Jayne Kirkham MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Gaza and West Bank: Non-governmental OrganisationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last spoke to her Israeli counterpart regarding the decision to restrict the operations of international non-governmental organisations in Gaza and the West Bank.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement I made on 5 January, and to the joint statement issued by the Foreign Secretary and several of her counterparts on 30 December 2025, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jointstatementon-the-g...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSelf-employment Income Support Scheme: ParentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of financial support for new parents who are (a) self-employed and (b) limited company directors.
Answer: The Government launched the Parental Leave and Pay Review in July 2025, as part of the Plan to Make Work Pay. The Review is exploring how the system can better support working families, including those where parents are self-employed, and reflect the real...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FloodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to provide local authorities with standards to help support the construction of flood resilient social homes.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 81948 on 21 October 2025.
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPets: InsecticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the VMD has made with its roadmap to help address the presence of chemicals from pet flea and tick treatments in UK waterways.
Answer: The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) leads the cross‑government Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PiE) Group and is taking forward a programme of work to address the presence of chemicals from pet flea and tick treatments in UK waterways. In respo...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Services: InsecticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential merits of asking the VMD to reduce the unrestricted use of spot-on pet treatments by re-classifying them from general sales to POM-V.
Answer: The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is responsible for setting legal distribution categories for veterinary medicines and must balance animal health and welfare, public health, environmental protection and access to treatment. Many flea and tick pr...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Services: InsecticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential merits of amending the user risk mitigation advice for spot-on pet treatments to include all sources of the potential impact of short and long te
Answer: Veterinary Medicinal Products (VMPs) undergo a product-specific user risk assessment that considers all those that may come into contact with the medicine, including adults and children. This assessment considers the identified hazards of the medicine, th...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to prevent parents from avoiding paying VAT on private school fees by paying several years' fees in advance.
Answer: All fees paid since the tax changes were announced on 29 July 2024, in relation to terms after 1 January 2025, are subject to VAT. HMRC is scrutinising the detail of any pre-payment schemes and stands ready to challenge the validity of these schemes.
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110236More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposed pay-per-mile tax on electric vehicles will take into account rural drivers.
Answer: As announced at Budget 2025, the Government is introducing Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) from April 2028, a new mileage charge for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, recognising that electric vehicles (EVs) contribute to congestion and wear and tear ...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: DiabetesDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing HGV drivers with controlled Type 1 diabetes to renew their Class 1 licence every three years.
Answer: The medical standards for driving require Group 2 (lorry and bus) drivers with diabetes to have an annual medical assessment to ensure they meet the higher medical standards required for Group 2 drivers. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency keep standa...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordApprentices: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing public funding for Level 7 apprenticeships for learners over the age of 21 on access to advanced training in marine engineering, naval arc
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57098.
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordShipping: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that contracts for Trinity House multi-function vessels are awarded to UK shipyards.
Answer: Trinity House is the contracting authority for this contract. It is following the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023 which include a fair, open and transparent competition allowing all eligible suppliers to compete on an equal basis. This competitio...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordShipping: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to announce details of the next steps of the Maritime Decarbonisation Plan, including responses to calls for evidence on net zero ports and decarbonising small vessels.
Answer: We are already meeting the commitments set out in the 2025 Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy. This includes expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to the domestic maritime sector from July this year and a further £448 million for the UK SHORE programme...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Patrol CraftHome OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that contracts for Border Force patrol vessels are awarded to UK shipyards.
Answer: We are continuing to engage suppliers on the basis of a UK-led build, using the Defence and Security provisions within the Procurement Act 2023 where appropriate. This approach is consistent with the cross-government commitment to back British businesses....
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected Areas: Bottom TrawlingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the response to the Stage 3 consultation on managing bottom trawl fishing in 41 English marine protected areas.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Ely and East Cambridgeshire on 13 November 2025, PQ 88509.
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using empty school classrooms for health services.
Answer: As set out in our Education Estates Strategy, to support strategic planning at a local level, we will work with the sector to develop a decision-making framework for the use of mainstream school space through demographic change.This will ensure that we ar...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNurses: Educational InstitutionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department considers clinical nursing care delivered in education settings to constitute NHS healthcare for which Integrated Care Boards hold commissioning responsibility under existing
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering the healthiest generation of children ever. The National Health Service is responsible for meeting the health needs of children and young people diagnosed with an illness or medical condition, including long term...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNurses: Educational InstitutionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a nationally consistent delivery model for NHS-commissioned clinical nursing services for children and young people in education settings.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering the healthiest generation of children ever. The National Health Service is responsible for meeting the health needs of children and young people diagnosed with an illness or medical condition, including long term...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBreasts: Plastic SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been affected by faulty PIP breast implants in Truro and Falmouth constituency.
Answer: The Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry (BCIR), set up in 2016, collects all implant data, and explant data where possible.Practically, it is always difficult and often impossible to identify a model and product code on an explant. If explanted devices, ...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMeningitis: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will next consider the potential merits of offering the Meningitis B vaccine to teenagers on the NHS.
Answer: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) meningococcal sub-committee have met several times over 2024 and 2025 to discuss the meningococcal vaccination programme. In June 2025, the sub-committee noted that when available, they would like...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMeningitis: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent teenagers and young adults from contracting Meningitis B.
Answer: Meningococcal disease is rare, and the incidence has declined over the last two decades following the introduction of vaccines targeting meningococcal disease including the MenACWY teenage vaccination programme.There is no current Meningitis B (MenB) vacc...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Nigerian counterpart on attacks on civilians in Benue and Nasarawa states. Nigeria.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement of 27 November 2025.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTidal PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department will take to ensure high levels of UK content in tidal stream projects.
Answer: The Government continues to engage with the tidal stream industry to support high levels of UK content in projects, which currently stands at around 80 per cent, including through the Marine Energy Taskforce’s sub group on supply chains.
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSurgery: CornwallDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to encourage the use of a surgical robot in Cornwall, in the context of it being the only region in England and Wales without one.
Answer: Our 10-Year Health Plan commits to expanding surgical robot adoption over the next decade. We recognise the importance of ensuring equitable access and we will establish national registries for robotic surgery data from 2029 and develop telesurgery networ...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when draft updated statutory guidance on supporting pupils with medical conditions will be published.
Answer: The government has committed to ensuring that schools are equipped to support pupils with medical conditions effectively and inclusively. The current statutory guidance, ‘Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions,’ will be updated to reflect bes...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when guidance on clinical delegation will be published.
Answer: The regulators of registered healthcare professionals, including the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), are independent of the Government, are directly accountable to Parliament, and are responsible for operational ...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
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