Helen Maguire MP: written questions 2025
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General 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
Original Parliament recordDiscretionary Housing PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to expand discretionary housing payments to (a) Surrey and (b) other areas with high rental inflation.
Answer: The Government announced through the Spending Review that Discretionary Housing Payments will be included in the new Crisis and Resilience Fund from April 2026. This will provide £842 million per year (£1 billion including Barnett consequential) to reform...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: South EastDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support chalk stream restoration in (a) Hogsmill River and (b) the rest of the South East.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) is working with the Chalk Stream Restoration Group, and other partners, to protect and restore chalk streams across the South East. For example, it is ensuring that water companies have ambitious but affordable programmes that ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: SuttonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the new hospital in Sutton, in the context of rising construction and building costs.
Answer: We have now put the New Hospital Programme on a sustainable footing, with a timeline that can be met, and a budget that is consistent with the fiscal rules under which the Government is operating. We are backing this plan with investment, which will incre...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: VeteransDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to announce the (a) personnel requirements and (b) organisational design for (i) Op Courage and (ii) Op Restore.
Answer: Op RESTORE and Op COURAGE are established bespoke National Health Service commissioned services for veterans. There are currently no plans for announcements to be made about personnel requirements and organisational design for Op COURAGE and Op RESTORE.Th...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Travel InsuranceTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60257More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a cross-sector taskforce led by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury to (a) assess the barriers people with cancer face when seeking travel in
Answer: Treasury Ministers and officials regularly engage with a variety of stakeholders, including other departments and representatives of the insurance industry, on a range of issues. The Government recognises the important role of insurance products, includin...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Travel InsuranceTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60256More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a right to be forgotten for people who have been out of cancer treatment for a significant period, in the context of the use of medical histories
Answer: Treasury Ministers and officials regularly engage with a variety of stakeholders, including other departments and representatives of the insurance industry, on a range of issues. The Government recognises the important role of insurance products, includin...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Travel InsuranceTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60255More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) insurance providers on helping to ensure that cancer patients are able to access affordable travel insurance.
Answer: Treasury Ministers and officials regularly engage with a variety of stakeholders, including other departments and representatives of the insurance industry, on a range of issues. The Government recognises the important role of insurance products, includin...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial schemes there are to incentivise former armed forces personnel to enlist in the Reserves.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is always seeking ways to incentivise Service, not all of which are financial. In recent years a variety of financial incentives of varying degrees have been made available for the recruitment of both Regular and Reserve personnel,...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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