Bradley Thomas MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Pupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines were issued to parents for unauthorised school absence in (a) Bromsgrove constituency and (b) Worcestershire in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information is not held by the department at constituency level.Information on penalty notices for unauthorised absence is collected at local authority level. The latest available data, covering the 2023/24 academic year is available in the parental r...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve palliative care in the context of assisted dying.
Answer: Irrespective of any legislation on assisted dying, we must continue to work towards creating a society where every person who needs it receives high-quality, compassionate palliative and end of life care. The Government will shift the focus of healthcare ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment with the Secretary of State for Education of the potential impact of trends in the level of bus fares on school attendance.
Answer: The Department for Transport has made no such assessment. The government recognises the importance of affordable local bus services in facilitating access to education. We have acted to ensure bus services remain affordable by introducing the £3 cap on si...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy SupplyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of a closure on energy se
Answer: Oil and gas markets are well supplied and functioning normally. Though they have responded to events in the Middle East, prices remain within the bounds we have seen over the last year. We have not witnessed any material reduction of traffic passing throu...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase participation in sport for (a) adolescent girls and (b) all adolescents.
Answer: The Government believes that opportunities to play sport and get physically active should be available to everyone and we recognise that there are barriers which prevent some people from getting active, with women and girls less likely to be active than o...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications Cables: Seas and OceansDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the resilience of the UK’s digital economy in the event of disruption to undersea data cables.
Answer: The Government recognises the critical role of undersea data cables in the UK’s digital economy. Individual subsea cables can be vulnerable to disruption. There is an average of 12 breaks a year from fishing, anchor drag, landslides and other causes. Most...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authority planning decisions have been overturned by the Planning Inspectorate in the last 12 months.
Answer: Between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 the Planning Inspectorate overturned 4,747 planning decisions made by Local Planning Authorities (LPAs). These represent 31% of the 15,344 decisions made by the Planning Inspectorate on LPA planning cases in this per...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRedundant ChurchesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the use of redundant churches for (a) cultural, (b) community and (c) educational purposes.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Arms-Length body the Churches Conservation Trust is the national charity that saves redundant historic churches at risk, and has a portfolio of over 350 churches that have been kept open and now used to serve ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordQueen Elizabeth II: AnniversariesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a public holiday to commemorate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
Answer: The Government recognises the remarkable legacy of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.We regularly receive requests for additional bank and public holidays to mark a variety of occasions. While an additional bank hol...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBeekeepingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote beekeeping.
Answer: In 2024 the annual Hive Count exercise produced a figure of 252, 647 honey bee colonies in the UK which indicates that there continues to be interest in keeping bees. There are over 52,700 beekeepers in England, Wales and Scotland registered on BeeBase, t...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship Scheme: BromsgroveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme in Bromsgrove.
Answer: Agreements under the Countryside Stewardship scheme in the Bromsgrove Parliamentary Constituency area contain 2,139 hectares of land as of 2024. The scheme supports a range of enhanced environmental outcomes from restoring wildlife habitats, creating wood...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial CarsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59929More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government bodies use the Government Car Service; and what the average number of journeys has been in each Department in the last 12 months.
Answer: Since April 2012, the Government Car Service has provided a Departmental Pool Car (DPC) service to several Government Departments for their ministerial travel, whereby the official car is contracted to a Department rather than allocated to an individual. ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCadets: SchoolsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of charging VAT on independent school fees on cadet force partnerships between state and independent schools.
Answer: Both independent schools and state schools with established Combined Cadet Force contingents continue to play an important role in supporting junior partners. There are currently 45 ‘junior partnerships’ where independent schools are supporting state scho...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCadets: SchoolsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to expand the cadet forces in state schools with limited provision.
Answer: We want every young person to have the opportunity to enjoy the many benefits that can be gained from the cadet experience. The joint Ministry of Defence and Department for Education Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP) has already increased the number of cade...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour and Shoplifting: WythallHome OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to tackle (a) anti-social behaviour and (b) shoplifting in Wythall.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) and the harm it causes is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Government’s Plan for Change details our commitment to reduce ASB, including delivery of a dedicated lead off...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: BromsgroveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he will visit Bromsgrove constituency to discuss the impact of government policy on the hospitality industry with (a) publicans and (b) landlords.
Answer: Hospitality businesses, including those in Bromsgrove, are at the heart of our communities and play a vital role in supporting economic growth and social cohension. We've launched a licensing taskforce aimed at cutting red tape and removing barriers that ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will visit a farm in Worcestershire to meet with (a) local farmers and (b) hon. Members to discuss changes to agricultural property relief.
Answer: Ministers regularly engage and visit farmers across England and have met with farming organisations and representatives nearly every week since coming into Government.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPsychiatry: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps with the Health and Care Professions Council to include psychotherapists on the list of protected titles within the healthcare industry.
Answer: While there are no current plans to protect the professional title “psychotherapist” in law, the Government keeps professions subject to statutory regulation and the list of protected titles under review. The Government is clear that the statutory regulat...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2025 to Question 44299 on Park Homes: Sales, whether she will outline her plans to seek further evidence from the sector before the House rises
Answer: We will set out our plans to seek further evidence from the sector in respect of the rationale for the commission in due course.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve respiratory disease (a) prevention, (b) diagnosis and (c) care.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts our National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to improving respiratory...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of commission charge of up to 10 per cent on the sale of park homes on (a) mobile home residents and (b) site owners;
Answer: The previous government published a report in June 2022 on the impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission. It can be found on gov.uk here. This government recognises that there are longstanding concerns about the requirement to pay site o...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastic SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Accident & Emergency admissions were made for cosmetic and aesthetic treatments requiring urgent medical attention in 2024.
Answer: Information on hospital admissions is not available in the format requested. However, an analysis of hospital episodes by diagnoses for 2023/24 is available at the following link: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospit...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Visitors: WorcestershireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the health visitor to resident ratio in Worcestershire; and what steps his Department is taking to increase this provision.
Answer: Local authorities have responsibility for commissioning public health services for children and young people aged zero to 19 years old. This includes the commissioning of health visiting services.We recognise the role health visitors play in our commitmen...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reform mental health services so that social support is integrated into treatment plans.
Answer: The statutory guidance on discharge from mental health inpatient settings makes clear that National Health Service mental health trusts should have a clear plan in place for the ongoing care and support that a patient requires after discharge from a menta...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to publish the assessment made by her Department with the Cabinet Office of prison maintenance undertaken in 2023.
Answer: The assessment carried out in partnership with the Cabinet Office in 2023, was conducted in line with Cabinet Office guidance and was consistent with the options appraisal approach prescribed by HM Treasury. The information contained within the assessment...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
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