James Cartlidge MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Hospices: South SuffolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the £26 million NHS England Children’s Hospice Grant for meeting the costs faced by children’s hospices in South Suffolk.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services that integrated care boards (ICBs), including the Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFrigates: Antisubmarine WarfareMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 38 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, if he will list the (a)Governments and (b) private financial ins
Answer: The Royal Navy’s primary relationship for anti-submarine warfare is with NATO and the NATO nations that the Navy routinely operates alongside. As the recent announcement by Norway to select the UK’s Type 26 frigate for their own fleet shows, the number of...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Diplomatic RelationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 78 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, whether he has consulted external sources on the new Defence Diplomacy Str
Answer: To support the development of the Defence Diplomacy Strategy, the Ministry of Defence is consulting a range of sources. To ensure a diverse range of views are reflected in the development of the strategy, this will include exploring options to formally co...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money attributed to the Single Intelligence Account was included in UK NATO qualifying defence expenditure in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
Answer: In line with all other NATO members, it is UK Government policy that we do not release individual elements of our NATO return publicly.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry to the hon. Member for South Suffolk of 29 July 2025, how much of the stated NATO-qualifying expenditure will be spent on strate
Answer: The Department’s spending plans will be set out in the Defence Investment Plan, which will be published in the autumn. The share of this spending that relates to individual categories of spend will be considered as part of future returns to NATO.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHybrid Warfare: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry to the hon. Member for South Suffolk of 29 July 2025, how much of the stated NATO-qualifying expenditure will be spent on hybrid
Answer: The Department’s spending plans will be set out in the Defence Investment Plan, which will be published in the autumn. The share of this spending that relates to individual categories of spend will be considered as part of future returns to NATO.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry to the hon. Member for South Suffolk of 29 July 2025, how much of the stated NATO-qualifying expenditure will be spent on suppor
Answer: The Department’s spending plans will be set out in the Defence Investment Plan, which will be published in the autumn. The share of this spending that relates to individual categories of spend will be considered as part of future returns to NATO.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmbassies: Repairs and Maintenance and SecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Right Hon. Member for Liverpool Garston to the Hon. Member for South Suffolk dated 29 July 2025, how much of the stated NATO-qualifying expenditure will be spent on the susta
Answer: The Department’s spending plans will be set out in the Defence Investment Plan, which will be published in the autumn. The share of this spending that relates to individual categories of spend will be considered as part of future returns to NATO.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: UK Relations with EUMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Right Hon. Member for Liverpool Garston to the Hon. Member for South Suffolk dated 29 July 2025, how much of the stated NATO-qualifying expenditure will be spent on the imple
Answer: The Department’s spending plans will be set out in the Defence Investment Plan, which will be published in the autumn. The share of this spending that relates to individual categories of spend will be considered as part of future returns to NATO.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason his Department selected 12 January 2025 as the deadline for the started but not submitted applicant group for the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
Answer: When farmers started an application and saved without submitting, they were shown a message that said "Your application will be available for 2 months for you to continue. If you have not submitted your application by then, we will delete it". T...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGardens Trust: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact that the removal of the Gardens Trust as a statutory consultee in the planning system on (a) local planning authorities, (b)
Answer: The government is committed to reviewing the existing statutory consultee arrangements to ensure they align with the government’s ambitions for growth. As per the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 10 March 2025 (HCWS510), we intend to consult on rem...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRecreation Spaces: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that future planning decisions that impact historic parks and gardens will be informed by expert advice.
Answer: The government is committed to reviewing the existing statutory consultee arrangements to ensure they align with the government’s ambitions for growth. As per the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 10 March 2025 (HCWS510), we intend to consult on rem...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGardens Trust: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to consider the outcomes of its consultation into the Gardens Trust's statutory consultee role before deciding whether it should be removed as a stat
Answer: The government is committed to reviewing the existing statutory consultee arrangements to ensure they align with the government’s ambitions for growth. As per the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 10 March 2025 (HCWS510), we intend to consult on rem...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGardens Trust: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to commence the consultation into the proposal to remove the Garden Trusts as a statutory consultee in the planning system.
Answer: The government is committed to reviewing the existing statutory consultee arrangements to ensure they align with the government’s ambitions for growth. As per the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 10 March 2025 (HCWS510), we intend to consult on rem...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: South SuffolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of autism assessments in South Suffolk.
Answer: The Government has recognised that, nationally, the demand for assessments for autism has grown significantly in recent years and that people are experiencing severe delays for accessing such assessments. The Government’s 10-Year Health Plan will make the...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: InfrastructureMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 136 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated on 8 July 2025, which Front Line Commands do not currently have a board member responsible
Answer: Army and Air Command have appointed senior representatives with responsibility for infrastructure as part of their role. Following the Strategic Defence Review and taking into account Defence Reform, the Navy is currently reviewing their position.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 123 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated on 8 July 2025, what proportion of the MOD policy teams formed as part of the CyberEM comma
Answer: The Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force (DCEMF) remains in internal planning and design stages, with options presented to Defence but not yet endorsed by Military Strategic Headquarters. Resource and capability decisions are subject to the Defence ann...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 122 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated on 8 July 2025, what proportion of the Spectrum Coordination Office will be staffed by (a)
Answer: The Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force (DCEMF) remains in internal planning and design stages, with options presented to Defence but not yet endorsed by Military Strategic Headquarters. Resource and capability decisions are subject to the Defence ann...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordScience and TechnologyMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 7 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, updated on 8 July 2025, what steps he is taking to work with the
Answer: The Government endorses the Strategic Defence Review’s vision and accepts all 62 recommendations; implementation is underway as priority business through a whole of UK Defence effort, supported by Other Government Departments including the Department for ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ResearchMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 55 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated on 8 July 2025, what proportion of the Defence Research and Evaluation organisation will be
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 26 June 2025, to Questions 59137, 59138, 59140 and 59143, and to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr Obese-Jecty) to Question 59406. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/202...
Answered 7 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: InfrastructureMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 136 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated 8 July 2025, when he expects each Front Line Command board to establish a board member resp
Answer: Army and Air Command have appointed senior representatives with responsibility for infrastructure as part of their role. Following the Strategic Defence Review and taking into account Defence Reform, the Navy is currently reviewing their position.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Medical ServicesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 57 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated on 8 July 2025, who will chair the independent review board responsible for monito
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review recognises Ministers in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) must have direct access to information on the collective readiness of Defence, the NHS, and private healthcare to meet t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Medical ServicesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 57 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated on 8 July 2025, what will be the requirements to sit on the independent review boa
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review recognises Ministers in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) must have direct access to information on the collective readiness of Defence, the NHS, and private healthcare to meet t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Medical ServicesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 131 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated on 8 July 2025, what his planned timetable is for establishing a single Defence Medical Ent
Answer: The Government endorses the Strategic Defence Review’s vision and accepts all 62 recommendations, including the recommendation the Defence Medical Services (DMS) should be empowered as the functional lead of a single Defence Medical Enterprise that meets ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Medical Services: NHSMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 57 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated on 8 July 2025, when the sprint review into the partnership between Defence Medica
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review recognises the interdependencies between the Defence Medical Services and the National Health Service and the need to strengthen this partnership to meet Defence medical needs, including in the most extreme circumstances. The ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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