Lizzi Collinge MP: written questions
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Written questions
4G and 5G: MotorwaysDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to improve 4G and 5G mobile connectivity on major motorway routes in areas where there are known signal black spots.
Answer: According to Ofcom’s Connected Nations Spring update, published on 8 May 2025, 4G in-vehicle coverage on UK major roads is 96% from at least one mobile network operator (MNO) and 81% from all four MNOs. The Shared Rural Network has improved 4G mobile cove...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the national commitment to fracture liaison services is supported by a clear rollout plan.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Stockton West on 13 October 2025 to Question 77186.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChild BenefitTreasuryTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82525More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is considering changing the child benefit taper system to reflect household rather than individual income.
Answer: The Government understands the concerns that have been raised about basing the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) on individual rather than household incomes. However, basing the charge on household rather than individual incomes would come at a sig...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction AgreementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prepare for the implementation of the Global Ocean Treaty.
Answer: The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement is an important step toward coordinated global action to tackle the climate and nature crisis. The UK Government introduced legislation on 10 September to enable the UK to implement its oblig...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to help reduce noise pollution caused by traffic.
Answer: The Government takes the impact of excessive noise on health, wellbeing and the natural environment seriously. Strict noise regulations for cars and motorcycles are harmonised at an international level and require vehicles to demonstrate compliance before...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProbate: Time LimitsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has considered introducing a statutory time limit for executors to apply for probate following a person’s death.
Answer: There is currently no maximum time limit within which a personal representative must obtain a grant of probate, but there are penalties laid down for administering an estate without a grant of representation, and there are time limits for paying tax for w...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of requiring academy trusts to incorporate the National Conditions of Service for Teachers in England and Wales 2023 into the contracts of employm
Answer: The National Conditions of Service for Teachers in England and Wales is a national agreement between local authority school employers and teaching and headteacher unions. The government has no input into the agreement or its implementation. As it has no s...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAudit, Reporting and Governance AuthorityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned implementation date is for the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority.
Answer: This Government is delivering several important reforms in the field of employment rights, and in other areas to support the mission of growing the UK's economy.This means that the volume of legislation before Parliament is very high and, subsequently, th...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Chronic IllnessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the duration of medical exemption certificates for people with (a) type 1 diabetes and (b) other lifelong conditions.
Answer: Medical exemption certificates allow people with certain medical conditions to obtain their NHS prescriptions without charge, although not all the qualifying conditions which provide exemption are necessarily life-long.The five-year duration ensures that ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered adjusting prescription charges for partial emergency supplies of medication.
Answer: There are currently no plans to adjust the prescription charge for emergency supplies of medicines. Under the Urgent Medicine Supply (UMS) element of the National Health Service Pharmacy First Service, NHS 111 can refer patients to a pharmacy to obtain an...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish guidance on the (a) timeline and (b) requirements for private rented homes to achieve an EPC rating of C; and what support will be made available for landlords with o
Answer: Government recently consulted on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector. We received a significant number of responses and we will use this feedback to inform the government response, which will be published i...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: TaxationTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80409More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the rent-a-chair model in the hair and beauty sector on (a) VAT compliance and (b) overall tax revenue; and what steps her Department is taking to prevent the
Answer: The Government is committed to reducing non-compliance in the tax system and HMRC continues to tackle non-compliance across all areas of the economy, including VAT. Businesses providing personal care services, including hairdressers and barbers often oper...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCovid: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the use of covid vaccines on levels of (a) hospitalisations and (b) disability caused by long covid.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19 through vaccination as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI assessment indicates that the oldest age cohorts and individuals ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFires: MoorlandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with (a) landowners and (b) Natural England on the (i) risk of wildfire in areas of moorland that is not actively managed and (ii) potential impact of po
Answer: This Government has engaged with public and private landowners, and Natural England, throughout the consultation process on amending The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021. The revised regulations, which were laid before Parliament ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Skilled Worker visa: minimum salary if you’re under 26, studying, training or in a postdoctoral role, last updated on 22 July 2025, what assessment her Departme
Answer: As set out in the Immigration White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’, published on 12 May, this Government’s approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Health Certificates: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is considering taking steps to standardise fees charged by veterinary practices for issuing animal health certificates.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 12 May 2025 to the hon. Member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, PQ 49603.
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Ownership FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reopening or (b) replacing the Community Ownership Fund to support communities seeking to take local assets into
Answer: Although the Community Ownership Fund is now closed, this Government remains committed to the communities’ sector and to community empowerment. Through the English Devolution Bill, we will introduce a new Community Right to Buy to help local people to acq...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the £39 billion allocated for affordable housing delivery will be spent in rural areas; and whether her Department plans to ringfence funding to support the de
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 2 July 2025 (HCWS771).
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) delays, (b) administrative burdens and (c) the availability of approved contractors to improve the operation of the Disable
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of timely and efficient delivery of home adaptations, including through the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), to help enable older and disabled people to live as independently as possible in a safe and suitable envi...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOlder WorkersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help support people in (a) physically and (b) emotionally demanding jobs who are unable to continue working in their current role into their late 60s.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions currently offers employment support for older jobseekers including those affected by low confidence, menopause, health and disability or caring pressures, and out of date skills or qualifications.Through Midlife MOT re...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOlder WorkersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is she taking to support people in (a) physically and (b) emotionally demanding jobs who are unable to continue working in their current role into their late 60s.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions currently offers employment support for older jobseekers including those affected by low confidence, menopause, health and disability or caring pressures, and out of date skills or qualifications.Through Midlife MOT re...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expedite decisions on access to new treatments for secondary breast cancer.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of clinical and cost effectiveness. The NHS i...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordActive TravelDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Active Travel England recognises equestrians as users of active travel routes; and if she will take steps to ensure that equestrian access is (a) included and (b) considered in future active travel (i)
Answer: The needs of equestrians should be considered in the design of active travel routes. New or upgraded traffic-free paths or quiet country lanes can be designed to be attractive and safe for equestrians as well as walking, wheeling and cycling although in s...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on the rights of asylum seekers to work of the approach taken in Belgium.
Answer: Those who claim asylum in the UK can apply for permission to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own. Allowing asylum seekers the right to work sooner could enable migrants to bypass establis...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70080More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the revaluation process for business rates when commercial units are subdivided into smaller premises.
Answer: The VOA is focused on speeding up its service by upskilling its workforce so they can handle multiple types of cases, improving its digital services to make it easier for customers to self-serve, recruiting new people and moving existing staff to better m...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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