Adrian Ramsay MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Kinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Kinship Allowance Pilot will commence; and when she plans to publish the list of the ten selected local authorities participating in that pilot.
Answer: The department announced on 27 February that the Kinship Allowance pilot will be delivered through the new Kinship Zones programme, which will operate in seven local authority areas: Bexley, Bolton, Newcastle, North East Lincolnshire, Medway, Thurrock and...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of wide area network (WAN) coverage required for smart meter functionality in Waveney Valley constituency; what inf
Answer: The Department does not collect data on smart meter installations at a constituency level. The latest statistics are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/smart-meters-in-great-britain-quarterly-update-september-2025. The Government is ...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordADHD: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of children removed from local NHS ADHD waiting lists after accessing the Right to Choose pathway.
Answer: The Department does not collect data on the number of children removed from local National Health Service attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) waiting lists after accessing the Right to Choose pathway.NHS England has worked with stakeholders to...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordADHD: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding and workforce planning support to Integrated Care Boards to reduce waiting times for children with ADHD assessments and treatment.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for determining allocations of financial resources to integrated care boards (ICBs). Funding for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism assessment services are included within NHS England’s financial allocati...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordADHD: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to medication, paediatric support, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services follow-up for children diagnosed with ADHD throu
Answer: It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) in England to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including providing access to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessm...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordADHD: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on how Right to Choose providers should integrate with local NHS paediatric and mental health services for children with ADHD, incl
Answer: It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) in England to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including providing access to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and aut...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRabbits: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will amend the The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 following the 2024 Post-Implementation Review in order to (a) make the b
Answer: The Government published its Animal Welfare Strategy in December 2025, which committed to continuing to work with the sector to drive up welfare standards and improve compliance with the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England)...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to restrict the (a) import and (b) sale of animal products produced using methods that would be illegal in the UK as part of the negotiations on the UK–EU
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 26 February 2026 to PQ UIN 114509.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to seek exemptions from dynamic alignment on animal welfare in the UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement; and when she next plans to report progress o
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on May 19, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area. The EU has accepted there will need to be a number of areas where the UK needs to retain our own rules. The details of...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHunting Act 2004Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the definition of hunting under the Hunting Act 2004.
Answer: The Government is committed to enacting a ban on trail hunting, in line with its manifesto commitment. Defra will consult early this year on how to deliver a ban. All responses to the consultation will be considered carefully.
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHunting Act 2004Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the penalties under the Hunting Act 2004; and whether the planned consultation on trail hunting will include consideration of
Answer: The Government is committed to enacting a ban on trail hunting, in line with its manifesto commitment. Defra will consult early this year on how to deliver a ban. All responses to the consultation will be considered carefully.
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHunting Act 2004Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the consultation on hunting with dogs will accept submissions on potential amendments to Schedule 1 of the Hunting Act 2004.
Answer: The Government is committed to enacting a ban on trail hunting, in line with its manifesto commitment. Defra will consult early this year on how to deliver a ban. All responses to the consultation will be considered carefully.
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to action 25 of the National Cancer Plan, what factors will be used to prioritise locations for new training places; and if he will consider the potential merits of using a formula t
Answer: The Department will use training more directly as a lever to support improvements in operational performance, prioritising training places in trusts, often those in rural or coastal areas, where vacancy rates are higher and performance is lower. This also...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has modelled the projected level of demand for consultant-level cancer specialists in rural, coastal and remote regions over the next 10 years.
Answer: The Department will use training more directly as a lever to support improvements in operational performance, prioritising training places in trusts, often those in rural or coastal areas, where vacancy rates are higher and performance is lower. This also...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Action 25 of the National Cancer Plan, what steps he will take to incentivise medical graduates to accept specialty training posts in rural, coastal and remote areas.
Answer: The Department will use training more directly as a lever to support improvements in operational performance, prioritising training places in trusts, often those in rural or coastal areas, where vacancy rates are higher and performance is lower. This also...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward a ban on the use of snare traps.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation and this included a commitment to bring an end to the use of snare traps in England. This was recently reaffirmed in the Government’s ...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's red lines are for negotiations on a UK–EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement; and what assessment she has made of the the potential merits of retaining the abil
Answer: Defra is currently negotiating a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement to make agrifood trade with our biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and regulatory barriers for British producers and retailers. The EU has accepted there will need t...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she had with companies involved in activities authorised by a licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2025.
Answer: The Department does not hold records on whether companies it engages with are authorised under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Minister Vallance has held meetings with Contract Research Organisations (CROs) on 18 July 2025, 17 September 2025...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward policies to ensure all Marine Protected Areas are returned to Good Ecological Status by 2030.
Answer: Good Ecological Status is an objective under the Water Framework Directive Regulations and applies specifically to inland, estuarine, and coastal waters up to 1 nautical mile from the coast and so covers only a small part of the entire MPA network. The Go...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms she has put in place to (a) monitor cases of Bovine TB in hunting hounds and (b) adherence to (i) meat hygiene rules and (ii) Bovine TB controls in relation to the safe
Answer: Tuberculosis (TB) in dogs caused by the bovine TB bacterium (M. bovis) is extremely rare. Dogs are spill over hosts and are not considered a significant source of infection for cattle, other dogs, or wildlife. There is no evidence that hunting activities ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: PalantirForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Government Department arranged the Prime Minister's meeting with Palantir on 27 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 7 November 2025 to question 86672.
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: General PractitionersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to improve GPs access to decarbonisation schemes to help them meet NHS Net Zero targets.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the decarbonisation of the GP estate. Through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, GP facilities can receive £7,500 for heat pumps and £5,000 for biomass boilers. We also help fund the UK Business Climate Hub, an online res...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: General PractitionersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has considered using GB Energy to invest in reducing the carbon footprint of the general practice estate.
Answer: Great British Energy has funded rooftop solar for 250 schools and around 260 NHS sites. This is cutting bills for schools and hospitals, releasing money for frontline services. For GPs that aren’t part of these NHS sites, they can access the Boiler Upgrad...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government following the internal review of the upper limit for Disabled Facilities Grants.
Answer: In England, we continue to fund the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) which is delivered by local authorities. This grant helps eligible older and disabled people on low incomes to adapt their homes to make them safe and suitable for their needs.The upper l...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take following the internal review of the upper limit for Disabled Facilities Grants; and what his planned timetable is for further action.
Answer: In England, we continue to fund the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) which is delivered by local authorities. This grant helps eligible older and disabled people on low incomes to adapt their homes to make them safe and suitable for their needs.The upper l...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
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