Christopher Chope MP: written questions
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Parkfield School Christchurch: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to (a) sell or (b) transfer the site of Parkfield school in Hurn when it closes in July; and whether the premises will be retained for educational use.
Answer: The freehold site is currently owned by the Reach South Academy Trust, and this will be transferred to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, on behalf of my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, on termination of th...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative estimate of the number of people who underwent NHS elective care in Dorset in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial years; and how many people were forecast to und
Answer: In the financial year 2023/24, there were 17,411,620 completed Referral-to-Treatment (RTT) pathways in the NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board. In the financial year 2024/25, there were 18,116,099 completed pathways. Please note that patients may be on more ...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter of 16 May 2025 from NHS England to ICBs on referrals for elective surgery, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing the rate of referrals for ele
Answer: No specific assessment has been made of the potential impact of reducing the rate of referrals for elective surgery on waiting times for operations in Dorset.Actions to ensure care is delivered in the most appropriate clinical setting, to reduce unnecessa...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ChristchurchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) face-to-face and (b) other GP appointments conducted at (i) Highcliffe Medical Centre, (ii) Christchurch Medical Centre, (iii) Burton Bran
Answer: A table showing the number of face-to-face and other general practice appointments conducted for the Highcliffe Medical Centre, the Christchurch Medical Centre, the Stour Surgery, and the Grove Surgery is attached. Data for the Burton Medical Centre is no...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Practice Lists: ChristchurchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of new patients registered at (a) Highcliffe Medical Centre, (b) Christchurch Medical Centre, (c) Burton Brunch Surgery, (d) The Stour Surgery an
Answer: Changes in the number of registered patients reflects both new registrations as well as existing patients being taken off a practice’s list, such as where they have moved practice or have died. As a result, it is not possible to identify the number of new...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ChristchurchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on GP services by Dorset Integrated Care Board in Christchurch in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-2024 and (c) 2024-25; and what the budget is for 2025-2026.
Answer: In 2022/23, total National Health Service payments to general practices in the Christchurch constituency, including COVID-19 and primary care network payments, were £17,452,214, including any deductions for Pensions, Levies and Prescription Charge Income....
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Practice Lists: ChristchurchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were registered at (a) Highcliffe Medical Centre, (b) Christchurch Medical Centre, (c) Burton Brunch Surgery, (d) Stour Surgery and (e) The Grove Surgery on (i) 1 June 2024 and (i
Answer: The data below shows the number of registered patients at the Highcliffe Medical Centre, the Christchurch Medical Practice, the Stour Surgery, and the Grove Medical Centre as of 31 March 2025, as this is the most recent available data, and as of 31 March ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ChristchurchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent (a) GPs and (b) other clinical practitioners were employed at (i) Highcliffe Medical Centre, (ii) Christchurch Medical Centre, (iii) Burton Brunch Surgery, (iv) Stour
Answer: Figures are provided in the tables below on full time equivalent (FTE) general practitioners (GPs) and other clinical practitioners employed at the practices for which the Department holds data. We have provided the most recent data available, which captu...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCombatting Hate against Muslims FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which (a) charities and (b) organisations have received funding from the Combatting Hate Against Muslims Fund.
Answer: The department has not yet awarded funding to any charities or other organisations via the Combatting Hate Against Muslims Fund. The deadline for submitting applications to the fund is 18 May. Funding will be awarded in July 2025. Further information can ...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCommonwealth Games 2026: HygieneDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the organisers of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on requiring targeted hygiene protocols.
Answer: DCMS officials are in regular contact with the Glasgow 2026 Organising Company (OC).The OC has confirmed it is developing health and medical plans for the Games as part of ongoing event planning, in line with statutory regulations. It has engaged with med...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCleaning Industry Liaison ForumDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the next meeting of the Cleaning Industry Liaison Forum will take place.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently undergoing a transition to improve how it works and delivers outcomes. As part of this, it is temporarily reducing the number of its external meetings, whilst continuing to deliver on its priorities. The ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: ComplaintsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints OFWAT has received about the increase in water and sewerage rates since 1 March 2025; and to how many complainants have substantive responses been given.
Answer: Ofwat has received 359 customer contacts since 1 March 2025 regarding the increase in water and sewerage rates. 25 of these have received a substantive response. An additional 453 contacts have been received since 21 March 2025 which are being reviewed to...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: BurtonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Christchurch of 25 March 2025, Official Report, column 773, whether he has received an update from the Dorset Integrated C
Answer: The NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board (ICB) has received applications to open a branch surgery in the Village of Burton, near Christchurch in Dorset. Applications are currently going through the ICB governance process, which is expected to conclude followi...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Import DutiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will remove tariffs on the import of motor vehicles from the United States.
Answer: On 3 April, the government launched a Request for Input from businesses to help inform our response to US tariffs. We remain committed to discussions with the US on a wider economic deal that works for both the UK and the US. But nothing is off the table;...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: NationalisationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to take British Steel into temporary public ownership (a) before the remaining blast furnaces are closed down and (b) until the future of virgin steel production in the UK
Answer: Our priority is respecting workers, safeguarding jobs, and retaining steelmaking. We have been clear that the best way forward is for British Steel to continue as a commercially run business with private investment and Government acting in support. We cal...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat Western Hospital: PneumoniaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon died from hospital acquired pneumonia in (a) December 2024, (b) January 2025 and (c) February 2025.
Answer: 10 patients died from hospital acquired pneumonia at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon in December 2024. Figures for January 2025 and February 2025 cannot be provided until May 2025.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government pays the RNLI in connection with Channel crossings by asylum seekers.
Answer: Any safety of life at sea operations related to attempts to cross the Channel by migrants in small boats are directed and coordinated by HM Coastguard. The Home Office does not provide funding to RNLI but does provide maritime assets and reconnaissance ca...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: Driving InstructionHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to fund the cost of driving lessons for (a) asylum seekers and (b) other immigrants.
Answer: No.
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the (a) maximum and (b) minimum time between Crawford & Co completing a medical review of applications for vaccine damage payments and the applicant being informed of the decision in in th
Answer: Between January and December 2024, the maximum time between Crawford & Co completing a medical assessment of an application to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme and the applicant being informed by the NHS Business Services Authority of my Rt Hon. Frie...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the correspondence of 5 February 2025 from the hon. Member for Christchurch relating to a constituent.
Answer: We have received the Hon. Member’s correspondence of 5 February 2025, and we will respond shortly.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2025 to Question 41384, what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum time was between a Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme application being made to the NHS Business Services A
Answer: The submission of applications to Crawford & Co is dependent on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) receiving the relevant medical records from healthcare providers.As of 3 April 2025, the maximum time between an application being made to the...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason applicants seeking mandatory reversal of decisions made by the NHSBSA on vaccine damage claims are required as a precondition to adduce fresh evidence without which no mandatory rev
Answer: If a claimant to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) wants to challenge a decision about their claim, they can ask for the decision to be reviewed. This is known as a ‘mandatory reversal’.In accordance with the legislation which governs the VDPS, whe...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March to Question 39386 on NHS Business Services Authority: Crawford & Company, how much of the budget of £38.6m is set aside for the payment of VDPS claims; and what t
Answer: For the 2025/26 financial year, the budget allocated for the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme is £38.6 million. The forecasted amount within this budget for vaccine damage payments is approximately £9 million. The budget for the 2025/26 financial year is bas...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 39387 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, if he will make an estimate of the number of assessments that have missed the 95 per cent target; how man
Answer: Between January 2024 and December 2024, the percentage of medical assessment reports returned within 15 working days of receipt of a fully completed medical record was 99.8%. In the same period, 10 medical assessment reports were not returned within the 1...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment Scheme: CoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme claims on Covid-19 vaccinations which have been accepted following mandatory reversal based upon (a) additional evidence p
Answer: Claimants to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) can ask for a reassessment, known as a mandatory reversal, if they disagree with the decision on the eligibility of their claim. Additional evidence can be added before it is reassessed, and this can ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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