Liz Jarvis MP: written questions
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Community Care and Preventive MedicineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Primary Care Networks to deliver improved access to community-based and preventative care.
Answer: Primary care networks (PCNs) build on existing primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated, and more integrated health and social care for our communities. The introduction of PCNs helps to deliver economies ...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHighway Code: PublicityDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of measures taken to raise public awareness of changes to the Highway Code made in 2022, and whether increasing understanding of those changes will b
Answer: Following updates to the Highway Code in 2022, the department ran a THINK! campaign to raise awareness of the changes. This was followed by broader behaviour change campaigns in 2022 and 2023, to help embed the changes and encourage understanding and upta...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDangerous Dogs: Postal WorkersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to coordinate data collection across (a) police forces and (b) other public bodies to monitor dog attacks on postal workers, and if she will hold di
Answer: Defra is working with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to help prevent dog attacks. As part of this work, the Government reconvened the Responsible Dog Ownership taskforce to explore measures to promote responsible dog ownership acr...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness in meeting the 8-week processing deadline for applications under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme.
Answer: UKVI are currently assessing Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme (UPE) visas within the published processing times. Information on visa processing times can be found at Visa processing times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how her Department will monitor and evaluate the effects of the DVSA’s move to individualised booking of driving tests.
Answer: Measures were announced on 12 November that will restrict the booking and management of practical car driving tests to learner drivers, and limit test swaps and location changes. This decision follows a call for evidence and a public consultation that man...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of increasing the 3- and 4-year-old childcare funded hours rate.
Answer: The department will provide over £9.5 billion for the early years entitlements in 2026/27. This will fund a full year of the expanded entitlements and an above inflation increase to funding rates. This increase ensures funding for the entitlements reflect...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: EastleighDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Local Housing Allowance for residents in Eastleigh constituency.
Answer: Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum levels of housing support for households claiming Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit and who rent in the private rented sector. LHA is not intended to cover all rents in all area...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCharities: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103922More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Salary Sacrifice Pension arrangements from 2029 on employer National Insurance costs for charities.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to pensions salary sacrifice. Everyone using salary sacrifice will still benefit from the tax advantages available up to the £2,000 cap, i...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of potential merits of establishing a single National Dementia Care Pathway supported by minimum service standards in the forthcoming Dementia and Frailty Modern Servi
Answer: To develop the content for the modern service framework for dementia and frailty, we intend to engage with a range of partners over the coming months to enable us to build a framework which is both ambitious and practical, to ensure we can improve system ...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDementia: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing national dementia outcomes for neighbourhood health services and requiring integrated care boards to demonstrate timely acces
Answer: NHS England already collect and publish data about people with dementia at each general practice in England, to enable National Health Service general practitioners (GPs) and commissioners to make informed choices about how to plan their dementia services...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKeep Britain Working ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Keep Britain Working Vanguard Taskforce will adequately factor in the challenges of living with fluctuating conditions.
Answer: We are bringing together a Vanguard Taskforce to steer the Keep Britain Working Vanguard Phase and are committed to listening to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, these voices will be reflected in the outputs of the phase. This T...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordExtracurricular Activities: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support families of disadvantaged pupils with the cost of school trips.
Answer: It is for schools to decide whether to offer school trips to their pupils. Schools receive pupil premium funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, which may be used to support extracurricular activities, including school trips.Scho...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the recruitment and retention of staff in women’s health services in Hampshire.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are a matter for individual National Health Service employers, who manage this at a local level to ensure they have the staff they need to deliver safe and effective care.The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the NHS has the r...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBirds of Prey: SmugglingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has her department made of exisiting legislation to restrict illegal trade of birds of prey.
Answer: All wild birds of prey and their eggs are protected under UK legislation, including the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Offences can result in up to a six-month custodial sentence and/or an unlimited fine. Restrictions on the commercial use or trade of...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce delays in cancer diagnosis, specifically for blood cancers such as leukaemia.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve outcomes.To tackle the late diagnoses of blood cancers, the NHS is...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: PeatDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on introducing measures to end the use of peat in horticulture.
Answer: The Government plans to legislate for a ban on the sale of peat and peat containing products when parliamentary time allows. This commitment is embedded within our Carbon Budget planning and, most recently, reflected in the latest iteration of the Environ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAllergies: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability and quality of data held by Integrated Care Boards on the prevalence of clinically diagnosed allergic conditions and the specialist aller
Answer: In conducting health needs assessments to inform their commissioning decisions, integrated care boards (ICBs) will have access to a wide range of data sources, including public health data, hospital statistics, primary care data, and social care metrics.N...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will confirm funding for perpetrator intervention services for the next financial year.
Answer: The scale of violence against women and girls in our country is intolerable and this Government is treating it as the national emergency that it is. We have committed to several measures in the recently published Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy ...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordShared Ownership SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the regulatory and charitable framework governing housing associations that operate shared ownership schemes.
Answer: The majority of Shared Ownership providers are registered with the Regulator of Social Housing. This means that they are required to meet the applicable regulatory standards. These include standards relating to governance and financial viability, alongsid...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the proposed Modern Service Frameworks for palliative and end of life care will mandate Integrated Care Boards to commission hospice services in an equitable way.
Answer: The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England. The MSF will drive improvements in the services that patients and their families receive at the end of life and enable integrated care boards (...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Profession: Civil ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ascertain the position of Chartered Institute of Legal Executives practitioners who qualified through work-based routes, following the judgement in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [20
Answer: The Ministry of Justice recognises that the Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 judgement and its potential implications have created concern and uncertainty within parts of the legal profession, particularly among Chartered Institute of Le...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPostal Workers: Dangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of dog attacks on postal workers.
Answer: Defra does not hold data on the number of dog attacks on postal workers. This information may be collected by the NHS, individual police forces and local authorities.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor the success of the NHS scheme to identify breast cancer risk by testing for the BRCA gene.
Answer: The NHS Genomic Medicine Service provides a national genomics unit which is responsible for strategic oversight, direction, commissioning and funding, and performance monitoring of genomics service.The National Health Service is ensuring that people have ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordInsolvency: PrivacyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve the clarity of guidance available to individuals applying for non-disclosure of address orders in insolvency cases.
Answer: The Insolvency Service has published guidance on the government website www.gov.uk to explain how an individual can apply for a Person at Risk of Violence order (PARV order) to prevent their address being disclosed in insolvency cases. The guidance relate...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPostal Services: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to monitor the level of administrative charges by Royal Mail applied to unstamped mail.
Answer: Royal Mail is an independent business. The government does not have a role in its operational decisions. The operation and administration of Royal Mail’s products and services, including stamps and associated surcharges, is a matter for the business. This...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
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