Laura Kyrke-Smith MP: written questions
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Written questions
Children: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help strengthen safeguarding arrangements in out-of-school settings.
Answer: This government is committed to safeguarding children and protecting them from harm, including in out-of-school settings (OOSS).The department has already updated guidance for providers and produced free e-learning, to support them in their legal duty to ...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGynaecology: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce gynaecology waiting lists, which include those who need a diagnosis of, and treatment for, endometriosis.
Answer: Reducing waiting lists is a key part of the Government’s Health Mission. We are committed to putting patients first by ensuring that they are seen on time and that they have the best possible experience of care. Our Elective Reform Plan (ERP), published i...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he plans to provide for treatments for secondary breast cancer in each of the next three years.
Answer: Decisions about the funding and provision of health services are the responsibility of local integrated care boards. Further details and allocations will be set out in due course. The National Cancer Plan, published 4 February 2026, has set out actions ai...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction AgreementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ratify the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Divers
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the response given to question 109027 on 5 February.
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure regulators, industry, academia, civil society and NGOs can contribute on equal terms to shaping and overseeing delivery of the strategy entitled, Repl
Answer: The Government consulted regulators, industry, academia and civil society during the development of the Replacing Animals in Science strategy and will continue to do so during strategy implementation, including via the Home Office-led forums. This include...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to track the progress of the 26 commitments, set out in the policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validatio
Answer: The Government’s strategy Replacing animals in science, commits to publish biennially from 2026 a list of alternative-methods research and development priorities, coalescing UK scientists around these areas and incentivising partnerships between research ...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to put in place a long term funding strategy for research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.
Answer: As set out in the Government’s final delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) that was published in July 2025, the Department has taken action to strengthen research capacity and capability for ME/CFS to...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure consistent application of NICE guidelines across Integrated Care Boards for the diagnosis and access to specialist care for the treatment of ME/Chronic Fatigue Syn
Answer: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines are evidence-based, informed by clinical expertise, and represent best practice. Healthcare professionals and integrated care board (ICB) commissioners are expected to take NICE guideline...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHighway CodeDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to raise awareness about new Highway Code rules.
Answer: Following updates to the Highway Code in 2022, the department ran large-scale THINK! advertising campaigns to raise awareness of the changes. Via the THINK! campaign, we are also running year-round radio filler adverts encouraging compliance with the guid...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordReligious FreedomHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 907056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide security protections for faith communities.
Answer: Protecting the right of all faith communities to worship in peace and without fear is fundamental.This year, the Government is investing £70.9 million to strengthen security at places of worship and other community sites.This includes an additional £10 mi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that food labelling accurately reflects animal welfare practices.
Answer: The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. All food sold on the UK market must comply with food labelling rules, which include the requirement for spe...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92394More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the number of unclaimed matured HMRC-allocated Child Trust Fund (CTF) accounts which are included within the total quoted in the HMRC press release on 30 September 2025 for all matured CTFs which have neithe
Answer: Information on Child Trust Funds is available in HMRC’s Annual Savings Statistics.https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2025We cannot answer each element of the 2 questions as HMRC does not receive a breakdown of unclaimed mat...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92393More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the number of unclaimed matured HMRC-allocated Child Trust Funds (CTF) which have been automatically transferred into Individual Savings Accounts at the direction of their account provider and without positi
Answer: Information on Child Trust Funds is available in HMRC’s Annual Savings Statistics.https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2025We cannot answer each element of the 2 questions as HMRC does not receive a breakdown of unclaimed mat...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: AylesburyDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for a driving test in Aylesbury; and when the backlog for those tests will be cleared.
Answer: The average waiting time in weeks, as of October 2025, at Aylesbury driving test centre (DTC) was 19 weeks. The average waiting time in weeks, as of October 2025, for other DTC’s that might serve customers in the area, are shown below: Bletchley – 24 week...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: FireworksDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the impact of noise from fireworks on (a) dogs and (b) other animals; and whether she plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing
Answer: The Government is continuing to engage with animal welfare stakeholders, businesses, consumer groups and charities on the impacts of fireworks, to inform any future action.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that closer alignment with the European Union on a Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Agreement does not adversely impact (a) animal welfare laws and (b) the
Answer: This Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and understands the strong sentiment that led to legislation to ban live exports going to slaughter. The UK-EU Common Understanding states that there will be a number of areas wher...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve collaboration across local authority borders on bus routes.
Answer: Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) already work closely together when tendering bus routes that cross shared boundaries, and in delivering their Bus Service Improvement Plans. There are also requirements set out in the Transport Act 2000 for LTAs to take ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: AylesburyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of palliative care services in Aylesbury constituency.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications. The statutory guidance states that ICBs, ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to publish a strategy to advance the use of alternatives to animal testing.
Answer: The Labour Manifesto commits to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”, which is a long-term goal.The government will publish a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to encourage collaboration between (a) industry, (b) researchers, (c) civil society and (d) the public on the most effective non-animal approaches to scientific
Answer: The Labour Manifesto commits to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”, which is a long-term goal.The government will publish a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will take steps to extend the eligibility criteria for the covid-19 booster vaccination for winter to include those who are clinically vulnerable in winter 2025-26.
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 th...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious FreedomHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will consider taking steps to protect religious communities that don't have a designated place of worship.
Answer: The government and police regularly work closely together to review threats and strengthen protection for communities against terrorism and hate crime.Work is currently underway to develop a new Faith Security Training scheme to raise awareness amongst fa...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislative steps she is taking to tackle illegal deforestation in supply chains; and what her planned timetable is for introducing a regulatory framework to tackle this issue.
Answer: The Government recognises the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government is currently considering its approach to addressing the impact of the use of forest risk commoditi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Housing: LivestockDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing its Animal Welfare Strategy; and if she will make it her policy to ensure that the Animal Welfare Strategy includes steps to e
Answer: We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently considering very carefully. This gove...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction AgreementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the 60th ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty by Morocco in September 2025.
Answer: The government introduced legislation on 10 September to enable the UK to proceed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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