Anneliese Midgley MP: written questions 2025
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Epilepsy: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of research funding is allocated to epilepsy research; and if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of this proportion.
Answer: The Medical Research Council (MRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has committed a total of over £25.5 million since 2018/19 on epilepsy research, including over £9.5 million in 2024/25. This research spans discovery science and funda...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of epilepsy to (a) the NHS and (b) the wider economy; and how this estimate informs decisions on funding for epilepsy research.
Answer: While the Government has not made a formal estimate of the cost of epilepsy to the National Health Service and the wider economy, we are aware of a report published by Economist Impact in February 2024, titled, The value of action: mitigating the impact o...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's funding for epilepsy research.
Answer: The Department funds research into epilepsy via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Between 2020/21 and 2024/25, the NIHR invested £12.8 million in direct research funding on epilepsy. This investment in epilepsy research allows us...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish changes in bus funding allocations by local transport authority for 2025–26 and 2026–27.
Answer: On 5 December, the Government confirmed investment of over £3 billion from 2026/27 for the rest of the spending review period to support local leaders and bus operators across the country to improve bus services for millions of passengers. This includes m...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the changes to the bus funding allocations formula between 2025-26 and 2026-27.
Answer: On 5 December, the Government confirmed investment of over £3 billion from 2026/27 for the rest of the spending review period to support local leaders and bus operators across the country to improve bus services for millions of passengers. This includes m...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that councils with above-average demand for children’s social care receive adequate resources under the revised needs-based formula.
Answer: The existing formula, last updated in 2013/14, is significantly outdated and no longer reflects current levels of need. Since then, many local authorities have experienced substantial changes in deprivation, child population density, and other factors tha...
Answered 2 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100009More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of Child Trust Fund accounts that remain unclaimed and (b) value of funds held in those unclaimed Child Trust Fund accounts.
Answer: The number of Child Trust Funds that have matured and have not been claimed or transferred to an ISA, and the value of funds held in these accounts, can be found in the Child Trust Fund tables of the Annual Savings Statistics.https://www.gov.uk/government...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: WeatherDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are in place to reduce pressure on the NHS from flu-related hospital admissions this winter.
Answer: We have started earlier and done more than ever to prepare for winter this year. We continue to monitor the impact of winter pressures on the National Health Service over the winter months, providing additional support to services across the country as ne...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: WeatherDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has made to ensure sufficient NHS staffing and resources during the 2025–26 flu season.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment and resourcing are a matter for individual National Health Service employers, who manage this at a local level to ensure they have the staff they need to deliver safe and effective care. We continue to monitor the impact of win...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: WeatherDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the NHS is appropriately prepared for winter flu-related admissions in 2025 and early 2026.
Answer: We have started earlier and done more than ever to prepare for winter this year. We continue to monitor the impact of winter pressures on the National Health Service over the winter months, providing additional support to services across the country as ne...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
Answer: The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England.The MSF will drive improvements in the services that patients and their families receive at the end of life and will enable integrated care boar...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms exist to provide emergency support to councils in instances where their Fair Funding allocation does not cover their costs.
Answer: Through the Fair Funding Review 2.0 reforms and the first multi-year Local Government Finance Settlement in a decade, we are introducing a fairer and evidence-based funding system. These updates will account for local circumstances, including for differen...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the Government ensures that increases in core spending power per head accurately reflect trends in levels of costs for councils in deprived areas.
Answer: Through the Fair Funding Review 2.0 reforms and the first multi-year Local Government Finance Settlement in a decade, we are introducing a fairer and evidence-based funding system. These updates will account for local circumstances, including for differen...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms his Department plans to use to monitor the effectiveness of the multi-year Settlement in reducing disparities in funding between more and less deprived local auth
Answer: The government is making good on long overdue promises to fundamentally update the way we fund local authorities. We are realigning funding with need by introducing a fairer and evidence-based funding assessment, which will target a greater proportion of ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: Deprivation IndicatorsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an analysis of how the updated deprivation indicators have altered funding allocations to individual councils under the new Local Government Finance Settlement
Answer: The government published the local government finance policy statement Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 - GOV.UK and government response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government’s pla...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) variables and (b) indicators are included in the Fair Funding 2.0 formula; how is each factor weighted; and if he will publish the full methodology underpinning Fair Fun
Answer: I refer you to the government response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 The Fair Funding Review 2.0 - GOV.UK published on 20 November. The government will use relative need formulas (RNFs) to assess how much ‘need’ each local authority has in comparison to ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury on the potential merits of ringfencing funding received from fines levied on tech platforms by Ofcom under the Online Safety Act to fund sp
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, any fines collected by Ofcom must be paid into the Consolidated Fund and any subsequent allocation of funds would then be a matter for HM Treasury. It is worth noting that fine income is inherently unpredictable and therefore ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: Abuse and Gender Based ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has committed to providing specialist support services for survivors of technology-facilitated abuse and online violence against women and girls.
Answer: My Department is committed to the Government’s pledge to halve Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in a decade.The Ministry of Justice will be investing £550 million in victim support services over the next three years – the biggest investment in vict...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have undergone specialist technology-facilitated domestic abuse training in each of the last five years.
Answer: The College of Policing is the responsible body for setting standards, developing curriculum and monitoring training delivery within policing, including the technology-facilitated domestic abuse training within Operation Modify. In our manifesto, we commi...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of technology-facilitated abuse incidents reported to the police in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on technology-facilitated abuse incidents recorded by police forces in England and Wales. The rapid development of technology has provided additional spaces for technology facilitated abuse and violence against women and...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the forthcoming Violence Against Women and Girls strategy and its delivery plan will include (a) funding and (b) measures to address technology-facilitated domestic abuse.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) in all of its forms, including abuse facilitated by technology, is a top priority for this government, with an unprecedented mission to halve it within a decade. The rapid development of technology has prov...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: KnowsleyDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on the distribution of young people of A-level-studying age across different neighbourhoods in Knowsley.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally by the department.The Office for National Statistics produce annual population estimates for England at lower level geographies, broken down by age, and will likely hold the relevant information.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Recovery Grant on local authorities' ability to maintain essential services and introduce new suppor
Answer: The government introduced the £600 million Recovery Grant in 2025-26 to support those local authorities facing higher need and demand for services, and which are least able to fund their own services through income raised locally. Following a large number...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) potential merits of continuing the Recovery Grant within the Local Government Finance Settlement and (b) the criteria use
Answer: The government introduced the £600 million Recovery Grant in 2025-26 to support those local authorities facing higher need and demand for services, and which are least able to fund their own services through income raised locally. Following a large number...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Recovery Grant on local authorities in areas with high levels of deprivation.
Answer: The government introduced the £600 million Recovery Grant in 2025-26 to support those local authorities facing higher need and demand for services, and which are least able to fund their own services through income raised locally. Following a large number...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
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