Josh Newbury MP: written questions 2025

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Agriculture: Cannock ChaseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding from the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme has been allocated to projects in the (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) the Cannock Chase National Landscape ar
Answer: Over £570,000 has been spent on approved projects in the Cannock Chase National Landscape area since the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme (FiPL) launched in July 2021, with further projects in progress and to be completed by the end of 24/25.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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National Landscapes: AgricultureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the farming in protected landscapes programme.
Answer: The interim evaluation of the programme found the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme (FiPL) to be delivering positively for nature, climate, people, and place, with over 7,000 farmers participating and 3,700 projects in the first three years across...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Pupil Referral Units: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of variations in per pupil funding for places in pupil referral units on pupils' educational outcomes.
Answer: Most funding for pupil referral units, and other alternative provision (AP), comes from local authorities’ high needs budgets, Following the Autumn Budget 2024, the department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and Members: StaffSpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26102More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the percentage increases were for (a) MP's staffing budgets and (b) IPSA staffing expenditure between financial y
Answer: IPSA's proposed budgets are scrutinised each year by the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Authority and approved by the House of Commons.MPs' staffing budgets have increased by 63.3% between 2018-19 and 2024-25. In 2018-19, the London...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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Pupil Referral UnitsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that pupil referral unit premises are fit for purpose.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for providing enough school places for their area. The department provides capital funding through the basic need grant to secure mainstream school places and through the high needs provision capital allocations to invest...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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Pupil Referral Units: StaffordshireDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that there is adequate capacity in pupil referral units in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for providing enough school places for their area. The department provides capital funding through the basic need grant to secure mainstream school places and through the high needs provision capital allocations to invest...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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Diabetes: Eating DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish the outcomes of NHS England trials of bespoke services for patients with type 1 diabetes with disordered eating.
Answer: To support improved treatment and care for people with type 1 diabetes with disordered eating (T1DE) across the National Health Service, NHS England will:- provide another year of funding for the five T1DE pilot sites, up to March 2026, to ensure sufficie...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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Diabetes: Eating DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people with type 1 diabetes with disordered eating in (a) Staffordshire and (b) other areas that are not included in the pilot scheme.
Answer: To support improved treatment and care for people with type 1 diabetes with disordered eating (T1DE) across the National Health Service, NHS England will:- provide another year of funding for the five T1DE pilot sites, up to March 2026, to ensure sufficie...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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Disability Aids: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will take steps to work with the Lead Ministers for Disability to help ensure disabled children receive specialist equipment in a timely manner.
Answer: On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024, the Minister for Social Security and Disability announced new Lead Ministers for Disability in every Government department. I am the Lead Minister for Disability for the Department of Health and ...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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Disability Aids: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the length of time taken to provide equipment for children with disabilities.
Answer: The integrated care boards (ICBs) in England are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population. NHS England Specialised Commissioning commissions complex disability equipment services, including communication ai...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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Disability Aids: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that children with disabilities receive equipment in a timely manner.
Answer: The integrated care boards (ICBs) in England are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population. NHS England Specialised Commissioning commissions complex disability equipment services, including communication ai...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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Disability Aids: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to issue guidance on the (a) roles and (b) responsibilities of (i) health, (ii) education, (iii) social care, (iv) education services and (v) the charitable sector
Answer: The integrated care boards (ICBs) in England are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population. NHS England Specialised Commissioning commissions complex disability equipment services, including communication ai...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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Planning: Health ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making (a) Integrated Care Boards and (b) NHS trusts statutory consultees in the planning process.
Answer: NHS and Integrated Care Boards are consultees on local plans. This helps ensure that local strategies to improve health and the provision of the required health infrastructure are considered upfront in plans and in planning decisions. There are no current...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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