John Milne MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring that (a) new and (b) existing housing developments have adequate access to
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner. Local development plans s...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Health ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the role of health commissioners in the planning system.
Answer: Health commissioners already have opportunities to engage in the planning system through consultations on Local Plans and planning applications. They are expected to advise on how developments may impact health services and to support the planning and del...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: Public TransportMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the powers of councils to improve transport accessibility for people with disabilities.
Answer: The Secretary of State regularly engages with cabinet colleagues on a range of matters. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ask Gatwick Airport to publish an assessment of the potential impact of a second runway on levels of emissions other than carbon dioxide.
Answer: The application for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Development Consent Order, submitted by Gatwick Airport Limited, is currently with the Secretary of State for a decision, with a statutory deadline of the 27 October 2025.The Examining Authority, in ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold a consultation on the development consent order for the expansion of Gatwick Airport before deciding whether to approve it.
Answer: The application for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Development Consent Order, submitted by Gatwick Airport Limited, is currently with the Secretary of State for a decision, with a statutory deadline of the 27 October 2025.The Examining Authority, in ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether further public hearings will be held on (a) noise and (b) surface transport relating to Gatwick expansion.
Answer: The application for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Development Consent Order, submitted by Gatwick Airport Limited, is currently with the Secretary of State for a decision, with a statutory deadline of the 27 October 2025.The Examining Authority, in ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurology and RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many integrated care boards have a designated senior leader responsible for (a) neurology and (b) rehabilitation services.
Answer: This information is not held centrally. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for designating senior leaders as appropriate, as well as for commissioning most services for people with long term conditions including for neurology and rehabilitation...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: AccessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025WithdrawnUIN 66070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the powers of councils to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Delivery Plan for ME/CFS.
Answer: The myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, final delivery plan will be published shortly. The plan will focus on boosting research, improving attitudes and education, and bettering the lives of people with this debilitating dis...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: TomographyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking is taking to ensure that people diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer are routinely offered MRI scans for follow-up monitoring.
Answer: The National Health Service is committed to ensuring that all cancer patients in England, including those with lobular breast cancer, have access to personalised care, including a needs assessment, a care plan, and health and wellbeing information and sup...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the scope of the Government’s independent commission into adult social care include the means testing which underpins the Disabled Facilities Grant.
Answer: We have launched an independent commission into adult social care as part of our first steps towards delivering a National Care Service.Baroness Casey and her team will look at what fundamental reforms will be needed, what social care should look like, wh...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: ScotlandScotland OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 905061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on businesses in Scotland.
Answer: Properly funding public services and restoring economic stability required difficult decisions, which is why we are asking employers to contribute more. Stabilising the public finances is the only way to create long-term stability businesses need to thriv...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the annual saving to the public purse from not fully disregarding (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments in the assessment of Pension
Answer: No formal assessment has been made on the annual saving to the public purse on not fully disregarding these payments.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: StatisticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the 2013 mandate to accurately collect and collate data on cancer recurrence is being fully implemented.
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that data on cancer is complete and of sufficiently high quality. The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) collects recurrence data for non-primary cancers via data submissions as part of the Cancer Outcomes...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: ChemicalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the impact of exposure to chemicals on cancer incidence rates.
Answer: The UK REACH regulation aims to protect human health from the risks that can be posed by chemicals, including substances of very high concern such as carcinogens. This is led by the Health and Safety Executive, with the UK Health Security Agency contribut...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide routine access to circulating tumour DNA blood tests to support the (a) detection and (b) treatment of breast cancer.
Answer: The Department remains committed to improving faster and earlier detection of breast cancer and will work to ensure that patients have timely access to lifesaving, innovative treatments. We have now exceeded our pledge to deliver an extra two million oper...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer will provide a specific breakdown by (a) breast cancer subtype and (b) hormone receptor status.
Answer: We are committed to improving the lives of those diagnosed with both primary and secondary breast cancer. The Department does not hold the information to make a comparative assessment of the average spend per patient with primary or secondary breast cance...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spends on average per patient with secondary (metastatic) breast cancer; and if he will make a comparative assessment of the average spend per patient with primary breast cancer.
Answer: We are committed to improving the lives of those diagnosed with both primary and secondary breast cancer. The Department does not hold the information to make a comparative assessment of the average spend per patient with primary or secondary breast cance...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational Guidance: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to ensure young people are supported in choosing from the range of (a) technical and (b) vocational options available to them after the end of the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge c
Answer: Enabling access to apprenticeships and technical education remains a key part of this government’s education policy. There is a range of support available to schools, colleges, parents, careers and young people to support careers education and the promoti...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes and Vocational GuidanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) greater data sharing between (i) work coaches and (ii) careers advisors and (b) improvements to (A) engaging and (B) involving local employers
Answer: DWP has strengthened its employer engagement strategy through a multi-faceted approach, involving early business input into the JCS design and a rolling programme of engagement events. Local employer engagement is driven by dedicated teams, sector-specifi...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational GuidanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will maintain the careers guidance service for all unemployed people receiving support as part of the new national Jobs and Careers Service.
Answer: We are reforming Jobcentre Plus and creating a new Jobs and Careers Service across Great Britain that will transform our ability to support people into good, meaningful work, and to progress in work, including through an enhanced focus on skills and caree...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: Recreation SpacesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that local green spaces that have been designated in Neighbourhood Plans are supported, in the context of the withdrawal of
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed before ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: Impact AssessmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has produced an Impact Assessment on the removal of funding to Neighbourhood Planning Support services.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed before ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: Recreation SpacesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local green spaces have been designated in Neighbourhood plans in England.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed before ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Neighbourhood Plans are in place in England.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed before ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
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