Esther McVey MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Tennis: 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
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: TrainingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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 themselves rather than the department. As a result, events are organised by staff themselves, not the department. We are aware of the following (internally) published events that thes...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff network events took place in his Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: Information is not held centrally on the Ministry of Defence’s employee network events which encompass a wide range of interests and activities. Network events specifically related to diversity are only tracked where central funding has been requested: no...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: Staff network events are organised in staff members’ own time, and are only centrally registered when there is any use of taxpayers’ money approved for the facilitation of such an event. No events were centrally registered in May.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: TrainingTreasuryTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59394More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: 3 events were held by the Treasury’s staff networks in May 2025.Treasury History Network held 2 sessions of “Wars, fires and pandemics: how events shaped our buildings”.The Ethnic Diversity Network hosted “Inclusivity within national security and demystif...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: TrainingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, 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 and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office does not centrall...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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.The Department had a total of seven staff network events that took place in May 2025. This number represents events led by the networks and does ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: The information you have requested is not held centrally, as staff networks are collaborative volunteer networks, organised by staff themselves rather than the department. This would include site-specific networks. Gathering this data would incur dispropo...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: There were nine staff network events run in the Department for Transport in May 2025. Four events took place within Department for Transport Core (DfTc) These were:The key to unlocking potential in neurodivergent colleaguesNeurodiversity network social –...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: TrainingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 not aware of any events that these networks organised in May 2...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: TrainingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff network events took place in his Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: Defra can confirm that during May, no staff network events were recorded centrally by HR.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
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