Claire Hazelgrove MP: written questions
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Schools: KnivesDepartment for EducationTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, What steps she is taking to support schools in helping prevent knife crime among young people.
Answer: Last month, the department published its plan to half knife crime, working across government to achieve a sustained reduction. The department’s focus is on strengthening schools’ ability to prevent violence, reducing children’s vulnerabilities, and improv...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: Part-time EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, What assessment she has made of the impact of the classification of students on weekend-only courses as distance learners on their eligibility for student loans.
Answer: The department understands the anxiety caused by students affected by the misclassification of weekend-only courses by providers, which has resulted in students receiving maintenance support they are not entitled to. We have been clear that providers shou...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that self employed locum pharmacists are paid in a timely manner for services delivered within NHS contracted pharmacies; and whether he plans to intro
Answer: Responsibility for agreeing contractual terms and for ensuring payment to self-employed locum pharmacists rests with the retail pharmacy businesses that deliver National Health Service pharmaceutical services.Where locum pharmacists have trouble recoverin...
Answered 27 May 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve transparency in Child Maintenance Service (CMS) decision-making processes.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed to making Child Maintenance Service (CMS) decisions clear, accessible and transparent.Whenever a decision is made that affects a child maintenance calculation or payment arrangements, DWP issues noti...
Answered 27 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the consistency and effectiveness of (a) antenatal screening in detecting fetal cardiac conditions and (b) the efficacy of the Fetal anomaly screening pro
Answer: The Government recognises how worrying heart health can be for the families of babies and children. The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) recommends the offer of an ultrasound scan which is performed between 18+0 to 20+6 weeks to screen for 11 ...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordApprenticeships: British National (Overseas)Department for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of enabling British National (Overseas) visa holders to access apprenticeship programmes in (a) the health and social care sec
Answer: The department regularly reviews the apprenticeship funding rules, often in consultation with others, including the Home Office and the Department for Education. This includes the requirements for ordinary residency. This three-year residency requirement ...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordYoung Offenders: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help reduce violent reoffending among young people who are on bail.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of reducing offending, including violent reoffending, among children who are on bail through close supervision and high levels of support by skilled staff. We are investing £5 million over the next three years in s...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions: PainMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of recognition and compensation of chronic pain as a distinct medical condition as part of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pension Sche
Answer: The Department has assessed that both the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) and the War Pension Scheme provide for pain and suffering as part of a holistic assessment of service-attributable injury or illness. In most cases, chronic pain is not trea...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Patients: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of complaints and accountability processes for NHS patients referred to private healthcare providers.
Answer: The Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009 set out in law the minimum standards National Health Service organisations, and independent providers of NHS-funded care, must adhere to in respect of th...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPowers of AttorneyMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that those acting under a valid and registered Lasting Power of Attorney are not subjected to (a) disproportionate and (b) burdensome additional evidential requiremen
Answer: Banks and other financial institutions are required to follow the requirements under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, the Immigration Act 2017 and the Sanctions and Money Laundering Act 2018. The Ministry of Justice has worked with UK Finance and ot...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordInsurance: Sickle Cell DiseasesTreasuryTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101649More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability, affordability and terms of insurance for people (a) diagnosed with sickle cell disease and (b) carrying the sickle cell trait.
Answer: The government has not made a specific assessment regarding insurance for individuals with sickle cell disease. However, the government recognises the important role of insurance products in building the financial resilience of consumers and protecting th...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy and availability of therapeutic support for adoptive families; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of signposting to support services
Answer: This financial year, the department has invested £50 million into the adoption and special guardianship support fund. We have approved applications for nearly 14,000 children since April for both therapy and specialist assessments. We continue to review t...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to expand eligibility of the England National Concessionary Travel Scheme to (a) carers and (b) companions of (i) older and (ii) disabled people.
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually, and any changes to the statut...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordKetamine: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate the Government has made of the prevalence of ketamine addiction among under 25s; what steps the Government is taking to address ketamine addiction among young people; and what tailore
Answer: The Department takes seriously the risk of ketamine and other drugs to our young people and is working with partners from across the Government to respond to existing and new drug threats and to reduce and prevent the health harms.Ketamine use among child...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of whether company directors are able to disguise personal income as business revenue to reduce child support obligations under the Child Maintenance Service 2012
Answer: Where a paying parent is the Director of their limited liability company, they are legally an employee of that company for child maintenance purposes. They are also legally required to provide details of unearned income such as dividends in their Self-Ass...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Labelling and PackagingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) manufacturers on the effectiveness of the packaging and labelling of SSRIs in warning patients of (a) the associated
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) packaging and labelling produced by marketing authorisation holders (MAHs) reflects what is known about the safet...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGreyhounds: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the animal welfare of greyhounds exported to (a) China, (b) Pakistan and (c) elsewhere.
Answer: The Department is not aware that there is a widespread problem with the welfare of greyhounds being exported to a) China, b) Pakistan or c) elsewhere.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCats: TaggingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of mandatory microchipping for cats over 20 weeks on the proportion of pets reunited with their owners in the event of a road traffic acciden
Answer: From 10 June 2024, all owned cats in England over 20 weeks of age must be microchipped and registered on a compliant database. The legislation is intended to improve pet welfare by increasing the likelihood of reuniting lost or stray pets with their keepe...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce legislative proposals to make it mandatory for drivers to report collisions with cats.
Answer: There are no plans to amend section 170 of the Road Traffic Act to make it mandatory for drivers to report road collisions involving cats. Although there is no obligation to report all animal deaths on roads, drivers should, if possible, make enquiries to...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the participation of SMEs in the NHS supply chain; and whether he plans to introduce measures to reduce barriers to entry for SMEs in NHS procurement
Answer: Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) have a vital role to play in supporting our health service to deliver on its priorities for patients and staff.NHS England is committed to improving its engagement with SME suppliers and helping to make it easier f...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral RegisterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of discrepancies between voter identification documents and electoral register entries caused by (a) failure to update identi
Answer: As set out in the Elections Act 2022, where there is a discrepancy between the name shown on an elector’s identification document and how their name is recorded on the electoral register, that elector may still use that document if they are able to explai...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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