Esther McVey MP: written questions
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Asylum: Criminal RecordsHome OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department shares information with local police forces on the criminal records of asylum seekers placed in their area.
Answer: The Home Office communicates regularly with local police forces, and with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, to assess the operational implications of housing asylum seekers in different areas and regions around the country, and will always do what is n...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Criminal RecordsHome OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people claiming asylum had a criminal record before entering the UK in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer: All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. For further information regarding security checks during the...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Criminal RecordsHome OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ascertain previous offences of people claiming asylum in the UK.
Answer: All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. For further information regarding security checks during the...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers have had their DNA taken on arrival in the UK.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave her on 9 July to Question 63301. The current procedures are the same as those that were in place under the previous government.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's Office: WilmslowDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58982 on Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow, if he will publish the Information Commissioner’s Office's commercial analysis o
Answer: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) decision to relocate was approved by the Cabinet Office with no formal role for DSIT. Any request for further information about this project, including any plans to publish their commercial analysis, should be a...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's Office: WilmslowDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58982 on Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow, what steps his Department took to find alternative office space for the Informat
Answer: The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) decision to relocate was approved by the Cabinet Office with no formal role for my department. The ICO conducted an extensive search and reviewed a range of locations, including remaining within Wilmslow.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMalaria: ResearchDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK Health Security Agency news announcement of 21 May 2025, how much he has spent on testing mosquitoes through the Vector-Borne Real-time Arbovirus Detection and
Answer: The Vector-Borne RADAR (Real-time Arbovirus Detection and Response) programme is a three-year funded collaborative grant worth £1.15 million which is 80% funded by Defra / UK Research & Innovation, and 20% by each of the collaborative organisations, t...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's Office: WilmslowCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63567More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58984 on Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow, what (a) consultations and (b) impact assessments his Department carried out before approving the decision
Answer: The Office of Government Property was satisfied that the relocation to the proposed new offices better suited the requirements of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) based on the information provided and our engagement with the Government Property...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Game changer for the nation, published on 19 June 2025, whether the investment in grassroots sports facilities will fund the development
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the nation following the Spending Review. ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Game changer for the nation, published on 19 June 2025, how much of the £900 million investment in major sporting events and grassroots s
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the nation following the Spending Review. ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department plans to provide for tennis during the Spending Review period.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the nation following the Spending Review. ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DNAHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects the DNA of people who arrive illegally in the UK.
Answer: The Home Office currently collects biometric data of small boat arrivals in the form of facial images and fingerprints, but keeps the nature of such checks under regular review.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58584 on Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics, what the limited exceptions are where biometric data may not be collected at the time of encounter from i
Answer: This would include for example, children under five, who are only required to provide facial photographs, or people who are physically unable to provide biometric information at the time of their arrival because of medical emergencies. In such cases, the ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: PackagingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the report on packaging changes to Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, as discussed at the Commission on Human Medicines Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Workin
Answer: A public assessment report will be published by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after the completion of the review. The advice of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) will be sought after the next meeting of the Antidepre...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's OfficeCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62197More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who his Department consulted at Cheshire East Council before approving the decision to move the Information Commissioner's Office from Wilmslow to Manchester.
Answer: Cabinet Office approval for this property transaction comes under National Property Controls in the Office of Government Property. The value threshold meant that approval was taken at official level. The decision to move was made by the Information Commis...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAntidepressantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the dates of the consultation period with pharmaceutical companies, as agreed at the Commission on Human Medicines Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Group meeting o
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will seek the advice of the independent Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) on the final recommendations of the Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Group, following the next meetin...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntidepressantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the (a) minutes and (b) outcome of the Commission on Human Medicines Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Group meeting which took place on 1 May.
Answer: A public assessment report will be published following the advice of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after the next meeting of the Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Gr...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntimicrobials: Small BusinessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of new antimicrobial therapeutics developed by SMEs.
Answer: The United Kingdom’s 2024 to 2029 national action plan (NAP) to confront antimicrobial resistance (AMR) includes a commitment to work across sectors to develop new antimicrobials. The NAP also acknowledges the potential of alternative therapies, such as b...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Conflict: Antimicrobial ResistanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help tackle battlefield antimicrobial resistance.
Answer: Defence Medical Services (DMS) has several mature policies and capabilities in place designed to mitigate the risk of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the deployed space, from antimicrobial policy and stewardship to infection prevention and control strat...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWales Office: TrainingWales OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: No staff network events took place in my Department in May 2025.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: TrainingNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff network events took place in his Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: The Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing group held one event, a staff delivered Mental Health Presentation, on Thursday 15 May as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. It was attended by 25 staff members.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59741More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff network events took place in his Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: Staff networks are collaborative volunteer networks, organised by staff themselves rather than the department. As a result, events are organised by staff themselves, not the department. We are aware of the following events that these networks organised in...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: TrainingScotland OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff network events took place in his Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: Staff networks are collaborative volunteer networks, organised by staff themselves rather than the department. As a result, events are organised by staff themselves, not the department. We are aware of the following events that these networks organised in...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: TrainingAttorney GeneralTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59399More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: No staff network events took place in my Department in May 2025.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: Staff networks are collaborative volunteer networks, organised by staff rather than the Department. The majority of staff time spent on network activities is voluntary and unpaid.We are aware of seven events organised by networks in May 2025:Parenting in ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
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