Liz Jarvis MP: written questions
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Care Leavers: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce risks of suicide, self-harm and depression among care-experienced young people; and what plans she has to ensure continuity of mental health and wellbeing support for car
Answer: The department is committed to reviewing the shockingly high number of early deaths amongst care-experienced young people. As I stated in the House of Commons, at the beginning of the first ever National Care Leavers Month in November 2025, suicide and ea...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChild BenefitTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105814More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of Child Benefit claims that were suspended by HM Revenue and Customs on the basis of suspected emigration and were subsequently found to be compliant; what assessment she ha
Answer: HMRC’s Chief Executive wrote to the Treasury Select Committee on 14 November 2025 about this matter including the corrective action that HMRC has taken and its approach to redress. This letter was subsequently published by the Committee on 18 November 202...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDangerous DrivingHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure standardised training for police in reviewing Operation Snap submissions involving horses; and what assessment she has made of the consistency with which police forc
Answer: The Government takes road safety extremely seriously and is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.Police enforcements of motoring offences are operational matters for Chief Officers, who decide how to deploy available ...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: HorsesDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current driver education on equestrian safety; and if she will make it her policy to make equestrian safety a (a) mandatory and (b) assessable component of the (i
Answer: In 2022, the Highway Code was updated to improve the safety of all road users, particularly the most vulnerable. Key changes included the introduction of a Hierarchy of Road Users, which places greater responsibility on those who can cause the most harm, ...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordWomen against State Pension Inequality: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what correspondence he has received from the WASPI Campaign since 1 September 2025.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions receive a very large volume of correspondence on a range of issues including the PHSO’s investigation into the communication of State Pension age rises. We attach great importance to providing prompt and accurate repli...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes on 1950s-born women living in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: All women born since 6 April 1950 have been affected by changes to State Pension age. Estimates can be made using ONS 2021 Census Data on how many women born in the 1950s resided in each constituency in that year.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren's Play: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making play-based learning and continuous provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum.
Answer: The Curriculum and Assessment Review considered the extent to which the curriculum and the assessment system in England is fit for purpose and meeting the needs of children and young people. The government’s response set out key reforms to the national cu...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: Young CarersDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish a timeline for improvements in the identification of young carers in the school census; and whether she plans to take further steps to support accurate reporting of young
Answer: Information on young carers was first collected through the school census in spring 2023. Since then, we have seen year-on-year improvements in the identification of pupils who are young carers. The department continues to work closely with schools and th...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on achieving the Access and Waiting Time Standard for children and young people with an Eating Disorder.
Answer: The number of children and young people starting treatment for eating disorders has increased since the pandemic, rising from 8,034 in 2019/20 to 11,174 in 2024/25, an increase of almost 40%. This increase in demand has affected performance against the Ac...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 98528 on Schools: Speech and Language Therapy, what progress her Department has made in extending the Early Language Support for Every Child programme; and
Answer: In partnership with NHS England, the department has extended the Early Language and Support for Every Child (ELSEC) programme for the 2025/26 academic year, trialling new ways of working to better identify and support children with speech, language and co...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCybercrime and FraudHome OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to enhance the accessibility of reporting mechanisms for fraud and cyber crime.
Answer: A new and improved national police reporting service for fraud and cyber crime called Report Fraud went live on 4 December 2025, replacing the previous Action Fraud service. The new service will ensure that victims of fraud have the confidence and trust t...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to implement the recommendations set out in policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternativ
Answer: The Government’s new strategy sets out our long-term vision for a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumstances, achieved by creating a research and innovation system that drives the development and validatio...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the National Fire Chiefs Council on the adequacy of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-2027 to 2028-2029 funding formula fo
Answer: The Government recognises that the current fire funding formula was designed over a decade ago. In line with responses to the principles of reform consultation in December 2024, the Government updated the fire and rescue relative needs formula by using th...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHighway Code: PublicityDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action her Department is taking to help increase awareness of changes to the Highway Code introduced in 2022.
Answer: Injuries and fatalities from road collisions caused by driving are unacceptable, and this Government will work hard to prevent these tragedies for all road users.That is why on 7 January 2026, we published our new Road Safety Strategy, setting out our vis...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104997More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will consider establishing an Independent Commissioner to assess the claims of Equitable Life policyholders, the allocation of compensation, and the methodology used to distribute it.
Answer: The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016 under the approach put in place by the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition government. Further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is availabl...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGP Practice Lists: EastleighDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of GP-to-patient ratios in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: As of 30 November 2025, the median number of full time equivalent (FTE) doctors in general practice per 10,000 registered patients was 5.9 in the Eastleigh constituency. The England median was 5.6 FTE.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Armed Forces CovenantMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities give due regard to the Armed Forces Covenant.
Answer: Local authorities are bound by the Armed Forces Covenant when they discharge their housing and homelessness duties, and independent Returning Officers and Electoral Registration Officers support service personnel and their families to register and to vote...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure continuity of (a) assessments and (b) support across local authorities for children of service personnel with special educational needs and disabilities when families rel
Answer: All those with statutory responsibilities towards children of service personnel with special education needs and disability (SEND), should ensure that the impact of their policies, administrative processes and patterns of provision do not disadvantage suc...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ChildrenMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mobility associated with armed forces service on the educational continuity of the children of service personnel with special educational needs and disabilit
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is aware of the potential impact of Service related mobility on children with additional needs from Armed Forces families. December 2025 saw the publication of MOD commissioned research carried out by Oxford Brookes Universit...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBeer: EastleighDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help promote the growth of independent brewers in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises that independent breweries are essential to the diversity and character of our pubs. We have conducted a review of the beer market to determine whether there are any structural barriers preventing small breweries, the findings fr...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: EastleighDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support pubs with operating costs in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: My department works closely with hospitality businesses to assess impact of rising operating costs across energy, staffing, compliance and taxation. This includes regular engagement with the sector, including through the Hospitality Sector Council which p...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordYoung Carers: EastleighDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support young carers in school in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: Statutory guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’ states that all school staff should be alert to the potential need for early help for young carers and requires designated safeguarding leads to be trained to understand and respond to their needs. T...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSTEM Subjects: Further Education and EmploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure young people from all backgrounds can pursue a career in STEM.
Answer: Following the Curriculum and Assessment review, our new national curriculum and GCSEs will have improved coherence, specificity, sequencing, and will be grounded in the most important knowledge and disciplinary skills.We will take forward many subject-spe...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMaternity ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of transport accessibility on attendance at antenatal appointments and the take-up of routine vaccinations for babies; and what steps he is takin
Answer: The Government recognises that there are transport accessibility issues for families in underserved areas. That is why we are delivering on the vision for neighbourhood health set out in the 10-Year Health Plan to bring care closer to babies, children, an...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the adequacy of access to CAMHS services for children in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: The Department has made no assessment of the adequacy of access to children and adolescent mental health services for children in the Eastleigh constituency. The 10-Year Health Plan sets out ambitious plans to boost mental health support across the countr...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
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