Esther McVey MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to review how the Child Maintenance Service processes cases involving domestic abuse allegations.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that victims and survivors of domestic abuse get the help and support they need to use the CMS safely. CMS domestic abuse training has been reviewed to ensure it reflects the Home Office’s updated statutory guidance on coerciv...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his department allocated to the indemnity schemes in place for Covid-19 vaccinations.
Answer: We are unable to provide full information as requested regarding the valuation of the COVID-19 vaccine indemnities due to their commercial sensitivity.The existence of the COVID-19 vaccination indemnities is disclosed in the contingent liabilities note wi...
Answered 29 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 69839 on Schools: Employers' Contributions, how much and what proportion of the cost of the increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions will be
Answer: The department is providing mainstream schools and high needs settings with over £930 million to support with the increases to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2025. We are also providing £25 million in respect of schools with e...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 69839 on Schools: Employers' Contributions, how the the £1 billion of support o schools was calculated; and what the total current cost is of the inc
Answer: The department is providing mainstream schools and high needs settings with over £930 million to support with the increases to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2025. We are also providing £25 million in respect of schools with e...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment Scheme: AppealsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 34608 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Appeals, whether past tribunal decisions are used to support assessments.
Answer: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) appeal cases are overseen by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service and processed through the First-tier Tribunal. Upon conclusion of an appeal, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) receives a Statement of ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChiropracticDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will consider reviewing the Allied Healthcare Professional status list to include chiropractors as part of the government’s wider review of the NHS.
Answer: Integrated care boards are able to make independent decisions on which health professionals they employ and may commission a limited amount of chiropractic treatment.There are no plans by either the Department or NHS England to review the health and care ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChiropracticDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will (a) support further integration of chiropractic care into NHS services across Tatton and (b) give chiropractors Allied Healthcare Professional status.
Answer: Integrated care boards are able to make independent decisions on which health professionals they employ and may commission a limited amount of chiropractic treatment.There are no plans by either the Department or NHS England to review the health and care ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to schools of increases in employers' National Insurance contributions over the next four years.
Answer: The department is providing almost £1 billion to support schools with the increases to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2025. The department publishes the schools’ costs technical note, which provides an annual assessment of sch...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were delivered as part of projects funded by the Greater Manchester Housing Investment Loan Fund in the postcodes (a) M15 4TP and (b) M15 4PA, in each o
Answer: The Greater Manchester Housing Investment Loan Fund is operated by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). GMCA is therefore best placed to respond to this question.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimodos: Civil ProceedingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what litigation costs his Department incurred in Wilson and others v Bayer Pharma and others, [2023] EWHC 1282 (QB); and how many representatives of his Department attended the Royal Courts of Just
Answer: A total of £469,613.30 in legal costs, as of the end of May 2025, excluding VAT, has been incurred by the Department of Health and Social Care via the Government Legal Department representing them on the Wilson and others v Bayer Pharma and others case. A...
Answered 5 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordZoe Marketing & CommunicationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the FOI request 2024/00205, when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to publish (a) details of its investigation into the advertising activities of the c
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) investigates allegations of non-compliance with medical device regulations. Where appropriate, they can use their enforcement powers to ensure action is taken against devices that pose a serio...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMalaria: ResearchDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64425 on Malaria: Research, whether the positive rt-PCR tests were validated against viral cultures of West Nile virus.
Answer: The samples were collected outside the cold chain, which means it was not possible to grow live virus from the mosquito blood meals or salivary glands. The validation is made by comparing the sequences with an international database of West Nile virus iso...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66900More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral contribution on 10 July 2025 in response to a Question from the hon. Member for Tatton, Official Report, column 1112, how much money has been saved as a result of the implementation of the C
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The CS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure guidance remains in place.
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPatient Safety CommissionerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 94 of his Department's policy paper entitled Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England, published in July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact
Answer: Dr Dash’s review of patient safety across the health and care landscape was published in July 2025. The review sets out a broad aim to streamline, simplify, and consolidate functions across the patient safety landscape. Dr Dash made nine recommendations w...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65683More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposals for a Remote Betting & Gaming Duty on (a) levels of investment in the UK, (b) consumer costs and (c) levels of illegal gambling.
Answer: The Government is consulting on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one. The Government welcomes views from stakeholders, as part of the consultation p...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: 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
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