Laurence Turner MP: written questions 2025
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Latex: AllergiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of measures in the Rhode Island Latex Gloves Safety Act 2024 to help prevent latex allergy harm in England.
Answer: The Department is working closely with a range of stakeholders across the Government, the National Health Service, voluntary organisations, and patient representative groups to consider how allergy care and support could be improved.The Expert Advisory Gr...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBirmingham New Street StationDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment Network Rail has made of the potential impact of (a) the reopening of the Camp Hill Line and (b) the May 2026 timetable change on capacity constraints at Birmingham New Street.
Answer: West Midlands Combined Authority produced a Full Business Case for delivery of Moseley, Kings Heath and Pineapple Road stations on the Camp Hill line. The stations facilitate a range of transformational benefits to the region including job creation, new s...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP Hewell: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults by prisoners on (a) prison officers and (b) other prison staff were recorded at HMP Hewell in each of the last five years.
Answer: Please see the attached table showing the number of incidents of assault on (a) prison officers and (b) other prison staff at HMP Hewell in each of the last five years, and accompanying notes.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP Hewell: StaffMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the employee (a) vacancy and (b) turnover rates were at HMP Hewell in each of the last five years by (i) prison staff and (ii) prison officers.
Answer: The latest published workforce statistics for HM Prison & Probation Service cover the period up to 30 September 2025 and contain figures for the last five years for working days lost, average staff and average working days lost for each public sector ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP Hewell: StaffMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent days were lost to sickness absence at HMP Hewell in each of the last five years by (a) prison officers and (b) other prison staff.
Answer: The latest published workforce statistics for HM Prison & Probation Service cover the period up to 30 September 2025 and contain figures for the last five years for working days lost, average staff and average working days lost for each public sector ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBrsk: Data ProtectionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the broadband provider BRSK has recently contacted her Department regarding a customer data breach.
Answer: BRSK has not recently contacted my department regarding a customer data breach. I understand BRSK has reported a data breach to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent regulator for the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regul...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Season TicketsDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of ticket sales for season tickets from (a) Longbridge, (b) Northfield and (c) Kings Norton to (i) Birmingham stations, (ii) Redditch and (iii) Bromsgrove in
Answer: The number of season tickets is shown below OriginDestinationNumber Of Season TicketsLongbridgeBirmingham stations1,369LongbridgeBromsgrove162LongbridgeRedditch216NorthfieldBirmingham stations2,001NorthfieldBromsgrove15NorthfieldRedditch93Kings NortonBirm...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment the Government has made of the feasibility of replacing animal testing in the UK with Non-Animal New Approach Methodologies (NAMs); and if this will be reflected in the
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield to the answer of 01.12.2025 to Question 92600.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merit of redirecting existing funding and resources to support the transition to Non-Animal New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to support
Answer: The Government’s publication “Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods” is supported by new funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology including £30 million t...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to monitor and report on its progress towards phasing out animal testing; and whether industry stakeholders will be involved in assessing the effectiveness
Answer: We will establish governance structures to oversee strategy delivery, including a cross-governmental Ministerial group on alternative methods, chaired by the Science Minister, key performance indicators (KPIs) and a publicly available dashboard of progres...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the determination of the future of Birmingham's PFI roads contract.
Answer: The Department has taken careful note of the High Court ruling relating to the previous Government’s decision not to support the PFI arrangements for Birmingham City Council’s highway maintenance services.The Department has subsequently conducted a consul...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices IndexCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95845More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to item 2.1 of the minutes of the 25 April 2025 meeting of the Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices (Stakeholder), what recent progress the Office for National Statistics has made on evaluating the p
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of the 1st December is attached.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCost of Living: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95844More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress the Office for National Statistics has made on the development of the Household Costs Indices.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of the 1st of December is attached.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Greater ManchesterDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of an annual standard class rail season ticket was between Rochdale and Manchester stations in (a) 2010 and (b) 2024.
Answer: The standard class annual rail season ticket between Rochdale and Manchester was (a) £900.00 in 2010 and (b) £1,396.00 in 2024.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the reopening of the Camp Hill line in Birmingham.
Answer: My officials are in regular contact with West Midlands Rail Executive and the West Midlands Combined Authority, who are reopening the Camp Hill line with three new stations at Moseley, Kings Heath and Pineapple Road.Construction is close to completion; th...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOctopuses: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to prevent the importation of factory farmed octopus food products.
Answer: We have no current plans to prevent the import of farmed octopus products to the UK.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the National Rail Fares Manual database is free to use by the general public through (a) download and (b) programmatic query.
Answer: The National Rail Data Portal provided by National Rail allows registered users to access railway data on fares. Where users are requesting high volumes of data, the Terms and Conditions outlines that charges apply for high volume usage in some instances.
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Network Rail's spreadsheet published on 2 February 2022 entitled Payments for disruption on the railway, if Network Rail will publish an updated version of that table.
Answer: Network Rail publish information to meet their statutory obligations and where it would be valuable to the public. They aim not to duplicate information published elsewhere (for instance on their Safety Central site, their Annual Report and Accounts, or t...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: StrikesDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the number of railway strike days, broken down by year; and what is the first year for which such records are held.
Answer: Published Office of Rail and Road data reports that there were 52 national strike days between April 2022 and March 2024.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83545 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, if he will publish a version of that table covering each year for which his Department holds equivalent data
Answer: The spend by the Department for Work and Pensions on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme is included for the available years in a table below. Financial yearCost (£000s) in nominal terms1993/94261994/95171995/96-1996/9791997/98121998/99-1999/00602000/0160,...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordA38: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with National Highways on reactivating the overnight lights on the Rubery flyover on the A38.
Answer: Street lighting on this section of the highway is the responsibility of the local highway authority rather than National Highways. It is for each local highway authority to assess which parts of its network require attending to and to what standards based...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuses: ProcurementDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number Yutong buses ordered for operation in the UK by operator.
Answer: The Department holds partial information on the number of Yutong buses ordered for operation in the UK. The information in the table below is correct as of November 2025 for England only, taken from projects which the Department has funded. This includes ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: NeurodiversityDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Birmingham are part of the partnerships for inclusion of neurodiversity in schools programme.
Answer: Listed below are the schools in Birmingham which are part of the partnerships for inclusion of neurodiversity in schools programme (PINS).Birmingham Local Authority Schools participating in PINS:Local authority areaYear 1 - 2024/25Year 2 - 2025/26Birmingh...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Centre for Defence Medicine: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of constructing Glenart Castle Mess in Longbridge.
Answer: Glenart Castle Mess was constructed in July 2017. The total construction time for the entire project, including planning/prebuild and post-building works was from 2014 to 29 September 2017. The capital cost of the construction of Glenart Castle Mess in Lo...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament record5CA: CybercrimeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the recent 5CA data breach on protecting consumers online.
Answer: As the UK's independent regulator for data protection, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is responsible for monitoring compliance with the UK's data protection legislation and investigating complaints regarding breaches of the legislation. The I...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
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