David Baines MP: written questions
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Written questions
Sport England: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reforms to the statutory consultee system on Sport England's ability to represent the interests of grassroots sports clubs
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 119470 on 23 March 2026.
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordParcels: Delivery ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on regulating employment standards in the parcel delivery sector; and what steps he is taking to prevent gig economy working practices from adversely impacting Ro
Answer: Ministers have regular discussions with Ofcom as the independent regulator for the postal sector. The government does not, however, have a role in Ofcom’s regulatory decisions and Ofcom does not regulate the employment models of parcel delivery companies....
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUnadopted RoadsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen protections for freeholders living on estates with unadopted roads; and to help ensure developers and utilities providers act qu
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement published on 18 December 2025 (HCWS1210).
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUnadopted Roads: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the research into the decline in road adoption rates across England; and when she expects to publish the findings of that research.
Answer: The Department is continuing its dedicated research into the decline in road adoption rates across England. This includes gathering evidence from local highway authorities and wider stakeholders to understand current challenges and assess options to impro...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTourette's Syndrome: Diagnosis and Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of diagnostic and treatment pathways for Tourette syndrome across Integrated Care Boards; and for what reason Tourette syndrome has not b
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing local population need and commissioning appropriate diagnostic and treatment pathways for neurological conditions, including Tourette syndrome. While the Department has not undertaken a national ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is working with NHS England and other relevant bodies in the development and implementation of Modern Service Frameworks.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is supporting the development of the modern service frameworks. NICE is also represented on the National Quality Board, along with other arm’s length bodies, that oversees the development of the...
Answered 20 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: LiteracyDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce measures for tracking spoken language skills alongside existing literacy assessments.
Answer: The department recognises the importance of speaking and listening skills, which has been very clearly set out by the recent Curriculum and Assessment Review. As part of our English curriculum reform, we will make sure that communication skills inherent i...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: CCTVDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to require the provision of CCTV in early years settings.
Answer: The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements early years providers must meet to ensure that children have the best start in life and are kept healthy and safe.The EYFS requires providers to have safeguard...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider the potential merits of making safer sleep training for early years staff mandatory.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework, which early years providers are required to follow, includes a requirement for babies to be placed down to sleep in line with the latest government safety guidance here: https://www.nhs.uk/condi...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the changes to the EYFS to include safer sleep will be laid as a statutory instrument.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework, which early years providers are required to follow, includes a requirement for babies to be placed down to sleep in line with the latest government safety guidance here: https://www.nhs.uk/condi...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with ICBs on minimum waiting times for NHS services.
Answer: There have been no discussions on minimum waiting times between my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and the integrated care boards (ICBs).ICBs plan activity to meet targets set in the planning guidance. This is an importa...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSoft Drinks: TaxationTreasuryTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82801More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of lowering the starting threshold of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy on levels of sugar consumption.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member the answer that I gave to PQ UIN 81415.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSoft Drinks: TaxationTreasuryTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82800More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy thresholds on future investment in the development of healthier soft drinks.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member the answer that I gave to PQ UIN 81415.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: AutismDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 10 of Ofsted's radicalisation and extremism inspection document, if she will take steps to ensure that it no longer informs inspectors that children with autism are at increased risk of b
Answer: This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to my hon. Friend, the Member for St Helens North directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Officers: Long Service AwardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to extend the Prison Service Long Service Medal to operational officers in privately managed prisons.
Answer: The Prison Services Long Service & Good Conduct Medal is awarded to operational staff in the UK Prison Services on completion of 20 years’ continuous meritorious service, and aligns operational public sector prison staff with comparable organisations ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCoalfields Regeneration Trust: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made on considering the capital funding request from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
Answer: The fiscal position means that there have been tough choices to get us back on the path to recovery. It is in this context that the department is considering the request made for funding by the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.I was pleased to meet with Andy...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Recognition of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will take steps to recognise the state of Palestine as part of its efforts to seek (a) peace and (b) a lasting two state solution in the region.
Answer: The UK commitment to a two-state solution is unwavering. We are committed to recognising a Palestinian state at a time that has the most impact in achieving this reality and is most conducive to long-term prospects for peace. We are clear that does not ne...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMerseyside PoliceHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the adequacy of the number of police officers in Merseyside police.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring police forces are supported to effectively tackle crime. We are clear that visible policing is essential to restoring public confidence in the police.As was set out in the Police Funding Settlement for 2025/26 Merse...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle child poverty in St Helens North constituency.
Answer: In St Helens North, there were 6,670 children in UC households in November 2024. There are 7,634 pupils (28.3%) known to be eligible for free school meals in St Helens. In 2023/24, there were 7,096 (33.8%) children in in relative low income after housing ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: DyslexiaDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) help children with dyslexia and (b) improve the availability of early screening.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for St Helens North to the answer of 1 August 2025 to Question 61402.
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens Local Authority, (c) the Liverpool City Region and (d) nationally.
Answer: The proportion of working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work can be found in the table below. Table 1: Working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work Percentage in workSt Helens North Parliamentar...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase capacity on children's heart units and (b) ensure that children requiring treatment receive it in a timely manner.
Answer: Patients have been let down for too long whilst they wait for the care they need, including children awaiting specialist cardiac input.As set out in the Plan for Change, we will return to the National Health Service’s constitutional standard that 92% of p...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Speech and Language DisordersDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) providing funding for speech and language interventions earlier than reception age and (b) help ensure that Family Hubs can support families within
Answer: Early language is a part of the best start in life pillar of the Opportunity Mission, where we have set an ambitious milestone of a record number of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development in the early years foundation stage assessment by 2028...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Capital InvestmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) financial incentives and (b) other support for (i) farmers and (ii) the wider agricultural sector for investment in (A) mac
Answer: We are committed to supporting all farming sectors to increase levels of productivity whilst increasing their sustainability and resilience. We are looking carefully at how to position further investment and support to enable the delivery of this Governme...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to help support the growth of small businesses.
Answer: Small businesses are the beating heart of our high streets, our communities, and essential to our economic success. The Government will boost small business growth and productivity by delivering upon the commitments within Labour's nine-point Plan for Sma...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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