Julian Lewis MP: written questions
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Ukraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his oral statement of 7 January 2026 on Ukraine, whether the multinational force to be led by the UK and France would be be deployed to Ukraine (a) as part of a ceasefire agreement or (b) only after a
Answer: The Multinational Force Ukraine will only deploy following a cessation in hostilities. We are preparing to move at pace—but no troops will deploy unless and until the conditions are right. As stated by the Prime Minister, if there were a decision to deplo...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 92498 on Terrorism: Northern Ireland, what the evidential basis is that removing immunity from prosecution of perpetrators of crimes during the Trou
Answer: The Government has not removed the prospect of immunity from prosecution for any individual. The provisions in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 were found to be incompatible with our human rights obligations and never com...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Nationality and Proof of IdentityHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 91895 on Undocumented Migrants: Nationality and Proof of Identity, and with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Borde
Answer: Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 92953 on State Retirement Pensions: Women, if he will make an estimate of the number of women born in the 1950s who have died since the publication
Answer: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and National Records Scotland (NRS) publish annual data on deaths by sex and age group on their websites.
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number women born in the 1950s who have died since the publication of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's findings (HC 638) on 21 March 2024.
Answer: The Department has made no such assessment.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNoise: Pollution ControlHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the duty of the police to limit the use of amplified noise (a) on multiple occasions, (b) at extreme volumes and (c) in public places, whether in support of (i) political or (ii)
Answer: The Government is committed to upholding the right to lawful protest, while ensuring that legislation across the framework of public order maintains a balance between freedom of expression and the need to protect the public from serious disruption or harm...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing immunity from prosecution of perpetrators of crimes during the Troubles on their likelihood of (a) giving and (b) withholding testim
Answer: The provisions in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 on immunity were found to be incompatible with our human rights obligations and never commenced. Those provisions were, in any case, opposed by political parties, by vict...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Nationality and Proof of IdentityHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum of 17 November, Official Report column 468, what percentage of migrants arriving in the UK by illegal means in each
Answer: This information is not available in an easily accessible format.However, the Home Office does publish statistics on irregular migration, which include data on Inadequately Documented Arrivals (IDAs). IDAs refer to passengers arriving in the UK by air who...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will answer Question 85056 on Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments, tabled on 26 October for named day response by 30 October.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 November 2025 to Question 85056.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop a plan to organise children’s palliative care services on a similar basis to the Operational Delivery Networks in use for neonatal care.
Answer: The Department and NHS England are currently working at pace to develop plans on how best to improve the access, quality, and sustainability of all-age palliative care and end of life care in line with the 10-Year Health Plan.We will closely monitor the s...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: EmbassiesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British Embassy in Beijing has been affected by intermittent water supplies; and whether that Embassy has experienced similar issues that have affected its operat
Answer: We do not recognise those reports.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the number of hotels that (a) were used and (b) will be used to house asylum seekers in New Forest East constituency in 2025.
Answer: The Home Office has been clear that the use of hotels is a temporary and short-term measure to ensure we meet our statutory obligation to accommodate destitute asylum seekers, while we tackle the systemic challenges due to the previous government’s decisi...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: Public RecordsHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 83220 on Army: Public Records, with regards to the criteria of (a) national security, (b) international relations and (c) sensitive personal data,
Answer: Although it is Government policy to neither confirm nor deny whether an individual has been subject to investigation by the Security Service, an exception to this policy allows the Security Service to release files to The National Archives that are at lea...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEar, Nose and Throat Conditions: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent representations he has received from ENT UK on the decision by NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board to refuse all future referrals for (a) septoplasty and (b) other sep
Answer: The Department has received correspondence about the NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board’s (ICB) recent decision from ENT UK along with the British Rhinological Society, the Association of Otolaryngologists in Training, the British Socie...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what evidential basis the minimum age for free covid-19 inoculations to be offered by the NHS, other than for people with particular vulnerabilities, was set at 75; and what information his Depa
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19 through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).The primary aim of the national COVID-19 vaccination programme remains the...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOmaveloxoloneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the difference in availability of Omaveloxolone (Skyclarys) as a treatment for Friedrich's ataxia in (a) Scotland and (b) England a
Answer: The Department has made no assessment of the reasons for the difference in the availability of omaveloxolone (Skyclarys) as a treatment for Friedrich's ataxia in Scotland, England, and Wales.Decisions on the availability of medicines are taken by the resp...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Management Companies: LicensingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to require property management companies to need a licence to operate which can be withdrawn in the event of (a) abusive, (b) negligent and (c) fina
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 77534 on 17 October 2025.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPsilocybin: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received evidence on the potential clinical use of psilocybin under controlled conditions to treat serious psychiatric illness; whether his Department has made an assessment of the p
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department and regulates medicine, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion in the United Kingdom, with responsibility for ensuring medicines meet ap...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPsilocybinHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has recently received representations from the (a) Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, (b) Royal College of Psychiatrists and (c) Department of Health on the potential clinical use of
Answer: No recent representations on the potential clinical use of psilocybin to treatpsychiatric illness have been made to the Home Office by the AdvisoryCouncil on the Misuse of Drugs, Royal College of Psychiatrists or theDepartment of Health and Social Care.Th...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNational SecurityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department applies in classifying a country as (a) posing a threat to and (b) constituting an enemy of the United Kingdom; and whether those criteria includ
Answer: National security is the first duty of any government. The National Security Council ensures that Ministers consider national security in the round and in a strategic way. Robust intelligence analysis of any activity that might undermine our security unde...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Inquiries: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85685More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken by public inquiries investigating specific adverse events in the last five years on (a) analysing past errors, (b) making preventative recommendation
Answer: The Government is committed to righting past wrongs and working to ensure victims get answers. Inquiries shed light on injustices of the past, provide a means for victims and survivors to finally have their voices heard, and can help to rebuild trust in n...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: Performance AppraisalCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85060More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what structures are in place for annual performance reviews for senior civil servants; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of those arrangements on (a) adequate scrutiny and (b) enhanced prod
Answer: Members of the Senior Civil Service (SCS) are subject to an annual performance review process, governed by the central SCS performance management framework published on Performance management framework for the Senior Civil Service (2025 to 2026 performanc...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85059More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many quangos his Department has dealings with; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the number of these bodies.
Answer: ‘Quangos’ is an obsolete term. They are now called Arm’s Length Bodies. The list of all Government Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) can be found here [https://co-public-bodies.github.io/ALB_Landscape_Analysis_2023_24/08%20profilePagesIndex.html] along with the ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public BodiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the extent to which the functions of (a) national parks, (b) Natural England, (c) the Environment Agency and (d) Forestry England
Answer: The Government is conducting a full review of all Arm’s Length Bodies. This review is ongoing, and the outcomes will be published in due course. However, as National Parks are not classified as Arm’s Length Bodies, they are not included in the review.
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: LGBT+ PeopleMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking enable veterans who were dismissed from the Armed Forces on the basis of their sexuality to have their service records amended to reflect their treatment.
Answer: Service personnel who were dismissed from the Armed Forces on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, can apply to have their discharge qualified. This qualification of administrative discharge will set right the reco...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
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