Fabian Hamilton MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Community Care: Mileage AllowancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the November 2025 decrease to the Agenda for Change mileage payments for community staff.
Answer: As set out in NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS) Handbook, which is ratified by the NHS Staff Council, mileage reimbursement rates are reviewed twice a year in April and November.The outcome of the November 2025 review resulted in a reduction of re...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Duties: MoroccoDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of eliminating tariff rates quotas on Moroccan fresh produce at times of the year when the produce is not in season in the UK.
Answer: The UK and Morocco are currently undertaking a review of tariffs on Agriculture goods, of which greater access to the UK market for tomatoes is a priority for Morocco. Tomatoes are amongst a number of products which are being considered as part of the neg...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMorocco: Trade AgreementsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to organise the next session of the Association Council for the UK-Morocco Association Agreement.
Answer: The most recent ministerial meeting of the UK-Morocco Association Council took place in London on 12 November and reaffirmed our commitment to deepening cooperation on trade, investment, education, renewable energy, and security, in line with the step-cha...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption: Children in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she is providing to adoptive families when attempting to return a child to care.
Answer: Returning a child to care should only ever be a last resort. We recognise the significant emotional and practical strain adoptive parents can face, particularly when managing complex needs and trauma. Our priority is to keep families together wherever pos...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2025 to UIN 62951, what progress she has made on incorporating method-of-production labelling reform into the development of animal welfare and food st
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. In the food strategy we identified 10 priority outcomes, including ensuring that food supply is environmentally sustainable with high...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption: Children in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support adoptive families from being subject to legal action when attempting to return a child to care.
Answer: The department knows that some adoptive families do not get the support they need when in crisis. Rather than being supported, they experience blame and criticism of their parenting approach.Adoption England are working with their local authority partner ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMozambique: Geothermal PowerForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether British International Investment’s Reporting & Complaints Mechanism is currently engaged regarding Kenya’s Menengai geothermal project; what steps she is taking to en
Answer: I believe the Hon Member is referring to complaints regarding geothermal exploration activities in specific areas of Nakuru County, Kenya. British International Investment have made clear that they have no investment in any company undertaking geothermal ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to incentivise the use of compostable fresh produce stickers through the Extended Producer Responsibility fee structure by using (a) green and (b) amber ra
Answer: At present, the Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) does not provide a separate incentive for compostable materials; the methodology is designed to support a circular economy by prioritising materials that can be recycled into new products. Therefo...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered mandating the use of compostable fresh produce stickers; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on arable land.
Answer: The Department has not considered mandating the use of compostable fresh produce stickers and does not currently have plans to assess the potential impact of such a measure on arable land. However, we remain committed to supporting sustainable packaging s...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Online Safety Act 2023 prevents young people from accessing content that could adversely affect those with eating disorders.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, social media, chat groups and other user-to-user services are required to use highly-effective age assurance to prevent children of all ages from accessing content that promotes, encourages or provides instructions for eating ...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Dispute ResolutionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions in UK trade and investment agreements.
Answer: Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provides an independent means for investors to resolve disputes with states where they believe they have experienced arbitrary, discriminatory or unfair treatment or expropriation without compensation. The Governme...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: CommoditiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will introduce secondary legislation under the Environment Act 2021 for due diligence rules for forest-risk commodities.
Answer: The Government recognises the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government is actively considering the best regulatory approach to address deforestation in UK supply chains;...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NICE plans to review (a) guideline NG17 for Type 1 diabetes in adults and (b) guideline NG18 for Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people; and what the timelines are for the n
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for translating evidence into authoritative evidence-based guidance for the health and care system on best practice, in order to drive improved outcomes for p...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of opportunities to (a) enable earlier diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes and (b) reduce incidences of diabetic ketoacidosis; and what actions are being taken by
Answer: The early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is important to reducing incidences of diabetic ketoacidosis. NHS England is working with experts and relevant stakeholder organisations to monitor the outcomes of the current research on the early detection of type ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people initially coded with (a) pre-diabetes and (b) type 2 diabetes who were later found to have early or established type 1 diabetes in the most recent period for
Answer: Data is not collected centrally on the numbers or proportions of people initially coded with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes who were later found to have type 1 diabetes. The change of patient diagnosis would be reflected by a change of diagnosis code in ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps NHS England has taken to help identify (a) children and (b) adults at risk of pre-symptomatic Type 1 diabetes; and what assessment has been made of (i) the uptake and (ii) effecti
Answer: The National Institute for Healthcare Research is funding the EarLy Surveillance for Autoimmune diabetes (ELSA) study into the feasibility of screening for type 1 diabetes in children aged three to 13 years old. The ELSA study has tested over 24,000 peopl...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role mayoral authorities will play in the delivery of Neighbourhood Health Plans.
Answer: The wide range of local government responsibilities relevant to health and wellbeing, including social care, public health, and beyond, are central to our vision for Neighbourhood Health. Neighbourhood Health will move care out of hospitals and into commu...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 10 Year Health Plan on the roles of mayoral authorities in delivering health and social care services.
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government is committed to making mayors, or their representatives, members of integrated care boards (ICBs), harnessing the opportunities of joined-up strategic planning between ICBs and strategic authorities, a...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InnovationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the role of mayoral authorities will be within Regional Health Innovation Zones.
Answer: Collaboration between health systems and local government, including mayoral authorities, is fundamental to the design and delivery of the Regional Health Innovation Zones, as set out in the 10-Year Health Plan and the Life Sciences Sector Plan. The Gover...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMyanmar: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to support the (a) mandate and (b) recommendations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
Answer: The UK supports both the mandate and recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. As penholder on Myanmar at the UN Security Council, we have convened four meetings this year to maintain international focus and...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMexico: Ethnic GroupsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of attacks on the Indigenous community of Cuahuayula, Mexico on 20 October 2025.
Answer: The UK remains committed to promoting and protecting human rights globally, including the rights of Indigenous communities. We are concerned by reports of violence against Indigenous communities in Mexico, including the recent attack in Coahuayula on 20 O...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSupply TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to regulate the use of supply teacher agencies by schools, including (a) measures to ensure fair pay, (b) pension access, and (c) transparency in agency fees.
Answer: Schools are responsible for recruiting supply teachers, which includes deciding whether to use supply teacher agencies.The department, in conjunction with the Crown Commercial Service, has established the agency supply deal, which supports schools to obta...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: BicyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of British Transport Police’s recent changes to its policies on responding to bicycle thefts at railway stations; and what steps she i
Answer: Everyone should be confident in choosing active travel, including cycling, as part of their everyday journeys.Ensuring the railway remains safe for passengers and staff, and creating a hostile environment for criminals on the network is a priority for bot...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the forthcoming Schools White Paper will include specific measures to improve access to speech and language support in schools in line with the Government’s commitment to early language interventions.
Answer: The forthcoming Schools White Paper will set out an ambitious vision for improving outcomes for all pupils. The department is working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to improve access to community health services, inc...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSwifts: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 32775 on Swifts: Conservation, what recent progress has been made in those discussions; and what steps she is taking to help incr
Answer: Defra policy officials continue to work with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government colleagues on swift brick policy, alongside wider nature and planning matters. As part of our work to develop a set of national planning policies for de...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
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