Bambos Charalambous MP: written questions
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Health Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 14911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in NHS West and North London ICB; and what services they provide.
Answer: The NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board has established one Enfield-wide community gynaecology and women’s health hub. Further information is available at the following link:https://www.enfieldgynae.co.uk/The service provides support across a ...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFirst-tier Tribunal: Private Rented HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the Renters Right's Act on the 1st May 2026 on requirements for additional sitting hours for first tier tribunals.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice has and continues to work closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to assess the impact of the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act and to ensure that the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) ha...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFirst-tier Tribunal: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on recruiting judges to the first tier tribunal.
Answer: The Government is maintaining investment in annual recruitment of up to 1,000 judges and tribunal members across all jurisdictions, including those with greatest business need. Chamber-specific recruitment is underway for the First-tier Tribunal Property ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: EvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of additional County Court sitting hours to deal with Section 8 possession claims following the commencement of the Renters Rights Act.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice (including its executive agency His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service) has worked closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure that the courts have sufficient capacity to manage the impact o...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase funding opportunities for epilepsy research.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage on 1 June 2026 to Question 4032.
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether funding for epilepsy research is proportionate to the prevalence of epilepsy.
Answer: The Department delivers research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Departmental investment in the NIHR facilitates the direct funding of research projects through NIHR programmes, support for researchers to develop and conduc...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 14 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1313More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered introducing targeted business rates relief for post offices in England.
Answer: Post offices are eligible for small business rates relief or 100 per cent rural rate relief if they meet certain conditions. Post offices losing rural rate relief, Small Business Rates Relief, or RHL relief at the 2026 revaluation are eligible for the Sup...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 14 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1312More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the April 2026 business rates revaluation and the withdrawal of Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief on post offices, including on small and rural branches.
Answer: Post offices are eligible for small business rates relief or 100 per cent rural rate relief if they meet certain conditions. Post offices losing rural rate relief, Small Business Rates Relief, or RHL relief at the 2026 revaluation are eligible for the Sup...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 14 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1311More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the High Streets Strategy will include a policy on business rates support for post offices.
Answer: Post offices are eligible for small business rates relief or 100 per cent rural rate relief if they meet certain conditions. Post offices losing rural rate relief, Small Business Rates Relief, or RHL relief at the 2026 revaluation are eligible for the Sup...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of how dementia is reflected within NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility criteria; and whether he plans to review the eligibility criteria as a res
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessments he has made of trends in the level of regional variations in access to Advanced Care Planning for people living with dementia.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people diagnosed with dementia have their Advance Care Plan reviewed in the last a) 12 month b) 24 months.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on introducing a Clean Air Act to enshrine the World Health Organisation's 2021 Air Quality Guidelines into law.
Answer: The Government is committed to cleaning up our air and protecting the public from the harm of pollution. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines inform our approach to improving public health. However, as the Guidelines do not take in...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to (a) revising Daily Air Quality Index thresholds to align with health evidence and (b) expanding the air pollution alert system to include fine parti
Answer: The Government is taking forward work to improve how air quality information is communicated to the public. Health advice accompanying the Daily Air Quality Index was updated in 2025, ensuring the advice is clinically accurate and aligns with the latest h...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence have been released from prison in each of the last seven years broken down by prison.
Answer: The requested data is provided in the attached file. The data provided covers the number of prisoners serving IPP sentences released for the first time, broken down by prison, for the period 2018 to 2024 in England and Wales. The data does not cover relea...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the planned ODA funding within the Human Development thematic directorate will be for a) global health, b) women and girls, c) equalities, d) civil society, e) safeguard
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 19 March outlining the UK's Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations for the period up to 2028-29, and to the accompanying documents setting out the detail of t...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordShingles: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department has assessed the potential impact on the NHS in winter 2026-27 of providing the shingles vaccination programme to adults aged 80 in April 2027; and whether it has considered
Answer: In November 2024, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) provided advice on eligibility for the shingles vaccination programme for adults aged 80 years old and over. The Government continues to carefully consider the JCVI’s advice.We a...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic LavatoriesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the government has to introduce legislation and investment to ensure better and more equitable access to decent public toilets.
Answer: The government recognises the importance of clean, safe public toilets. In keeping with our commitment to funding simplification, we have no current plans to introduce a statutory duty or ringfenced funding relating to toilet provision. We believe that lo...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCredit Agreements: ConsumersTreasuryTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104211More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that consumers understand the contractual obligations they enter when signing digital or electronic agreements with claims management or legal services firms.
Answer: The legal and claims management sectors are regulated independently of government. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is responsible for regulating the professional conduct of solicitors and most law firms in England and Wales, including claims man...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Proceedings: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on consumers of misleading “no win, no fee” advertising by high-volume claims firms, including instances where hidden fees or complex funding arrangements expos
Answer: The Government is aware of concerns that misleading "no win, no fee" advertising can expose consumers to unexpected financial risk, including through unclear information about fees, deductions, and related funding or insurance arrangements. Whet...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Proceedings: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to introduce additional safeguards to ensure that third-party litigation funding agreements do not expose consumers to unfair financial outcomes.
Answer: We intend to legislate to introduce proportionate regulation of litigation funding agreements when parliamentary time allows. The new regulatory framework will aim to enhance claimant protection, transparency, and the effectiveness of the litigation fundi...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of civil justice processes in providing effective access to justice for claimants; and if he will publish any data on the average percentage of a claimant's compensatio
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring access to justice, and we welcomed the Justice Committee’s recent inquiry into the Work of the County Court. As the Government acknowledged in its response, the County Court faces substantial challenges. However, pe...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: Civil ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mass legal claims against publicly funded bodies, such as the Legal Aid Agency, on (a) vulnerable consumers and (b) levels of resource available for frontlin
Answer: Public bodies are expected to identify material risks to vulnerable consumers or levels of resource available for frontline services, including due to any mass legal claims, and are responsible for managing their impact.The Ministry of Justice has a partn...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle health inequalities impacting women.
Answer: The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain, to ensure people can live well for longer. Our reimagined National Health Service will tackle inequalities in both access and outcomes, as well as give everyone, no matter who they are or where the...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of staff in women’s health services.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment 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.The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the NHS has the r...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
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