Kirith Entwistle MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities with Dedicated Schools Grant deficits.
Answer: The government recognises that local authorities are continuing to face significant pressure from the impact of Dedicated Schools Grant deficits on their accounts. Government will set out its ambitious plans for reform of SEND provision early in the new y...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Fair Funding Review methodology will take account of historic and projected cost pressures arising from SEND demand and associated Dedicated Schools Grant deficits wh
Answer: The Fair Funding review will introduce a fairer, evidence-based funding system that reflects local circumstances and directs more support to the most deprived areas, ensuring the best value for money for government and taxpayers. New methodology will ensu...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of unresolved Dedicated Schools Grant deficits on the ability of local authorities such as Bolton Council to benefit fro
Answer: The Fair Funding review will introduce a fairer, evidence-based funding system that reflects local circumstances and directs more support to the most deprived areas, ensuring the best value for money for government and taxpayers. New methodology will ensu...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of Dedicated Schools Grant deficits, including that of Bolton Council, for the implementation of the Fair Funding Review
Answer: The Fair Funding review will introduce a fairer, evidence-based funding system that reflects local circumstances and directs more support to the most deprived areas, ensuring the best value for money for government and taxpayers. New methodology will ensu...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government response to the Fair Funding Review consultation published on 20 November 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of cumulative
Answer: The government recognises that local authorities are continuing to face significant pressure from the impact of Dedicated Schools Grant deficits on their accounts. Government will set out its ambitious plans for reform of SEND provision early in the new y...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: North WestDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle water pollution at beaches in the North West.
Answer: The 2025 classification results are expected to be released on 25 November 2025.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: North WestDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk to children of developing (a) E. coli and (b) other serious diseases from water sources in the North West.
Answer: The 2025 classification results are expected to be released on 25 November 2025. Companies use tight process controls including filtration, coagulation, chlorine disinfection, and UV/ozone treatment where appropriate, with operational responses when raw w...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: North WestDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the prevalence of E. coli in water sources in the North West.
Answer: The 2025 classification results are expected to be released on 25 November 2025. Companies use tight process controls including filtration, coagulation, chlorine disinfection, and UV/ozone treatment where appropriate, with operational responses when raw w...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Lytham St AnnesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the risk of contracting E. coli from Lytham St Annes beach.
Answer: The 2025 classification results are expected to be released on 25 November 2025.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Lytham St AnnesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the water quality at Lytham St Annes beach.
Answer: The 2025 classification results are expected to be released on 25 November 2025.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of orders requiring dogs to be muzzled in public.
Answer: Defra is working with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to encourage responsible dog ownership, to ensure dog control issues are addressed before they escalate and to make sure the full force of the law is applied. As part of this wo...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the monitoring of orders requiring dogs to be muzzled in public.
Answer: Defra is working with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to encourage responsible dog ownership, to ensure dog control issues are addressed before they escalate and to make sure the full force of the law is applied. As part of this wo...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAssistance AnimalsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of penalties in place for dog-on-dog attacks involving service dogs.
Answer: It is an offence under section 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to allow a dog to attack an assistance dog. The maximum penalty for such an offence is three years imprisonment or an unlimited fine, or both. Defra is working with the police, local authorit...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAssistance AnimalsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of protections in place to prevent service dogs from attacks by other dogs.
Answer: It is an offence under section 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to allow a dog to attack an assistance dog. The maximum penalty for such an offence is three years imprisonment or an unlimited fine, or both. Defra is working with the police, local authorit...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAssistance AnimalsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect service dogs from attacks by other dogs.
Answer: It is an offence under section 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to allow a dog to attack an assistance dog. The maximum penalty for such an offence is three years imprisonment or an unlimited fine, or both. Defra is working with the police, local authorit...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the number of gambling adverts on people living in Bolton North East constituency.
Answer: Gambling adverts can appear across a significant range of channels from out of home billboards and social media, to complex dynamic or targeted adverts online. As such, the Department does not hold data on the number of gambling adverts published.This gov...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many gambling adverts were published in each year from 2019 to 2025.
Answer: Gambling adverts can appear across a significant range of channels from out of home billboards and social media, to complex dynamic or targeted adverts online. As such, the Department does not hold data on the number of gambling adverts published.This gov...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the proposals on gambling outlined in the letter sent to him by the Health and Social Care Committee on 8 May 2025.
Answer: The Department has responded to the letter from the Health and Social Care Committee in full. A copy of the Department’s response is attached.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of gambling adverts on people living in Bolton North East constituency.
Answer: Gambling adverts can appear across a significant range of channels from out of home billboards and social media, to complex dynamic or targeted adverts online. As such, the Department does not hold data on the number of gambling adverts published.This gov...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: ReligionDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2025 to Question 52388 on Teachers: Religion, what the first degree subjects the 80 percent of entrants to RE Initial Teacher Training who did not have their first degree in The
Answer: The following table shows the subject for the first degree of new entrants to religious education initial teacher training (ITT) in the 2024/25 academic year. Subject is as specified in the Higher Education Statistics Agency’s Common Aggregation Hierarchy...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55006More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government will release its publicly accessible dashboard that charts the progress of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.
Answer: The Government is committed to continuing to drive forward the implementation of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s 2024 recommendations, and the progress made on responding to these recommendations will be publicly available via a dashboard which is due to be ...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: ReligionDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of religious education teacher trainees held degrees in subjects other than religious education in the 2024-25 academic year; and if she will make an assessment of the potential imp
Answer: Religious education (RE) is not a degree subject recognised by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The closest subject in HESA’s Common Aggregation Hierarchy is theology and religious studies. In 2024/25, there were 444 new entrants to RE initi...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAntenatal CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pregnant women were accompanied by (a) the child's father and (b) their partner during (i) antenatal booking-in appointments and (ii) antenatal scans in the most recent 12 month period for
Answer: The Department does not hold information on how many pregnant women were accompanied by the child's father and their partner during antenatal booking-in appointments and antenatal scans.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPostnatal DepressionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times were the partners of women diagnosed with postnatal depression (a) engaged with and (b) assessed for their mental health by NHS mental health services in the most recent 12 month per
Answer: NHS England collects some management data on the mental health service offers made to partners. However, this data is not centrally validated.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of routinely (a) recording and (b) matching new fathers’ health records to those of their children.
Answer: The Department has not carried out a recent assessment of the merits of routinely recording and matching new fathers’ health records to those of their children.The Personal Demographics Service (PDS) can record many relationships, including 'mother', 'fat...
Answered 19 May 2025
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