Elsie Blundell MP: written questions 2025
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Infrastructure: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to expedite nationally significant infrastructure projects.
Answer: The government made 21 decisions on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) in the first year of this Parliament. This compares with the first year of the last Parliament in which only 15 decisions were made and represents the highest numbe...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness and Sleeping Rough: WomenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider a) adopting a gender-informed definition of rough sleeping and homelessness, b) providing local authorities with tools, resources, and guidance on gathering a
Answer: The Government recognises that women experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping have different experiences and needs to men.The Government introduced a new question in the Rough Sleeping Monthly Management Information to capture the gender of those slee...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations in the report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition entitled Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years, last updated 8 May 2024.whether she plans to
Answer: Two research projects have been commissioned that will consider the impact of commercially manufactured baby foods on dental health. These are based on research recommendations made in the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition report Feeding young ch...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that industry follows Commercial Food and Drink Voluntary Industry Guidelines on health claims.
Answer: Voluntary guidelines published in August 2025 require commercial baby food and drink businesses for children under 36 months to restrict implied nutrition and health claims on labels. These claims can lead to parents overestimating the healthiness of the ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the appropriate amount of (a) iron and (b) vitamins is in food marketed for children under 36 months.
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influence many aspects of wellbeing in later life.The Department has regulations in place that set nutritional, compositional, and labelling standards for commerci...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to undertake formal evaluation of the Trailblazer schemes currently in operation; and when that will be published.
Answer: Trailblazers were launched from April 2025 across 17 areas and are testing more localised delivery approaches to support young people and those who are economically inactive to move closer to the labour market. The Trailblazer areas are required to demons...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) performance metrics and (b) outcome indicators his Department is using to assess Trailblazer schemes; and what role (i) improving mental health, (ii) tackling social isolation and (ii) supporti
Answer: Trailblazers were launched from April 2025 across 17 areas and are testing more localised delivery approaches to support young people and those who are economically inactive to move closer to the labour market. The Trailblazer areas are required to demons...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish details of (a) findings, (b) good practice and (c) value-for-money assessments from Trailblazer schemes.
Answer: Trailblazers were launched from April 2025 across 17 areas and are testing more localised delivery approaches to support young people and those who are economically inactive to move closer to the labour market. The Trailblazer areas are required to demons...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: Harassment and StalkingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to address the role of social media companies in enabling (a) harassment and (b) stalking through their platforms.
Answer: The Online Safety Act since its implementation in 2023 places legal duties on social media companies to tackle online harms, including harassment and stalking. Platforms must assess risks, swiftly remove illegal content, and implement measures to prevent ...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHarassment: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to establish accessible, non-police reporting pathways for (a) children and (b) young people who experience online harassment.
Answer: The Online Safety Act requires services in scope to take steps to protect children from both illegal content and harmful content, including abusive and bullying content. These services must implement easy-to-use reporting mechanisms for users to report il...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordStalking: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking through the criminal justice system to protect children who become victims of stalking.
Answer: Stalking is an insidious crime that can leave victims, including children, living in fear just going about their daily lives. Recognising children as victims in their own right is vital and this Government will go further to ensure this is put into practi...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Greater ManchesterMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 906138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans into suitable employment in Greater Manchester.
Answer: Employment support from the Ministry of Defence is available to veterans in Greater Manchester, including the Career Transition Partnership, which can be accessed two years before and two years after leaving Service. In the last year, 88% using this servi...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to support local councils to make funding decisions in relation to amenities for women’s and
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have access to high quality facilities and opportunities to participate in sport and physical activity.This includes supp...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) developers in Greater Manchester adhere to their obligations under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 19
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that access to high-quality open spaces and opportunities for sport and physical activity is important for the health and well-being of communities. The Framework sets out that planning policies should be...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure section 106 funding is being used by councils in Greater Manchester to increase revenue for sports facilities.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that access to high-quality open spaces and opportunities for sport and physical activity is important for the health and well-being of communities. The Framework sets out that planning policies should be...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking too increase engagement of women and girls with sport in the north of Greater Manchester.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have access to high quality facilities and opportunities to participate in sport and physical activity.This includes supp...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include measures to support children in the deepest poverty in the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Heywood and Middleton North, to the answer of [DATE] to Question 82529.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the Modern Service Framework for cardiovascular disease will (a) reduce disability caused by stroke and (b) improve the lives of stroke survivors living with poor
Answer: To accelerate the Government’s ambition to reduce premature deaths from heart disease and stroke by 25% within a decade, we will publish a new cardiovascular disease modern service framework (CVD MSF) in 2026. The CVD MSF will consider approaches to reduc...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a stroke team within his Department.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the outcomes for patients who suffer from a stroke. The teams responsible for the policy and delivery of services related to strokes within the Department and NHS England work closely together.Subject to Parliament...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Large Goods VehiclesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider mandating the allocation of sites for HGV parking as part of the conditions for consent for larger infrastructure projects.
Answer: The government takes the view that it is for the relevant Secretary of State to decide, on a case-by-case basis, whether conditions relating to HGV traffic movement or the provision of HGV parking should be attached when granting development consent for n...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Large Goods VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of parking facilities for HGV drivers in the North West.
Answer: The National Survey of Lorry Parking, which was published on 29 September 2022, is the Department for Transport’s primary evidence base on the availability of HGV parking facilities. The survey showed an average shortage across England of around 4,500 HGV...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to publish an official list of officially recognised training institutions for the consideration of prospective private hire vehicle drivers.
Answer: The Department for Transport is responsible for setting the regulatory framework within which licensing authorities in England license the taxi and private hire vehicle trades and issues guidance to assist licensing authorities in carrying out these licen...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help prevent prospective private hire vehicle drivers from enrolling in unofficial training institutions.
Answer: The Department for Transport is responsible for setting the regulatory framework within which licensing authorities in England license the taxi and private hire vehicle trades and issues guidance to assist licensing authorities in carrying out these licen...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that private hire vehicle drivers receive qualifications from officially recognised training institutions.
Answer: The Department for Transport is responsible for setting the regulatory framework within which licensing authorities in England license the taxi and private hire vehicle trades and issues guidance to assist licensing authorities in carrying out these licen...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) accessibility and (b) effectiveness of grants for people who (i) have purchased used electric vehicles and (ii) cannot afford new electric vehicles.
Answer: The Government is fully committed to supporting the uptake of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs), including used vehicles. We’re investing over £4.5 billion to help industry and consumers make a supported switch to electric vehicles (EVs). This includes severa...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
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