Helen Maguire MP: written questions
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Pharmacy: SurreyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies in Surrey are expected to deliver NHS funded independent prescribing services.
Answer: The Government is funding the introduction of independent prescribing from Autumn 2026, as part of the Pharmacy First and the Pharmacy Contraception Service. These are both advanced services, which community pharmacies can opt into delivering.There are ov...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which recommendations of the Strategic Defence Review are yet to be implemented.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) sets a vision for long-term transformative and visionary change in Defence over the course of the next decade and beyond. Implementation of the SDR began immediately after the Government endorsed the SDR's 62 recommendat...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterans: PainMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring the (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pensions to (i) recognise and (ii) compensate veterans with diagnosed chronic pain
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has assessed that both the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) and the War Pension Scheme (WPS) already provide compensation for pain and suffering as part of a holistic assessment of service-attributable injury or illness. Und...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Social Security BenefitsMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of ease of access to the benefits system for veterans.
Answer: The Government is fully committed to renewing the nation’s contract with those who serve and who have served, to ensure veterans and their families get access to support should they need it. The Ministry of Defence’s Veterans Services operates a national ...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which recommendations of the Strategic Defence Review are yet to be implemented.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) sets a vision for long-term transformative and visionary change in Defence over the course of the next decade and beyond. Implementation of the SDR began immediately after the Government endorsed the SDR's 62 recommendat...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling: Risk AssessmentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on Financial Risk Assessments following the Gambling Commission Board meeting on 21 May 2026.
Answer: DCMS supports the policy intent behind Financial Risk Assessments, and has had regular engagement with the Gambling Commission on this issue. It is however for the Gambling Commission as the regulator to decide whether to implement Financial Risk Assessme...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFlats: LeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond the consultation on reforms to leasehold properties and flats.
Answer: We are currently analysing the feedback received to the ‘Moving to Commonhold: banning leasehold for new flats’ consultation and will publish our response in due course.
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the processes of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of the Parkinson’s speech and language therapists workforce.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made. Decisions on the employment of speech and language therapists are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2026 to written question 123047, if he will make available the equality impact assessment that informs decision making on mandatory and additional general ophthal
Answer: The Department continues to consult with the optical fees negotiating committee on general ophthalmic services fees and payments for 2026/27. The Department will consider what information can be made available once the consultation has concluded.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: PoliceHome OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether guidance has been issued to police forces on reducing risk during meetings between police officers and organisers of public protests.
Answer: The police are expected to engage with organisers of protests in advance to discuss potential routes, timings and to identify any public safety risks. This engagement informs police decision-making on any conditions they might impose on planned protests t...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces Compensation SchemeTreasuryTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5683More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that compensation awarded to armed forces (a) veterans and (b) their families is not classified as income.
Answer: Payments intended to compensate individuals for personal injury would generally fall within established tax principles that treat compensation for personal injury as non-taxable. If payments are made which specifically represent loss of earnings, they wil...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the cost benefit to the NHS of making the Accessible Information Standard mandatory.
Answer: Mandatory information standards will be introduced in a staged process. The process will include considering the costs and benefits of making any standard mandatory. There is no decision or timeline yet for issuing a mandatory NHS Accessible Information S...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support ICBs to engage with communities that may not trust the NHS.
Answer: On behalf of my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Department will set the direction, issuing clear guidance to integrated care boards and local authorities on obtaining and actioning the views of local people on health...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPatientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patient experience findings are published.
Answer: The findings from a range of patient experience surveys undertaken or commissioned by NHS England and the Care Quality Commission are published nationally, including the GP Patient Survey, the Adult Inpatient Survey, the National Cancer Patient Experience...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNurses: LeadershipDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve nursing leadership at (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local levels.
Answer: The Aspiring Deputy Directors of Nursing programme is a well-established, nationally commissioned leadership development offer that sustains a strong and diverse pipeline of future deputy directors of nursing across providers and integrated care boards (I...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealthwatch EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is planning to take to ensure that patient safety is maintained during the transition period from Healthwatch England to his Department.
Answer: The Government is prioritising patient safety and a learning culture in the National Health Service. In our 10-Year Health Plan we committed to abolish Healthwatch England and to bring patient voice ‘in-house’ to give it a greater profile within a reforme...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department have made of the potential merits of the creation of an operationally independent regulatory function for NHS providers and commissioners.
Answer: As an arm’s length body, the Care Quality Commission delivers an operationally independent function of regulatory oversight for the quality and safety of health and adult social care.In addition, operational oversight of providers and commissioners is cur...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will hold data controllership for the Single Patient Record; and who will be liable should the patient data be misused.
Answer: The Single Patient Record (SPR) will improve outcomes for patients by giving professionals access to all the key information they need to deliver care, in one place, affording safer decision-making with fewer information gaps.No decision has been made on ...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ComplaintsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing the key recommendations of the UK MOD Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Baseline Study 2024/25 report.
Answer: The Department is currently reviewing the recommendations of the UK MOD Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Baseline Study 2024-25. This includes considering the merits of developing both a framework and central register of incidents.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ComplaintsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response framework in the UK.
Answer: The Department is currently reviewing the recommendations of the UK MOD Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Baseline Study 2024-25. This includes considering the merits of developing both a framework and central register of incidents.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ComplaintsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of developing a central register of civilian harm incidents and allegations.
Answer: The Department is currently reviewing the recommendations of the UK MOD Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Baseline Study 2024-25. This includes considering the merits of developing both a framework and central register of incidents.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordActive TravelDepartment for TransportTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the Government’s Better Connected transport strategy will ensure that walking and cycling are fully integrated into the wider transport system.
Answer: Better Connected: A Strategy for Integrated Transport recognises the crucial role that walking, wheeling and cycling play in connecting people and places, either as the whole trip or as part of accessing the wider transport network. It commits Active Trav...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordActive TravelDepartment for TransportTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help people use cheaper forms of transport such as (a) cycling and (b) walking during continued fuel cost pressures.
Answer: This Government recognises that investment in active travel gives people affordable transport choice to cut the cost of living. In December 2025, the Government announced £626 million funding for local authorities from 2026/27 to 2029/30 to deliver walkin...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: WomenDepartment for TransportTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the new safer streets guidance for women and girls will help ensure that women feel safer when cycling as well as walking.
Answer: On 25th March, Active Travel England set out its intention to publish guidance during 2026 as part of a programme of work to support authorities to design safer streets for women and girls. The programme is under development this year with the intention t...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4983More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Capita met their previously announced end of February target to restore service levels for the most urgent backlog cases in the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government.The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension q...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
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