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Written questions by Atkins.

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

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31 Mar 2025·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 35691 on Dover Port Health Authority: Finance, how much funding his Department plans to provide to Dover Port Health Authority in the 2025-26 financial year.

Reply

Defra remains committed to agreeing an appropriate funding model with Dover PHA to help tackle illegal imports. Officials are working with Dover Port Health Authority to agree funding for 2025/26.

25 Mar 2025·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the details of a potential UK-US trade deal.

Reply

The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues, and Cabinet discussions are considered confidential.

5 Mar 2025·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Dover Port Health Authority on funding for the 2025-26 financial year.

Reply

Defra remains committed to agreeing an appropriate funding model with Dover PHA to help tackle illegal imports. Officials are working with Dover Port Health Authority to agree funding for 2025/26.

5 Mar 2025·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has confirmed funding for the Dover Port Health Authority for the 2025-26 financial year.

Reply

Defra remains committed to agreeing a funding model with Dover Port Health Authority to help tackle illegal imports. The Government’s fiscal position is challenging, and we need to make some difficult decisions. Despite this, we have been able to secure funding for 2025/6 to support the detection of illegal imports at the short straits, alongside Border Force and we continue to work with Dover Port Health Authority on this.

5 Dec 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What meetings she had with the (a) National Farmers Union, (b) Country Land and Business Association, (c) Countryside Alliance, (d) Tenant Association Farmers and (e) Central Association for Agricultural Valuers bef

Reply

The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. The Government takes into account ...

5 Dec 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What meetings she has had with the (a) National Farmers Union, (b) Country Land and Business Association, (c) Countryside Alliance, (d) Tenant Association Farmers and (e) Central Association for Agricultural Valuers

Reply

The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. The Government takes into account ...

5 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for the capital grant scheme were received by his Department in each month since July 2024.

Reply

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) received a total of 5,470 applications for the capital grant scheme between July and November 2024 with 1,884 Agreements offered during this period with an average value of £14,011. Across the summer, a much larger volume o...

5 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, what the average award received through his Department's capital grant scheme was in (a) July, (b) August, (c) September, (d) October and (e) November.

Reply

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) received a total of 5,470 applications for the capital grant scheme between July and November 2024 with 1,884 Agreements offered during this period with an average value of £14,011. Across the summer, a much larger volume o...

5 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for the capital grant scheme were approved by his Department in each month since July 2024.

Reply

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) received a total of 5,470 applications for the capital grant scheme between July and November 2024 with 1,884 Agreements offered during this period with an average value of £14,011. Across the summer, a much larger volume o...

14 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12741 on Business: Inheritance Tax, how many and what proportion of the estates that claimed both agricultural property relief and business property relief were

Reply

When estates include a claim for both APR and BPR, the estate may not consist entirely of a farming business and its working capital. HMRC estimates that of the population of estates that claimed both APR and BPR in 2021-22, almost a quarter included a BP...

14 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12741 on Business: Inheritance Tax, what the combined value of assets qualifying for relief was in the estates that claimed both agricultural property relief an

Reply

In 2021-22, the total combined value of agricultural and business property relief (APR, BPR) from those estates that claimed both reliefs was £1.6 billion. When estates include a claim for both APR and BPR, the estate may not consist entirely of a farming...

14 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12741 on Business: Inheritance Tax, how many and what proportion of the estates that claimed both agricultural property relief and business property relief (a)

Reply

When estates include a claim for both APR and BPR, the estate may not consist entirely of a farming business and its working capital. HMRC estimates that of the population of estates that claimed both APR and BPR in 2021-22, almost a quarter included a BP...

5 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

With reference to her Department’s publication entitled Summary of reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief, published on 30 October 2024, how many Agricultural Property Relief claims in

Reply

The Government has published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. In 2021-22, 782 estates making...

28 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

How many (a) first stage and (b) second stage cancer patients received a diagnosis following an appointment at a community diagnostic centre opened since the 2021 Spending Review.

Reply

Data on the routes to diagnosis for cancer, which is collated and published by the National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) does not specify the setting where the diagnostic test took place, so we do not hold the information on diagnoses following app...

28 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

How many (a) checks, (b) tests and (c) scans were carried out at community diagnostic centres opened since the 2021 Spending Review, as of 4 July 2024.

Reply

As of the end of June 2024, community diagnostics centres (CDCs) had delivered 9,292,578 tests, checks and scans since the 2021 Spending Review at the end of October. Over this period, the diagnostic waiting list has increased from 1,428,415 as at the end...

28 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

How many procedures were delivered by surgical hubs opened since 27 October 2021 in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April, (e) May, (f) June and (g) July 2024.

Reply

Between October 2021 and 4 July 2024, 18 new Targeted Investment Fund (TIF2) funded surgical hubs have opened. Elective Hub data is only available from April 2024, when the Elective Hub dashboard was established.Of the 18 new TIF2 funded surgical hubs, on...

28 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

How many procedures were delivered by surgical hubs opened since the 2021 Spending Review, as of 4 July 2024.

Reply

Between the 2021 Spending Review and 4 July 2024, 18 new Targeted Investment Fund (TIF2) funded surgical hubs have opened. Elective Hub data is only available from April 2024, when the Elective Hub dashboard was established.Of the 18 new TIF2 funded surgi...

28 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

How many (a) checks, (b) tests and (c) scans were carried out at community diagnostic centres opened since the 2021 Spending Review in (i) January 2024, (ii) February 2024, (iii) March 2024, (iv) A

Reply

As of the end of June 2024, community diagnostics centres (CDCs) had delivered 9,292,578 tests, checks and scans since the 2021 Spending Review at the end of October. Over this period, the diagnostic waiting list has increased from 1,428,415 as at the end...

8 Oct 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
Asked

What estimate she has made of the proportion of the general population that are in receipt of the State Pension in each district council electoral ward in Louth and Horncastle constituency.

Reply

DWP cannot provide data down to a district council electoral ward level. Data on State Pension caseloads for GB is published and this can be found on DWP Stat-Xplore. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes data on estimates of the population a...

8 Oct 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
Asked

How many people in receipt of the State Pension there are in each district council electoral ward in Louth and Horncastle constituency.

Reply

DWP cannot provide data down to a district council electoral ward level. Data on State Pension caseloads for GB is published and this can be found on Stat-Xplore. Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, can access User Guide...

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