Esther McVey MP: written questions
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Civil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84581More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the total civil service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion expenditure for the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not routinely collect data on all expenditure of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Delivery of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion falls within the responsibility of departments under the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclus...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's Office: LocationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58980 on Information Commissioner's Office: Remote Working, what the strategic objectives are which the decision to relocate was based
Answer: On completion of the Property Control Approval Request (PCAR) process, the Circle Square Manchester option was lowest in cost on a lifecycle basis across the 10 years. As part of this approval process the Cabinet Office assesses any proposed lease of offi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's Office: LocationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Information Commissioner's Office sought ministerial approval for the decision to approve the move from Wilmslow to Manchester.
Answer: On completion of the Property Control Approval Request (PCAR) process, the Circle Square Manchester option was lowest in cost on a lifecycle basis across the 10 years. As part of this approval process the Cabinet Office assesses any proposed lease of offi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's Office: LocationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Information Commissioner's Office made a comparative estimate of the cost of office space in (a) Wilmslow and (b) Manchester before deciding to relocate.
Answer: On completion of the Property Control Approval Request (PCAR) process, the Circle Square Manchester option was lowest in cost on a lifecycle basis across the 10 years. As part of this approval process the Cabinet Office assesses any proposed lease of offi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DNAHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to collect DNA samples from of all immigrants who enter the country illegally.
Answer: Biometrics, in the form of fingerprints and facial images, underpin the UK Immigration system to support identity assurance and suitability checks on foreign nationals who are subject to immigration control.DNA does not form part of our biometric collecti...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI request 24/015 to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, if he will publish the responses received from the Swedish Medical Products Agency following their o
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have confirmed that the response received from the Swedish Medical Products Agency in relation to the 2008 assessment of preclinical data published within FOI 24/015 did not contain an offer to conta...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: 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
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