Helen Maguire MP: written questions 2026
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PatientsDepartment 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
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4982More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to support individuals entitled but currently unable to receive their Civil Service Pension due to the backlog.
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
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4981More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made by Capita to address the case backlog of 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
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department last reviewed the list of statutory consultees; and when the Department next plans to review it.
Answer: On 18 November 2025, the government launched a consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system, which sought views on the scope of what statutory consultees advise on, and removing statutory consultee status from certain bodies. The consultation...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the criteria used to determine the eligibility for discretionary business rate relief.
Answer: Under section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 local authorities are able to provide discretionary business rates relief to ratepayers within their area, having regard to the interests of their local council tax payers. https://www.legislation....
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil DisorderMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) funding and (b) community recovery schemes are available for areas, such as Epsom, that are recovering from (i) economically and (ii) socially damaging public disorder e
Answer: The Government works closely with local authorities and community partners to support areas recovering from public disorder and to strengthen community cohesion. In response to the disorder witnessed in the summer of 2024, MHCLG established the Community ...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: Departmental CoordinationDepartment for TransportTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for (a) the Home Department and (b) Business and Trade to ensure enforcement, regulation and market controls operate cohesively to tackle the use of illegal
Answer: Only e-bikes that comply with the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983 can be legally used on the roads in the same way as ordinary pedal cycles. These regulations limit the maximum assisted speed of the e-bike to 15.5mph and the maximum pow...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric BicyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of illegal high-powered electric bikes.
Answer: E-bikes can only be legally used on the roads where they comply in full with the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency have market surveillance powers to tackle the supply of e-bikes, including modifie...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of nationally setting and maintaining service specification and national tariff for GOS.
Answer: General Ophthalmic Services are already a nationally mandated services defined in legislation, with nationally defined contractor fees set out in Directions.
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordObstetrics: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the OdonAssist available across all NHS Trusts.
Answer: OdonAssist is not currently available across National Health Service trusts and is only being used in the context of research in the United Kingdom. OdonAssist has not yet been fully evaluated for safety and efficacy compared with other methods of assiste...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLearning Disability: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the learning disability workforce.
Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has ...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealthwatch England: PatientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will introduce safeguards 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 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Public HealthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that public community health initiatives continue to be inclusive for all participants.
Answer: There is no established definition of public community health initiatives. Most local health services are commissioned by NHS integrated care boards. Each integrated care board must have regard to the need to reduce health inequalities, with respect both ...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her Department's planned timetable is for updating (a) milestones, (b) KPIs and (c) delivery plans regarding the Replacing Animals in Science strategy; and whether progress will be
Answer: A publicly available dashboard of progress against the strategy’s key deliverables and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the delivery of the Replacing Animals in Science Strategy will be published later in 2026. Any work to phase out animal testing mu...
Answered 26 May 2026
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