Lola McEvoy MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Offences against Children: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 906944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the relevance of mental health conditions to the sentencing of people convicted of child sexual abuse.
Answer: Sentencing decisions are a matter for our independent courts, following any relevant sentencing guidelines, issued by the Sentencing Council. Sentencing guidelines are designed to increase consistency and transparency in sentencing.The Council has issued ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: RoadsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to (a) impose penalties on developers who fail to complete adoptable highway works within agreed timescales and (
Answer: Local planning authorities already have a wide range of enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance. Where a local planning authority thinks that a condition imposed on a planning permission has not been met, they can serve a breach of co...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencingAttorney GeneralTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90846More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help tackle differences in sentencing guidelines that contribute to uses of the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme.
Answer: Sentencing decisions in individual cases are a matter for our independent judiciary. Sentencers must follow any relevant sentencing guidelines, issued by the Sentencing Council, unless not in the interests of justice to do so. The guidelines provide a str...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLighting: Health HazardsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to (a) traditional incandescent and (b) halogen lightbulbs for individuals able to provide medical evidence of photosensitivity.
Answer: The previous government consulted on amending an exemption within the ecodesign requirements for lighting products, which would enable individuals with photosensitivity to access light sources suitable for their condition. We will set out our position in ...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Business PremisesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help support small businesses to improve the energy efficiency of their premises.
Answer: The Government is working in partnership with small businesses to make them more energy efficient including through the Net Zero Council. The Council’s work includes supporting sectors to develop transition plans and supporting SMEs to innovate, save ener...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the (a) diagnoses of and (b) treatments for motor neurone disease are undertaken in a (i) efficient and (ii) timely manner.
Answer: We are investing in additional capacity to deliver appointments to help bring waiting lists and times down. The Elective Reform Plan, published in January 2025, sets out the specific productivity and reform efforts needed to return to the constitutional s...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBatteries: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to strengthen fire safety regulations for battery energy storage systems.
Answer: In GB, fires at battery sites are rare and are mitigated by a regulatory framework overseen by the Health and Safety Executive. The latest available 5-year annual average fire incidence rate for GB batteries is 0.7% (2020/21 to 2024 to 2025)[1], lower tha...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle online (a) grooming and (b) predatory behaviour on metaverse-type platforms; and what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on
Answer: The Online Safety Act (OSA) gives online user-to-user platforms duties to take steps to tackle online grooming and other child sexual abuse and exploitation on their services. These duties extend to user-to-user platforms that use virtual reality technolo...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLeave: WomenDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing statutory menstrual leave for people diagnosed with (a) endometriosis, (b) adenomyosis and (c) other chronic reprodu
Answer: The Government takes women’s health issues very seriously; we are committed to supporting women to balance work alongside managing their health. Endometriosis and adenomyosis can classify as disabilities and, in these cases, existing protections under the...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure that people who are deemed medically unfit to drive have appropriate access to alternative modes of transport.
Answer: The government wants everyone to have access to reliable and affordable public transport, and we appreciate how important this is for people who are unable to drive.The government is committed to improving bus services, so they are more inclusive and enab...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Payments: Teenage PregnancyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to support local authorities to help tackle the differences in (a) access to the Sure Start Maternity Grant and (b) other financial and practical support between
Answer: The Children Leaving Care Act places a responsibility on local authorities to support children and young people in their care financially until the age of 18. The Act also precludes entitlement to the Department for Work and Pensions benefits for this gro...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will list the number of people in receipt of the personal independence payment due to a psychological disorder by (a) psychological disorder and (b) constituency in (i) January 2020 and (ii) in t
Answer: Information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants by psychiatric disorder and constituency for January 2020 and April 2025 can be found on Stat Xplore.The requested data can be found in the ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’ dataset. You ca...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament record5G: DarlingtonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department is making on the rollout of 5G in Darlington.
Answer: In their Connected Nations Spring update, published 8 May 2025, Ofcom reports that 5G (combined standalone and non-standalone 5G) is available outside almost 100% of premises in the Darlington constituency from at least one mobile operator, but this falls...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to speed up the sentencing of people found guilty of domestic violence.
Answer: As part of our landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade, we are committed to strengthening the justice system’s response to domestic violence.Most domestic abuse cases are heard in magistrates’ courts where cases move mor...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPilot Schemes: DarlingtonTreasuryTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63081More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using Darlington as a pilot case study for the place based reforms to the Green Book.
Answer: Following the Green Book Review 2025, the government has committed to introducing place-based business cases. These will help to identify the right combination of long-term interventions needed to unlock growth in a particular area. The government will se...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reform the Child Support Agency to improve the speed and success of claims.
Answer: As more customers apply to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) the demand for our service is increasing. To allow us to meet this demand and provide an efficient service we continuously look at the resources we have and where we should focus our efforts t...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to auto-enroll people who lose their PIP payments into suitable appropriate support programs within 13 weeks of the decision.
Answer: As I set out in the House of Commons on 1 July 2025, this Government has listened to the concerns raised by Members from across the House regarding the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Clause 5 of the Universal Credit and Personal ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the guidance on people who will be protected from reassessment of PIP due to their long term severe conditions will be published.
Answer: The Government is committed to providing security and dignity for those who will never be able to work, and removing unnecessary stress, anxiety and uncertainty from the Social Security System. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Welfare Bill legislate...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Home EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who are home schooled due to a lack of appropriate SEND provision.
Answer: The department does not hold information on the number of children who are home educated due to a lack of appropriate special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision. The department collects data from local authorities on children in elective ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Domestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with police authorities to ensure a single point of contact in the police for families affected by (a) serious trauma and (b) violent crime.
Answer: Police Family Liaison Officers provide support and information, in a sensitive and compassionate manner, securing confidence and trust of families of victims of crime (primarily homicide), road fatality, mass disaster or other critical incident, ensuring ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: VictimsMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that victims of domestic violence do not have the sentencing hearings of their abusers postponed the day before they are due to take place.
Answer: The decision on when and where a case is listed is the responsibility of the independent judiciary. Judges are guided in this task by judicial listing principles, which stipulate that cases involving vulnerable complainants and witnesses should be priorit...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: DarlingtonDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many projects are waiting to be connected to the National Grid in Darlington constituency.
Answer: The Government does not hold data on projects awaiting a grid connection on a constituency basis. The latest national register for transmission connections is available at https://www.neso.energy/data-portal/transmission-entry-capacity-tec-register/tec_re...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStatutory Sick Pay: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the level of Statutory Sick Pay on trends in the number of people claiming Universal Credit.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment of the impact of the level of Statutory Sick Pay on trends in the number of people claiming Universal Credit.The Department has undertaken a Regulatory Impact Assessment and an Equality Impact Assessment of the St...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: QualificationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support social care workers to use their career experience to support their qualifications as NHS workers.
Answer: Higher education institutions (HEIs) have institutional autonomy to set their own admissions criteria to healthcare profession qualifying courses. Some HEIs accredit prior experiential learning (APEL), including from working in social care, which helps re...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: EmploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with the Cabinet colleagues to help support Armed Forces Veterans into publicly sector jobs.
Answer: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence represents veterans at Cabinet. Both he and I are working across Government and with Civil Society to strengthen the support we offer to our veterans and Armed Forces Community. This includes ensurin...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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