Alex Brewer MP: written questions 2025
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Human Papillomavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include information in the Green Book on the HPV vaccine that includes reference to its role in reducing the risk of oral cancer.
Answer: The Green Book is written for healthcare professionals. The chapter on human papillomavirus (HPV) does highlight the causal link between infection with this virus, cervical cancer, and some non-cervical cancer including those of the head and neck. The HPV...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his proposal to raise the threshold for consultation from 150 to 250 units would override an exclusion zone in a local plan.
Answer: Our consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system seeks views on raising the threshold for consulting Active Travel England on residential development from 150 to 250 units. It is expected that this will focus resources on sites which are most...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: RiversMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how explicit protection of chalk stream rivers is defined in government policy or guidance, as referenced during the Planning Reform debate on 16 December 2025.
Answer: The government is consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that includes clearer, more rules-based policies for decision-making and plan-making. The consultation includes explicit recognition of chalk streams as features of high envir...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: RiversMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what measures the Government has enacted to ensure local plans identify and manage the impacts of development on chalk stream rivers; whether these include buffer zones, green co
Answer: The government is consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that includes clearer, more rules-based policies for decision-making and plan-making. The consultation includes explicit recognition of chalk streams as features of high envir...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Blue Badge SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is the Government taking to ensure that there are adequate Blue Badge parking spaces at NHS facilities in Hampshire and Surrey.
Answer: National Health Service organisations decide how they provide parking locally, including whether it is charged for, based on the needs of patients, visitors, and staff, as well as environmental factors. The NHS car parking guidance requires free parking t...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ParkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that hospital parking is affordable and inclusive for staff and patients.
Answer: National Health Service organisations decide how they provide parking locally, including whether it is charged for, based on the needs of patients, visitors, and staff, as well as environmental factors. The NHS car parking guidance requires free parking t...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: CharitiesDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that child welfare and education charities receive timely and clear information on Government grants and funding.
Answer: All department competed and criteria-based general grants, except those identified as highly sensitive or which are Grant in Aid, are advertised centrally online using the Cabinet Office's Find a Grant advertising service. This process ensures that inform...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to update the multi-criteria decision support analysis to ensure that hospital wave allocations within the New Hospital Programme reflect estate conditions and patient
Answer: As set out in the New Hospital Programme’s Plan for Implementation, a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) tool was used to help prioritise schemes to support the development of funding options. Criteria included deliverability, estate condition, clini...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that inclusive, safe and accessible youth spaces are available in every area following the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland v. The Scottish
Answer: My department is committed to ensuring that our youth policies are inclusive and do not exclude any young people. Our recent consultations with young people as part of our National Youth Strategy informed us that they wanted safe and welcoming spaces. To ...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMarriage Act 1949Ministry of JusticeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government has taken to review the provisions of the Marriage Act 1949.
Answer: The Government announced on 2 October that we intend to reform weddings law when parliamentary time allows. The reforms reflect a commitment to making marriage law fairer, simpler and more modern, whilst also protecting the solemnity and dignity of marria...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMarriageMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to implement the Law Commission’s July 2022 recommendations for reforming weddings law in England and Wales.
Answer: The Government announced on 2 October that we intend to reform weddings law when parliamentary time allows. The reforms reflect a commitment to making marriage law fairer, simpler and more modern, whilst also protecting the solemnity and dignity of marria...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether processes are in place to ensure (a) that hospitals within the New Hospital Programme are continually assessed and (B) that the prioritisation queue can be adjusted if circumstances change,
Answer: On 20 January 2025, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a new, realistic plan to deliver the New Hospital Programme (NHP) and we continue to work to these timelines. As set out in the Plan for Implementation, del...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts in managing and removing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from hospital buildings; and how this work is prioritised within the
Answer: On 20 January 2025, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a new, realistic plan to deliver the New Hospital Programme (NHP) and we continue to work to these timelines. As set out in the Plan for Implementation, del...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS trusts can take to accelerate their eligibility for prioritisation within the New Hospital Programme queue.
Answer: On 20 January 2025, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a new, realistic plan to deliver the New Hospital Programme (NHP) and we continue to work to these timelines. As set out in the Plan for Implementation, del...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services NetworkHome OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Emergency Services Network will be fully operational, including phone-based location tracking capabilities for emergency responders.
Answer: The programme’s priority is to achieve the right balance between credible plans that have user confidence and the need to deliver ESN as quickly and safely as possible to enable the shutdown of Airwave.The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programm...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNatural England: Fire PreventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support Natural England in their responsibilities in wildfire prevention, including in agreeing land management plans.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is the lead Government department for wildfire. Defra works closely with MHCLG and supports Natural England (NE) to deliver its responsibilities. This includes the recently published Enviro...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDiseases: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to help improve the diagnosis of overlapping illnesses such as PoTs and EDS.
Answer: We recognise the growing prevalence and complexity of overlapping and co-existing chronic illnesses and long-term conditions, and the importance of improving diagnosis, management, and support for these patients.Through the 10-Year Health Plan, we are exp...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDiseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessments his Department has made of how to best support patients suffering with overlapping illnesses.
Answer: We recognise the growing prevalence and complexity of overlapping and co-existing chronic illnesses and long-term conditions, and the importance of improving diagnosis, management, and support for these patients.Through the 10-Year Health Plan, we are exp...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordExtracurricular Activities: Rural AreasDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that students from low socio-economic backgrounds, in rural areas, have access to funds for extra curricular activities.
Answer: My department has been co-producing a new National Youth Strategy with young people from all backgrounds, including those in rural areas from low socio-economic backgrounds, and we are committed to giving all young people the chance to reach their full po...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitics and Government: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase understanding of (a) politics and (b) Parliament within the national secondary school curriculum.
Answer: Pupils learn about politics and Parliament within citizenship at secondary school, as well as within history where relevant.The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review recommended that the curriculum should support democratic understanding and engage...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce ambulance wait times for Category 2 calls to the national target of 18 minutes.
Answer: The Government recognises that in recent years ambulance performance has not met the high standards patients should expect.In October, NHS England published the Medium Term Planning Framework which sets out ambitious targets to improve core urgent and eme...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of measures to deter antisocial behaviour among young people in rural areas, such as North East Hampshire.
Answer: Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.Under the Government’s Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, we are putting neighbourhood officers back into communities, both urban and rural, a...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour and Vandalism: ChildrenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessments her Department has made of the potential impact that access to youth services and after-school clubs has on levels of vandalism and antisocial behaviour among under-18s in North
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour and the harm it causes is a top priority for this Government.DCMS-funded statistical analysis shows that a year after a drop in local authority expenditure on youth services, areas see increased incidences of some types of a...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Conferences and Trade PromotionHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Electronic Travel Authorisation on European business representatives attending trade events and conferences in the UK.
Answer: ETAs have been introduced to strengthen the security of our border. They also make travel easier by further digitising our immigration and borders system, ensuring millions of visitors, including business travellers, enjoy a seamless experience. The depar...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: North East HampshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce ambulance response times in North East Hampshire constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises that in recent years ambulance performance has not met the high standards patients should expect.In October, NHS England published the Medium Term Planning Framework which sets out ambitious targets to improve core urgent and eme...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
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