Jess Brown-Fuller MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Visas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of excluding dental therapists from the skilled worker visa scheme on NHS dentistry provision.
Answer: On 12 May, we published our Immigration White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’, outlining our future approach to legal migration routes. The first set of immigration rules giving effect to the policies in the White Paper was published...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: Home EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's rollout of Best Start Family Hubs will include (a) provisions and (b) support services for home-educating families that require SEND support.
Answer: On 7 July, the government published ‘Giving every child the Best Start in Life’, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/giving-every-child-the-best-start-in-life. This outlines the government’s commitment to deliver a new Best...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: Home EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's rollout of Best Start Family Hubs will include (a) provisions and (b) support services for home-educating families.
Answer: On 7 July, the government published ‘Giving every child the Best Start in Life’, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/giving-every-child-the-best-start-in-life. This outlines the government’s commitment to deliver a new Best...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCustoms: PortsTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65596More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in levels of charges incurred at ports due to customs procedures on small businesses.
Answer: HMRC and Border Force do not typically charge for any customs related processes or checks carried out at ports, and any costs levied at ports are a commercial matter for port operators. HMRC is committed to making customs processes as simple as possible w...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the rates for Extended Producer Responsibility fees for more recyclable materials.
Answer: The RAM has been used by producers to assess packaging recyclability from January 2025. The RAM is an important aspect of pEPR as it will determine the modulation sub-category, and therefore the level of fees applicable to that material, with higher fees...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of basing the calculation of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on volume.
Answer: The Government is not considering the adoption of a units-based metric. In accordance with the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Extender Producer Responsibility disposal fees for packaging are calculate...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64944More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a reduction on the savings limit on Individual Savings Accounts on savers.
Answer: The Government is committed to incentivising greater saving and investment. Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) help people save for their future goals and build greater financial resilience. The Government recognises the important role that cash savings p...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDisclosure and Barring ServiceHome OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to set up an independent body to process Disclosure and Barring Service checks with formalised processing time targets.
Answer: As an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Home Office, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is already an operationally independent body. It also already operates to formalised service standards of completing 85% of Basic check applications ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: ChichesterDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of mobile phone signal in Chichester constituency.
Answer: Ofcom’s improved online mobile coverage checker went live on 26 June, which I would encourage the Hon Member to consult.Our ambition is for all populated areas to have higher quality standalone 5G by 2030. We continue to work with industry to deliver this...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: VacanciesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of job opportunities for newly qualified nurses.
Answer: Decisions on the employment of newly qualified nurses are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts, which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waste ManagementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waste in the NHS.
Answer: There are a range of initiatives in the National Health Service to tackle waste, ranging from locally managed walking aid refurbishment schemes to innovative projects on the reuse of surgical textiles. NHS England has also been working to reduce the wasta...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 June 2025, HCWS736, on Simplified Local Leadership Structures, what her Department's planned timetable is for making tho
Answer: Councils operating the committee system which are not part of local government reorganisation will be given one year from the date of the legislation coming into force to make the transition. Where a council which operates the committee system is to be di...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of appeal Tribunals in relation to (a) PIP, (b) DLA and (c) ESA has the Department not contested in the last 12 months.
Answer: DWP does not contest appeals. Claimants have a legal right to dispute decisions made by the Secretary of State in relation to aspects of their Social Security entitlement. They do so by lodging appeals against those decisions with His Majesty’s Courts and...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Absent VotingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the document entitled Remote attendance and proxy voting in local authorities: consultation results and government response, published on 5 June 2025, what her
Answer: On 5 June, we published the gov.uk ‘Remote attendance and proxy voting in local authorities: consultation results and government response’ where we announced that we plan to legislate when parliamentary time allows.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordA27: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the capital funding settlement for road investment strategies on infrastructure investment along the A27.
Answer: As the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 11 June 2025, this Government will deliver notable improvements to people’s everyday travel by providing £24 billion of capital funding between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve roads across the co...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that housing developments are completed after they have been granted planning permission.
Answer: The government wants to see homes built faster and we recognise the frustrations that stalled or delayed sites can cause to communities. Once housebuilders have been granted permission for residential development, meeting local housing needs and preferenc...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: WestbourneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the decision by NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board to close Westbourne Surgery.
Answer: The Department understands that the general practice (GP) partners at Emsworth Medical Practice have arrived at the decision to propose the closure of the Westbourne Branch Surgery and that the proposed date of closure is 27 June 2025.There are no plans t...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timeline is for responding to the Competition and Markets Authorities recommendations in their report into the infant formula and follow-on formula market, published on 20 February
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 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Independent ReviewDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on implementing the Immediate and Essential Actions of the Ockenden review, published on 30 March 2022.
Answer: All the recommendations made by Donna Ockenden in her review into maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust in 2022 were accepted, including the requests made to the Government, the health system more widely, and the trust. Following...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordData ProtectionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will take steps to lower the Information Commissioner's data protection fee for smaller (a) organisations and (b) charities.
Answer: The data protection fees fund the Information Commissioner’s statutory responsibilities in relation to data protection and privacy and electronic communications. There are three tiers of fees payable, based on the size and turnover of organisations. Small...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to ensure improved access to schooling for children with (a) visual and (b) hearing impairments in Chichester constituency.
Answer: All education settings have duties under the Equality Act 2010 towards individual disabled children and young people. Part 6 of the Equality Act outlines that schools must make reasonable adjustments, including the provision of auxiliary aids and services...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to ensure that local authorities that do not reach the 20-week deadline for education, health and care plans have effective improvement plans in place.
Answer: The department wants to ensure that, where required, education, health and care (EHC) plan assessments are progressed promptly and, if needed, plans are issued as quickly as possible so that children and young people can access the support they need.Local...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to increase the proportion of her Department's spending on active travel infrastructure.
Answer: Future funding for active travel, including capital funding for infrastructure, will be set out following the conclusion of the Spending Review.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: ChichesterDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of available driving tests in Chichester constituency.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce driving test waiting times in rural areas.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
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