James Naish MP: written questions
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Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what enforcement measures her Department has to ensure heavy goods vehicles operators hold the correct license; and how many prosecutions have been brought in the last three years for operators that did not.
Answer: There is a robust operator licensing system administered by independent Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain who act as gatekeepers to the industry. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) supports this process by providing compliance and enforc...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department are taking to help ensure that national HGV operators hold the correct license.
Answer: There is a robust operator licensing system administered by independent Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain who act as gatekeepers to the industry. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) supports this process by providing compliance and enforc...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve sanction processes for private parking companies that repeatedly (a) generate upheld complaints and (b) lose appeals.
Answer: The Government is determined to drive up standards in the private parking sector.The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 places a duty on the Government to prepare a code of practice containing guidance on the operation and management of private parking f...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on investigating private car park operators in instances of repeated disputes over charges where appeals
Answer: No such discussions have taken place. Responsibility for the policy and legislation governing car parking at off-street locations rests with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. This includes any issues relating to enforce...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent ReviewDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has allocated funding for the Government response to the Hughes Report.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government departme...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent ReviewDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution in response to the question from the Hon. Member for Rushcliffe of 5 February 2025, Official report, column 751, what progress he has made o
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government departme...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider how people with life-long disabilities caused by receiving sodium valproate in utero will be affected by welfare reforms when planning those reforms.
Answer: In our Pathways to Work Green Paper, we set out plans to remove the WCA and move to using the PIP assessment as the single assessment for additional financial support for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in England and Wales. To...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Holiday AccommodationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of new Energy Performance Certificate regulations on (a) holiday lets and (b) the tourism sector.
Answer: Government recently consulted on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector, including proposals for rented homes to achieve Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C or equivalent by 2030. We have sought views on wh...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: International CooperationTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81438More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered joining The Global Solidarity Levies Taskforce set up at COP28.
Answer: We are committed to helping deliver global climate finance, including the New Collective Quantified Goal agreed at COP29 of at least $300bn per year to developing countries by 2035, and responding to the wider call on all actors to increase climate financ...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81437More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of the amount of potential revenue that could be raised from taxing sport utility vehicles in line with France.
Answer: The Government annually reviews the rates and thresholds of taxes and reliefs to ensure that they are appropriate and reflect the current state of the economy. The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events in the context of the public fina...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthwatchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch a public consultation before introducing legislation to abolish the statutory functions of local Healthwatch.
Answer: Although there are no plans to carry out a direct public consultation on the abolition of local Healthwatch arrangements. Dr Dash’s report on patient safety across the health and care landscape was published in July 2025 and made nine recommendations whic...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: TransportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS trusts on accountability measures for contracted NHS transport providers in instances where they repeatedly fail to meet required standards.
Answer: No such discussions have been held.Local integrated care boards (ICBs) hold responsibility for the implementation of patient transport services at a local level, including monitoring and improving performance against targets. ICBs are best placed to work ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSutton Bonington Primary School: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding she has provided to Sutton Bonington Primary School for rebuilding in the last 12 months.
Answer: The School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) is a centrally delivered programme. Therefore, no funding is allocated or distributed directly to schools.Details of all contracts awarded over £10,000 are published on the ‘Contracts Finder’ website, which can be acc...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPatients: AdvocacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding will be ringfenced for independent patient advocacy and engagement services at local level after the proposed abolition of local Healthwatch.
Answer: Funding for independent patient advocacy and funding for local Healthwatch is currently not ring-fenced, and the Department has no plans to introduce a ring fence in future years.The abolition of local Healthwatch arrangements, and transfer of their funct...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will ensure that people with (a) severe multiple disadvantage and (b) other rare conditions are included in the (i) design and (ii) delivery of services after the proposed aboliti
Answer: Dr Dash’s report on patient safety across the health and care landscape was published in July 2025. The review recommends bringing together the work of local Healthwatch organisations with the engagement functions of integrated care boards and providers t...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPatients: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to ensure that patients have access to independent statutory mechanisms for raising concerns about health and care services following the proposed abolition of local Healthw
Answer: The report by Dr Penny Dash, published in July, recommended bringing together the work of local Healthwatch organisations, and the engagement functions of integrated care boards (ICBs) and providers, to ensure patient and wider community input into the pl...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPatients: TravelDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS hospital transport provision.
Answer: Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) are designed to provide transport for patients who have particular clinical or mobility needs that necessitate such support, which may include elderly or vulnerable patients. The eligibility criteria for NE...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPatients: TravelDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that vulnerable patients receive appropriate NHS transport services.
Answer: Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) are designed to provide transport for patients who have particular clinical or mobility needs that necessitate such support, which may include elderly or vulnerable patients. The eligibility criteria for NE...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPatients: TravelDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to monitor NHS transport service performance standards.
Answer: Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) are designed to provide transport for patients who have particular clinical or mobility needs that necessitate such support, which may include elderly or vulnerable patients. The eligibility criteria for NE...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSepiapterinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to approve the use of sepiapterin for people with phenylketonuria.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department and regulates medicine, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the United Kingdom, with responsibility for ensuring medicines meet app...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has contingency plans in place to extend eligibility for coronavirus vaccinations if infection rates rise in winter 2025-26.
Answer: The aim of the COVID-19 vaccination programme is to prevent serious disease, hospitalisation and/or mortality arising from COVID-19. Population immunity to COVID-19 has been increasing due to a combination of naturally acquired immunity following recovery...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor coronavirus levels in winter 2025-26.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) continues to monitor COVID-19 through a variety of indicators and surveillance systems. Positive and negative laboratory tests, primarily taken in secondary health care settings, are reported through laboratory survei...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what eligibility criteria his Department plans to use for covid vaccination eligibility in winter 2025-26.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19 through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The primary aim of the national COVID-19 vaccination programme remains th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigraines: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 10 Year Plan for the NHS on migraine care.
Answer: At the national level, there are a number of initiatives supporting service improvement and better care for patients with migraine, including those in Lincolnshire, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme for Neurology and the RightCare ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has decided on the future availability of the Complex Cancer Late Effects Rehabilitation Service provided by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.
Answer: The responsibility for the delivery, implementation and funding decisions for services ultimately rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioning body. NHS England commissions the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust’s Complex...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
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