Kieran Mullan MP: written questions
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Asylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the next intake of asylum seekers are expected to arrive at the Crowborough Training Camp.
Answer: The Home Office does not give a live commentary on the number of asylum seekers accommodated at accommodation sites. Site occupancy will be increased via a phased and incremental approach to full occupancy.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have left the site and not returned whilst accommodated at the Crowborough Training Camp.
Answer: Asylum seekers at the site are not detained, however the site is self-contained as essential services are provided on site to reduce the impact on local services through reducing the need for asylum seekers to leave the site.The Home Office does not give ...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are accommodated at Crowborough Training Camp.
Answer: The Home Office does not give a live commentary on the number of asylum seekers accommodated at accommodation sites.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers accommodated at Crowborough Training Camp are free to leave the site; and whether restrictions are placed on their movement into Crowborough and surrounding areas.
Answer: In accordance with current legislation, people with a valid pending claim for asylum are permitted to remain in the UK while their claim is being processed, and as they have permission to remain in the UK during that time, they cannot be routinely detaine...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Science and Technology about the potential for a respiratory Modern Service Framework to strengthen the UK’s life sciences ecosystem
Answer: The Government will consider long-term conditions for future waves of modern service frameworks (MSFs), including respiratory conditions. The criteria for determining other conditions for future MSFs will be based on where there is potential for rapid and...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s timeline is for deciding on the second wave of Modern Service Frameworks, and whether respiratory conditions will be considered.
Answer: The Government will consider long-term conditions for future waves of modern service frameworks (MSFs), including respiratory conditions. The criteria for determining other conditions for future MSFs will be based on where there is potential for rapid and...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a respiratory Modern Service Framework in reducing winter pressures on the NHS by simultaneously improving outcomes for long-term
Answer: The Government will consider long-term conditions for future waves of modern service frameworks (MSFs), including respiratory conditions. The criteria for determining other conditions for future MSFs will be based on where there is potential for rapid and...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) the number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Bexhill and Battle compared wi
Answer: The Government will consider long-term conditions for future waves of modern service frameworks (MSFs), including respiratory conditions. The criteria for determining other conditions for future MSFs will be based on where there is potential for rapid and...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to publish how many times court lists containing home addresses and dates of birth of individuals have been provided to organisations and individuals, by HM Courts & Tribunals Service, either centrally or via ind
Answer: Home addresses and dates of birth of individuals are not included in Crown Court, County Court, Family Court, High Court, lists of hearings, nor in lists of hearings in the Tribunals.Standard lists produced by the Magistrates’ Courts do contain the home a...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data protection safeguards are in place in relation to court lists containing home addresses and dates of birth of individuals, being provided to individuals and organisations by HM Courts & Tribunals Servic
Answer: Home addresses and dates of birth of individuals are not included in Crown Court, County Court, Family Court, High Court, lists of hearings, nor in lists of hearings in the Tribunals.Standard Lists produced by the Magistrates Court do contain the home add...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide a list of organisations and individuals that are provided court lists containing home addresses and dates of birth of individuals, by HM Courts & Tribunals Service, either centrally or via individual c
Answer: Home addresses and dates of birth of individuals are not included in Crown Court, County Court, Family Court, High Court, lists of hearings, nor in lists of hearings in the Tribunals.Standard lists of hearings produced by the Magistrates Court do contain ...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCourtsdesk: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to maintain the CourtsDesk database of court records.
Answer: Courtsdesk does not have a database of, or access to, court records. Criminal court case records are held in a variety of places including at individual courts, at The National Archives and by the Ministry of Justice. Neither the Ministry of Justice nor H...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBus Services: SchoolsDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 907851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to Bus Service Improvement Plan funding on school travel costs.
Answer: We are providing nearly £700 million per year to help local transport authorities deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans, including more than £29 million allocated to East Sussex County Council over the next three years. This funding can be used to h...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of new prisons places that will result from the building of prisons that received planning approval since 5 July 2024; what his proposed timetable is for these prison place
Answer: As set out in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031. Around 4,300 of these places have received planning permission since 5 July 2024. This includes f...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who are biologically (a) male and (b) female are housed in prisons designated for the opposite sex.
Answer: As of 1 February 2026, there were seven prisoners on E Wing, the separate unit for transgender women at HMP Downview.The information requested cannot be provided for the general female or male prison estates without breaching our legal obligations under d...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordProbation Officers: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers have been recruited since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Between 5 July 2024 and 30 September 2025, 55 qualified Band 4 probation officers joined HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). This figure reflects only those who already held the required qualification at the point of appointment.The majority of Band ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison Officers: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been recruited since 5 July 2024.
Answer: There have been 2,623 Band 3–5 prison officers who joined HMPPS between 5 July 2024 and 30 September 2025.This data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments in England and does not include Private Sector Prison establishments.
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to build new female prisons during this Parliament.
Answer: We are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031; we have already delivered more than 2,900 of these places since taking office.The 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy set out our ambition to establish a pipeline of ...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) statutory protections and (b) appeal mechanisms are available to people who are subject to charges arising from covenants imposed by freeholders.
Answer: Permission fees and administration charges should only be used where necessary and should cover only any reasonable costs incurred. Any fees and charges should be justifiable, transparent, and communicated effectively and that there should be a clear rout...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking you ensure that NHS workforce planning in England, including for the upcoming 10-year Workforce Plan, is independent and regular.
Answer: We have committed to publishing regular workforce planning. This will start with the 10 Year Workforce Plan, which will include updated workforce modelling and its underlying assumptions when published in spring 2026. The updated workforce modelling will ...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the numbers and distribution of specialists needed for Parkinson's care in the NHS across England.
Answer: Official National Health Service workforce statistics provide an overview of the total number of doctors in general specialties like neurology and geriatric medicine, rather than by sub-specialty or specific condition expertise. Therefore, the Department ...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist Parkinson’s nurses are employed in the NHS in England.
Answer: While the Department does not hold data specifically on the number of Parkinson’s specialist staff in England, we do hold data on the number of doctors working in the wider specialities of neurology and geriatric medicine. As of August 2025, there were 2,...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant geriatricians in England have specialist training in Parkinson’s disease.
Answer: While the Department does not hold data specifically on the number of Parkinson’s specialist staff in England, we do hold data on the number of doctors working in the wider specialities of neurology and geriatric medicine. As of August 2025, there were 2,...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant neurologists in England have specialist training in Parkinson’s disease.
Answer: While the Department does not hold data specifically on the number of Parkinson’s specialist staff in England, we do hold data on the number of doctors working in the wider specialities of neurology and geriatric medicine. As of August 2025, there were 2,...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Medical Council: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for professional complaints to the General Medical Council.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not made an assessment of the reasons for professional complaints to the General Medical Council (GMC).The GMC is the regulator of all medical doctors, physician assistants, and phys...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
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