Andrew Mitchell MP: written questions

Written questions

• Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sutton ColdfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69004More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the capacity of sexual health services in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

  Answer: Local authorities in England, including Birmingham, which is the upper tier local authority for Sutton Coldfield, are responsible for commissioning comprehensive, open access to most sexual health services (SHSs) funded through the Public Health Grant. In...

  Answered 28 Jul 2025

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• Accident and Emergency Departments: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69003More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times in hospitals in the West Midlands.

  Answer: The Government recognises that urgent and emergency care performance has fallen short in recent years and is committed to restoring accident and emergency waiting times to the National Health Service constitutional standard across England, including in th...

  Answered 25 Jul 2025

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• Sports: Older PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67303More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that older people can engage in community sports in the West Midlands.

  Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, including older people, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.Sport and physical activity play a vital role in driving positive public health outcome...

  Answered 21 Jul 2025

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• Railways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67302More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the punctuality of (a) Avanti West Coast, (b) CrossCountry and (c) West Midlands Railway.

  Answer: Punctuality (percentage of station calls made within three minutes of schedule) for these three operators were as follows in the most recent rail period 3 (25 May to 21 June): Avanti West Coast – 60.1 per cent period 3, 59.1 per cent moving annual average...

  Answered 22 Jul 2025

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• Special Educational Needs: Sutton ColdfieldDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66526More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of SEND services in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

  Answer: The constituency of Sutton Coldfield falls under Birmingham City Council.A recent inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of the Birmingham Local Area Partnership’s arrangements for children and young people with special educational nee...

  Answered 18 Jul 2025

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• Fly-tipping: West MidlandsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66525More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures in place to tackle fly-tipping in the West Midlands.

  Answer: No specific assessment of the effectiveness of measures to tackle fly-tipping in the West Midlands has been made. However, local authorities are required to report the number of fly-tipping incidents and enforcement actions to Defra, this data is publishe...

  Answered 18 Jul 2025

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