Liz Jarvis MP: written questions 2025
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Cycling: 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
Original Parliament recordImitation 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
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