Jess Brown-Fuller MP: written questions 2025
201 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Social Services: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) implement the Care Act 2014 provisions on protecting individuals from unaffordable care costs and (b) introduce a more generous means test for social care funding.
Answer: In July 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the planned adult social care charging reforms, which were inherited from the previous government, would not be taken forward in October 2025.The means test thresholds for support with adult soc...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: National LandscapesDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will (a) limit and (b) regulate the (i) number and (ii) frequency of (A) pleasure and (B) display flights by small aircraft above National Landscapes that are home to protected wildlife.
Answer: The Air Navigation Guidance 2017 states that National Parks and Areas of Natural Beauty are designated areas with specific statutory purposes to ensure their continued protection in relation to landscape and scenic beauty. Given the finite amount of airsp...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the provision is for manual lymphatic drainage on the NHS for patients following breast cancer treatment; and whether such treatment is routinely available.
Answer: Manual lymphatic drainage following breast cancer treatment-related lymphoedema is available through the National Health Service via referral from the healthcare team to a lymphoedema specialist or physiotherapist. Decisions regarding patient treatments a...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) help ensure that patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome have access to ongoing specialist care following diagnosis and (b) allocate funding for research into (i
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases through the UK Rare Diseases Framework.Much of the routine care that people with chronic pain, such as some people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), receive wi...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72708More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the differing compensation payments for deceased infected blood scandal victims based on whether they contracted HIV or Hepatitis C.
Answer: The impact of a Hepatitis infection can range from very mild to very severe, including liver failure and death as a direct result of the infection. In its second interim report, the Infected Blood Inquiry recommended that the compensation scheme should re...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Delivery ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve standards of road safety among delivery (a) riders and (b) drivers; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of withdrawing the right of provisio
Answer: Everyone who rides or drives, including delivery couriers, has a duty to behave in a safe and responsible manner, and to follow the rules set out in The Highway Code. I have no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of withdrawing the right o...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72691More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the differing compensation payments for infected blood scandal victims based on whether they contracted HIV or Hepatitis C.
Answer: The impact of a Hepatitis infection can range from very mild to very severe, including liver failure and death as a direct result of the infection. In its second interim report, the Infected Blood Inquiry recommended that the compensation scheme should re...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation Scheme: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72684More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting infected blood scandal compensation payments from Inheritance Tax when such payments are transferred to the next of kin of deceased victims.
Answer: Infected Blood compensation payments are relieved from inheritance tax under Schedule 15 of the Finance Act 2020. This is applied to the estate of the recipient of the compensation payment. Where these payments are subsequently inherited, they become part...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMathematics: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if a refreshed mathematics curriculum designed to ensure that as many learners as possible can achieve positive outcomes will form part of the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
Answer: High and rising standards are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best life chances.A high-quality curriculum and assessment system is key to ensuring that every child receives an excelle...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: RegulationDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will (a) limit and (b) regulate the (i) number and (I) frequency of (A) pleasure and (B) display flights by small aircraft above residential areas.
Answer: Currently there are no plans to formally limit the number of small aircraft over residential areas. However, all airspace users must follow The Rules of the Air Regulations 2007 which set out minimum heights for flight above built-up areas.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ChichesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people on NHS waiting lists in Chichester constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first. Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission. We have now exceeded our pledge to deliver an extra two million operations, scans, and appointments, having now delivered 4.9 million more a...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve (a) rates of early diagnosis, (b) access to treatment and (c) specialist care for people with rare diseases.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases. The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities collaboratively developed with the rare disease community. These include helping patients get a final diagnosis ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: SafetyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of safety regulations for the use of (a) limonene and (b) linalool in consumer products.
Answer: Limonene and linalool are used in various consumer products including cosmetics and household cleaners. The use of these chemicals in cosmetics is regulated by the UK Cosmetic Regulation and both chemicals are currently included in the list of restricted ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Electronic GovernmentTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72433More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of HMRC developing Making Tax Digital software without using third-party providers.
Answer: HMRC has always maintained that it would not offer its own software products for Making Tax Digital. This helps to ensure a competitive market which will better support taxpayers with a flexible and tailored range of software that integrates with other bu...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccination: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support (a) people injured by vaccination and (b) families affected by vaccine-related deaths.
Answer: In the very rare event where someone may have suffered a severe adverse reaction to a vaccine, care and treatment will be best met and managed by local National Health Service specialist services, augmented as appropriate by national specialist advice. In...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the (a) scope, (b) eligibility, (c) criteria and (d) compensation level of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
Answer: I would like to reiterate my profound sympathies to all those individuals who have experienced harm following vaccination, and to their families.Ministers continue to consider options for reforming the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS).In parallel, the...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDyslexia: ChichesterDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating additional funding for (a) dyslexia screening and (b) dyslexia-specific teacher training in Chichester constituency.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Chichester to the answer of 1 August 2025 to Question 61402.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Disability Living Allowance Tribunal hearings her Department sent a presenting officer to in the last year.
Answer: The information requested on the proportion of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Tribunal hearings the Department sent a presenting officer to is not readily available within the Department. However, we estimate that 47% of DLA Tribunal hearings had a pr...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal for (a) Personal Independence Payment, (b) Disability Living Allowance and (c) Employment and Support Allowance were upheld in favour o
Answer: Information on overturned appeals for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) can be found in Table SSCS_3 of the Tribunal Statistics Quarterly publication here: Tribunals statistic...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of autism assessments in (a) England and (b) Chichester constituency.
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 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEducational Institutions and Employment: BreastfeedingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) paid flexible breastfeeding breaks and (b) suitable facilities to (i) breastfeed, (ii) express and (iii) store mi
Answer: The Government provides advice to employers on requirements and best practice arrangements on breastfeeding. Under health and safety law an employer must provide a suitable area where pregnant workers and breastfeeding mothers can rest, with additional ad...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of widening the scope of the infant formula legislation to include the (a) digital and (b) other marketing of all (i) formula m
Answer: Infant feeding is critical to a baby’s healthy growth and development. The Government is committed to giving every child the best start in life, and that includes helping families to access support to feed their baby.Whilst breastfeeding has significant h...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreastfeedingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve the (a) protection, (b) promotion and (c) support of optimal infant feeding.
Answer: It is important that all families are supported to make the right choices for them and to achieve their infant feeding goals. This includes families who cannot breastfeed or choose not to. We know that breastfeeding has significant benefits and are commit...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreastfeedingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report entitled World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative UK Report 2024, published in March 2025.
Answer: The Government is committed to giving children the best start in life, and infant feeding plays a crucial role in achieving this. We recognise the concerns raised in the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative’s United Kingdom report and are considering the...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS 111: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS 111 response times.
Answer: The Government is committed to continuing to improve NHS 111 to ensure patients can access the right care the first time, only visiting accident and emergency when necessary.The latest published data shows that May 2025 saw the lowest average NHS 111 call...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →