Julian Lewis MP: written questions
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Palliative 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
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre's report entitled National Prostate Cancer Audit State of the Nation Report 2025, published in October 2025, what assessment his Dep
Answer: The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing prostate cancer earlier, and treating it faster, so that more patients survive.The National Cancer audits are an essential tool in understanding variation in access to treatment...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: Public RecordsHome OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October to Question 81237 on Army: Public Records, for what reason his security service personal file (PF 44288) has not been made available by her Department for release
Answer: Government records are normally opened at the National Archives when they are 20-years old but, where they exist, some records are retained or closed, in line with the requirements of the Public Records Act 1958, in order to protect national security, int...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational ParksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2025 to Question 77959 on Landscapes Review, if he will make it his policy to maintain the Protected Landscapes duty as enacted through the L
Answer: The government has no plans to repeal the Protected Landscapes duty.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: Public RecordsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the personal file (PF44288) relating to Major General JFC Fuller has not been made available by his Department for release to the National Archives.
Answer: Under the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Service Records Project approximately 10 million Service records of personnel with a date of birth prior to 1 January 1939, are in the process of being transferred from the MOD to The National Archives for permanent pre...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational ParksDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 77959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received from the Campaign for National Parks on the effectiveness of the Protected Landscapes Duty, introduced under the Levelling Up and Regenerat
Answer: The Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Defra and MHCLG Secretaries of State and the Minister for Nature received a letter from the Campaign for National Parks on 7 October 2025 titled ‘Do not weaken the laws protecting National Parks an...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordShipbuilding: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 77958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the contract to build small craft to support the Royal Navy was awarded to a foreign shipbuilder; and what British-based firms competing for that contract had their bids rejected.
Answer: The contract in question is a sub-contract awarded by Serco to procure 24 new vessels for the Royal Navy. This sub-contract is part of the Defence Marine Services In-Port Services contract between the Ministry of Defence and Serco, and accounts for less t...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of PSA tests have (a) accurately diagnosed, and (b) given false (i) negative and (ii) positive diagnoses for prostate cancer in the most recent year for which figures a
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England collects diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. NDRS does not hold information on the specific results of the prostate specific antigen test in the format requested.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on (a) routine PSA testing for males in specific age categories and (b) the reimbursement of GP practices by the NHS for providing PSA tests; and whether he has made an assessmen
Answer: There is no age limit on prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests.Advice for general practitioners (GPs) called the Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme provides information and guidance for GPs to counsel asymptomatic men about the potential benefits a...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with specialist bodies on the Warm Homes Plan; and when he plans to (a) publish and (b) implement the Plan.
Answer: The previous Minister for Energy Consumers had discussions with industry, local government and devolved governments in the development of the Warm Homes Plan.As the first step towards the Warm Homes Plan, the government committed an initial £3.4 billion o...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
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