Cameron Thomas MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Nigeria: MalnutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reductions in the international aid budget on malnutrition in Nigeria.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 2 October to Question 73649.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the eligibility criteria for the covid-19 vaccine to include people with asthma.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19 through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The primary aim of the national COVID-19 vaccination programme remains th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to allow holders of disability-related concessionary bus passes to use their passes at all times on weekdays.
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statutory obligations, such ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that disabled people have access to all modes of public transport on every day of the week.
Answer: The government wants everyone to have access to accessible and reliable public transport every day of the week.We are committed to improving bus services, so they are more inclusive and enable everyone to travel safely and confidently. In December last ye...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordValuation Office AgencyTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81108More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of moving the Valuation Office Agency into HMRC on the timely processing of cases.
Answer: The VOA is meeting the majority of its performance targets. In the areas where it isn’t, it has robust service recovery plans in place. These include moving staff to where there is the greatest customer demand and upskilling its workforce in a wider range...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordValuation Office AgencyTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81107More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the Valuation Office Agency processes cases in a timely manner.
Answer: The VOA is meeting the majority of its performance targets. In the areas where it isn’t, it has robust service recovery plans in place. These include moving staff to where there is the greatest customer demand and upskilling its workforce in a wider range...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordValuation Office AgencyTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81106More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help people track the progress of cases pending with the Valuation Office Agency.
Answer: The VOA is meeting the majority of its performance targets. In the areas where it isn’t, it has robust service recovery plans in place. These include moving staff to where there is the greatest customer demand and upskilling its workforce in a wider range...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordValuation Office AgencyTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81105More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has she made of the volume of cases waiting to be considered by the Valuation Office Agency.
Answer: The VOA is meeting the majority of its performance targets. In the areas where it isn’t, it has robust service recovery plans in place. These include moving staff to where there is the greatest customer demand and upskilling its workforce in a wider range...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour in large housing developments.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.We understand that ASB causes great harm and misery to our communities, and, if left unchecked, can lead to more serious offending.When...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: GloucestershireHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Gloucestershire Constabulary on anti-social behaviour.
Answer: Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission and through the Crime and Policing Bill, we are strengthening the powers available to police and other relevant agencies under the Anti...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81102More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure fair council tax valuations in areas with new residential developments.
Answer: For Council Tax purposes all homes are assessed to reflect their open market value at a valuation date set in law, which in England is 1 April 1991. This is so all properties, even new ones, are valued on a fair and consistent basis. To band a property, t...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: MenHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support male victims of domestic violence.
Answer: We recognise that men and boys experience abusive and violent crimes, such as stalking, domestic abuse, and sexual violence. That is why we are committed to ensuring male victims and survivors get the support they need. We are working tirelessly across go...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Domestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the processing of SET DV applications.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this government and our mission is to halve levels of violence against women and girls within a decade.Migrant victims of domestic abuse can apply via form SET(DV) for immediate settlement un...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to enable citizenship applicants to track the progress of their applications.
Answer: Citizenship customers can submit their application for British citizenship online, however they are not currently able to track it’s progress.The service standard for the processing of a straightforward application for British citizenship is six months.Th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the time it will take UK Visas and Immigration to process its backlog of citizenship applications for people with indefinite leave to remain.
Answer: The service standard for the processing of a straightforward application for British citizenship is six months.The most recent migration transparency data confirms that 99.36% of straightforward applications for citizenship are processed within published ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a backlog of citizenship applications from people with indefinite leave to remain.
Answer: The service standard for the processing of a straightforward application for British citizenship is six months.The most recent migration transparency data confirms that 99.36% of straightforward applications for citizenship are processed within published ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPhlebotomyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase capacity in phlebotomy services.
Answer: Blood tests are among the most commonly requested diagnostic investigations across primary and secondary care, and they are readily available across all 27 National Health Service pathology networks. Phlebotomy – the procedure to collect blood samples – i...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTofersenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equality of access to tofersen by people diagnosed with SOD1 motor neurone disease across England.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effectiv...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: VeteransMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with the Minister for Defence to ensure that veterans in receipt of means-tested support who are living in areas with district councils are not disadvanta
Answer: There will be no changes to how we expect councils to continue to support the armed forces community throughout the local government reorganisation process.By abolishing two-tier local government across England, we will set up strong unitary councils that...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: TaxationTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81093More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of remote gambling harmonisation on the horse racing industry.
Answer: The Government consulted on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system. Responses are now being analysed and a response to the consultation will be published at Autumn Budget 2025. If any changes are made to gambling duties at a future Budget f...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Risk AssessmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on integrating nature risks into broader security and risk planning.
Answer: Nature risks are recognised in the Government’s National Security Strategy 2025: Security for the British People in a Dangerous World. Its implementation will ensure these risks inform security and risk planning across Government. Together with my Cabinet...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Private SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise private investment in large nature recovery projects.
Answer: Defra has put in place a number of interventions to scale up private sector investment in nature recovery projects across England. These include:Supporting market development through our partnership with the British Standards Institution to develop a suit...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to secure long-term public budgets for nature recovery.
Answer: We are prioritising investment that supports the Government’s Plan for Change and builds work to reform Defra to drive growth, while maintaining our commitment to farming, food security, and nature’s recovery. This Government has committed a record £11.8 ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Land Management SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Environmental Land Management payment scheme in supporting farmers with a clear roadmap to 2030.
Answer: This Government has committed a record £11.8 billion allocation to deliver sustainable farming and food production over this parliament. This includes increasing spend on nature-friendly farming including Environmental Land Management schemes to £2 billio...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPaediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the the availability of training programmes on (a) PANS and (b) PANDAS for NHS staff.
Answer: Information on the number of children and young adults with paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcus (PANDAS) is not collected at present as there are no inte...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
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