Jessica Toale MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Meningitis: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of Meningitis B cases among teenagers and university students; and what steps he is taking to help reduce that level.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency continually monitors the incidence and profile of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in England across all age groups to provide information to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to help inform policy decis...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMeningitis: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation last reviewed the cost-effectiveness model for providing the Meningitis B vaccine to teenagers; and whether his Department plans to commissi
Answer: In 2013, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that the cost-effectiveness of an adolescent Meningitis B (MenB) vaccination programme would be dependent on the impact of the vaccine on protection against meningococcal carriage...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMeningitis: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending routine NHS vaccination against Meningitis B to teenagers and first-year university students.
Answer: Policy regarding vaccination programmes is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI keeps all vaccination programmes under review, and the meningococcal sub-committee have met a number of times over the pas...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent low-welfare producers from evading labelling requirements.
Answer: The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. All food sold on the UK market must comply with food labelling rules, which include the requirement for spe...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce mandatory method of production labelling for (a) chicken and (b) other livestock products.
Answer: The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. All food sold on the UK market must comply with food labelling rules, which include the requirement for spe...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure clearer information on welfare standards in food labelling.
Answer: The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. All food sold on the UK market must comply with food labelling rules, which include the requirement for spe...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the McCloud Pension Remedy for Armed Forces veterans will be implemented in time for March 2026.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2025 to Question 80011.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide an update on the Government’s plans to address pavement parking; and if she will set out a timetable for when local authorities will be given further powers to tackle this issue.
Answer: The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to the 2020 pavement parking consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. We will announce the next steps and publish...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: Religious BuildingsHome OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of protective security measures for (a) churches and (b) other places of worship which have experienced (i) vandalism and (ii) intimidation.
Answer: This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion at their chosen place of worship, and to making our streets and communities safer.The Home Office continues to assess and respond to the security needs o...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Buildings: SecurityHome OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) Christian, (b) Muslim, (c) Jewish and (d) other faith communities are able to access timely security support in instances where they are targeted
Answer: In 2025/26, up to £70.9 million is available to protect faith communities. This includes £18 million through the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant, £29.4 million through the Protective Security for Mosques scheme and for security at Muslim faith ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: Religious BuildingsHome OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) police forces and (b) councils in responding to hate-motivated vandalism of places of worship.
Answer: The Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime wherever in the country it occurs, and whoever is responsible for committing it. We are actively seeking to ensure the safety and protection of all individuals and communities across England a...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Custody: PhotographsHome OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with victims’ groups on the potential impact of convicted offenders remaining unidentified in the public domain due to the absence of custody photographs.
Answer: Voluntary interviews are used to question a person who is not under arrest about their suspected involvement in a criminal offence, particularly in cases where the legal threshold for arrest is not met. The decision to voluntarily interview a suspect rest...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Custody: PhotographsHome OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders convicted of sexual offences did not have a custody photograph on police record in each of the last five years.
Answer: Voluntary interviews are used to question a person who is not under arrest about their suspected involvement in a criminal offence, particularly in cases where the legal threshold for arrest is not met. The decision to voluntarily interview a suspect rest...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Custody: PhotographsHome OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted without a custody photograph being taken in each of the last five years.
Answer: Voluntary interviews are used to question a person who is not under arrest about their suspected involvement in a criminal offence, particularly in cases where the legal threshold for arrest is not met. The decision to voluntarily interview a suspect rest...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Custody: PhotographsHome OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the National Police Chiefs’ Council on the practice of taking custody photographs of suspects who attend voluntary police interviews.
Answer: Voluntary interviews are used to question a person who is not under arrest about their suspected involvement in a criminal offence, particularly in cases where the legal threshold for arrest is not met. The decision to voluntarily interview a suspect rest...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Custody: PhotographsHome OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of police forces in the taking of custody photographs of people charged following voluntary police interviews.
Answer: Voluntary interviews are used to question a person who is not under arrest about their suspected involvement in a criminal offence, particularly in cases where the legal threshold for arrest is not met. The decision to voluntarily interview a suspect rest...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Custody: PhotographsHome OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police forces on the taking of custody photographs of suspects who attend voluntary interviews.
Answer: Voluntary interviews are used to question a person who is not under arrest about their suspected involvement in a criminal offence, particularly in cases where the legal threshold for arrest is not met. The decision to voluntarily interview a suspect rest...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiethylstilbestrol: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a public information campaign to inform individuals born between 1940 and 1980 of the potential risks associated with
Answer: We recognise the consequences for those who were exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) and are sorry that women and their families have suffered for far too long.The Department has not made an assessment of the merits of launching a public information campa...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiethylstilbestrol: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential third-generation health impacts of Diethylstilbestrol exposure; and whether specific research has been commissioned to examine those impacts
Answer: The Government encourages all women, including those exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero, to attend regular cervical screenings which test for human papillomavirus, the cause of most cervical cancers. Women who believe or know that they were expo...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiethylstilbestrol: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update NHS clinical reference materials or NICE guidelines to include information on the diagnosis, management, and screening of patients potentially exposed to Diet
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the national body that develops authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the NHS on best practice in the care and treatment of patients with defined conditions. NICE has not issued any guid...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiethylstilbestrol: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) the CDC guidance in the US and (b) other international models for management of Diethylstilbestrol expo
Answer: The Department has not undertaken any specific assessment of the potential implications for its policies of guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States or other international models for the management of exposure to die...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiethylstilbestrol: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of using historic medical records to (a) identify and (b) contact people who may have been exposed to diethylstilbestrol.
Answer: We recognise the consequences for those who were exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) and offer our sincere sympathies to those who continue to be affected.There have been no discussions between the Department and patient advocacy groups representing peopl...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiethylstilbestrol: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to issue a official apology to those affected by the historical prescription of diethylstilbestrol.
Answer: We recognise the consequences for those who were exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) and are sorry that women and their families have suffered for far too long.The Department has not made an assessment of the merits of launching a public information campa...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiethylstilbestrol: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with patient advocacy groups representing people affected by diethylstilbestrol exposure.
Answer: We recognise the consequences for those who were exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) and offer our sincere sympathies to those who continue to be affected.There have been no discussions between the Department and patient advocacy groups representing peopl...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiethylstilbestrol: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is available to clinicians for patients with a family history of diethylstilbestrol exposure.
Answer: The Government encourages all women, including those exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero, to attend regular cervical screenings which test for human papillomavirus, the cause of most cervical cancers. Women who believe or know that they were expo...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
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