David Mundell MP: written questions
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Written questions
Cannabis: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on departmental responsibility for cannabis-based medicinal products.
Answer: The Home Office leads on drug legislation and the Department of Health and Social Care and its Arm’s Length Bodies oversee healthcare and medicine regulation. This regulatory framework applies to all drugs under Schedules 1-5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regula...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT Financial Recognition SchemeMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what monies he has allocated to fund publicity for the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme in order to ensure awareness of the Scheme.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is committed to ensuring that all eligible LGBT Veterans are made aware of the Financial Recognition Scheme. To this end, we have employed a range of communication channels, including social media platforms, partnerships with exter...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT Financial Recognition SchemeMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs of operating the Impact Panel under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme are; and whether the costs of operating the Impact Panel will be taken from the £75M allocated for reparations.
Answer: I am withholding the cost of operating the Impact Panel under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme as this information is commercial in confidence. None of the operating costs are taken from the £75 million allocated for making payments under the Scheme.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Food Insecurity and MalnutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress she has made on helping to tackle global malnutrition and hunger.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answers provided to Questions 89032 (18 November), 35685 (14 March) and 28246 (11 February) on the issues of global malnutrition and hunger; Question 46477 (30 April) on the Child Nutrition Fund; and Question 35278 (14 March...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Child Nutrition FundForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Child Nutrition Fund on nutrition outcomes for women, children and newborns in Nigeria.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answers provided to Questions 89032 (18 November), 35685 (14 March) and 28246 (11 February) on the issues of global malnutrition and hunger; Question 46477 (30 April) on the Child Nutrition Fund; and Question 35278 (14 March...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Nutrition FundForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans she to continue to provide the current level of funding to the Child Nutrition Fund.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answers provided to Questions 89032 (18 November), 35685 (14 March) and 28246 (11 February) on the issues of global malnutrition and hunger; Question 46477 (30 April) on the Child Nutrition Fund; and Question 35278 (14 March...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitaidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to fulfil the UK's outstanding funding pledge of £173 million to Unitaid.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer of 20 October given to question 80764.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDumfries and Galloway Council: ElectionsSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90678More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Speaker's Committee has had discussions with the Electoral Commission on the capacity of Dumfries and Galloway Council t
Answer: The Electoral Commission is supporting all local authorities that are holding elections next May, including Dumfries and Galloway Council.To address challenges administering counts, and following consultation with Returning Officers (ROs), Electoral Regis...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAirports: SecurityDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects temporary restrictions on the carrying of liquids by passengers using airports that fully operate Next Generation Security Checkpoints to be lifted.
Answer: Passengers can already carry liquids in containers up to 2L where their airport has upgraded to equipment which has passed relevant certifications.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: VeteransDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with the Rail Delivery Authority to provide free train travel to veterans for remembrance events in 2025.
Answer: Rail operators will be supporting the Armed Forces community during this year’s Remembrance commemorations by offering free travel to Veterans and serving military personnel attending Remembrance Sunday services. In addition, complimentary travel will be ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 51426 on Energy: Meters, what the sequence will be of the phased switch off of the Radio Teleswitch Service from the end of June.
Answer: Energy suppliers led by the RTS Taskforce are planning a careful phase out of the Radio Teleswitch Service from 30 June. The Government is working closely with the RTS Taskforce, industry and Ofgem to ensure the phase out process is planned effectively an...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFreightDepartment for TransportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to establish a national freight network.
Answer: In 2022, the then Government committed to identifying a National Freight Network, starting with improving the Department’s dataset to then develop a strategic picture of the transport network used to move freight. This complex work is underway and our vis...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that financial reparations to LGBT veterans are not considered in assessments for benefit entitlement.
Answer: Financial recognition payments made to LGBT veterans as part of the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme are not taken into account in the assessment of DWP means-tested benefits. The Department has legislated to disregard these payments and issued guidance ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSyphilis: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the transmission of syphilis (a) among high-risk groups and (b) in general.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published a sexually transmitted infection (STI) prioritisation framework in 2024 to inform local prioritisation decisions for the control of STIs, including syphilis. The UKHSA’s STI Prioritisation Framework is avail...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSyphilis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce syphilis diagnoses among heterosexual populations; and what targeted interventions he is (a) planning and (b) implementing.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published a sexually transmitted infection (STI) prioritisation framework in 2024 to inform local prioritisation decisions for the control of STIs, including syphilis. The UKHSA’s STI Prioritisation Framework is avail...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSyphilis: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that antenatal screening for syphilis is (a) effective and (b) accessible to pregnant women.
Answer: Syphilis screening is offered to all pregnant women in early pregnancy. The proportion of women taking up the test, known as coverage, has remained high in England for a number of years. The acceptable threshold is 95%, and the achievable threshold is 99%...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Global Fund on tackling (a) HIV (b) tuberculosis and (c) and malaria globally.
Answer: The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria is the world's largest multilateral funder of global health grants in low- and middle-income countries . Since 2002, the Global Fund partnership has saved over 65 million lives and reduced the combin...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department is having with (a) their international counterparts and (b) private sector donors on maintaining their levels of funding for the Global Fund.
Answer: As the co-hosts of the Global Fund's 8th replenishment with South Africa we are actively engaging with both international counterparts and private sector partners to advocate maintaining or increasing funding for the Global Fund. The Children's Investment...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: HIV/AIDSForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support HIV (a) prevention and (b) treatment programs in Ukraine.
Answer: As a founding member and third largest investor, the UK is a committed partner of the Global Fund to fight health risks including HIV/AIDS. Since 2002, the Global Fund has invested more than US$980 million in Ukraine for HIV and TB programmes and to suppo...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: HIV/AIDSForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with (a) Ukrainian health authorities and (b) NGOs to ensure the continuity of HIV services in Ukraine.
Answer: As a founding member and third largest investor, the UK is a committed partner of the Global Fund to fight health risks including HIV/AIDS. Since 2002, the Global Fund has invested more than US$980 million in Ukraine for HIV and TB programmes and to suppo...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of zonal energy pricing in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency on household energy bills.
Answer: Through the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA), the government is continuing to assess options for strengthening locational and operational signals in the electricity market. This includes measures which could be implemented under national p...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNutritionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of improving the nutritional content of foods through a Government Food Strategy.
Answer: Our ambitious food strategy will set and deliver clear long-term outcomes that create a healthier, fairer, and more resilient food system, and in doing so will consider elements of the food system that can contribute towards those outcomes
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNutrition: ResearchDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of (a) science and (b) other innovation to the development of healthier staple food.
Answer: Science and innovation have a key role in developing a healthy, resilient and sustainable food system. Defra is contributing to a £47.5 million UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)-led research programme on food systems for both planetary and human health; a...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency remain dependent on the Radio Teleswitch Service for their energy meter connections.
Answer: The Department does not hold constituency level data on remaining RTS meters, but we are regularly engaging with energy suppliers, Ofgem and the industry body Energy UK to review local plans for the switch-off. Energy suppliers have contacted all premises...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNutrition: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding the Government has provided for nutrition research in each of the last five years.
Answer: Ministers and official meet regularly with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) on a range of issues. UKRI funds a broad range of high-quality research relating to nutrition, spanning different research councils. During the last 5 years UKRI has spent £251 m...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
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