Helen Maguire MP: written questions
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Artificial Intelligence: Data CentresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the environmental impacts of AI data centres in relation to the target of Net Zero by 2050.
Answer: The Government’s forecasts for data centre demand to 2030 are consistent with its Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. The Government expects to be able to meet this demand through its plans to increase renewable power capacity, other low carbon generation and f...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal, Social, Health and Economic EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered making relationships, sex and health education mandatory in (a) sixth form colleges and (b) other further education institutions.
Answer: Relationships and sex education (RSE) is at the core of the personal development tutorial system in post-16 settings that enables students to discuss important issues relating to their lives as active adult citizens.As well as learning about British value...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal, Social, Health and Economic EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending existing provisions for mandatory Relationships, Sex and Health Education under the Children and Social Work Act 2017 to ensure everyone u
Answer: Relationships and sex education (RSE) is at the core of the personal development tutorial system in post-16 settings that enables students to discuss important issues relating to their lives as active adult citizens.As well as learning about British value...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: Standing ChargesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to review standing charges on electricity bills for households on prepayment meters.
Answer: The Government knows that too much of the burden of the bill is placed on standing charges. We are committed to lowering the cost of standing charges and have worked constructively with the regulator, Ofgem, on this issue. Ofgem have been considering how ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available to local environmental groups undertaking citizen science river testing.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) recognises the value of citizen science data, and the additional insight it can provide to complement its monitoring and assessment work. With Spending Review funding, the EA is collaborating with citizen science groups in obse...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: SurreyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current NHS dentist vacancy rate is in Surrey; and what steps he is taking to ensure equitable dental care access in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: In 2024, there was a 20% vacancy rate for NHS dentists in the Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board (ICB), which includes the Epsom and Ewell constituency. We do not hold data at constituency level. More data is available at the following link:https://w...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much bus companies are reimbursed per journey for disabled bus pass holders; and whether this is a fixed rate across regions.
Answer: Reimbursement rates under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) are not typically split between disabled and older passholders. However, the average rate of reimbursement for both statutory and discretionary concessionary journeys in 20...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2024 to Question 19410 on General Practitioners: Labour Turnover, what estimate he has made of the number of GPs on ICB funded training schemes which are equivalen
Answer: Data on integrated care board (ICB) funded training schemes, their equivalent to the General Practice Fellowship scheme and the Supporting Mentors scheme, or the numbers of staff benefitting from these schemes is not held centrally.While NHS England provi...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help GPs who are unable to find employment despite workforce shortages.
Answer: The Government has invested £82 million in the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), which has enabled the recruitment of more than 1,900 recently qualified general practitioners (GPs) in England since October. This will increase the number of ava...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of core funding for general practice.
Answer: We have invested an additional £889 million in general practice (GP) to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade, and we are...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Epsom and EwellDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Integrated Care Board funding levels on GP recruitment and retention in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million in GPs for 2025/26, bringing total spending on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion. This is the largest uplift to GP funding since the beginning of the five-year framework, and means we are reversing recent trends ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: SurreyHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of neighbourhood police officers in Surrey.
Answer: Neighbourhood policing is the bedrock of the British policing model. Every community deserves visible, pro-active and accessible neighbourhood policing with officers tackling the issues that matter to them.£200m has been made available to police forces in...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: FinanceTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63817More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether increases to police spending will be funded through (a) general taxation and (b) council tax.
Answer: As set out in the Spending Review 2025 document, published 11 June 2025, the Phase 2 settlement provides an average 1.7% real terms increase per year in police spending power. Over the SR period, police spending power is projected to increase by an averag...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMeans-tested Benefits: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of different approaches to the treatment of military compensation payments across welfare benefits means tests on claimants.
Answer: The receipt of War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards is already fully ignored when calculating eligibility for Universal Credit (UC). The first £10 per week of a War Pension or AFCS award is disregarded in: income-related Employm...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the disregard of (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments is limited to £10 per week when calculating Pension Credit awards.
Answer: The receipt of War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards is already fully ignored when calculating eligibility for Universal Credit (UC). The first £10 per week of a War Pension or AFCS award is disregarded in: income-related Employm...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to extend the full disregard of military compensation payments applied in Universal Credit to the assessment of Pension Credit.
Answer: The receipt of War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards is already fully ignored when calculating eligibility for Universal Credit (UC). The first £10 per week of a War Pension or AFCS award is disregarded in: income-related Employm...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional unmanned (a) air, (b) ground, (c) underwater and (d) surface systems are planned to be delivered over the next three years.
Answer: This Strategic Defence Review recommends that an immediate priority for force transformation should be a shift towards greater use of autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the UK's conventional forces. Uncrewed and autonomous systems will be in...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unmanned (a) air, (b) ground, (c) underwater and (d) surface systems the armed forces require to meet the Strategic Defence Review's proposed approach to war fighting.
Answer: This Strategic Defence Review recommends that an immediate priority for force transformation should be a shift towards greater use of autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the UK's conventional forces. Uncrewed and autonomous systems will be in...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unmanned (a) air, (b) ground, (c) underwater and (d) surface systems the armed forces have in service.
Answer: This Strategic Defence Review recommends that an immediate priority for force transformation should be a shift towards greater use of autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the UK's conventional forces. Uncrewed and autonomous systems will be in...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) medical conditions that would exclude someone from joining the Armed Forces and (b) the specific disqualifying factors that would prevent a potential recruit from joining the (i) Army,
Answer: Joint Service Publication (JSP) 950, Leaflet 6-7-7 sets out the medical employment standards for joining the Armed Forces. The latest edition was published in August 2024 following an intensive review undertaken by clinical experts, Defence personnel staf...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: EngineersMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend the retention bonuses for tri-service aircraft engineers.
Answer: Retention payments remain under constant review and are targeted where they provide the best value for recruitment, retention and the taxpayer. For aircraft engineers specifically, we are collecting data on their efficacy and will review if necessary. Fin...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSewersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in improving surface water drainage to prevent overloading of combined sewer systems.
Answer: The Government is strongly committed to improving the implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and ensuring adoption and maintenance arrangements. New national standards make clear that SuDS should be designed to cope with changing climatic c...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Banks: SurreyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of trends in levels of foodbank usage in Surrey since 2020.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on levels of foodbank usage in Surrey. The latest statistics on food bank usage including data at a national and regional level can be accessed here Children in low income families: local area statistics - GOV.UK a...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: SurreyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that primary care services are adequately resourced in Surrey.
Answer: Every year we consult with each primary care profession about what services they will provide, and the funding providers are entitled to in return under their contracts.Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning primary care services ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordThames Water: NationalisationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of nationalising Thames Water.
Answer: The Government has no plans to nationalise Thames Water or any other water company. It would cost billions of pounds and take years to unpick the current ownership model, slowing down our reforms and only worsening sewage pollution. However, this Governme...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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