Liz Jarvis MP: written questions 2025
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Hospitals: Air Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) safeguard and (b) improve hospital helipad access at all major trauma centres.
Answer: Air ambulances form a vital part of the emergency response to patients in critical need. The Department of Health and Social Care continues to work closely with NHS England and the Department for Transport to ensure that there is appropriate helipad acces...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) children experiencing Emotionally Based School Avoidance and (b) their families.
Answer: Tackling absence is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity. However, we recognise that some pupils face barriers to attendance, such as those who have mental health conditions, or who have special educational ne...
Answered 2 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of conditional selling by estate agents.
Answer: Figures relating to conditional selling by estate agents are not held by the department. It is unacceptable for estate agents to withhold offers from sellers because the potential buyer declines to use their additional services. Where there is evidence of...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: ExtortionHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect (a) children and (b) young people from online sextortion.
Answer: To tackle the growing threat of sextortion, the Home Office is funding law enforcement capabilities to combat this crime, such as through investment in the National Crime Agency (NCA), who use their unique capabilities to disrupt the highest harm offender...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service in the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: On 3 February, the Ministry published the 2025/26 Local Government Finance Settlement which sets out funding allocations for all local authorities including fire and rescue. Standalone fire and rescue authorities will see an increase in core spending powe...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordStream: LoansTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75115More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risks associated with loans offered through the app Wagestream to employees on low incomes.
Answer: As a consumer credit firm regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Wagestream must follow the FCA’s detailed rules on affordability checks. FCA rules mean that firms should only lend to consumers who can afford repayments and this should be bas...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPassenger Ships: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the decarbonisation of the cruise industry.
Answer: The Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy, published in March this year, sets out key UK policies to reach zero emissions by 2050. These policies will work alongside measures to reduce emissions from global shipping, which were agreed at the International Mar...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPowers of AttorneyMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the time taken to register a power of attorney.
Answer: The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) aims to register lasting powers of attorney (LPA) within eight weeks, including a legally required four-week notice period for objections. A backlog that built up during the COVID-19 pandemic was successfully cleare...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: RadicalismDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were referred to the Prevent duty in schools in the last 12 months; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of referrals on (a) ethnic minority pupils, (b) neurodiverse pupils
Answer: Annual Prevent Programme statistics are published by the Home Office each year and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individuals-referred-to-prevent-to-march-2024.The education sector, in the year ending 31 March 2024, made 2,788...
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) disabled people and (b) carers will be consulted on the outcomes of the Timms review.
Answer: The Timms review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, clinicians, experts, MPs and other stakeholders, so a wide range of views and voices are heard. This will include carers' organisations so that the voices of...
Answered 7 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPassportsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of the post-Brexit passport validity rules.
Answer: Since 1 January 2021, British Citizens are treated as third-country nationals under the EU's Schengen Border Code (SBC). This means that their passport issue date must be less than 10 years on entry and must be valid for at least three months after the da...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support services for eating disorders; and what steps his Department is taking to help prevent eating disorder deaths.
Answer: The Government recognises that the earlier that treatment is provided, the better the chance of short-term recovery.As part of our mission to build a National Health Service fit for the future, there is a critical need to shift treatment of eating disorde...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCapital PunishmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Government’s engagement with international partners on the use of the death penalty; and what steps his Department i
Answer: The UK Government is opposed to the death penalty, in all circumstances, as a matter of principle. We believe that the death penalty's use undermines human dignity, that there is no conclusive evidence of its deterrent value, and that any miscarriage of j...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Supported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Housing Benefit (a) earnings disregard and (b) taper rate on the work incentives of young people in supported accommodation; and wh
Answer: It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England will include measures to improve the early diagnosis of blood cancers.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers such as myeloma, as well as other unstageable cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, in order to improve out...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Air Zones: EnforcementDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of clean air zone enforcement policies.
Answer: Clean Air Zones work. Between 2019-2023, in the areas of cities that have a CAZ, NO2 concentrations have reduced by between 15% and 42%. Local authorities are responsible for the implementation and enforcement of Clean Air Zones, for example issuing Penal...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Children in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report entitled Moved During Exams, published by the charity Become; and what steps her Department is taking to ensu
Answer: Statutory care planning guidance is clear that everything should be done to minimise school changes and ensure transitions are well-planned and supported. Where a change is unavoidable, the child’s Personal Education Plan should set out arrangements to re...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTirzepatideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients prescribed Mounjaro privately are able to continue to access that treatment at an affordable cost.
Answer: As we shift the focus from treatment to prevention through our 10 Year Health Plan, we are determined to bring revolutionary modern treatments to everyone who needs them, not just those who can afford to pay.NHS England has worked with Eli Lilly to ensure...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71559More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the VAT rules that apply to the supply of medicines by (a) NHS and (b) private pharmacy services.
Answer: The supply of drugs is subject to VAT at the standard rate unless an exception applies. One of these exceptions is that the zero rate of VAT is applied when a drug is supplied to an individual for personal use on prescription and dispensed by a registered...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of NHS Trusts outsourcing pharmacy services to private providers on patient care.
Answer: The Department has not made any assessment of the potential impact of outsourcing National Health Service trust services to private pharmacies on the time taken to deliver prescriptions to customers or on patient care.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his small business plan of research published by Intuit QuickBooks in August 2025 entitled Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Ind
Answer: The Government published its Small Business Plan in July 2025 delivering the most comprehensive package of support for small and medium sized businesses in a generation The Plan outlines a series of actions, including unlocking access to finance, ending t...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: EastleighDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Office for National Statistics' dataset entitled CC02 Regional labour market, published on 12 August 2025, what steps she is taking to support young people into work in Eastleigh c
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring young people have access to the support they need to move into sustainable employment. DWP currently provides young people aged 16-24 with labour market support through an extensive range of interventions at a natio...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: VettingHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce processing times for Disclosure and Barring Service checks for care workers.
Answer: As an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Home Office, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent, responsible for the service it provides. It currently operates to formalised service standards of completing 85% of Bas...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCapital Punishment and TortureForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance in the prohibition of UK involvement in (a) torture and (b) the death pen
Answer: The Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) assessment is an essential tool to ensure that the UK's overseas security and justice assistance meets our human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) obligations, increases respect for the rul...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: Public Spaces Protection OrdersDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made of potential impact of the public spaces protection orders process on taxi and professional drivers.
Answer: The Home Office lead on Public Spaces Protection Orders policy. Public Spaces Protection Orders can be issued by local authorities to stop people committing anti-social behaviour in a public place. It is for local areas to decide how best to deploy these ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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