Charlotte Nichols MP: written questions
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Vaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of applications to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were successful at (a) first application and (b) appeal since 2020.
Answer: Between 1 January 2020 and 6 June 2025, data from the NHS Business Services Authority, the administrators of the scheme, shows that 205 claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were successful at a first application. This equates to 1.5% of the claims ...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrous Oxide: SalesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to identify the point of sale.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given by the Home Office on 9 May 2025 to PQ 49048.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to help make it easier for (a) tenants and (b) leaseholders to install heat pumps.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help upgrade homes across the country, including those occupied by tenants and leaseholders, by making them cleaner and cheaper to run, from installing new insulation to rolling out solar and heat pumps. The Government is helping ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with (a) Adoption UK and (b) other representative organisations to discuss the adoption and special guardianship support fund.
Answer: In my role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, I have recently met with Adoption UK and other representative organisations to discuss the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) and other issues during the a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the adoption and special guardianship support fund permanent.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the member for Warrington North, to my written statement of 22 April 2025, which is available here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-04-22/hcws589.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw ReportingMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress her Department is making on reducing the (a) cost and (b) time to taken to produce court transcripts for victims who request them.
Answer: Bereaved families of victims of murder, manslaughter and fatal road offences can request a free transcript of the judge’s sentencing remarks. On 22 May we announced that, following the conclusion of a one-year pilot at the end of May, we are continuing th...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw ReportingMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average price quoted was for court transcripts for victims in each of the last five years.
Answer: Management information held about transcript requests is limited, and the information requested is not held centrally.Victims usually request the judge’s sentencing remarks, which summarise the case against the defendant made at trial, the impact on victi...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw ReportingMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much income her Department has received from the sale of court transcripts to victims in each of the last five years.
Answer: HM Courts and Tribunals Service receives no income from the sale of court transcripts to victims. The service is provided under contract and suppliers provide court transcripts for a fee.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrous Oxide: SalesHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require the introduction of traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to track the point of sale.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the updated response issued to PQ 49048.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrous Oxide: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to allow the authorities to know the point of sale.
Answer: With apologies for the previous answer, nitrous oxide is controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and it is an offence to produce, supply, offer to supply, possess, possess with intent to supply, import and export nitrous oxide, wh...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: HIV/AIDSForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Lancet entitled Impact of an international HIV funding crisis on H
Answer: The UK takes note of the current context for international HIV funding. We remain committed to our long-standing support to global health organisations at the core of the response to HIV and AIDS, and we continue to support efforts to end AIDS as a public...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to encourage (a) the private sector and (b) other donors to increase funding for global HIV prevention and treatment.
Answer: As the co-host with South Africa of the 8th replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the UK is actively engaging with both international counterparts and private sector partners to advocate for maintaining or increasing fu...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica: Overseas AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to help tackle the potential impact of aid cuts on (a) South Africa, (b) Kenya, (c) Nigeria and (d) other countries of strategic im
Answer: The Government remains fully committed to the UK playing a globally significant role on development; it is both in our national interest and in the interest of our partners.The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on d...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Preventive MedicineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support the scale up of the provision of long-acting HIV prevention medicines now entering the market.
Answer: The UK remains committed to sustainable development goal 3.3 in ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030. Long-acting technologies have the potential to be game-changers in the global response to HIV, but only if they reach the countries and communiti...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps with (a) G7 and (b) European donors to return to previous levels of Official Development Assistance.
Answer: The Government remains committed to returning Official Development Assistance to 0.7 per cent of gross national income when the fiscal circumstances allow. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals requires collective action, and the UK will cont...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: CostsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the levelised cost of energy for communicating the true cost of energy production to consumers.
Answer: The Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) provides a simple, high-level metric to compare the cost of building and operating different generation technologies. While valuable for comparing the relative cost of technologies to each other, LCOE does not incl...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular ReactorsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many successful applicants there will be to the Great British Nuclear small modular reactor selection process.
Answer: Great British Nuclear is driving forward its SMR competition for UK deployment and, following conclusion of detailed negotiations, has invited the four shortlisted companies to submit final tenders. GBN will evaluate these, with final decisions on technol...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power Stations: ConstructionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to build any more gigawatt nuclear plants after Sizewell C.
Answer: This Government is committed to nuclear power, which, as set out in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, will play an important role in delivering clean power by 2030, and crucially in the period beyond that, providing clean, stable and reliable power. No de...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider transferring responsibility for the misuse of drugs to the Department of Health and Social Care.
Answer: Responsibility for drug policy is shared across a number of departments and both the Home Office and the Department for Health and Social Care have important roles to play in setting policy to tackle drug use and to reduce drug-related crime and drug heal...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of access to dental services for children with SEND.
Answer: The Government recognises that certain groups of patients such as people with disabilities may find it difficult to access dental care. We are committed to ensuring National Health Service dental services are available to all who need them.Community denta...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he taking to increase the recycling rates of soft plastics not normally collected at the kerbside.
Answer: Recyclable plastic film and flexible packaging is to be collected for recycling from both households and businesses across the UK by 31 March 2027. Waste is a devolved policy area. This will be implemented as part of Simpler Recycling in England, and the ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32107More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT for all school uniform sold to primary school-aged children irrespective of whether it is labelled for children under 14.
Answer: No VAT is charged on the sale of children’s clothing and footwear designed for children who are less than 14 years of age. This means that school uniform for primary-school aged children is already free from VAT, provided it falls within the tabled measur...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Extended ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure wraparound childcare is sufficiently funded in areas with high SEND staffing requirements.
Answer: The department knows that parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) need childcare provision that meets their and their children’s needs. This government is determined to help these parents and has funded the national wrap...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on the potential merits of expanding the Online Safety Act 2023 to tackle violence against women ans
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave on 10 February to Question UN 27910.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: Young Futures HubsHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role Young Futures Hubs and Young Futures Prevention Partnerships will play in the government's plans to tackle violence against women and girls.
Answer: The Government has committed to the creation of a new Young Futures Programme, which will establish a network of Young Futures Hubs and Young Futures Prevention Partnerships, to intervene earlier to ensure vulnerable and at-risk children and young people ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
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