John Milne MP: written questions
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Breast Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) the Minister for Public Health and Prevention will attend the Lobular Moon Shot Project's drop in on Tuesday 6 May 2025 to discuss research into lobular breast cancer.
Answer: Due to diary pressures, neither myself nor my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will be attending the Lobular Moon Shot Project’s drop in event on 6 May 2025. However, the Department will continue to fund research into lobu...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that glaucoma monitoring services are available to patients in (a) Horsham and (b) England.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services in their areas to meet patient needs, and this includes services to meet the needs of patients with glaucoma.The Department worked with the eye care sector to...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue new guidance on the provision of advanced community eye care services in (a) Horsham and (b) England.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services in their areas to meet patient needs, and this includes services to meet the needs of patients with glaucoma.The Department worked with the eye care sector to...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: VettingMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of amending the filtering criteria for DBS checks to automatically exclude sentences of 12 months or under on levels of employment of people with criminal re
Answer: The criminal records regime seeks to strike a balance between providing employers with the information they need to make safer recruitment decisions and enabling ex-offenders to rebuild their lives.We are carefully reviewing the evidence in this area befo...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43737, if she will share the minutes of those meetings with the hon. Member for Horsham and the Child Trust Fund campaign.
Answer: Engagement with The Investment and Savings Alliance (TISA) was via an exchange of emails so there are no meeting minutes. The exchanges sought any feedback provided to Child Trust Fund providers by parents or carers about: (i) signposting by TISA to the p...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Minister of State for Courts and Justice will meet with the hon. Member for Horsham to discuss the Child Trust Fund campaign.
Answer: As he acknowledged in his letter to me dated 02 March 2025, the Hon. Member for Horsham is aware that I am happy to meet with him regarding locked Child Trust Funds.My office will be in touch to agree a mutually convenient date.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make £20 million available each year to fund research into alternatives for animal testing.
Answer: The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”, which is a long-term goal. The Government will publish a strategy to support the development, valida...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations within the financial industry her Department has consulted with on locked Child Trust Funds since January 2025.
Answer: The Department continues to engage with financial organisations on the issue of Child Trust Funds where the account holder lacks mental capacity to access their account and legal authority is required to enable a parent or carer to access the funds on the...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of making access to work schemes the responsibility of employers on the employability of people with disabilities.
Answer: As outlined in the Pathways to Work Green Paper published on 18 March, we need to get the balance right between supporting employers to understand and provide reasonable adjustments as part of their legal duties, and interventions that go beyond this this...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Small BusinessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of making access to work schemes the responsibility of employers on small and medium-sized businesses.
Answer: As outlined in the Pathways to Work Green Paper published on 18 March, we need to get the balance right between supporting employers to understand and provide reasonable adjustments as part of their legal duties, and interventions that go beyond this this...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to introduce a substantial risk element into the PIP assessment process.
Answer: In our Green Paper, Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, we announced our plans to scrap the Work Capability Assessment and use the single Personal Independence Payment assessment to assess entitlement for the Universal...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for carers allowance on local authority care services.
Answer: From 7 April 2025 the weekly earnings limit in Carer's Allowance increased to £196 net earnings, the largest cash increase ever. All things being equal, the earnings rule change will result in more people being entitled to Carer’s Allowance. There are no ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of under 22 year olds who will no longer receive limited capability to work payments.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper” will be published in due course, with some information already published alongside the Spring Statement.A further programme of analysis...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Local Housing AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of planned reforms to Personal Independence Payment on people that receive (a) housing allowances and (b) higher rate housing allowances.
Answer: No such assessment has yet been made.Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: R...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) protect and (b) promote community energy projects beyond the Local Power Plan.
Answer: Local power generation is an essential part of the UK’s energy generation and increasing support from Great British Energy will ensure that local communities benefit as the UK supercharges its mission to become a clean energy superpower. We recently annou...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how spatial planning responsibilities will be split between national and local level; and whether local people will be able to run community energy projects.
Answer: The Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) is the national-level plan covering GB, whilst Regional Energy Strategic Plans (RESPs) will work with organisations at a local level to plan how local energy systems need to be developed to reach net zero, consider...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether communities affected by (a) community-run and (b) centrally-led energy infrastructure development will receive (i) energy bill discounts and (ii) other compensation.
Answer: In the Clean Power Action Plan, we made clear that where communities host clean energy infrastructure, they should feel tangible and enduring benefit of doing so. We are exploring options in this area, including community funds and shared ownership. The G...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who is responsible for the (a) design and (b) delivery of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan.
Answer: The UK, Scottish and Welsh governments have commissioned the National Energy System Operator (NESO) to develop the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan. NESO is independently producing the plan, with oversight from the three governments and Ofgem.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that the land use framework encourages community energy projects.
Answer: My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with Ministerial Colleagues on a number of issues. The Government is currently consulting on the Land Use Framework, which aims to use the most sophisticated land use data ever published, to ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to direct the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan to be inclusive of community energy projects.
Answer: The Strategic Spatial Energy Plan is a national, transmission-level plan covering Great Britain, and as such it will not prescribe or authorise individual projects at community level. Regional Energy Strategic Plans (RESPs) will undertake spatial planning...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy to make £20 million available each year to fund research into alternatives for animal testing.
Answer: The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”, which is a long-term goal. The government will publish a strategy to support the development, valida...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering the RSV vaccination to people over the age of 65.
Answer: The policy for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme is based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), an independent expert advisory committee. That advice is provided to the Government to inform, develop, an...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFire PreventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to develop UK-specific regulations for (a) fire suppression systems, (b) ventilation and (c) emergency response procedures for battery energy storage syste
Answer: The Government agrees with the need to have robust measures in place to manage the risks associated with facilities that use large numbers of lithium-ion batteries. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulates grid-scale lithium-ion batteries within a ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFire PreventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to (a) develop and (b) adopt UK-specific fire safety regulations for battery energy storage systems.
Answer: The Government agrees with the need to have robust measures in place to manage the risks associated with facilities that use large numbers of lithium-ion batteries. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulates grid-scale lithium-ion batteries within a ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFire PreventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of creating national fire safety (a) standards and (b) regulations for battery energy storage sites to hel
Answer: The Government agrees with the need to have robust measures in place to manage the risks associated with facilities that use large numbers of lithium-ion batteries. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulates grid-scale lithium-ion batteries within a ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
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