Josh Babarinde MP: written questions
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Written questions
Roads: EastbourneDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce the (a) number of potholes in Eastbourne and (b) potential impact of those potholes on road users.
Answer: This Government takes the condition of our country’s roads very seriously and is committed to supporting local highway authorities in maintaining and renewing the local highway network. As announced at the Autumn Budget, the Government will commit over £2...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to review the home-buying and selling process in England and Wales, with the aim of reducing transaction fall-through rates and associated financial
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 87197 on 7 November 2025.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: PricesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support Eastbourne residents with food prices.
Answer: ONS September 2025 CPI food price inflation was 4.5%, down from 5.1% in August. This was the first reduction in the annual rate since March 2025. We continue to monitor all key agricultural commodities and work with the food industry. The UK Agriculture M...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support Eastbourne residents with energy costs.
Answer: We recognise that we need to support households struggling with bills while we transition to clean power. That is why we are expanding the Warm Home Discount (WHD) to around an additional 2.7 million households, resulting in up to 6 million households rec...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: EastbourneDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase the availability of driving tests in Eastbourne.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The agency is intensifying its efforts to reduce waiting times and improve access to ...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing bus pass use on weekdays before 9:30 am.
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age. Local authorities in England have the power to use local resources to fund further concessions in additi...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the department has to improve retention of level 3 staff within the NHS.
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government is committed to making the National Health Service the best place to work, by supporting and retaining our hardworking and dedicated healthcare professionals.To support this ambition, the Government pl...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans there are to widen pay bands for Level 3 Staff in the NHS.
Answer: Any changes to the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay structure, including for Band 3 staff, will be for the NHS Staff Council to ratify or agree to as part of any future discussions. The NHS Staff Council is a partnership body made up of trade unions and employ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the government is taking to abolish leasehold tenures for (a) flats and (b) other properties.
Answer: The government intends to consult this year on the best approach to banning new leasehold flats, ensuring this works effectively alongside the robust ban on leasehold houses provided for by the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Management Companies: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the government is taking to cap service and estate management charges paid by residents.
Answer: The government has no plans to cap service charges or estate management charges given this would prevent necessary funds being raised for legitimate purposes.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: EastbourneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department will provide to support the delivery of (a) art therapy, (b) animal therapy, (c) talking therapies, (d) group therapies and (e) other community-based preventative mental
Answer: The NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board is responsible for funding decisions relating to the provision of mental health care for people in the Eastbourne area. Nationally, funding to expand evidence-based NHS Talking Therapies services has been prioritised, ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAbandoned VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in dealing with abandoned vehicles.
Answer: Councils have a duty to remove abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads (including private roads). Guidance to help councils comply with this duty is available here: Abandoned vehicles: local authority responsibilities - GOV.UK Councils can ...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: East SussexDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average wait time is from initial assessment to an Education, Health, and Care Plan document being produced in East Sussex.
Answer: Information on the number and percentage of education, health and care (EHC) plans issued within the statutory 20 week deadline, with and without statutory exceptions to that deadline applying, can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.servi...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page one of the First Report of the Public Accounts Committee of Session 2024-25, Support for children and young people with special educational needs, HC 353, what steps her Department is tak
Answer: The department is providing total high needs funding in England of over £12 billion in the 2025/26 financial year for children and young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Of that total high needs funding, East Sussex C...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve recruitment and retention of SEND teachers.
Answer: High quality teaching is the most important in-school factor for improving outcomes for all children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which is why the department is committed to recruiting an additional 6,500 new ex...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Public Advocate: FinanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget is for the Office of the Standing Advocate in financial years (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.
Answer: It is important that the Office of the Independent Public Advocate is adequately equipped to deliver its vital function of supporting victims of future major incidents and preparing for these incidents.The budget for the Independent Public Advocate for 20...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationals Abroad: PrisonersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British citizens are serving prison sentences abroad.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is providing consular assistance to over 1,700 British nationals detained overseas. This includes those who are held in police custody, immigration detention, pre-trial detention (sometimes called 'r...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Conflict and GenocideAttorney GeneralTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72218More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to ensure that policy-makers are aware of international law pertaining to war and genocide.
Answer: The Law Officers’ Convention applies to advice which may or may not have been given by, or requested of, the Law Officers, and it applies to your question. It can be found at paragraph 21.27 of Erskine May:“By long-standing convention, observed by success...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOlder WorkersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle the intersectional stigma of place-based ageing.
Answer: I recognise that people can face challenges as they age, and so I welcome the University of Stirling Research on the Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing and look forward to seeing it's report in due course.This research is exploring how interventi...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to allocate funding to the Lobular Moonshot Project.
Answer: Government responsibility for delivering cancer research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care, with research delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science, Innovation and Tech...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBoats: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the document entitled Maritime & Coastguard Agency Safety Code for Small Commercial Motor Vessels under MG280, updated on 22 January 2025.
Answer: There have not been any updates or amendments made to either the ‘Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Motor Vessels’ (the ‘Yellow Code’), or Marine Guidance Note (MGN) 280(M) ‘Small Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure, Workboat...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the supply of Pancreatin for people struggling to acquire their required quantity and dosage.
Answer: The Department is currently managing a supply issue with the pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) Creon, which is used by patients with conditions such as cystic fibrosis and certain cancers, including pancreatic cancer and neuroendocrine cancer. ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: EastbourneDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to provide guidance to schools on when the roll out free breakfast clubs will take place in Eastbourne.
Answer: Free breakfast clubs were made available in up to 750 early adopter schools from April 2025, as part of a test and learn phase in advance of a national rollout. Further details on the national rollout, including guidance for schools, will be available in ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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