Ben Coleman MP: written questions 2025
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Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that highly specialised national services for patients with (a) rare diseases and (b) complex surgical needs will continue to be (i) commissioned and (
Answer: Working under the ‘UK Rare Diseases Framework’, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases.Ministers and senior DHSC officials are working with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mac...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of which highly specialised services will no longer be commissioned nationally after the abolition of NHS England and will instead be commissioned (a) regionally and (b) l
Answer: Work is progressing at pace to develop the design and operating model for the new integrated organisation, and to plan for the smooth transfer of people, functions, and responsibilities, including specialised commissioning.It is only right that with such ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how highly specialised services will be commissioned nationally following the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: Work is progressing at pace to develop the design and operating model for the new integrated organisation, and to plan for the smooth transfer of people, functions, and responsibilities, including specialised commissioning.It is only right that with such ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list which highly specialised services will continue to be commissioned nationally after the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: Work is progressing at pace to develop the design and operating model for the new integrated organisation, and to plan for the smooth transfer of people, functions, and responsibilities, including specialised commissioning.It is only right that with such ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list all the highly specialised services that are currently commissioned (a) regionally and (b) locally by NHS England.
Answer: Highly specialised services are commissioned by NHS England as part of its responsibilities for prescribed specialised services. This function is undertaken by NHS England’s national highly specialised services team which is supported by regional commissi...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list all the highly specialised services that are currently commissioned nationally by NHS England.
Answer: All highly specialised services are commissioned nationally by NHS England. The list of specialised services currently commissioned by NHS England is available on the NHS England website, in the worksheet entitled Service Code, with column F indicating wh...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of those specialised services that are classified as highly specialised.
Answer: All highly specialised services are commissioned nationally by NHS England. The list of specialised services currently commissioned by NHS England is available on the NHS England website, in the worksheet entitled Service Code, with column F indicating wh...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a full list of specialised services currently commissioned by NHS England.
Answer: The list of specialised services currently commissioned by NHS England is available on the NHS England website, in the worksheet entitled Service Code, with column M indicating whether the service is commissioned by NHS England or an integrated care board...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: DruzeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to (a) protect and (b) support the Druze minority in Syria.
Answer: We are deeply concerned by the recent violence in Suwayda and welcome the announcement of a ceasefire. In diplomatic engagement with the Syrian Government and other partners, and as I said in my statement on X on 17 July, we have been clear that we want t...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the whether approved export licenses to Israel are being used for military purposes;
Answer: We are clear there are no export licences currently being used for military operations in Gaza or the West Bank. This is subject to the specific measures taken to protect the global F-35 programme. All licences are kept under careful and continual review ...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: ReformTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61464More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made on reforming the business rates system.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system that supports small businesses and protects the high street. To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (R...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61463More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to hold discussions with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) local authorities in London on the potential impact of changes to business rates on (i) small and (ii) independent retailers.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system that supports small businesses and protects the high street. To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (R...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Chelsea and FulhamTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61462More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to business rates on the long-term viability of high streets in Chelsea and Fulham constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system that supports small businesses and protects the high street. To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (R...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61461More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to introduce additional support measures for small businesses affected by increases in business rates in London boroughs.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system that supports small businesses and protects the high street. To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (R...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61460More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support small businesses in (a) high-rent areas and (b) Chelsea and Fulham constituency, in the context of recent changes to business rates.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system that supports small businesses and protects the high street. To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (R...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61459More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to business rates on small independent businesses in Chelsea and Fulham constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system that supports small businesses and protects the high street. To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (R...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 May 2025 on Childhood Obesity, HCWS652, what steps he is taking to ensure that the final non-statutory guidance issued by the Advertising Standards Aut
Answer: The Government has committed to implementing advertising restrictions for less healthy food and drink on television and online as part of its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever. These restrictions are expected to remove up to 7.2...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMalnutrition and PovertyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the document by Trussell entitled Cost of Hunger and Hardship - final report, published on 30 April 2025.
Answer: Hunger and poor nutrition are devastating for society - especially children. We are determined to raise the healthiest ever generation, which is why the Government is expanding free school meals, rolling out breakfast clubs and supporting those in need th...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of the 1.5 million homes expected to be built in this Parliament will be designated as social housing; and what criteria her Department uses to desig
Answer: The government has not set an affordable housing target to date, but we are committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.Affordable housing is defined in the National Planning Policy Framework.
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to provide additional funding to local authorities to support repairs in social housing; and what steps she is taking with local authorities to ensure the adequ
Answer: The government is committed to working with social housing providers to ensure that homes are safe, decent, warm, and free from damp and mould.The Deputy Prime Minister made a Written Ministerial Statement on 6 February 2025 (HCWS423) confirming that the ...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for local authorities to help reduce the number of (a) people and (b) families living in temporary accommodation; and if s
Answer: The Government has increased funding for homelessness services by £233 million this year, taking total investment to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26. This increased spending will help to prevent rises in the number of people and families in temporary accommo...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InspectionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Care Quality Commission on reducing the waiting time for the re-inspection of healthcare providers rated as requiring improvement.
Answer: Departmental officials meet fortnightly with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to discuss measures CQC have put in place to address among other issues, delays in the production of inspection reports and initial inspection and reinspection.As part of this ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: DrugsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to restrict the online (a) advertising and (b) selling of (i) image and performance enhancing drugs and (ii) anabolic steroids to children and young people.
Answer: It is not permitted to advertise prescription-only medicines such as anabolic steroids. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is responsible for regulating and investigating advertising in the UK, including online.Additionally, the Online Safety Act r...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Solar PowerMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has plans to encourage the freeholders of multiple occupancy leasehold buildings to install solar panels when the lease does not permit the Right To Manage
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 38264 on 21 March 2025. The government remains committed to meeting its net zero emissions target by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that making buildings more energy efficient wil...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement the Digital Redbook nationally.
Answer: We remain committed to transforming the way we deliver healthcare for parents and children and supporting the best start in life; digitisation of records is a key enabler of this.The Department is working closely with officials in NHS England to ensure th...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
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