Alicia Kearns MP: written questions
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Special Educational Needs: Training and QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what minimum qualifications or SEND-specific training local authority assessors will be required to hold before conducting home education suitability assessments under the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer: Local authorities have existing duties to assess whether children not in school are receiving a suitable education. The department expects authorities to recruit candidates that can fulfil these statutory duties.The department will provide statutory guida...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHypertension: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans are in place if the supply of blood pressure medication is disrupted due to the war in Iran.
Answer: The Department is closely monitoring the Middle East conflict to assess any potential impact on United Kingdom medical supply chains through disruptions to manufacturing and logistics.We have limited direct exposure to the Middle East for medical products...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement Therapy: Supply ChainsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans are in place if the supply of hormone replacement therapy medication is disrupted due to the war in Iran.
Answer: The Department is closely monitoring the Middle East conflict to assess any potential impact on United Kingdom medical supply chains through disruptions to manufacturing and logistics.We have limited direct exposure to the Middle East for medical products...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAnalgesics: Supply ChainsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the war in Iran on the current level of codeine and co-codamol.
Answer: The Department is closely monitoring the Middle East conflict to assess any potential impact on United Kingdom medical supply chains through disruptions to manufacturing and logistics.We have limited direct exposure to the Middle East for medical products...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: Supply ChainsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans are in place if the supply of intravenous bags, syringes and gloves are disrupted due to the war in Iran.
Answer: The Department is closely monitoring the Middle East conflict to assess any potential impact on United Kingdom medical supply chains through disruptions to manufacturing and logistics.We have limited direct exposure to the Middle East for medical products...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the war in Iran on medicine supply chains.
Answer: The Department is closely monitoring the Middle East conflict to assess any potential impact on United Kingdom medical supply chains through disruptions to manufacturing and logistics.We have limited direct exposure to the Middle East for medical products...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of a national strategy to manage financial restructuring across the higher education sector.
Answer: The department recognises the concerns of higher education (HE) providers and their staff around the ongoing financial stability of their institutions.While HE providers are independent from government and are responsible for the pay and provision of staf...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAntimicrobials: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services to patients in rural areas.
Answer: It is the responsibility of local commissioners and providers to ensure the adequacy of all services to patients in rural areas, and that includes Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT).In 2022, NHS England surveyed OPAT provision across Engla...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protections under section 1(3A) of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for livestock and farmers where livestock have straye
Answer: The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953, as amended, covers livestock worrying incidents that take place on roads and paths, such as when animals are being moved from one field to another or where the person in charge of the dog causes it to attack st...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the tapered annual allowance for pensions on the level of retention of senior NHS clinicians; and whether her Department plans to
Answer: The annual allowance limits the amount that an individual can save in all their pension pots before they have to pay a tax charge. It aims to ensure that the incentives for pension saving, which are costly to the taxpayer, are appropriately targeted acros...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHong Kong: OppressionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the sentencing of Hong Kong democracy activist Anna Kwok's father, Kwok Yin-Sang, what steps she is taking to protect the families of BN(O) status holders f
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the response given to question 112773 on 4 March.
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordKwok Yin-sangForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will consider implementing Magnitsky-style sanctions against the Hong Kong officials responsible for the sentencing of Kwok Yin-sang, father of exiled democracy activi
Answer: We continue to keep the scope of our sanctions under close review, but it would not be appropriate to speculate on any future designations, since doing so could reduce their impact.
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to accelerate the issuing of medical driving licences.
Answer: The DVLA is currently experiencing an increase in both the volume and complexity of driving licence applications from people with one or more medical conditions. Unfortunately, this has led to longer waiting times for some customers. In 2024/25 the DVLA m...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUkraine: EnergyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of streamlining aid funding to UK suppliers of energy equipment suppliers identified by the Department o
Answer: Ukraine faces significant reconstruction needs across its energy sector following sustained Russian attacks. Over the past year, the UK has provided emergency assistance to the energy sector, including £87 million announced over the winter for grid repair...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether kidney disease will be included in the next wave of Modern Service Frameworks.
Answer: The Government will consider long-term conditions for future waves of modern service frameworks (MSFs). The criteria for determining other conditions for future MSFs will be based on where there is potential for rapid and significant improvements in quali...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal crossings were made over the Northern Ireland border in the last 5 years.
Answer: It is not possible to state how many illegal crossings were made over the Northern Ireland border in the last 5 years as not all people arriving via illegal entry routes will be detected.Operation Gull is an ongoing Home Office Immigration Enforcement int...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many aslyum claims were made in Northern Ireland in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock Industry: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will reconsider the termination of the temporary visa free access scheme for overseas seasonal sheep shearers from Australia and New Zealand.
Answer: All Immigration Rules concessionary arrangements are temporary and subject to regular Ministerial review. The sheep shearing concession has been operating for 14 years and the sheep farming sector has made significant efforts to provide skills training wi...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIran: RAF AkrotiriForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Iranian Ambassador was demarched for the attack on RAF Akrotiri.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement published on 4 March, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/summoning-of-the-iranian-ambassador-to-the-united-kingdom-fcdo-statement--2.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordConstruction: InsolvencyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized construction businesses facing insolvency as a result of planning delays and late payment practices.
Answer: We recognise the impact that late payment has on small and medium-sized businesses including those within the construction industry. This Government will legislate to end the scourge of late payments and will give the UK the strongest legal framework on l...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prisoners with severe mental health needs in Category C prisons receive timely access to appropriate care.
Answer: NHS England commissions comprehensive healthcare services across all prisons in England, ensuring mental health provision is delivered to the principle of equivalence with community services. The National Service Specification for Integrated Mental Health...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: East MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of cuts to Integrated Care Board funding on cancer patients in the East Midlands.
Answer: In the recently published National Cancer Plan, we set out our commitment to meet all three cancer waiting time standards to ensure that all cancer patients, including those in the East Midlands, have timely access to high quality diagnostic and treatment...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: Physical Education and SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to confirm funding levels for PE and school sport for the 2026/27 academic year.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Rutland and Stamford to the answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115304.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordClaims Management Services: RegulationTreasuryTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116637More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of consumer protections for motorists who are unknowingly diverted from their insurers to claims management companies following road traffic accidents; and whether she ha
Answer: The Government expects motorists to be treated fairly when making insurance claims. FCA rules require that insurer’s communications with consumers, including during the claims process, are clear, fair and not misleading. The process by which customers are...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Security AdviserCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115039More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long it took for the National Security Advisor to be vetted after his appointment.
Answer: Individuals appointed as National Security Adviser go through an extensive process which includes National Security Vetting (NSV). National Security Vetting for the current National Security Adviser was conducted to the usual standard set for Developed Ve...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
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