Christopher Chope MP: written questions
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NHS Business Services AuthorityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the application for a mandatory reversal of the decision of the NHS Business Services Authority with reference VAD20662 will be actioned; and for what reason it has not yet been actioned.
Answer: The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) is administered by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). It would not be appropriate to comment on the status of an individual claim to the VDPS, which is a matter for NHSBSA
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment Scheme: CoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 33850 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus, how many of the 69 cases referred to the First-Tier Tribunal were (a) successful and (b) reje
Answer: Data from the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), which administers the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, shows that of the 69 claims identified in Question 33850:32 claims have been rejected by the First-Tier Tribunal;one claim has been upheld with in...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases before the (a) First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) and (b) Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) has the applicant been in receipt of legal aid in the last 12 months for which
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAll-party Parliamentary Group for Energy StudiesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he received an invitation to speak at the annual dinner of the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies on 21 October 2025; what his response was; and when he sent his response.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero receives a high volume of invitations to events and is therefore not able to accommodate all requests.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment Scheme: CoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Secondary Care on 3 September 2025, Official Report, column 107WH, whether the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health plans to mee
Answer: This is an issue that the Government takes very seriously. A meeting has been scheduled with the hon. Member for Christchurch.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals heard at the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) were on the grounds that removal of the appellant from the UK would breach the UK’s obligations under the Refugee Convention in each of t
Answer: The number of asylum, protection and revocation of protection appeals (those lodged on grounds relating to breach of the UK’s Refugee Convention obligations) determined by the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal and the number of tho...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals heard at the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) were on the grounds that removal of the appellant from the UK was unlawful under the Human Rights Act 1998 in each of the last 12 months
Answer: The number of human rights appeals (those lodged on human rights grounds) determined by the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal and the number of those that were successful and allowed by the Tribunal can be found in the following ta...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have applied for appointment as a (a) First-Tier Tribunal Judge (Immigration and Asylum) and (b) Upper Tribunal Judge (Immigration and Asylum) in the last 12 months; and how many of those applicat
Answer: We are maintaining investment in the annual recruitment of about 1,000 judges and tribunal members across all courts and tribunals.Recruitment was completed in 2024 for salaried and fee-paid judges of the FTT, including for the IAC, and for salaried and f...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Western Railway: ChristchurchDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains between Waterloo and Christchurch have been (a) cancelled and (b) delayed for more than 15 minutes since South Western Railway was brought into public ownership.
Answer: South Western Railway (SWR) were brought into public ownership on 25 May 2025. Since this date, 9.5 per cent of trains have been cancelled and 12.9 per cent of trains have been delayed by more than 15 minutes between London Waterloo and Christchurch. Thes...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Western Railway: ChristchurchDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the 19.05 train from Waterloo to Christchurch not arrive until 22.30 on Monday 14 July; what estimate she has made of the number of passengers affected; and what compensation is available.
Answer: A signal cable failure at Woking delayed the 19.05 from London Waterloo to Christchurch on the 14 July. Passengers are entitled to compensation under the national Delay Repay scheme. As the 19.05 was delayed for 120 minutes or more, passengers can claim c...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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