Lee Anderson MP: written questions 2025
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Prisons: Translation ServicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the total cost of (a) translation and (b) interpretation services in the prison system for each of the last five years.
Answer: The requested information has been provided in the tables below.Translation:FYTranslationFY21-22£ 83,462.46FY22-23£ 137,213.31FY23-24£ 280,071.34FY24-25£ 328,526.54FY25-26£ 142,303.32Total £ 971,576.97 Interpreting:FY InterpretingFY21/22£ 133,776.35FY22/...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase police recruitment.
Answer: For 2025/26, we are providing a total of up to £376.8 million specifically to support officer headcount levels as set out in the Police Funding Settlement. This includes £270.1m which is administered through a ringfenced grant. Police and Crime Commission...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Anti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing stronger penalties for antisocial nuisance bikers.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for the Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission. We are giving police the powers they need to tackle anti-social driving in both rural and urban areas so that they will be able to more easil...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Anti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to give the police more powers to deal with antisocial nuisance bikers.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for the Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission. We are giving police the powers they need to tackle anti-social driving in both rural and urban areas so that they will be able to more easil...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpiking: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure perpetrators of spiking are (a) detected and (b) arrested.
Answer: Spiking is an abhorrent crime and illegal in any form, whether through food or drink, vape, or needle. It can affect anyone, at any time and in any setting, regardless of gender, sexuality or age.Between January 2021 and June 2023, the police received 19,...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people reported spiking incidents to the police in each of the last five years.
Answer: Spiking is an abhorrent crime and illegal in any form, whether through food or drink, vape, or needle. It can affect anyone, at any time and in any setting, regardless of gender, sexuality or age.Between January 2021 and June 2023, the police received 19,...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve reporting rates for incidents of spiking.
Answer: Spiking is an abhorrent crime and illegal in any form, whether through food or drink, vape, or needle. It can affect anyone, at any time and in any setting, regardless of gender, sexuality or age.Between January 2021 and June 2023, the police received 19,...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpiking: PublicityHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of spiking.
Answer: Spiking is an abhorrent crime and illegal in any form, whether through food or drink, vape, or needle. It can affect anyone, at any time and in any setting, regardless of gender, sexuality or age.Between January 2021 and June 2023, the police received 19,...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of victims reporting spiking to the police.
Answer: Spiking is an abhorrent crime and illegal in any form, whether through food or drink, vape, or needle. It can affect anyone, at any time and in any setting, regardless of gender, sexuality or age.Between January 2021 and June 2023, the police received 19,...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpiking: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support victims of spiking.
Answer: Spiking is an abhorrent crime and illegal in any form, whether through food or drink, vape, or needle. It can affect anyone, at any time and in any setting, regardless of gender, sexuality or age.Between January 2021 and June 2023, the police received 19,...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpiking: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) testing and (b) support in hospitals for victims of spiking.
Answer: The requested data is not collected centrally. NHS England does not routinely collect hospital admissions data specifically related to spiking, nor the number of tests conducted explicitly labelled as being for spiking in hospitals.The Home Office has pub...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpiking: TestingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tests for spiking were conducted in hospitals in England in each of the last five years.
Answer: The requested data is not collected centrally. NHS England does not routinely collect hospital admissions data specifically related to spiking, nor the number of tests conducted explicitly labelled as being for spiking in hospitals.The Home Office has pub...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTomographyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of offering CT scans to former miners.
Answer: No assessment has been made on the potential merits of offering computed tomography (CT) scans to former miners. As set out in the recently published Men’s Health Strategy for England, we will expand the existing Respiratory Pathways Transformation Fund i...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to diagnose Parkinson's.
Answer: We recognise the importance of a timely diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and remain committed to delivering the National Health Service constitutional standard for 92% of patients to wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment by March 2029. W...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of specialist Parkinson’s nurses.
Answer: We recognise the importance of a timely diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and remain committed to delivering the National Health Service constitutional standard for 92% of patients to wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment by March 2029. W...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurology: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce wait times to see a neurologist.
Answer: Cutting waiting lists is a key priority for the Government. We have exceeded our pledge to deliver an extra two million operations, scans, and appointments, having delivered 5.2 million more appointments across elective care services. This marks a vital f...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of cancer patients who could not afford to continue using their anticancer agent beyond its NHS availability.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based recommendations on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service based on an assess...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people who cannot afford anticancer treatment will continue to receive treatment beyond the stopping date of their anticancer agent being ava
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based recommendations on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service based on an assess...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of systems for determining the duration of NHS funding for anticancer agents.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based recommendations on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service based on an assess...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPembrolizumabDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making pembrolizumab available on the NHS for longer than two years.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based recommendations on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service based on an assess...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure anticancer agents can be offered on the NHS for the duration of people’s cancer treatment.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based recommendations on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service based on an assess...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with private social care providers on levels of challenges for their staff.
Answer: I regularly hold discussions with providers from across the social care sector, including private and voluntary sectors, and with local authority providers. This includes roundtables and site visits.Department officials also regularly engage with private ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: Supported HousingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support social care staff working in supported living accommodation.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role of social care staff working in supported living accommodation in enabling people to live independently with dignity.We are committed to transforming adult social care and supporting adult social care workers, turn...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 73667 on Schools: Interpreters and Translation Services, how many schools receive English as an additional language funding.
Answer: The schools national funding formula (NFF) allocates core funding for mainstream schools based on school and pupil characteristics. The English as an additional language (EAL) factor forms part of the NFF, accounting for 1.1% of the funding allocated thro...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 73667 on Schools: Interpreters and Translation Services, whether her Department plans to review the English as an additional language funding formula.
Answer: The schools national funding formula (NFF) allocates core funding for mainstream schools based on school and pupil characteristics. The English as an additional language (EAL) factor forms part of the NFF, accounting for 1.1% of the funding allocated thro...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
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