Alistair Strathern MP: written questions
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Hyoscine HydrobromideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of Hyoscine hydrobromide 1.5mg patches.
Answer: The Department is aware that hyoscine hydrobromide (Scopoderm) 1.5 milligram patches are currently out of stock with a resupply date yet to be confirmed. We are continuing to work closely with the sole supplier of this product and the Medicines and Health...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalforziaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had on increasing access to Palforzia treatment.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) assesses the clinical and cost effectiveness of new medicines on behalf of the National Health Service in England. Palforzia is an oral immunotherapy treatment for peanut allergy. In February 20...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAdrenaline Auto-injectors: Public PlacesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered locating anaphylaxis kits in (a) schools, (b) supermarkets and (c) other public places.
Answer: Since October 2017, the Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2017 have allowed all schools to buy adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs) without a prescription, for emergency use on children who are at risk of anaphylaxis but whose own device is not availabl...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDivorce Courts: Domestic AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to account for the consequences of coercive control in divorce court (a) proceedings and (b) decisions.
Answer: It is a top priority for this Government to tackle violence against women and girls, including economic abuse and coercive control. The Law Commission’s 2024 scoping report on financial remedies on divorce considered the issue of domestic abuse, including...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRelationships and Sex EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising issues of sexual consent in sexual health education.
Answer: The revised relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance was published on 15 July and sets out that secondary schools should cover the role of consent, including in romantic and sexual relationships. This includes the law about the age of co...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTomography: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of widening the deployment of play therapy in supporting paediatric MRI scans on costs.
Answer: The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. This involves ensuring that children receive the appropriate care and support whenever they need it.To support this, NHS England and the charity Starlight have jointly laun...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Flood ControlMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the merits of including low cost effective property flood resilience measures in (a) the Future Homes Standard and (b) building regulations.
Answer: The Government is committed to building the homes the country needs while ensuring they are safe from flooding. The Building Regulations set minimum standards for all new dwellings. The Future Homes Standard will focus on the energy efficiency and carbon ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSewers: Urban AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of producing standards on implementing sustainable urban drainage for (a) landowners, (b) local authorities
Answer: In June of this year, the Government introduced new national standards making clear that sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) should be designed to cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits in the form...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the current police widow(er)s’ pension regulations.
Answer: The 2015 police pension scheme is the scheme currently open to serving police officers. This scheme provides life-long survivor benefits for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners, including those who remarry or cohabit after losing a spouse. The ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocksmiths: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of regulating the locksmith industry to protect people from rogue locksmiths.
Answer: The UK's framework for occupational regulation upholds public protection, while ensuring regulatory burdens on industry are proportionate. Although the locksmithing profession is not subject to statutory regulation, several self-regulating trade associati...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh ImplantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50325, what his planned timeline is for publishing the update to the Patient Safety Commissioner’s report.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety Commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex area of work, involving s...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Higher EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on support available for medical students.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Education on an on-going basis, covering a wide range of matters to ensure the education system is supporting medical students.For the 2025/26 academic year, the Government wil...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPostnatal DepressionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of postnatal depression involved (a) engagement with and (b) mental health assessment of the woman’s partner by the relevant service in the most recent 12-month period for which data
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally at this level of detail. The Government is committed to improving the support available to mothers, fathers, and partners who experience mental health difficulties, including postnatal depression, during the...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: FathersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts to (a) recognise and (b) involve fathers as parents in (i) maternity and (ii) early childhood services.
Answer: The National Health Service’s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services recognises that listening and responding to all women, their partners and families, is an essential part of enabling and delivering safe and high-quality care. Ther...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FathersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data on the number of (a) fathers who have accessed perinatal mental health services and (b) maternity outreach clinics that offer (i) evidence-based mental health as
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally at this level of detail. The Government is committed to improving the support available to mothers, fathers, and partners who experience mental health difficulties, including postnatal depression, during the...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGivinostat: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase availability of Givinostat for children.
Answer: The Department understands the impact that Duchenne muscular dystrophy has on those living with it and their families, and the urgent need for new treatment options. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for th...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS services (a) engage with new fathers and (b) record their details alongside the mothers in their baby's health records.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Livingston on 31 March 2025 to Question 38280.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safety of children online.
Answer: The government is implementing the Online Safety Act as quickly and effectively as possible, so children can be protected from criminal behaviour and harmful content online.The illegal content duties are now in force, so platforms already need to act to p...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: New BusinessesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support climate technology start-ups.
Answer: The Government provides significant support to climate start-ups, including through the £1.3 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. The Government will set out its full approach to seizing the growth opportunities from clean energy industries in the forth...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Pumps: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department's proposals for planning restrictions on heat pumps will be implemented.
Answer: Nationally set permitted development rights enable the installation of air and ground source heat pumps without the need to submit a planning application. The previous government consulted on proposed changes to these rights, and on 21 November we announc...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the backlog in driving tests.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at all driving test centres (...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUnadopted Roads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support her Department provides to highways authorities to (a) adopt and (b) repair and (c)upgrade (i) unadopted and (ii) ownerless roads that form key parts of local road networks.
Answer: Unadopted roads that are not maintained at public expense by a highway authority are known as private streets, as defined by Section 203(2) of the Highways Act 1980. The responsibility for management of private streets rests with the owner, or more usuall...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBirds of Prey: RodenticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the Rodenticide Stewardship Scheme on bird species populations and their health.
Answer: The Rodenticide Stewardship Scheme is overseen by the Government Oversight Group (GOG) for Rodenticide Stewardship. This group is chaired by the Health and Safety Executive and includes representatives from relevant Government departments and agencies. It...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNutrition: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on enhancing (a) diet and (b) nutrition education in the school curriculum.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care have met to discuss a range of issues and projects.This department’s independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, which ...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: Power FailuresDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of telecommunications systems resilience during power cuts.
Answer: Government recognises the importance of the issue of power resilience for the sector. Whilst most power cuts are brief, we recognise the impact that they can have on the telephone network. We are working closely with the regulator, communications provider...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
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