Liz Jarvis MP: written questions
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Imitation Firearms: SalesHome OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the online sale of imitation firearms.
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
Original Parliament recordNHS: ParkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to update the NHS Car Parking Guidance 2022 for NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts.
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to review National Health Service car parking guidance. Free hospital car parking is available to the groups that are most in-need, including disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, the parents of sick childre...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Endowment FundHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Endowment Fund in reducing (a) youth violence and (b) knife crime.
Answer: The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) plays a central role in evaluating and supporting interventions aimed at reducing youth violence and knife crime. This is critical to us properly understanding the challenges of youth violence and knife crime and how to most...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUberDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of whether the processes used by Uber to deactivate drivers from its platform complies with UK employment law.
Answer: The Government does not make individual assessments of companies' compliance with employment law. The Supreme Court's 2021 ruling on Uber drivers established that many drivers should be classified as workers with corresponding rights under UK employment l...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing routine (a) blood glucose and (b) ketone testing for children presenting with symptoms consistent with Type 1 diabetes; and
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for providing guidance and quality standards on the treatment and care of diabetes in England. NICE NG18 guideline for type 1 and 2 diabetes provides clinical...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of school meal debt; and whether she plans to take steps to support families to reduce that debt in the child poverty strategy.
Answer: To help break down barriers to opportunity and tackle child poverty, the government will be extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. This will lift 100,000 children across England out ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHearing: TestingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS England’s processes for (a) identifying and (b) responding to concerns about the (i) quality and (ii) accuracy of children’s hearing test ser
Answer: In December 2021, a report was published into service issues in children’s hearing services in NHS Lothian. The report focused on whether children’s hearing tests were being conducted properly and were effectively followed up. Further problems with the di...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Sciences: Job CreationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of high-skilled jobs that will be created through the Life Sciences Sector Plan; and what steps he is taking to ensure that these will be distributed across regi
Answer: The Life Sciences Sector Plan sets out a long-term vision to grow the UK's life sciences sector and create high-skilled jobs nationwide. In 2023/24, the sector employed almost 360,000 people across the UK. Around 60% of employment in the sector is based a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: EqualityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to promote workplace diversity and inclusion.
Answer: DBT’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Framework - Embracing Fairness for All (2024-28) is aligned to the cross-Civil Service strategy and includes specific actions such as training to build inclusive line management capability. The framework sets out ou...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: EastleighDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of apprenticeship (a) uptake and (b) completion rates among businesses in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: The latest data on apprenticeship starts and achievements in the Eastleigh parliamentary constituency are published in the Apprenticeships statistics publication and can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permal...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department is providing to households to access home insulation schemes in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: The government is supporting the delivery of installation of fabric insulation across the country, including those households in Eastleigh, through schemes including the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (WH:SHF) and Warm Homes: Local Grant (WH: LG) The gov...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: EastleighHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in reported violent crime in Eastleigh constituency in the last 12 months.
Answer: Hampshire police recorded 3,350 violence against the person offences in Eastleigh in 2024/25, a 3% fall compared with the previous year (3,446 offences). This included one offence of homicide.We are progressing towards this Government’s mission to make ou...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: EastleighDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of ambulance response times in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises that in recent years ambulance response times have not met the high standards that patients should expect.We are determined to turn things around. Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26, backed by almost £450 million of c...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of mental health support within universities.
Answer: This government is committed to ensuring students in higher education (HE) have access to effective mental health support. This is why my noble Friend, the Minister for Skills, has recently appointed a new HE Student Support Champion to lead a reconvened ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLiterature: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue updated guidance to schools on the inclusion of (a) authors and (b) perspectives from diverse backgrounds on reading lists.
Answer: The national curriculum for English aims to ensure an appreciation of our rich and varied literary heritage. It emphasises the importance of listening to, discussing and reading a wide range of stories, poems, plays and non-fiction. While the curriculum d...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming Arts: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the use of acting performances to train AI-generated performers without (a) permission and (b)
Answer: The Government published a consultation on 17 December 2024, seeking views on several topics relating to the interaction between copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). Given the rise of AI-generated ‘digital replicas’, the consultation sought views o...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Tactile Installation Programme on rail accessibility for people with sight loss.
Answer: The development of the business and safety cases for the installation of platform edge tactiles showed there should be a significant reduction in the risk of accidents and injuries to visually impaired passengers, particularly at low footfall and unstaffe...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of telephone-based disability benefit assessments.
Answer: An assessment of whether each of the channels - telephone, video and face to face - for initial health assessments drive different award outcomes and impact Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) has recently been undertaken. The results will be published in ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorses: SlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to review the welfare of racehorses sent to slaughter in abattoirs.
Answer: The Government has no plans to specifically review the welfare of racehorses sent to slaughter in abattoirs. The British Horseracing Authority introduced a requirement in January 2022 that all domestically trained racehorses must be signed out of the food...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: AuditDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the exemption of small care companies from submitting audited accounts under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
Answer: The Government has delivered legislation which has increased the monetary size thresholds for micro-entities, small, medium-sized and large companies. This has extended access to the small companies audit exemption to 14,000 companies reclassified from be...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInsulationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to homeowners of removing spray foam insulation.
Answer: The Department has not made an estimate however continues to engage with the spray foam industry, lenders and consumer bodies to resolve the issues some homeowners are facing. It is important homeowners get proper independent advice, such as that availabl...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordConsent to Medical TreatmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review protocols around medical consent.
Answer: Consent to care and treatment is a regulated activity in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2009, which set out that the registered person must have suitable arrangements in place for obtaining, and acting in accordance...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mint: FinanceTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78894More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial performance of the Royal Mint in the last financial year.
Answer: The Royal Mint faced a challenging year in 2024-25, but took necessary steps to place the business on a sustainable footing. Over 60% of The Royal Mint’s reported losses were due to exceptional costs, including ending overseas coin production and a right-...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made in reaching its target to reduce average driving test waiting times to seven weeks by summer 2026.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On 23 April 2025, the Secretary of State for Transport announced that DVSA will take ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: RecruitmentDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new driving examiners have (a) been recruited and (b) completed training since the reforms to driving test availability announced in April 2025.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On 23 April 2025, the Secretary of State for Transport announced that DVSA will take ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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