Ian Roome MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Pension Funds: Fossil FuelsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to pension funds on reducing the proportion of their funds invested in the fossil fuel industry.
Answer: Pension funds have a duty to manage investments in the best long-term interests of their members, which includes decisions concerning investments in fossil fuels. Occupational pension schemes are required to make climate-related disclosures aligned with t...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning ObligationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working paper: Reforming Site Thresholds, published on 28 May 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the pot
Answer: On 28 May 2025, the government published the Planning Reform Working Paper: Reforming Site Thresholds which can be found on gov.uk here. We are currently considering the responses received and will set out next steps in due course.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Health CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who has been commissioned to develop the business case for the proposed public private partnerships for neighbourhood health centres in the NHS 10 year plan; which (a) companies and (b) other organ
Answer: The business case is being co-developed with the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority and the Department. A preliminary market engagement notice was issued on 1 July 2025, which is available at the following link:https://www.find-t...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) increase dental student training places (i) at Peninsula Dental School and (ii) in the South West and (b) ensure that dental workforce planning includes recruitm
Answer: Peninsula Dental School would be considered for any possible future allocated dental training places, as would other dental schools in the same position, including in the South West.For the allocation of additional training places to begin, a guidance let...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the ratio between revenue raised by the Building Safety Levy, and building remediation expenditure, in rural areas.
Answer: The building safety levy has built in measures to minimise impact on housing while balancing the need to raise the revenue required to make homes safe. Measures to achieve this include:Variable levy rates at local authority level.A 50% discount on develop...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when dental contracts will be uplifted in England; and what that uplift will be in percentage terms.
Answer: The Department accepted the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB) recommendation of a 4% increase in the pay element of the dental contract. The Department will be engaging with the British Dental Association on the implementation of t...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeing E-7: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of procuring additional E-7A Wedgetail AEW Mk1 aircraft beyond those specified in the 2021 Integrated Defence Review.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is continuing with its procurement of E-7 Wedgetail in order to meet the national and NATO requirements for an Airborne Early Warning and Control capability which is interoperable with its allies.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Lone ParentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to ensure that serving armed forces personnel living alone in service accommodation who are parents have time with their children.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) remains committed to widening entitlement to family accommodation to support personnel with non-resident children, as set out in the Modernised Accommodation Offer. The policy and timescales for these changes remain under rev...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to amend the eligibility requirements for free NHS prescriptions, in the context of increases to the State Pension age.
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to align the upper age prescription charge exemption with the State Pension age.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces recruits have received a conditional offer letter within 10 days from the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force since 1 January 2025.
Answer: Following the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defence in September 2024 of the ambition to make a conditional offer of employment to candidates within 10 days, and a provisional training start date within 30 days if they desire it, the Armed Fo...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, what steps his Department will take to ensure British Overseas Territories implement public registers of b
Answer: Please refer to my Written Ministerial Statement of 3 July which provides an update and details of next steps.We have made very clear to our partners in the remaining Overseas Territories the importance of delivering on the previously committed to deadlin...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of Shared Parental Leave.
Answer: The Government know that the arrival of a child, whether through birth or adoption, is a transformative time in a family’s life. On the first of July, we launched the Parental Leave Review, which presents a much-needed opportunity to consider our approach...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPaternity LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of statutory paternity leave.
Answer: The Government is committed to making life better for families. Through the Employment Rights Bill we are making Paternity Leave a ‘day one’ right, which will bring an extra 32,000 fathers and partners into scope of the entitlement. On the first of July w...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPupil Premium: EligibilityDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether children who become eligible for free school meals in 2026 will also be eligible for pupil premium funding.
Answer: Pupil premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:Pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals (FSM), or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM),Children previously looked aft...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for driving tests; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting times on driving test (a) candidates and (b) examiners.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the New Hospital Programme Review on NHS staffing levels in Wave 2 and Wave 3 hospitals.
Answer: An equality impact assessment was carried out for the review of the New Hospital Programme which included assessing the extent to which service users, including staff, might be impacted by these delivery proposals, with specific reference to the impact th...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Estates Safety Fund.
Answer: The 2025/26 Estates Safety Fund is an essential first step towards addressing the poorest quality estates across the National Health Service and to ensuring hospitals are safe and sustainable. It will deliver vital safety improvements, enhance patient and...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Higher EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase intake numbers at dental schools (a) for dental (i) hygienists and (ii) therapists and (b) in general.
Answer: We will publish a refreshed workforce plan to ensure the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the care patients need when they need it.According to the Higher Education Students Early Statisti...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Supply Chain AdjudicatorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the functions of the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator will be extended to align with those of the Grocery Code Adjudicator.
Answer: The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA) is responsible for enforcing regulations developed under the Agriculture Act 2020 'Fair Dealing' powers (section 29). Regulations introduced using these powers promote fair contractual dealing and contribut...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: ExportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57799 on Electric Vehicles: Exports, whether the environmental contribution made by British-manufactured electric vehicles exported overseas
Answer: The UK follows the agreed international approach for estimating and reporting greenhouse gas emissions, under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, which is for countries to report emissions produced within their territori...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of improving regulations for non-quota species in UK waters.
Answer: The Government recognises the value and importance of non-quota species (NQS). Improving regulation to protect these stocks and secure the future of the fishing industry is a priority for this Government and part of an on-going programme of work though Fi...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil SocietyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the recommendation on Feedback on accountability and implementation on page 18 of the report by NCVO and
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is developing a Civil Society Covenant which will be published in the Summer. The Covenant will act as a foundation for resetting the relationship between government and civil society, symbolising recogni...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil SocietyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the report by NCVO and ACEVO entitled A new partnership: Building a Covenant for Civil Society and Government section 6 page 7, published in May 2025, whether she has made an as
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is developing a Civil Society Covenant which will be published in the Summer. The Covenant will act as a foundation for resetting the relationship between government and civil society, symbolising recogni...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 55942 on Drugs, what steps his Department is taking to source medications from other manufacturers; and for what reason there has been a shortage o
Answer: Trandolapril is supplied by two suppliers in the United Kingdom who are both currently experiencing manufacturing issues. The Department issued comprehensive management plans, including advice on alternative medicines, on 17 September 2024 to the National...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil SocietyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendation on the right of charities to hold Government to account within the forthcoming Civil Society Covenant fra
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is developing a Civil Society Covenant which will be published in the Summer. The Covenant will act as a foundation for resetting the relationship between government and civil society, symbolising recogni...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
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