Liz Jarvis MP: written questions
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DyslexiaDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national dyslexia strategy.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Eastleigh to the answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57810.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Accidents: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase public awareness of (a) frailty of and (b) fall prevention among people aged 65 and over.
Answer: The National Health Service website has public information and advice on fall prevention. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy’s (CSP) Get up and go – a guide to staying steady is a 32-page guide for the public and patients on how to prevent falls, and ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain, published on 5 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Departme
Answer: No separate assessment has been made.Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper’(opens in a new tab).Impacts of the proposed c...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdministration of Justice and Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) human rights and (b) justice in (i) fragile and (ii) conflict-affected states.
Answer: The UK is committed to promoting and advancing human rights and the rule of law internationally, securing accountability for those responsible for atrocity crimes, and protecting those most at risk in situations of conflict and crisis. This includes prote...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has produced an impact assessment on the potential impact of reductions in UK Official Development Assistance spending on international programmes that support wom
Answer: The UK remains committed to empowering women and girls around the world through our international work. We recognise that supporting women and girls is essential for development and we will continue to do so by using our voice to be a champion for women a...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for her Department to respond to Mandatory Reconsideration requests.
Answer: The median mandatory reconsideration (MR) clearance times have been provided for Universal Credit (UC), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) benefit decisions. To provide information ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAttendance AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to promote take-up of Attendance Allowance.
Answer: Attendance Allowance provides support for those with care needs in England and Wales, regardless of income and capital. It also gives rise to an additional disability amount in Pension Credit for those on low incomes. Some advisory organisations and local...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Cystic FibrosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will exempt people with cystic fibrosis from proposed changes to disability benefits.
Answer: The Pathways to Work Green Paper set out a broad package of reforms to health and disability benefits and employment support. We have committed to putting on the face of the Bill strong protections for the most vulnerable. We will protect the income of al...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on (a) levels of staff costs for homecare providers and (b) the delivery of social care
Answer: The Government assessed the impact of the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process. This assessment took account of a range of factors that could affect the ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAudiology: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for audiology assessments.
Answer: NHS England is supporting provider organisations and integrated care boards, who are the commissioners of audiology services, to improve performance and reduce waiting lists. This includes capital investment to upgrade audiology facilities in National Hea...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLanguages: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of students taking heritage language GCSEs in the academic year 2024-25.
Answer: Provisional data on GCSE entries for the 2024/25 academic year will be published by Ofqual on 12 June 2025.The department will publish provisional key stage 4 performance statistics for the 2024/25 academic year in October 2025.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for cardiology services.
Answer: The latest data from March 2025 show that 60.9% of waits for cardiology services are within 18 weeks, which is a 1.6% improvement on the same month in the previous year. While this shows progress, we know there is more to do.That is why, as well as our co...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer test results requested by secondary care are routinely shared with patients' GPs in a timely manner.
Answer: The Government is supporting NHS England to ensure that information on diagnoses and treatment, including cancer test results, are shared between services routinely and in a timely manner.NHS England has been supporting National Health Service trusts and ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: British Nationals AbroadDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review its policy on freezing state pensions for people who move abroad.
Answer: The Department has no plans to review such reciprocal social security agreements.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUkrainian Language: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce a Ukrainian language GCSE.
Answer: Decisions about which languages to offer at GCSE in England are taken by four independent awarding organisations – AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel and WJEC – rather than by central government. These organisations have the freedom to create a Ukrainian GCSE base...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: NurseriesDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many specialist SEND nurseries have (a) closed and (b) been replaced by a mobile SEND service since 2015.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.Under Section 6 of the Childcare Act 2006, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that the provision of childcare is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents in their area. Part B of the ’Early...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: EastleighDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of trains were delayed between London Waterloo and Eastleigh in each financial year between 2015 and 2025.
Answer: The number and proportion of services between London Waterloo and Eastleigh which arrived within 15 minutes of the timetabled arrival for each year between 2020-21 and 2024-25 is set out in the table below. The year to date position is given for 2025-26. ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce staffing shortages in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
Answer: This year the Department is investing an extra £688 million in children and young people’s mental health services. This will allow us to hire more staff, deliver more talking therapies, and get waiting lists down through our Plan for Change. Early interve...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCricket: HampshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces multi-million pound boost for grassroots cricket, published on 5 April 2024, how much and what proportion of that funding was
Answer: The Future of Cricket fund was publicly announced by the previous Government before the General Election but did not receive formal business case sign off nor any financial commitment.Future funding of sports facilities will be considered as part of the u...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBanks: AccessTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56403More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of bank branches moving to a counter-free system on accessibility.
Answer: The Government works closely with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the independent regulator of the UK’s financial services sector, to ensure that all customers get the right support with their financial products and services. The FCA requires firms...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will reintroduce a NHS dementia diagnosis target.
Answer: The Government remains committed to recovering the dementia diagnosis rate to the national ambition of 66.7% and agrees that timely diagnosis is vital to ensuring that people with dementia can access the treatment and support they need.The Darzi Investiga...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding certainty for schools over a multi-year period.
Answer: The overall core schools budget is increasing by £3.7 billion in the 2025/26 financial year, meaning that it will total £65.3 billion, compared to £61.6 billion in the 2024/25 financial year. This is a 6% overall increase.The government is considering how...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many dedicated mental health professionals are employed in secondary schools in (a) Hampshire and (b) Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: This government is committed to improving mental health support for all children and young people. This is critical to breaking down barriers to opportunity and helping pupils to achieve and thrive in education.Information on the numbers of staff employed...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable DevelopmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK is on track to meet United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Answer: The UK is committed to working with partners at home and abroad to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.The United Nations (UN) does not measure individual countries' progress towards the SDGs, but the collective gl...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Remuneration Review BodyHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered reviewing Police Remuneration Review Body processes to help increase (a) trust and (b) transparency in that system.
Answer: The Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) and Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) make recommendations to the Government on the appropriate level of pay and allowances for police officers. The pay review bodies gather and invite parties to submit evidence...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
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