Ian Roome MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Armed Forces: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to issue Remediable Service Statements to veterans under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2015 Remedy; and whether the deadline for non-complex cases re
Answer: The implementation of the McCloud Pension Remedy is one of the most complex initiatives ever undertaken across Public Sector Pension Schemes, impacting over three million individuals. Within the Armed Forces Pension Scheme, the scale and technical complex...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports that Israeli naval units intercepted vessels carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza given in
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 13 October to Question 77868.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of funding rape and sexual abuse support services.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital importance of rape and sexual abuse support services.NHS England funds sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) which provide crisis care, medical and forensic examinations and onward referral to other support services. ...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst Aid: Emergency ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the provision of emergency co-responders in (a) rural and (b) coastal areas.
Answer: The Government recognises the important contribution of co-responders in improving response times, particularly in hard-to-reach rural and coastal communities.The Department supports the provision of emergency co-responders in rural and coastal areas thro...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Coastal Areas and Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support the provision of emergency co-responders in (a) rural and (b) coastal areas.
Answer: Collaboration between emergency services has a vital role to play in keeping the public safe in a way that optimises efficiency and effectiveness. However, it is for local emergency service providers to decide what collaborative activities will best serve...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Children and Families Act 2014 section 37, whether her Department has sought legal advice on the legal right to special educational provision.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that every child or young person receives the best possible educational experience, one that is academically stretching, where every child or young person feels like they belong, and that sets them up for life and work.As par...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department undertook stress testing in relation to the delivery schedule for the New Hospital Programme Schemes under the New Hospital Programme Review, published on 20 January 2025.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Implementation, a multi-criteria decision support analysis (MCDA) tool was used to help prioritise schemes to support the development of funding options. Key data, including the criteria for clinical outcomes, deliverability, co...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what methodology his Department used to determine the banding of New Hospital Programme schemes under the New Hospital Programme Review, published on 20 January 2025.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Implementation, a multi-criteria decision support analysis (MCDA) tool was used to help prioritise schemes to support the development of funding options. Key data, including the criteria for clinical outcomes, deliverability, co...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of virtual-reality based training programmes for armed forces personnel.
Answer: The Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) is the Ministry of Defence’s framework for designing, delivering, and evaluating all training, including that which uses Virtual-Reality (VR). DSAT ensures that training is aligned with needs, is both effect...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for additional pharmacies were declined following a pharmaceutical needs assessment that identified a lack of need in each of the last five years.
Answer: Decisions on applications to open a new pharmacy are delegated from NHS England to National Health Service integrated care boards, and the Department does not hold data on how many applications were rejected or the reasons for these rejections. If a pharm...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment, his Department has made of the accuracy of pharmaceutical needs assessments undertaken by local health and wellbeing boards.
Answer: Decisions on applications to open a new pharmacy are delegated from NHS England to National Health Service integrated care boards, and the Department does not hold data on how many applications were rejected or the reasons for these rejections. If a pharm...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the NHS plans to provide to help support patients who are victims of sexual violence in the 2025-26 financial year, excluding funding provided by the Ministry of Justice.
Answer: The National Health Service provides support for victims and survivors of sexual violence through a range of services including mental health services and sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) which provide crisis care, medical and forensic examinations...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of sexual violence were referred to the NHS by (a) charities and (b) local support organisations in 2024.
Answer: The National Health Service provides support for victims and survivors of sexual violence through a range of services which can be accessed via self-referral or referral from other organisations. This includes mental health services and sexual assault ref...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the National Energy System Operator on the proposed publication date for the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan.
Answer: The methodology for the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) was formally approved in May 2025 by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, together with Ofgem. It establishes a publication timeframe of Q4 2026 for the SSEP.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 13 of the Report by the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee entitled Gridlock or growth? Avoiding energy planning chaos HC868, published on 7 July 2025, whether he p
Answer: The government is currently developing its response to the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee’s Report, including this recommendation. We intend to publish this, and the revised Energy National Policy Statements to which the Report relates, later this...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit and Universal Credit: Supported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of claiming both Universal Credit and Housing Benefit on working young people in supported accommodation; and what steps she is taking to
Answer: It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Duties: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on small and medium sized businesses of the suspension of the $800 minimum threshold for imports into the United States which is due to c
Answer: My department is engaging with industry to monitor impacts on small and medium-sized Businesses (SMEs).We have published information to inform UK businesses and remain in close contact with our US counterparts to seek further clarity as needed. We remain ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Aids: RecyclingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the rates of re-use or recycling of crutches, frames and other walking aids issued by NHS Trusts in England.
Answer: The Department for Health and Social Care does not hold this data centrally. However, NHS England has confirmed that its data from 2025 show that 85% of Trusts who issue walking aids report having a walking aid refurbishment and reuse scheme in place, up ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAssured TenanciesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of abolishing fixed-term assured tenancies in England on the housing market.
Answer: The government published an Impact Assessment for the Renters' Rights Bill on 22 November 2024. It received a 'Green' rating from the Regulatory Policy Committee, indicating that it is 'fit for purpose'. My Department has also engaged with a wide range of...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPet Travel SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on developing a new Pet Passport scheme between the UK and the European Union.
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on 19 May 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area, which will mean taking pets on holiday into the EU will be easier and cheaper. Instead of getting an animal healt...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDrinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl SubstancesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to regulate levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water.
Answer: Defra continues to work closely with other Government departments, regulators and devolved administrations to assess PFAS levels, sources and risks to inform future policy and regulatory approaches. Action has already been taken to ban or restrict specifi...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to include the Skilled Worker Visa occupation code SOC 9119 under the Temporary Shortage Occupation List.
Answer: On 2 July the Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to review the long term composition of the Temporary Shortage List (TSL).In future, as the Immigration White Paper sets out, for occupations with a skills requirement of RQF 3-5 (below...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProcessed Food: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to include the Skilled Worker Visa occupation code SOC 5433 under the Temporary Shortage Occupation List.
Answer: On 2 July the Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to review the long term composition of the Temporary Shortage List (TSL).In future, as the Immigration White Paper sets out, for occupations with a skills requirement of RQF 3-5 (below...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordData ProtectionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government plans to publish (a) Keeling Schedules and (b) implementation dates for the changes that have not had immediate effect made by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
Answer: The Government does not plan to publish Keeling Schedules illustrating how measures in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 amend the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. However, we have published...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMiscarriageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Compassionate Clinical Care Kits distributed by the Dignity Care Network.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential implications of the Compassionate Clinical Care Kits.One of the 20 recommendations taken forward by the Government in response to the Pregnancy Loss Review of 2023 recommended that the NHS, in partnership with ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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