Liz Jarvis MP: written questions 2025
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Defibrillators and Heart PacemakersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the provision of pacemakers and implanted defibrillators.
Answer: The volume of implantable devices purchased by cardiac providers has increased by 22% in 2024/25, when compared with the same period in 2023/24. Commissioned providers determine the need for cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation using ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Home Country NationalsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to monitor the safety and well-being of family members of individuals who worked with the UK Government in Afghanistan prior to Taliban rule.
Answer: We are continuing to support eligible Afghans who worked with us to resettle in UK. His Majesty's Government has welcomed over 31,000 eligible individuals, including family members, to the UK and continue to support relocation of the remaining eligible Af...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to Personal Independence Payments on blind and partially sighted people.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is assessed on needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability rather than the health condition or disability itself. Individuals can be impacted by their health conditions in different ways and the assess...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for an administrative review of a visa decision between July 2024 and March 2025.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. Current timescales for processing administrative...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the administrative review backlog.
Answer: Caseworking resource for administrative reviews has doubled since 2021/22, which was the first of consecutive years of significantly increased demand. 2023/24 saw a 50% increase in AR applications compared to the previous year, and intake through 2024/25 ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeat Products: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Trade Strategy will establish animal welfare standards that imports will be required to meet.
Answer: I refer the member for Eastleigh to the answer I provided to UIN 20696 on 20th December 2024.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Supporting people to work through jobcentres, published on 31 March 2025, what steps her Department plans to take to increase the number of jo
Answer: We are reforming both the welfare and employment support systems to make best use of our work coaches’ time, ensuring a system that is fit for purpose. We are targeting support where it is needed most to tackle ill-health and disability-related economic i...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide bespoke protections for (a) the River Itchen and (b) other chalk streams; whether he plans to use planning reforms to support the protection of chalk stream
Answer: The River Itchen is already designated as a Special Area of Conservation and many of our chalk streams benefit from some form of designation. Chalk streams can be considered when setting the outcomes for a future system of environmental assessment. This G...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEarwax: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support integrated care boards to offer ear wax removal services for patients when the ear wax is contributing to (a) hearing loss and (b) other symptoms.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission cost-effective healthcare to meet the needs of their local population. This includes the arrangement of services for ear wax removal.Manual ear syringing is no longer advised by t...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: LymphoedemaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to (a) compression treatment and (b) other follow-up care for women with arm lymphoedema after breast cancer treatment.
Answer: No assessment has been made on the adequacy of access to compression treatment or follow-up care for women with arm lymphoedema after breast cancer treatment.Local health service commissioners – through Integrated Care Boards - determine what lymphoedema ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to increase online safety for children and young people.
Answer: The government is implementing the Online Safety Act as quickly and effectively as possible, so children can be protected from criminal behaviour and harmful content online.The illegal content duties are now in force, so platforms already need to act to p...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the 1.7% increase in benefits that are linked to inflation from April 2025 for disabled people receiving a state pension.
Answer: Attendance Allowance (which provides support for pensioners with care needs) has been consistently uprated in line with inflation since it was introduced and will be increased by 1.7% from April 2025. This means that the higher rate of Attendance Allowanc...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: WomenWomen and EqualitiesTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903274More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help women re-enter the workforce.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the challenges women face in the labour market, whether they want to find a job, return to work, or progress in-work. We are driving this forward through the support measures in the Employment Rights Bill, Make Work...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: EastleighDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental patients in Eastleigh constituency will benefit from the 700,000 extra urgent appointments.
Answer: We will deliver 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments per year, with integrated care boards (ICBs) asked to start making extra appointments available from April 2025. The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including National Health...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordListed BuildingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to allow heritage-appropriate alternative materials to be used for listed properties in instances where traditional materials are (a) unavailable a
Answer: It is for local planning authorities to determine applications for proposed works to listed buildings, including what materials should be used. Each case will be different and needs to be considered on its own merits. As such, the government does not inte...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to remove barriers for families of non-UK Armed Forces personnel to stay in the UK.
Answer: HM Armed Forces personnel are exempt from immigration control in service. Those who do not naturalise as British during service, can apply for settlement under Appendix HM Armed Forces of the Immigration Rules on discharge when their exemption from immigr...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals ServiceMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) legal authority and (b) procedural rules permit judges to withhold notes from employment tribunal hearings.
Answer: The provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 2018 do not apply to information gathered and personal data processed in proceedings before the courts and tribunals. Together these exemptions protect judicial independence...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPremium Bonds: British Nationals AbroadTreasuryTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33625More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new methods for expatriates to receive access to premium bond earnings without a UK bank account.
Answer: National Savings & Investments (NS&I) can only make payments to, and receive payments from, a UK bank or building society account in pounds sterling. Therefore, to save with NS&I, customers must have a UK bank or building society account in th...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to achieve the Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder in every area.
Answer: It is vital that children and young people with a diagnosed or suspected eating disorder, as well as their families and carers, can access effective help quickly. Given this, NHS England is in the process of publishing updated commissioning guidance for c...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordThatched RoofingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of thatching materials.
Answer: My Department has no plans to make an assessment of the availability of thatching materials at this time.Following discussion with the National Society of Master Thatchers, Historic England has updated its roof guidance to clarify the decision-making proc...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of nurses in acute inpatient mental health settings.
Answer: The National Health Service has been facing workforce shortages for a number of years and, while there has been growth in the mental health workforce over recent years, more is needed. That is why, as part of our mission to build an NHS that is fit for th...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Hospital BedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the number of beds provided for Psychiatric Intensive Care Units in (a) Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust and (b) other trusts.
Answer: We have no plans to currently do so. The 2025/26 Planning Guidance sets a requirement for integrated care boards (ICBs) to reduce the average length of stay in adult acute mental health beds, improving the availability of local beds and reducing inappropr...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOff-payroll WorkingTreasuryTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30254More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will undertake a review of the effectiveness of the off-payroll working rules.
Answer: The Government keeps all tax policy and legislation under review as part of the Budget process. HMRC published both external research and internal analysis looking at the impacts of the reform to the off-payroll working rules in the private and voluntary ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordStamp Duty Land Tax: First Time BuyersTreasuryTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29993More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend the Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday for first-time buyers who sign a memorandum of sale before 31 March 2025.
Answer: In September 2022, the previous Government announced a change to the level at which first time buyers start paying Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) from £300,000 to £425,000, and the purchase price limit for accessing the relief is currently £625,000. These cha...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Broadcasting: RadioDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support access to spectrum for (a) new entrants and (b) underrepresented groups under the Community Radio Order 2025.
Answer: The community radio sector is a key part of the UK radio landscape – there are now around 320 analogue (AM / FM) services, plus a further 75 unique community digital services that exclusively broadcast on small-scale DAB to local communities across the UK...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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