Helen Maguire MP: written questions
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Defibrillators: VATDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on zero-rating defibrillators for VAT.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not discussed zero-rating defibrillators for VAT with my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.The Government provides VAT reliefs to aid with the purchase of automated ex...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will ensure that menstrual products provided through the free school programme are (a) organic and (b) reusable.
Answer: Nobody should have to miss out on education because of their period, which is why the department provides free period products to girls and women in their place of study through the Period Products Scheme. The scheme offers a broad range of products for ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: ChemicalsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will introduce routine testing of menstrual products for chemical residues.
Answer: The General Product Safety Regulations 2005 require that only safe products, in their normal or reasonably foreseeable use, are placed on the market. There are obligations on Producers and distributors to where reasonable, sample test products to check sa...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: Glyphosate and Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl SubstancesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of exposure to (a) glyphosate, (b) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and (c) heavy metals in period products on public health.
Answer: During the passage of the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025, the Government committed to consult on period product safety. As part of this Officials are reviewing the need for any further research and testing for harmful chemicals and heavy metals...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMigraines: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve access to effective treatments for migraine and (b) reduce waiting times for (i) diagnosis and (ii) referral to specialist services.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline, Headaches in over 12s: diagnosis and management, sets out best practice for healthcare professionals in the care, treatment, and support of people who suffer from headaches, including...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: MigrainesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to people with migraine in employment; whether migraine is recognised as a disabling condition where appropriate; and what steps he is taking to promote migraine-fri
Answer: Employers are crucial in enhancing employment opportunities and supporting disabled people and those with health conditions, such as migraines, to thrive in the workforce. All employers have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make ‘reasonable adjustmen...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRapeHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to issue public guidance on the limitations and risks of self-swab rape kits in order to ensure survivors of sexual violence are directed to Sexual Assault Referral Centre
Answer: We recognise the devastating impact of sexual violence, which is why we are absolutely committed to tackling rape and sexual offences and achieving the best possible outcome for victims.We are aware of self-swabbing kits being promoted and made available ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the UK’s reliance on imported produce from countries facing high climate-related agricultural vulnerabilities.
Answer: To ensure a consistent supply of food, the UK relies upon a combination of strong domestic production from the UK’s agricultural and food manufacturing sectors, and a diverse range of overseas supply sources. Trade supports UK food supply resilience. This...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFruit and Vegetables: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to diversify UK fruit and vegetable supply chains away from climate-vulnerable regions.
Answer: To ensure a consistent supply of food, the UK relies on a combination of strong domestic production from the UK’s agricultural and food manufacturing sectors, and a diverse range of overseas supply sources. Trade supports UK food supply resilience. This i...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce multi-year funding settlements for children’s hospices.
Answer: Children and young people’s hospices do incredible work to support seriously ill children and their families and loved ones when they need it most, and we recognise the incredibly tough pressures they are facing.We are providing £26 million in revenue fun...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking in response to the findings by Together for Short Lives in their report entitled The State of Children’s Palliative Care 2025.
Answer: Children and young people’s hospices do incredible work to support seriously ill children and their families and loved ones when they need it most, and we recognise the incredibly tough pressures they are facing.We are providing £26 million in revenue fun...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned level of ringfenced NHS funding for children’s hospices is after 2025-26.
Answer: Children and young people’s hospices do incredible work to support seriously ill children and their families and loved ones when they need it most, and we recognise the incredibly tough pressures they are facing.We are providing £26 million in revenue fun...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: SewersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what enforcement mechanisms are in place to ensure developers implement and maintain Sustainable Drainage Systems to the required standards in new developments.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 37386 on 18 March 2025.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has a set timeline for achieving Good Ecological Status for all waterbodies in England.
Answer: The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), transposed into our law through the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) 2017, has an overall goal to aim to achieve Good Ecological Status (GES) for surface water by December 2027, subj...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: PhosphorusDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to expand phosphorus reduction targets to include smaller upstream wastewater treatment works.
Answer: Phosphorus levels in treated wastewater are monitored by the Environment Agency (EA), and the discharge of phosphorus from wastewater treatment works is managed in accordance with discharge permit conditions, also enforced by the Environment Agency. The E...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSewage: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered using multi-year rolling averages to measure progress on reducing storm overflow discharges.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) considers seasonal variations, including periods of low river flow, when setting and reviewing environmental permits for water discharge and groundwater activities under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulati...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: Capital InvestmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the £104 billion investment in water and sewage infrastructure announced in July 2025 is aligned with figures proposed in water companies’ most recent Drainage and Wastewater M
Answer: All English and Welsh water and sewerage companies published their final Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMPs), which informed the 2024 periodic review. These DWMPs were produced on a voluntary basis to industry-led guidance. The current cycle ...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHumanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure aid air drops are carried out safely to avoid unintentional harm.
Answer: In the last few years, the UK has been involved in a limited number of aid air drops operations, specifically into Gaza. The latest effort in July 2025 was led by Jordan where up to £500,000 of humanitarian aid was procured by the UK and placed onto Royal...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Climate ChangeHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) current and (b) future impact of the number of people seeking asylum in the UK because of the impact of climate change in their count
Answer: The Home Office regularly assess all potential current and future causes of asylum and irregular migration to the UK, including the impact of climate change on the movement of people. The Home Office and other Government departments consider all available...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set a national target for eliminating corridor care in NHS hospitals.
Answer: We are doing everything we can as fast as we can to eliminate corridor care. The Government is determined to get the National Health Service back on its feet, so that patients can be treated with dignity.Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan, published in Ju...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted detailed (a) costings and (b) delivery timetables for the commitments outlined in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
Answer: The Government has been clear that the previous administration’s 2023 Long Term Workforce Plan was unsustainable and based on outdated models of care. We have committed instead to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan which will replace the 2023 plan and cr...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward the timeline for social care reform.
Answer: The Government is already delivering reform to adult social care and progressing towards a future National Care Service. This progress is built on higher standards, greater choice and control, and better join-up between services — with over £4 billion of ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of delayed discharges from hospitals due to inadequate adult social care provision on overall NHS capacity.
Answer: The Government recognises that delays to hospital discharge impact National Health Service capacity. There are multiple factors contributing to delayed discharges, including processes within hospitals and the availability of appropriate care packages.The ...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordExtracurricular ActivitiesDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in living costs on children's levels of access to (a) extracurricular activities, (b) school trips and (c) enrichment programmes.
Answer: The department has recently announced the extension of the holiday activities and food programme (HAF) with over £600 million for the next three financial years. This means nutritious meals and exciting activities for more than half a million children acr...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support Fund: South EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in the South East, in the context of changes in food and housing costs.
Answer: In January 2025, the Department published an evaluation of the fourth Household Support Fund (HSF) scheme, running from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. We will use findings from delivery of the Household Support Fund to inform policy for the new Crisis an...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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