Chris Coghlan MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Research: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61659More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing research and development bonds of up to £20 billion per year.
Answer: Government investment in research and development (R&D) underpins the UK’s excellence in its universities and research institutes and stimulates private sector innovation, driving growth and higher living standards. On average, every £1 of government ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFree Schools: DorkingDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the timely delivery of Betchwood Vale Academy.
Answer: The department is engaging with local authorities and trusts and progressing work on special and alternative provision free schools in line with our vision for the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system. Projects are at different stages ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental CapacityMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has considered the merits of expanding the functions of the Public Guardian to include responsibility for appropriate discharge of mental capacity assessments.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice has responsibility for the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, which provides a framework for making decisions on behalf of adults who are unable to do so for themselves. The statutory Code of Practice issued under the Act provides gui...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental CapacityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for its public consultation on the application of mental capacity law.
Answer: On 4 June 2025, I wrote to Fiona Laskaris and the Hon. Member for Dorking and Horley, Chris Coghlan MP to confirm my commitment to review the full range of policy and legislative levers in relation to the practical application of mental capacity law. This...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental CapacityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his letter to the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley, dated 4 June 2025, if he will set out the legislative vehicles his Department are considering to address the identified short
Answer: On 4 June 2025, I wrote to Fiona Laskaris and the Hon. Member for Dorking and Horley, Chris Coghlan MP to confirm my commitment to review the full range of policy and legislative levers in relation to the practical application of mental capacity law. This...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employment Tribunals ServiceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight exists to (a) monitor and (b) audit legal expenditure by NHS Trusts in Employment Tribunal cases.
Answer: Neither the Department nor NHS England monitor or audit legal expenditure by National Health Service trusts in Employment tribunal cases. NHS trusts are responsible for overseeing their own Employment Tribunal cases, which would include monitoring and aud...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of not including prostate cancer referral guidance for asymptomatic men in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines on prostate cancer relate to symptomatic patients. Guidance on prostate cancer referral for asymptomatic men can be found in the Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme, which is ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to create national guidelines for preventing adult grooming.
Answer: The Government is taking a range of actions to prevent the grooming and exploitation of vulnerable adults.To tackle criminal exploitation, we are introducing a new cuckooing offence in the Crime and Policing Bill to target criminals who groom and exploit ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the Circular Economy Taskforce helps to encourage people to repair and reuse.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy. We have convened the Circular Economy Taskforce, comprising experts from industry, academia, and civil society, to help develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England. The strategy will...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to publish her Department's assessment of the potential impact of the expansion of Gatwick Airport on the area within a 50 mile radius before a decision on whether to expand that
Answer: As this is live planning application that is yet to be decided, unfortunately I cannot comment in detail at this time. The Secretary of State will assess all evidence provided to her by the applicant, the Examining Authority, and any parties who chose to ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will create standardised national aviation noise metrics for use in planning processes.
Answer: The Government expects airports to explain their noise impacts through the use of appropriate metrics. Average noise exposure contours for day and night are the most established measure which show noise impacts around airports. The Government also encoura...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of airspace modernisation on the number of people experiencing noise above (a) the lowest observed adverse effect level and (b) the significant adverse observe
Answer: One of the key benefits of Airspace Modernisation is the potential to reduce the overall noise experienced by individuals and communities, through the introduction of new airspace structures and procedures which are more efficient and more environmentally...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Gatwick airport expansion on local house prices.
Answer: MHCLG Ministers cannot comment on live planning applications due to their quasi-judicial role in the planning system.All information provided to the Secretary of State for Transport by the applicant, the Examining Authority, and any parties who chose to m...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for completion of the TRANSFORM trial into prostate cancer screening.
Answer: The TRANSFORM study, funded in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK, will look at new ways of screening for prostate cancer, and will include a national randomised control trial that will provide the definitive data for policymakers to decide on whether sc...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employment Tribunals ServiceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) collating and (b) publishing NHS tribunal data.
Answer: This information is not held centrally by the Department or NHS England. There are currently no plans for an analysis of the potential merits of collating and publishing National Health Service tribunal data.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) establishing an NHS information campaign to raise awareness of prostate cancer referral routes for GPs and (b) issuing specific guidance
Answer: The Government takes the management of the risk of prostate cancer seriously. Too many men are waiting too long for diagnosis and treatment, and this must change. We have asked the UK National Screening Committee to look at the evidence for screening for ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of producing a national strategy to help improve (a) access to and (b) the quality of eating disorder services.
Answer: NHS England is currently refreshing guidance on children and young people's eating disorders. The refreshed guidance will highlight the importance of awareness and early recognition of eating disorders within schools, colleges, primary care, and broader c...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of further regulation of funds by (a) developers and (b) building owners for leaseholders.
Answer: The government intends to act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights, powers, and protections over their homes by implementing the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.This includes measures designed to drive up the transpar...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSafe Hands Plans: InsolvencyTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47459More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April to Question 4096, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Financial Conduct Authority’s response to the Financial Regulators Complaints Co
Answer: I refer the honorable member to my response to UIN 40961.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Bill (HL)Department of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet the honourable Member for Dorking and Horley to discuss his proposed amendment to the Mental Health Bill.
Answer: I would be happy to meet with the Hon. Member to discuss his proposed amendment to the Mental Health Bill. My Private Office will be in touch with him shortly to make the arrangements.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of gathering data on time taken between immigration appeals tribunal decisions and the receipt of resulting deportation notices to appellants.
Answer: Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile statistics, as well as quality and ava...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employment Tribunals ServiceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of resolving NHS employment disputes early.
Answer: The Department has not made this specific assessment. National Health Service employment disputes arising at a local level are for employers to manage and resolve locally. At a national level, the Government has prioritised improving industrial relations ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to reduce waiting times for Access to Work applications.
Answer: Demand for the Access to Work Scheme has been growing. In 2023-2024, 67,720 people were approved for Access to Work provision. This is around a 32% increase compared to the previous year. Alongside this, there is a significant delay in processing Access t...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Pension Credit applications.
Answer: The most recent information on processing times for Pension Credit was published in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) published on 22nd July 2024 DWP annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK. This shows that in 2023/24 DWP cleared 192,000 P...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing face-to-face Personal Independence Payment assessments.
Answer: Since July 2024, there has been no change in policy regarding assessing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims remotely. We remain committed to enabling a multi-channel assessment approach, but as announced in Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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