Kevin McKenna MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Polio: Disease ControlForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with (a) the World Health Organization, (b) Gavi and (c) the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to help eradicate polio.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to question 76022 on 17 September 2025.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the names of a child's parents or legal guardians within the body of their passport.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces CovenantMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to introduce a (a) formal and (b) accessible complaints system for veterans when public bodies fail to meet their obligations under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) remains committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community under the Armed Forces Covenant. Work is currently underway to put the Covenant fully into law, meaning that the Legal Duty will apply across a broad range of policy ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to reach a decision on the immigration status application of children born in the UK whose biometric enrolment has been completed; and what measures a
Answer: There are a range of immigration routes through which children who are born in the UK may apply for and obtain Leave to Remain. Information about our service standards for specific immigration routes can be found at:Customer service standards - GOV.UK.An ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPatients: TravelDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards his Department has put in place to protect patients being transported to hospital by private patient transport companies on behalf of local NHS integrated care boards.
Answer: Health and social care service providers that carry out a regulated activity in England must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Providers of ambulance and other transport services usually need to register for the regulated activity ‘Tra...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the the approval process of (a) high tariff drugs (b) the use of Obinutuzumab in patients with lupus who have experienced severe infusion reactions with rituximab.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that makes recommendations on whether new licensed medicines, including high cost medicines, should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England, based o...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the timely approval of high-tariff drugs for use in (a) specialised commissioning and (b) repurposed treatments.
Answer: To market a medicine in the United Kingdom, a company must secure a marketing authorisation or ‘licence’ from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. Newly-licensed medicines, including licence extensions for existing medicines, are appra...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: TransportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the Integrated National Transport Strategy.
Answer: Ministers and senior officials from the Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Transport have a range of discussions about policy issues of interest to both Departments. We expect to work closely together to ensure that health can be appr...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including improving health as a key theme in the Integrated National Transport Strategy.
Answer: The Integrated National Transport Strategy will set the long-term vision for transport in England, focusing on how transport should be designed, built and operated to better serve the people who use it. The strategy’s scope is still being determined, but ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisonsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve transitions between closed and open prisons; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) resources allocated to the open estate, (b) the (
Answer: There are 13 Category D (or “open”) prisons in the adult male prison estate, as well as two open units linked to closed establishments. There are two open prisons in the women’s estate. HM Prison & Probation Service has developed and implemented a ‘Na...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of delivering universal fracture liaison services by 2030 on (a) patients and (b) the NHS; and what the annual cost to the public purse wil
Answer: The Government and NHS England support the clinical case for services which help to prevent fragility fractures and support the patients who sustain them. According to the Fracture Liaison Service Database 2022, at least 60 Trusts in England had access to...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
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