target to modernise training for all frontline staff by March 2026; and how many staff have completed this modernised training program to date.
Awaiting answer.
What estimate her Department has made of the average annual vehicle downtime and associated productivity loss per fleet vehicle arising from the mileage estimation, reporting and reconciliation requirements of the proposed eVED framework; and what assessment she has made of the cumulative financial impact on the vehicle rental and leasing sector.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to the answer of 24 February 2026, to Question 115449, on Parking Offences: Fines how this review of the research penalty charging levels relates to the DfT trial outlined in the Answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 127281 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that statutory obligations imposed on exempt dog owners remain reasonably capable of being complied with.
Awaiting answer.
Whether her Department has reviewed any individual requests to postpone a move between asylum accommodations in the case of a child undertaking examinations in the last year.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Dogs Trust Companion Club third‑party insurance scheme for exempt dogs ceasing on 30 June 2026 on owners’ abilities to comply with the exemption conditions under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
Awaiting answer.
Whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of recognising school examinations as grounds to delay a long-distance move of families between asylum accommodations.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has held discussions with (a) insurance providers and (b) other relevant organisations on the provision of replacement or alternative third‑party insurance arrangements for exempt dog owners.
Awaiting answer.
Whether he has had discussions with businesses on the length of the reference period of the guaranteed hours provisions in the Employment Rights Act 2025.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to (a) introduce, (b) support and (c) facilitate a replacement insurance scheme similar to the Dogs Trust Companion Club.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that compliant third‑party liability insurance remains reasonably available to owners of dogs registered on the Index of Exempted Dogs after June 2026.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment she has made of the potential impact of a family's long-distance move between asylum accommodations when the child is taking major exams such as GCSEs on that child's education.
Awaiting answer.
What steps he has taken to ensure the guaranteed hours provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 support access to (a) seasonal workers, (b) agency workers and (c) people seeking flexible employment in the retail sector.
The Employment Rights Act 2025 includes flexibility to address issues of seasonal demand, for example, enabling employers that operate seasonally to use fixed-term contracts where the demand for work is genuinely temporary. We will consider further ways to cater for seasonal work through regulations following consultation, as well as application to agency workers. Workers and agency workers will also be able to decline a guaranteed hours offer if they wish.All employees also have a day one right to request a flexible working arrangement, and through the Employment Rights Act we are making it more likely that flexible working requests are accepted.
Innovation and Technology, what conversations she or officials in her Department have had with Ofcom about any enforcement action under the Online Safety Act against X because of content generated by Grok AI that constitutes Priority Illegal Content.
The Department engages regularly with Ofcom on the implementation of the Online Safety Act. Decisions about enforcement action are a matter for Ofcom alone, acting independently and in line with its statutory duties. Ofcom has a current active investigation into X.The government has separately tabled an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill to allow the government to close gaps in the Online Safety Act and bring unregulated AI services into scope.
Whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in SEND Tribunal outcomes since December 2024; and whether any changes in guidance or instructions have been issued to Tribunal judges regarding the consideration of appeals.
The Ministry of Justice publishes trends in SEND Tribunal outcomes through quarterly published tribunal statistics. A link to the statistics can be found here: Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2025 - GOV.UKThe Department and Ministers do not issue guidance or instructions to judges on how to determine appeals. Judicial office holders are independent. Since December 2024, the Chamber President of the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber has issued Presidential Practice Guidance No. 1 of 2025 on procedure for the preparation of appeals and claims in the Special Educational Needs and Disability, and Disability Discrimination in Schools jurisdictions. Further, the Senior President of Tribunals, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, has issued a Practice Direction on the preparation of hearing bundles in those jurisdictions. These concern procedure and case preparation rather than the substantive consideration of appeals.
What steps she is taking to help tackle illegal traveller encampments where the same group repeatedly relocates within a local area, requiring the local authority to obtain a new possession order.
Planning policy is clear that local authorities should assess the need for traveller sites in their area, and then plan to meet that need, in the same way they plan for all forms of housing.The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government recently consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework, which includes proposals that aim to give greater clarity on how traveller sites should be planned for, and which seeks views on the impacts of our policies on Gypsies and Travellers. The consultation closed on 10 March and responses are being analysed.