Charlotte Nichols MP: written questions
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Written questions
Kava-Kava in Food (England) Regulations 2002Department of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of new research into the hepatotoxicity risk posed by kava on The Kava-kava in Food (England) Regulations 2002.
Answer: The Kava-kava in Food (England) Regulations 2002 prohibits any food consisting of or containing kava-kava from being imported or placed on the market. This regulation is in place to protect public health. Since the introduction of this legislation, any ad...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordKava-Kava in Food (England) Regulations 2002Department of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of controls on the (a) sale and (b) import of kava for food purposes in The Kava-kava in Food (England) Regulations 2002.
Answer: The Kava-kava in Food (England) Regulations 2002 prohibits any food consisting of or containing kava-kava from being imported or placed on the market. This regulation is in place to protect public health. Since the introduction of this legislation, any ad...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty PropertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to encourage empty homes to become occupied.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 59458 on 20 June 2025.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71145More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will remove the tax-exempt heritage assets scheme from landowners.
Answer: The conditional exemption tax incentive scheme was introduced to preserve and protect the national heritage for the benefit of the public. The Government keeps all tax policy under review, and any changes are set out at fiscal events.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Footpaths: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has allocated funding to (a) local authorities and (b) other responsible organisations to (i) maintain and (ii) improve rural walking paths.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role that public rights of way play in promoting access to nature, encouraging active travel, and supporting community wellbeing. Responsibility for managing and maintaining these routes lies with local highway authorit...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOpioids: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local Combating Drugs Partnerships in raising awareness of (a) synthetic opioids and (b) how to respond when witnessing an opioid overdose; and w
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued planning guidance for local areas to help them respond to incidents caused by potent synthetic opioids. The guidance enables local partners to rapidly understand the scale of the synthetic opioid ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOpioids: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to raise awareness among (a) people sleeping rough, (b) socially isolated people and (c) other at-risk populations on the dangers of synthetic opioids since 2024.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued planning guidance for local areas to help them respond to incidents caused by potent synthetic opioids. The guidance enables local partners to rapidly understand the scale of the synthetic opioid ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOpioidsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to integrate synthetic opioid awareness into local authorities’ Drug Strategies since 5 July 2025; and how much of the 2025/26 targeted drug, alcohol treatment and recovery
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued planning guidance for local areas to help them respond to incidents caused by potent synthetic opioids. The guidance enables local partners to rapidly understand the scale of the synthetic opioid ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the potential impact of (a) diamorphine assisted therapy, (b) safe consumption rooms and (c) other drug harm reduction services on the level of ambulance ca
Answer: Harm reduction measures are vital and can have an impact on preventing overdoses, reducing the spread of infections, and engaging people into drug treatment. However, most of these outcomes would not be seen in ambulance data. The Department does not coll...
Answered 4 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how she plans to roll out at-home electric vehicle charging points for people in terrace housing with no off-street parking.
Answer: The Department is working with local authorities to encourage the use of cross-pavement solutions and on the 13 July, announced the £25m Electric Vehicle Pavement Channel grant to further support local authorities in England to adopt pavement channels. Th...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to encourage the recycling of re-usable vapes once they have reached end-of-use.
Answer: Since April 2024, businesses selling vapes have been legally required to offer in-store takeback, making recycling vapes accessible for consumers and preventing vapes being littered or incorrectly disposed of. In addition, the Government is introducing le...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of applications to the vaccine damage payment scheme since 2020 have been successful on appeal,by vaccine type.
Answer: Data from the NHS Business Services Authority, the administrators of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), shows that 22,408 VDPS claims were received between 1 November 2021 and 4 July 2025. 1.1% of these have been successful, with a further 0.1% hav...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of applications to the vaccine damage payment scheme since 2020 have been successful, by vaccine type.
Answer: Data from the NHS Business Services Authority, the administrators of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), shows that 22,408 VDPS claims were received between 1 November 2021 and 4 July 2025. 1.1% of these have been successful, with a further 0.1% hav...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications have been made to the vaccine damage payment scheme since 2020, by vaccine type.
Answer: Data from the NHS Business Services Authority, the administrators of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), shows that 22,408 VDPS claims were received between 1 November 2021 and 4 July 2025. 1.1% of these have been successful, with a further 0.1% hav...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the statutory walking distance for free school transport.
Answer: The department’s home-to-school travel policy aims to make sure that no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport.Local authorities must arrange free home-to-school travel for children of compulsory school age, 5 to 16, who attend...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMeasles: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase the uptake of measles vaccines.
Answer: The Department is working alongside its partners to increase vaccine uptake across all childhood vaccination programmes, including the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) programme.In light of a surge in measles cases in the North West, the UK Health Securi...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsbestos: Ovarian CancerDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61211 on Asbestos: Ovarian Cancer, if she will direct the Health and Safety Executive to collect data on asbestos-related ovarian cancer cases.
Answer: Collecting data on individual cases of asbestos-related ovarian cancer is not feasible due to difficulties attributing them to historic exposure with confidence. Significant resource would be needed to produce estimates based on epidemiological evidence. ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the impact of (a) diamorphine assisted therapy, (b) safe consumption rooms and (c) needle and syringe exchange services on rates of skin and soft tissue inf
Answer: The Department does not collect information on the impact of diamorphine assisted therapy (DAT), safe consumption rooms and needle and exchange services on rates of soft skin tissue infections (SSTI). The Department is aware of the dangers of SSTI to peop...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: Night SheltersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to provide free menstrual products to homelessness shelters.
Answer: The Government does not directly commission homelessness shelters or services. In 2025/26 the Government is investing £1 billion in homelessness services, an increase of £233 million on the previous year. Local authorities can use this funding to provide ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that publicly-funded medical trials (a) must be balanced by sex and (b) results must be sex-disaggregated.
Answer: Medical trials, wherever possible, should always be balanced by sex, however, certain clinical trials are designed to investigate conditions that are only specific to one sex, so enforcing a balance would not make sense on those occasions.The Department c...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: SalesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that (a) all cars sold in the UK must have had safety tests undertaken on them that include specifically-female crash dummies in both the driver and passenger seats and
Answer: The latest international vehicle regulations covering frontal impact protection developed under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) currently use a crash test dummy representative of a female occupant in the front passenger seat. The...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: GenderDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with Artificial Intelligence developers to ensure they do not introduce gender bias in their algorithms.
Answer: It is crucial that AI systems are developed and deployed in a fair, inclusive and responsible way. That is why we have designated AI assurance as a key pillar of support for meeting the commitments made in government’s response to the AI Opportunities Act...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsbestos: Ovarian CancerDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will require the Health and Safety Executive to collect data on asbestos-related ovarian cancer cases.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for collection of data of workplace injury and illness. Under Regulation 9 of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR), it requires the responsible person ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: DegreesDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to add pharmacy to the list of degree courses that will be funded if an applicant already has a degree.
Answer: Under the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, additional entitlement may be available for priority subjects or longer courses in addition to an individual’s core 4-year entitlement. Details of these additional entitlements will be announced in due course.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSign Language: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on the implementation of a GCSE in British Sign Language.
Answer: The new British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE is a key feature of our commitment to enhancing the status of BSL in education and society.The department published subject content for the BSL GCSE in December 2023.As is the usual process for introducing a qualif...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
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