Freddie van Mierlo MP: written questions 2025
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Inland Waterways: Henley and ThameDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on achieving (a) Good Chemical Status and (b) Good Ecological Status for waterways in Henley and Thame constituency.
Answer: The major waterbodies in the Henley & Thames constituency are the Thames (Wallingford to Caversham), Thames (Caversham to Cookham) and the Thame. These waterbodies do not achieve Good Ecological Status due to their Phosphate Status. All the other elem...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken by integrated care boards to add new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended medicines to their formula
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. The NHS in Engla...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department has used to determine which integrated care boards should merge.
Answer: NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services, and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure, with the expectation of achieving a 50% cost reducti...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15607 on Water: Standards and with reference to Henley Swim's announcement entitled Henley Swim stops trading, published on 2 May
Answer: This Government supports the innovative approaches being taken to trial new charges aiming to make bills fairer and more affordable. All companies plan to trial new charging structures by 2030 and some of them plan to introduce them more widely for additi...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15605 on Water: Standards and with reference to Henley Swim's announcement entitled Henley Swim stops trading, published on 2 May
Answer: This Government supports the innovative approaches being taken to trial new charges aiming to make bills fairer and more affordable. All companies plan to trial new charging structures by 2030 and some of them plan to introduce them more widely for additi...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Muscular Atrophy: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information has been provided to him on the reason for the delay on publication of the National Institute for Health and Care Research research brief that will inform the UK National Screening
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been kept informed of the plans being developed for the in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy, including the National Institute for Health and Care R...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Compulsory Purchase Order powers in progressing active travel schemes.
Answer: The Department for Transport has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of compulsory purchase order powers in progressing active travel schemes and there is currently no centralised record of how many active travel schemes in England have relied on ...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many active travel routes in England have used Compulsory Purchase Order powers to facilitate their construction.
Answer: The Department for Transport has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of compulsory purchase order powers in progressing active travel schemes and there is currently no centralised record of how many active travel schemes in England have relied on ...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChilternsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress Natural England have made on the proposed expansion of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Beauty; and if he will set out a timeline for a consultation on that expansion.
Answer: The Department is aware that Natural England in light of pressure on their budgets have taken the hard decision to stop work on the Chilterns boundary review. It had yet to reach the stage of sharing proposed ‘candidate areas’ publicly and as a result of ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 35541 on Hormone Replacement Therapy, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on encouraging manu
Answer: Oestrogen and testosterone hormone replacement therapy (HRT) implants are not licenced in the United Kingdom. The Department is working closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to ensure safe access to these products. We...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 35541 on Hormone Replacement Therapy, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the adequacy of
Answer: The processes of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are now performing within the expected timelines, and are meeting company commitments. Guidance has been updated on 3 April 2024 to aid the rapid approval of medicines, ensuri...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 35541 on Hormone Replacement Therapy, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the adequacy of
Answer: Oestrogen and testosterone hormone replacement therapy (HRT) implants are not licenced in the United Kingdom. The Department is working closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to ensure safe access to these products. We...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: EU CountriesDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps with her EU counterparts to help (a) improve the accessibility and (b) increase the use of UK blue parking badges in the EU.
Answer: The Department for Transport has ongoing discussions with individual countries regarding continued recognition of the UK Blue Badge across the European Union (EU).
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Muscular Atrophy: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of launching newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy alongside the upcoming launch of newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficienc
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is working with the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) partnership board to scope out the potential shape of the in-service evaluation into SMA. The partnership board includes clinicians, academics, patient represen...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Muscular Atrophy: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the UK National Screening Committee has provided on the (a) format, (b) scale and (c) duration of the upcoming in-service evaluation of newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atroph
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is working with the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) partnership board to scope out the potential shape of the in-service evaluation into SMA. The partnership board includes clinicians, academics, patient represen...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Muscular Atrophy: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the UK National Screening Committee on timelines for implementing in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is working with the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) partnership board to scope out the potential shape of the in-service evaluation into SMA. The partnership board includes clinicians, academics, patient represen...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordThames Water: Foreign Investment in UKDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent overseas private equity investment in Thames Water.
Answer: There are no plans to introduce any such legislation at this time. More broadly, the Independent Water Commission is actively considering whether reforms are needed across the water industry, including with respect to economic regulation of water companie...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCrayfish: Pest ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the implementation of crayfish barriers in (a) brooks and (b) streams to help prevent the non-anthropogenic spread of establish
Answer: The use of barriers as a strategic means of managing crayfish spread is currently not promoted by the Environment Agency (EA). This is because such barriers also impact migratory fish and macroinvertebrates. As part of Government efforts to prevent the sp...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that Ofwat's enforcement case investigation into Thames Water is (a) performed and (b) concluded in a timely manner.
Answer: It is not appropriate for the Government to comment on an ongoing investigation. We have a system of independent environmental and economic regulation, and the recently introduced Water (Special Measures) Act provides the most significant increase in enfo...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInnovation: BusinessDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding to support the growth of innovative UK businesses.
Answer: Supporting innovative businesses is a key objective of the government’s growth mission. My department regularly engages with business organisations to understand the needs of their members, and significant support is available through Innovate UK. Over th...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Mental HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief, (b) Sustainable Farming Incentive and (c) other financial subsidies on t
Answer: This Government is committed to supporting the mental health of those working in farming and agriculture. The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supp...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: EducationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the amount of funding that farmers receive for school (a) visits and (b) education.
Answer: Educational access features as part of the wider Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes. The Farming in Protected Landscapes programme (FiPL) provides grant funding for farmers and land managers to work in partnership with National Parks and National...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what percentage of the new 1,500,000 homes will be (a) social housing and (b) affordable housing.
Answer: The government has not set an affordable housing target to date, but we are committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. At Spring statement, the government announced an immediate injection of £2 bil...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: ConcreteDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) hon. Members and (b) the trade associations who contributed to the volumetric concrete mixers review prior to announcing the findings.
Answer: My Department engaged with hon. Members and industry stakeholders through correspondence prior to the announcement. Additionally, industry and interested parties were given the opportunity to present views and evidence on this topic as part of the Call fo...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: ConcreteDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to assess the environmental impact of a weight limit on Volumetric Concrete Mobile plants by 2028.
Answer: My Department engaged with hon. Members and industry stakeholders through correspondence prior to the announcement. Additionally, industry and interested parties were given the opportunity to present views and evidence on this topic as part of the Call fo...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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