Adam Dance MP: written questions
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Special Educational Needs: YeovilDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve the quality of special educational needs and disabilities provision in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The department continues to support improvements in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision in Somerset, including in Yeovil.This financial year, Somerset Council received £8.4 million through the High Needs Provision Capital Allocatio...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to draw on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to define inclusive education.
Answer: The department is committed to improving inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools, as well as ensuring special and alternative provision schools cater to those with the most complex needs.The department is continuing to engage closely with children...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish a definition of inclusive education.
Answer: The department is committed to improving inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools, as well as ensuring special and alternative provision schools cater to those with the most complex needs.The department is continuing to engage closely with children...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: VictimsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the provisions in Part Two of the Sentencing Bill on victims of domestic abuse.
Answer: The Sentencing Bill includes a range of measures that will strengthen protections for victims of domestic abuse and ensure the justice system responds robustly to offending. These measures will help to ensure that prisons never run out of space again and ...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: South WestDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure there is consistent onboard information on request stops on rail services across the South West.
Answer: The process for request stops is standard for all stations on Great Western Railway’s (GWR) network. Alighting passengers must inform the conductor to request the stop, and boarding passengers need to signal the driver by raising their hand as the train a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: ChemicalsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing government testing of period products for harmful chemical residues.
Answer: The General Product Safety Regulations 2005 require that only safe products, in their normal or reasonably foreseeable use, are placed on the market. There are obligations on Producers and distributors to where reasonable, sample test products to check sa...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to establish a specialised service for people with very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue symptom in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: We published the final myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), delivery plan on 22 July, which focuses on boosting research, improving attitudes and education, and bettering the lives of people with this debilitating di...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools to better identify pupils' range of additional needs outside of the classroom.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education.Schools, further education colleges, sixth form colleges, and 16 to 19 academie...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes and Eating DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to raise awareness of Type 1 Diabetes and Eating Disorders among healthcare professionals in diabetes and eating disorder services in (a) Somerset and (b) England.
Answer: NHS England is currently funding five Type 1 Disordered Eating (T1DE) pilots, with the aim of increasing understanding of the characteristics and care needs of people with T1DE, assessing the feasibility of the service delivery model and build the evidenc...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes and Eating Disorders: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to require Integrated Care Boards to provide sustainable funding to enable (a) the continuation of successful pilot projects on Type 1 Diabetes and Eating Disorders and (b) those p
Answer: NHS England has provided up to £1.5 million a year for the five current Type 1 Disordered Eating pilots for three years. This funding is transferred to integrated care boards on an annual basis and in 2025/26 has been ringfenced.Decisions on funding for f...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Federation of Young Farmers Clubs: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 75506 on the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs: Finance, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of delive
Answer: My officials continue to work closely with the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs in delivering the 25/26 grant. Any assessment of the potential merits of providing further funding beyond 25/26 will form part of future spending decisions.
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) clinical oncology workforce shortages and (b) staffing levels on the adoption of innovative cancer treatments by NHS Trusts.
Answer: We are building our cancer workforce. As of June 2025, there are over 1,800 full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the speciality of clinical oncology in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations in England. This is almost 440, or...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the NHS (a) funding and (b) commissioning structures on Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy provision in South West England.
Answer: The National Health Service keeps under review the range of services it offers patients. The use of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy is thought to prolong overall survival and improve quality of life. NHS England provides the treatment to those eli...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHearing: TestingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of providing NHS standard hearing tests to children in primary schools in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Eng
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is an independent scientific advisory committee advising Ministers and the National Health Service about all aspects of population and targeted screening. It reviewed screening children for hearing problems in ...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEyesight: TestingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of providing NHS standard eye tests to children in primary school in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) England.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee recommends vision screening in school for children aged between four and five years old to look for reduced vision in one or both eyes.Free National Health Service sight tests are also widely available for children unde...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: YeovilDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) schools and (b) local authorities to provide education, care and health plans for children with special educational needs in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The duty to conduct education, health and care (EHC) needs assessments, and to issue EHC plans if required, rests with the local authority.The department monitors and works closely with local authorities that have issues with the EHC needs assessment and ...
Answered 6 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Federation of Young Farmers Clubs: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing discretionary grant funding for the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs on the farming industry in (a) Yeovil co
Answer: Encouraging more young people into farming and land-based careers is vital to ensure a skilled workforce is in place and the longer-term viability of the sector. Defra works closely with the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC). Defra provi...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address geographic variations in (a) access and (b) efficacy of treatment for multiple sclerosis in (i) the South West and (ii) England.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services for their local population, including for multiple sclerosis (MS), across England, including in the South West. The Government expects ICBs to assess the demand for service provision...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help (a) increase recruitment and (b) tackle staffing shortages in the hospitality sector in (a) towns, (b) rural communities and (c) other places in (i) Somer
Answer: Hospitality businesses, including those in Somerset and across other regions, play a vital role in driving economic growth and strengthening community cohesion across the country.We work closely with the Hospitality Sector Council to improve the productiv...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRegeneration: Urban AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support the local hospitality sector to regenerate high streets in (a) Yeovil, (b) Chard and (c) other towns.
Answer: This Government is reforming business rates to protect the high street, including permanently lower taxes for retail, hospitality and leisure properties with a rateable value under £500,000 from 2026.We are also slashing red tape to breathe new life into ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Hospitality IndustryDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising energy costs on small to medium sized hospitality businesses in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy wit...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: YeovilDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with industry bodies on strengthening (a) apprenticeships and (b) training routes in the hospitality sector to support small and medium-sized businesses in Yeovil constit
Answer: The government offers a range of training options, including apprenticeships and BTECs, to support employers of all sizes in the hospitality sector to benefit from and develop the skilled workforces they need.Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) give sm...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: YeovilTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74466More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the level of (a) Value Added Tax rates and (b) business rates on the recovery of hospitality businesses in rural areas in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution made by hospitality and tourism businesses, including those in rural areas, to economic growth and social life in the UK. To deliver our manifesto pledge, from 2026/27, we intend to introduce permanen...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHypermobility: NeurodiversityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential need to improve screening for hypermobility in neurodivergent individuals.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including support for neurodivergent people. We expect ICBs to have due regard to National I...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHypermobility: NeurodiversityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase (a) awareness and (b) understanding of the association between (i) hypermobility and (ii) neurodivergence in the NHS.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including support for neurodivergent people. We expect ICBs to have due regard to National I...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
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