John Milne MP: written questions 2025
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Sports: Sports and Physical EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to cover costs to schools for Sports and PE funding between July 2025 and October 2025.
Answer: The physical education (PE) and sport premium helps all eligible primary schools to make additional and sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide. Schools can decide how to use it, in line with the conditions of the gran...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with steps NICE on ensuring greater (a) clarity and (b) transparency in relation to how carer quality of life is considered within its medicines appraisal framework.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) technology appraisal process allows its independent committees to take all health-related costs and benefits, including health-related quality-of-life for carers, and impacts on personal socia...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NICE on ensuring that the Single Technology Appraisal process takes into account the health-related quality-of-life impacts on carers for (a) all and (b) rare disea
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) technology appraisal process allows its independent committees to take all health-related costs and benefits, including health-related quality-of-life for carers, and impacts on personal socia...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMuscular Dystrophy: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that NHS Trusts are able to deliver emerging treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy when they are needed by patients.
Answer: The Department understands the impact that Duchenne muscular dystrophy has on those living with it and their families, and the urgent need for new treatment options. If new therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy are approved by the National Institute f...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase early diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma.
Answer: The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients, including those with lobular carcinoma, survive this horrible set of diseases. To achieve this, the NHS has delivere...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 904123 Gatwick Airport: Carbon Emissions, if she will list the organisations from which she has received carbon emissions projection data relating to Gatwick's
Answer: As this is live planning application that is yet to be decided, unfortunately I cannot comment in detail at this time. However, all information provided to the Secretary of State by the applicant, the Examining Authority, and any parties who chose to make...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate she of the potential impact of changes to (a) PIP entitlement rules, (b) the Universal Credit health element and (c) the Universal Credit standard allowance and (d) all thre
Answer: An assessment of the potential impact of the planned changes to health and disability benefits is available here: Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts. This includes breakdowns for each change separately on levels of pover...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of changes to (a) PIP entitlement rules, (b) the Universal Credit health element, (c) Universal Credit standard allowance and (d) all three measures
Answer: An assessment of the potential impact of the planned changes to health and disability benefits is available here: Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts. This includes breakdowns for each change separately on levels of pover...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of expanding Gatwick Airport on carbon emissions.
Answer: This Government has been clear that airport expansion proposals need to demonstrate they can be delivered in line with the UK’s climate change commitments. Having received further information from Gatwick, the Secretary of State hopes to make a final deci...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast 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
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