Josh Babarinde MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Cancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of integrating evidence-based nutritional, physical activity and lifestyle interventions more routinely alongside medical treatment for cancer pa
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Department’s strategy on Living with and Beyond Cancer in Chapter 4 of the National Cancer Plan available at the link below, which examines these and other issues in detail:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69dce...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she has made an assessment of the potential (a) financial and (b) other challenges faced by cancer patients in accessing appropriate evidence-based nutritional, lifestyle and wellbeing support a
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Department’s strategy on Living with and Beyond Cancer in Chapter 4 of the National Cancer Plan available at the link below, which examines these and other issues in detail:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69dce...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether guidance is available to NHS cancer services on providing patients with evidence-based information on nutrition, physical activity and lifestyle alongside conventional cancer treatment.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Department’s strategy on Living with and Beyond Cancer in Chapter 4 of the National Cancer Plan available at the link below, which examines these and other issues in detail:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69dce...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: South EastMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the number of accessible properties that are (a) temporary accommodation (b) emergency accommodation and (c) social housing available through each local autho
Answer: Temporary accommodation must be appropriate to the needs of the household, which includes accessibility needs.MHCLG does not hold data on the number of accessible properties that are temporary accommodation, emergency accommodation or social housing avail...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people with physical disabilities require adapted accommodation from local authorities, broken down by each local authority area in the South East.
Answer: Government does not hold this information. The English Housing Survey periodically asks about housing adaptation needs. At the last time this was asked in 2019-20, 8% of all households in England (1.9 million) had at least one person with a long-standing ...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Plans were successfully appealed at the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-a...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Needs Assessments decisions were successfully appealed at the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-a...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Plans were appealed to the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-a...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Needs Assessment decisions were appealed to the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-a...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of EHC Plans were issued within the 20-week timeframe each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, Health and Care plans’ statistical publication, available at https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-an...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of EHC Needs Assessments received a decision within the 6-week timeframe each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex b) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, Health and Care plans’ statistical publication, available at https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-an...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people were refused an education, health and care (a) needs assessment and (b) plan each year between 2015/16 and 2025/26 in (i) East Sussex (ii) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, Health and Care plans’ statistical publication, available at https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-an...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Children and Young People applied for an EHC Plan each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, Health and Care plans’ statistical publication, available at https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-an...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people were refused an EHC Needs Assessment each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, Health and Care plans’ statistical publication, available at https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-an...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Children and Young People applied for an EHC Needs Assessment each year between 2015/16 and 20225/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.
Answer: The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, Health and Care plans’ statistical publication, available at https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-an...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to reviewing criteria for those in receipt of Attendance Allowance to be able to access to the Motability scheme.
Answer: Attendance Allowance is intended to help those with a severe disability who have long term care or supervision needs which arise after reaching State Pension age. Government mobility support is focused on people who are disabled earlier in life; developin...
Answered 21 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Children in Care: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve services to support adopted and looked after children transitioning to adulthood.
Answer: Through our ‘Adoption Support that Works for All’ consultation on the future of adoption support, the department is seeking evidence from groups including young people, adopters and carers about the support they would like to see made available, including...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Children in Care: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which services supporting adopted and looked after children meet their needs.
Answer: Through our ‘Adoption Support that Works for All’ consultation on the future of adoption support, the department is seeking evidence from groups including young people, adopters and carers about the support they would like to see made available, including...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: AutismHome OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the needs of people with autism are understood and accommodated by police forces.
Answer: The College of Policing set the professional standards for police in England and Wales. The College’s core guidance includes the initial training for officers under the Policing Education Qualifications Framework which incorporates autism, learning disabi...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to Jobcentre staff on supporting claimants with hidden disabilities.
Answer: DWP recognises the importance of providing learning to enable all Jobcentre staff in customer contact roles to meet the needs of all our claimants, including those with hidden disabilities. Jobcentre staff receive role specific learning, which: provides a...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to ensure that claimants who have previously received support from a Disability Employment Advisor are known to all staff interacted with.
Answer: To ensure customers with complex barriers receive the right support from Jobcentres, our Disability Employment Advisers offer direct support (1-2-1) to customers on top of the help provided by their work coach or Pathways to Work Adviser. Using their know...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisqualificationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to ensure that claimants are immediately informed of their right to challenge a sanction and seek accessible support.
Answer: Claimants are clearly informed of their rights when a sanction decision is made. All sanction decision letters include details of what to do if a claimant disagrees with the decision, including how to seek a review and access support.When a claimant is no...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will require Jobcentres to provide claimants and their representatives with named representative for their designated contact officer.
Answer: When a claimant is allocated to a Work Coach or Case Manager they are currently provided with a named point of contact.
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to enable supporters of vulnerable claimants to contact Jobcentres by telephone.
Answer: Universal Credit is a digital-first service, but it is not digital-only. Support is available by telephone and face to face where appropriate, including for vulnerable claimants or those who cannot access digital services. Claimants can opt to make and ma...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are taken to inform claimants when their Universal Credit journal will not be (a) monitored and (b) responded to, including for temporary administrative reasons.
Answer: Claimants are routinely informed of actions, requests and updates through journal messages, which are recorded on their UC account to ensure transparency and provide a clear audit trail of communications. DWP staff are required to leave journal messages w...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
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