James Naish MP: written questions 2025
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Council Tax Reduction SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered the potential merits of requiring billing authorities to offer up to 100% Council Tax Reduction for the lowest-income households.
Answer: The centrally prescribed Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) scheme for pension-age households offers up to 100% reduction for those on the lowest incomes. The scheme is updated each year in line with pension-age benefits. Councils are also required to provi...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will set out a timetable for a council tax revaluation to replace the system based on 1991 property values.
Answer: The government has no current plans to conduct a council tax revaluation in England. The government is committed to keeping taxes on working people as low as possible.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat PumpsTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71622More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the potential merits of extending salary sacrifice to increase the take-up of heat pumps.
Answer: From April 2017 the tax and employer National Insurance advantages of optional remuneration arrangements (OpRAs) have been removed, with a handful of exemptions. Extending the list of exemptions would have a fiscal cost and would be of greatest benefit to...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of including a target of at least 80 hours of enrichment activities in the enrichment framework.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Rushcliffe to the answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62871.
Answered 6 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: Business PremisesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage and (b) incentivise the installation of solar panels on (i) commercial and (ii) industrial roofs; and whether he plans to prioritise the use of those
Answer: The Government incentivises commercial/industrial rooftop solar in various ways, including permitted development rights, favourable tax treatment, and the Smart Export Guarantee. Solar is an important part of our strategy for improving energy performance ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOppression: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) protect exiled Hong Kong activists from (i) threats and (ii) bounties issued under Hong Kong’s national security law and (b) ensure the right to freedom of expression i
Answer: The UK will always stand up for the rights of the people of Hong Kong and will not tolerate attempts by any foreign power to intimidate and silence individuals in the UK.While it is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on security ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to align (a) inspection, (b) funding and (c) placement-decision systems to reflect constraints faced by mainstream schools supporting pupils with complex needs.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require local authorities to (a) recognise and (b) fund (i) safe spaces, (ii) full-time one-to-one support and (iii) other adaptations as core SEND provision.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide dedicated (a) capital and (b) revenue funding for (i) withdrawal spaces, (ii) bespoke curricula and (iii) other in-school alternative provision when recommended by specialist professionals.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review up-front high needs funding thresholds.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: NottinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether high needs funding allocations for Nottinghamshire will be increased to cover (a) one-to-one support, (b) teaching assistant pay and (c) inflation.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative estimate she has made of the number of specialist-school places (a) in Rushcliffe constituency and (b) nationally; and what plans she has to increase capacity of those places.
Answer: The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or who require alternative provision sits with local authorities.The requested data on state-funded special schools can be found in ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEducational PsychologyDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) improve the (i) timeliness and (ii) depth of educational psychology assessments and (b) end the use of short virtual consultations for children with complex needs.
Answer: Educational psychologists play a critical role in the support available to children and young people, including providing statutory input into education, health and care assessments. We know that current workforce shortages can be a barrier to timely inpu...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to local authorities on verifying the (a) staffing, (b) space and (c) specialist-expertise capacity of schools before naming them in education, health and care plans.
Answer: When preparing a new education, health and care (EHC) plan, or amending the setting named on an existing plan, a local authority must consult with any school or other setting it may name in the plan. The special educational needs and disability (SEND) cod...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making written feedback from schools consulted during Education, Health and Care Plan placement decisions legally binding on local authorities.
Answer: When preparing a new education, health and care (EHC) plan, or amending the setting named on an existing plan, a local authority must consult with any school or other setting it may name in the plan. The special educational needs and disability (SEND) cod...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of digital-first primary care systems on patients without internet access; and what steps he plans to take to reduce digital exclusion in
Answer: People unable to access the NHS App or online services, or visit their general practice (GP) in person, can ask for a feature called proxy access available through the NHS App. This function allows a trusted relative or carer to act on the patient’s behal...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients who cannot use the internet retain (a) telephone or (b) in-person routes to (i) book GP appointments and (ii) access triage services.
Answer: People unable to access the NHS App or online services, or visit their general practice (GP) in person, can ask for a feature called proxy access available through the NHS App. This function allows a trusted relative or carer to act on the patient’s behal...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPlaygrounds: SafetyDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Education and Skills Funding Agency monitors academy trust compliance with health and safety standards for school playgrounds.
Answer: It is the responsibility of those who manage our schools (local authorities, diocesan bodies and academy trusts) to ensure their premises operate in accordance with relevant standards and legislation. The department provides guidance on how health and saf...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: PlaygroundsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital funding streams are available to academy trusts for essential playground (a) repairs and (b) replacement.
Answer: The government has given a long-term commitment for capital investment to improve the condition of schools and colleges across England through to 2034/35. It is investing almost £3 billion per year by 2034/35 in capital maintenance and renewal, rising fro...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: NeurologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a review of emergency department staffing models to determine the (a) feasibility and (b) cost-effectiveness of embedding neurology teams in all major trauma centres.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care has no plans to commission such a review.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurological Diseases: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to integrated care boards on commissioning pathways that guarantee immediate access to plasma exchange for patients with acute inflammatory neurological disorders.
Answer: NHS England’s Specialised Neurology service specification outlines a networked model of care for neurology and stipulates that all specialised neurology centres should have access to timely plasma exchange services to patients with severe autoimmune neuro...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: NeurologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated in the financial year 2025-26 to expand regional (a) neurological emergency networks and (b) tele-neurology services.
Answer: There is no formal structure or funding for neurological emergency networks. The acute neurology guidance forming part of the NHS England integrated care system neurology toolkit provides guidance on the organisation of services to ensure patients admitte...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: NeurologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a requirement for (a) 24-hour on-call neurology cover or (b) rapid tele-neurology support in all major emergency departments.
Answer: The Department has no plans to introduce a requirement for 24-hour on-call neurology cover or rapid tele-neurology support in all major emergency departments.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: NeurologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that A&E clinicians are trained to (a) recognise neurological red-flag symptoms and (b) initiate (i) plasma exchange, (ii) intravenous methyl-prednisolone
Answer: All accident and emergency clinicians are trained to the highest standards to ensure the best patient care possible. Recognition of neurological emergencies is part of the emergency care curriculum, which is written by the Royal College of Emergency Medic...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: NeurologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the median waiting time is for an emergency department patient to receive a consultant neurologist review in hospitals that do not have an on-site neurology team.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
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