Al Pinkerton MP: written questions
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Disability: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to care need s assessments for (a) deaf and (b) blind people in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that deaf and blind people can access needs assessments. Under the Equality Act (2010), local authorities must also make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiology: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of radiographers in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place and with the right skills mix, to deliver safe and effective...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that healthcare services can (a) recruit and (b) retain speech therapists in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place and with the right skills mix, to deliver safe and effective...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupational Therapy: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that healthcare services can (a) recruit and (b) retain occupational therapists in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place and with the right skills mix, to deliver safe and effective...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysiotherapy: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that healthcare services can (a) recruit and (b) retain physiotherapists in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place and with the right skills mix, to deliver safe and effective...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Surrey HeathHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce knife crime in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission.We have already taken radical action to get dangerous knives off Britain’s streets, including implementing a ban on the sale and possession of zombie-style kn...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish the DVSA's findings from the call for evidence on the experience of booking and managing car driving tests.
Answer: On the 18 December 2024, a call for evidence was launched, seeking views on the current rules to book tests. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency have been analysing the responses to this and have been working to develop proposals to improve the rules ...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of hospital access to medical equipment in the Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Individual National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts are responsible and accountable for their own purchasing decisions, which will include medical equipment. NHS organisations are independent commercial entities, and it is for an NHS procuring...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the forthcoming immigration white paper on the ability of universities to attract international students.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and other stakeholders.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Partnerships and MarriageWomen and EqualitiesTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47531More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling opposite-sex couples to convert a civil partnership to marriage.
Answer: In 2019, when civil partnerships were made available for opposite-sex couples in England and Wales, the Government ran a public consultation on the future of conversion rights between marriage and civil partnerships for both opposite and same-sex couples ...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing redress to people impacted by forced adoptions between 1945 and 1976.
Answer: This abhorrent practice should never have taken place, and our deepest sympathies are with all those affected.We take this issue extremely seriously and are considering what more can be done for those who were impacted by historical forced adoption.
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide an update on the progress of implementing the DVSA’s seven-point plan aimed at reducing driving test waiting times.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continues to work on implementing its 7-point plan to reduce waiting times and to encourage learner drivers to only book their driving test when they are ready.DVSA’s progress so far against the measures has ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Surrey HeathDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce private vehicle dependency in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Since the beginning of this parliament the department has provided increased funding to Surrey County Council to deliver better bus services and active routes. Surrey County Council were awarded £12 million of bus funding in financial year 2025/26, an inc...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the energy efficiency ratings of residential properties in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help people find ways to save money on energy bills and transform our ageing building stock into comfortable, low-carbon homes that are fit for the future, including those in the Surrey Heath constituency. The Government has commi...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: Surrey HeathDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of school children receive free school meals in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: The department publishes data annually on pupils who are eligible for free school meals in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistics. This includes a school level underlying data file which indicates Parliamentary constituency. The data i...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Surrey HeathDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote apprenticeships in schools in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: There is a range of digital and in-person support available to school and colleges to help them to inform their students about apprenticeships. The Careers and Enterprise Company’s national network of Careers Hubs, helps to co-ordinate employers and local...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: ParkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring developers to include Blue Badge parking spaces in new residential housing developments.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that in assessing sites that may be allocated for development in plans, or specific applications for development, it should be ensured that safe and suitable access to the site can be achieved for all users....
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Surrey HeathDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to invest in higher education facilities in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Higher education (HE) providers are autonomous and decide where to locate and establish their facilities, providing tangible benefits to their local areas and constituencies.Providers registered with the Office for Students (OfS) and in the Approved (fee ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Surrey HeathDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure hospital road infrastructure is sufficient to meet growing population demand in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Surrey County Council are the local transport authority for Surrey Heath and also have responsibility for the local highway network. It is up to the respective local authority to invest in its local transport network based on local needs and priorities.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDigestive System: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with digestive system disorders in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first, by making sure that they are seen on time and that they have the best possible experience of care, including those with digestive system disorders. We have committed to getting back to the National He...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to support menopausal women with mental health issues in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: We know that too many people, including menopausal women with mental health issues, are not receiving the mental health care they need, and that waits for mental health services are too long across England, including in Surrey Heath.As part of our mission...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce CAHMS waiting times in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: We know children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need and that waits for mental health services are too long across England. We are determined to change that.Nationally, the Government is providing £7 million of funding to e...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Surrey HeathDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve road safety for vulnerable road users in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: This Government treats road safety with the utmost seriousness, and we are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. My Department is developing our road safety strategy and will set out more details in due course.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Greater LondonDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if Ministers in her Department will meet with the hon. Member for Surrey Heath to discuss railway infrastructure improvements aimed at enabling more direct services to London.
Answer: Future rail infrastructure investment is being considered as part of the Spending Review, which will conclude in June 2025. The Rail Minister would therefore be happy to meet the MP for Surrey Heath once this process has concluded.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with autism with their mental health in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: We know that too many people, including autistic people, are not receiving the mental health care they need, and that waits for mental health services are too long across England, including in Surrey Heath. We are determined to change that.As part of our ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
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