Liz Jarvis MP: written questions
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Attendance Allowance: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor the quality of paid services offering assistance with Attendance Allowance applications.
Answer: Free help, support and advice on claiming Attendance Allowance is widely available, including on GOV.UK, from DWP, and organisations such as Age UK. There is no need for claimants to pay for advice and support with benefit applications.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve (a) universal, (b) targeted and (c) specialist speech, language and communication support for children in schools.
Answer: The department is working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to improve access to community health services, including speech and language therapy, for children and young people with special educational needs and disabil...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHunting: TourismDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in addition to banning trophy hunting imports, what further plans she has to prevent British firms from selling hunting holidays.
Answer: The Government is committed to banning the import of hunting trophies from species of conservation concern, which is the most effective approach the Government can take on this matter. The department continues to engage with relevant stakeholders to ensur...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: HampshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase support for voluntary and charitable organisations providing dementia support services in Hampshire.
Answer: The provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs), and may include services provided by voluntary or charitable organisations. We expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs,...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97819More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of the removal of business rates relief and the business rates revaluation on high street businesses.
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGurkhas: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to review documentation made public following the expiry of the 20-year confidentiality period relating to gurkha pensions and their alignment to British military standards.
Answer: This Government holds the Gurkhas in the utmost esteem and greatly values their exceptional and lasting contribution to the United Kingdom. Their courage, loyalty, and commitment have been an integral part of the British Armed Forces for more than 200 yea...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade: DirectoriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of compelling online trade directories to require tradespeople to verify and display waste carrier licences.
Answer: We recently announced plans to tighten up the regulation of those who transport and manage waste services, moving them from a light-touch registration system into environmental permitting. This will give the Environment Agency a greater range of powers an...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPodiatry: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure ICBs offer routine podiatry surgeries.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services that meet the needs of their local populations, including podiatry and related surgical interventions where clinically appropriate. NHS England has issued guidance to ICBs to ensure ...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the forthcoming HIV Action Plan will strengthen awareness of HIV risk among women.
Answer: The new HIV Action Plan, published on World AIDS Day on 1 December 2025, sets out how the Government will enable every level of the healthcare system to work together to engage everyone in prevention, testing, and treatment, tackle stigma, and reach our a...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for Child Maintenance Service appeals that proceed to a Tribunal.
Answer: Data on Tribunals performance is published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly basis. Receipts, disposals and the outstanding caseload for individual Chambers in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, the Employment Tribunal and the Employment ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to parliamentary question 78887 answered on 20 October, whether freight traction decarbonisation is within the scope of its long-term infrastructure and rolling stock strategy.
Answer: The main focus of the strategy will be on the future needs for passenger rolling stock, and for associated changes to the railway infrastructure. However, within the strategy, the approach to decarbonisation will also need to take account of the needs of ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSupported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions has he had with organisations that deliver supported accommodation on work for young people living in supported housing.
Answer: We acknowledge there is a challenge arising from the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit for working age customers (including young people) living in supported and temporary accommodation. We are considering options to improve work in...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCleft Palate: Dental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to dental care for people with a cleft.
Answer: We recognise that certain groups of patients may be more vulnerable to oral health problems, including patients with clefts.NHS England commissions services for children, young people, and adults with a cleft lip and/or palate. The patient pathway can sta...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Workplace PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department expects all eligible retired members of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme to receive their McCloud remedy payments; and what steps she is taking to expedite payments to retired teachers impacted
Answer: Capita, as administrator of the teachers’ pension scheme, is processing Remediable Service Statements (RSSs) for retired members affected by the McCloud remedy as quickly as possible. As of 15 October 2025, 69,798 RSSs have been issued to retired members....
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Ombudsman Service: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for complaints submitted to the Housing Ombudsman to be (a) processed and (b) resolved.
Answer: The Housing Ombudsman is independent of government.As its Sponsor Department, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government tracks its progress on delivery in line with Cabinet Office Standards for working in partnership.The Housing Ombudsman...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCycling: ChildrenDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to Bikeability cycle training for children.
Answer: The Department for Transport announced in February an additional £30 million to support the delivery of Bikeability cycle training to children across England in 2025/26. This includes funding to ensure sessions are accessible to people with additional nee...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85372More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing business rates relief for independent nurseries.
Answer: For early years (including maintained nursery schools), the Government funds local authorities to deliver the early years entitlements through the early years national funding formula (EYNFF) for the 3- and 4-year-old entitlement and a separate formula fo...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCare HomesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the challenges faced by not-for-profit care homes.
Answer: The Spending Review allows for an increase of over £4 billion of funding available for adult social care in 2028/29 compared to 2025/26, to support the sector in tackling any challenges they face. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities have the duty t...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increases in employers' National Insurance contributions on trends in levels of fees for care homes.
Answer: The Government took the cost pressures facing adult social care, including changes to employer National Insurance contributions and increases to the National Living Wage, into account as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCare WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to generate public recognition of the (a) contribution and (b) value of workers in the care sector.
Answer: Every day our 1.6 million-strong adult social care workforce provides vital care and support to people of all ages. The 2025/26 Adult Social Care recruitment campaign, Make Care Your Career, launched on 6 October 2025, and advertising is appearing on tele...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to remove the consideration of Armed Forces compensation from means testing for the Disabled Facilities Grant.
Answer: In England, we continue to fund the locally administered Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) which helps eligible older and disabled people on low incomes to adapt their homes. We have provided an additional £172 million across this and the last financial yea...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Armed Forces CovenantDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty across his Departmental responsibilities.
Answer: The Government’s election manifesto committed to placing the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law. During Armed Forces week in June, the Prime Minister announced that Military personnel, veterans, their families and the bereaved are to have their unique c...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces CovenantMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for the introduction of the Armed Forces Covenant into law.
Answer: The Government’s election manifesto committed to placing the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law. During Armed Forces week in June, the Prime Minister announced that Military personnel, Veterans, their families and the bereaved are to have their unique c...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT System: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77729 on Horizon IT System: Compensation, whether his Department has a timeline for when this process will be available to claimants.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that postmasters receive full and fair financial redress as quickly as possible. While we are not yet able to confirm a specific timeline due to the complexity of these cases where there is no evidence of shortfalls...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImitation Firearms: Imports and SalesHome OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is monitoring the (a) importation and (b) online sale of imitation firearms; and whether she plans to make an assessment of whether the online sale of imitation firearms contrav
Answer: The Government works closely with the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) to address any potential risks to public safety posed by the sale and possession of imitation firearms. The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 makes i...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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