Jess Brown-Fuller MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Crown Court: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the proportion of cases in the backlog are still pending the decision of the defendant to elect mode of trial.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information about cases in the open caseload at both the magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court. This includes breakdowns of volumes and durations as part of the Crown Court open caseload published as part of Criminal...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: JuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the percentage of cases in the overall Crown Court backlog are either way cases that would be no longer eligible for jury trial under the government’s proposed reforms.
Answer: As is usual practice, detailed impact assessments will be provided alongside the necessary legislation for these reforms. The Government will bring forward this legislation when parliamentary time allows.
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the current number of either-way cases in the present Crown Court backlog that have yet to elect mode of trial.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information about cases in the open caseload at both the magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court. This includes breakdowns of volumes and durations as part of the Crown Court open caseload published as part of Criminal...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting times for endometriosis in (a) England and (b) Chichester constituency.
Answer: Patients waiting for an endometriosis diagnosis may receive diagnostic tests such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound, though the only definitive way to diagnose endometriosis is by a laparoscopic procedure. The laparoscopy is also used to ...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS Foundation Trusts: Governing BodiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether foundation trusts will retain the option to have councils of governors under the 10-Year Health Plan for England.
Answer: The Council of Governors at National Health Service foundation trusts have a range of statutory roles and powers including representing the views of local populations, staff, and other stakeholders to the foundation trusts’ board. The removal of the Counc...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS Foundation Trusts: Governing BodiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the removal of the requirement for foundation trusts to have governors.
Answer: The Council of Governors at National Health Service foundation trusts have a range of statutory roles and powers including representing the views of local populations, staff, and other stakeholders to the foundation trusts’ board. The removal of the Counc...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS Foundation Trusts: Governing BodiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether foundation trusts will retain the option to maintain councils of governors under the 10 Year Health Plan for England.
Answer: The Council of Governors at National Health Service foundation trusts have a range of statutory roles and powers including representing the views of local populations, staff, and other stakeholders to the foundation trusts’ board. The removal of the Counc...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDown's Syndrome: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that speech and language therapy for children with Down syndrome is delivered on a preventative basis from infancy.
Answer: National Health Service guidance sets out information on how to help children and young people with Down syndrome, including that they may need the support of a Speech and Language Therapist. Further information is available at the following link: https:/...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDown's Syndrome: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on the age at which clinical guidance recommends that speech and language intervention should begin for children with Down syndrome; and whether that guidanc
Answer: National Health Service guidance sets out information on how to help children and young people with Down syndrome, including that they may need the support of a Speech and Language Therapist. Further information is available at the following link: https:/...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDown's Syndrome: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has reviewed research indicating that speech and language intervention for children with Down syndrome should begin in the first year of life.
Answer: National Health Service guidance sets out information on how to help children and young people with Down syndrome, including that they may need the support of a Speech and Language Therapist. Further information is available at the following link: https:/...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of publicly funded fellowship programmes for training overseas doctors.
Answer: There are currently no plans to review publicly funded fellowship programmes for training overseas doctors. A range of international postgraduate medical training schemes operate across the National Health Service. These are governed by individual NHS tru...
Answered 20 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTeachers' PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025 to Question 84161 on Teachers Pensions, what her updated planned timetable is for issuing cash equivalent transfer value details from Teachers’ Pensions.
Answer: As of the end of December 2025, 402 cash equivalent transfer value (CETV) cases were outstanding. There will always be a number of CETV cases in progress at any given time, as new CETV applications are made. Capita, the scheme administrator, is continuing...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Workplace PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce delays for members of the Teachers Pension who have submitted their remedial service statement.
Answer: Recalculating benefits for retired members is a complex process. For those members retiring, these cases are relatively straightforward as no benefits are already in payment. For retired members, additional complications around tax, interest rules and sys...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock WorryingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will update the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 to safeguard swans and other protected species from dogs.
Answer: The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 (as amended) protects “livestock” from worrying or attacks by dogs. The definition of livestock in the Act includes cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, poultry and camelids. The Government has no plans to furth...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the impact of the online GP booking system introduced on 1 October 2025 on (a) patient access to GPs and (b) appointment waiting times.
Answer: The contractual change made on 1 October 2025 required general practices to keep their existing online systems open during core hours, allowing patients to contact the practice online between 8am and 6.30pm. Telephone and in-person routes continue to oper...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has considered writing to every pension-age person to inform them they can phone or go in-person to book a GP appointment following the introduction of the online booking sys
Answer: The contractual change made on 1 October 2025 required general practices to keep their existing online systems open during core hours, allowing patients to contact the practice online between 8am and 6.30pm. Telephone and in-person routes continue to oper...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the online GP booking system introduced on 1 October 2025 on the digitally excluded.
Answer: The contractual change made on 1 October 2025 required general practices to keep their existing online systems open during core hours, allowing patients to contact the practice online between 8am and 6.30pm. Telephone and in-person routes continue to oper...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFertility: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 907245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide consistent funding for fertility treatment across all NHS Trusts.
Answer: Access to NHS-funded fertility services varies across England, which is unacceptable.Revised National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fertility guidelines are due this Spring.Funding decisions for health services in England are made by Int...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: ChichesterDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an (a) assessment of the effectiveness of her policies to reduce waiting times for driving tests and (b) estimate of the costs to (i) people in Chichester constituency and (ii) the economy
Answer: The average waiting time in weeks, in December 2025, for a car practical driving test at Chichester driving test centre was 24 weeks.The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) fully acknowledges car practical driving test waiting times remain high and...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBronchiectasis: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of medication options for bronchiectasis.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guidance in 2019 on antimicrobial prescribing for managing and preventing acute exacerbations of bronchiectasis, sometimes called non-cystic fibrosis. The guideline is available at the...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 80890 on Electric Vehicles, whether public EV charging infrastructure funded through the Local EV Infrastructure Fund will offer rates co
Answer: The Government recognises that public charging is more expensive than charging at home. To keep charging costs down for users, the Local EV Infrastructure Fund primarily supports lower powered local charging infrastructure, which tends to be cheaper than ...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPhenylketonuria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to specialist care, treatment and medication for a) children and b) people with phenylketonuria.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as phenylketonuria, through the UK Rare Diseases Framework. A priority of the framework is improved access to specialist care, treatment, and drugs. In February la...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Railway StationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether access to healthcare will be a consideration in the default yes position for housing developments around train stations when consulting on the national planning policy fr
Answer: The government is currently consulting on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The consultation sets out the details of the proposed approach to land around stations, including those that are defined as well-connected and those that a...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Railway StationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any other transport infrastructure will be considered in the government's consultation on a default yes position for development around train stations in the national pla
Answer: The government is currently consulting on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The consultation sets out the details of the proposed approach to land around stations, including those that are defined as well-connected and those that a...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Railway StationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what distance will be classified as near to a train station for the default yes position the department is currently consulting on as part of its review into the national plannin
Answer: The government is currently consulting on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The consultation sets out the details of the proposed approach to land around stations, including those that are defined as well-connected and those that a...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
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