Luke Myer MP: written questions

Written questions

• Tattooing: VettingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88488More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring Disclosure and Barring Service checks for tattoo artists as part of the local authority licensing process.

  Answer: No assessment has been made by the Department of the potential merits of requiring Disclosure and Barring Service checks for tattoo artists as part of existing local authority registration and licensing processes. On 7 August we announced our plans to int...

  Answered 24 Nov 2025

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• Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80052More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review (a) the age-65 write-off rule and (b) other terms of pre-2006 Plan 1 student loans to create consistency with later cohorts of borrowers whose loans are written off after 25 years.

  Answer: Where a new plan type is introduced, the terms, including the length of the loan, are considered as a whole. The new terms are not applied retrospectively to borrowers who have signed up to previous plans in existence at the time of their study. They are ...

  Answered 21 Oct 2025

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• Vetting: TattooingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80051More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring Disclosure and Barring Service checks for tattoo artists as part of the licensing process.

  Answer: The Home Office is not responsible for the licensing of tattoo artists so has not made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring Disclosure and Barring Service checks as part of the licensing process.

  Answered 23 Oct 2025

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• Children: ProtectionChurch CommissionersTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905735More

  Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken to implement safeguarding policies.

  Answer: Significant progress has been made since I last answered a question on this subject. All major Safeguarding Policies have been completely revised, or are being revised, as Statutory Codes of Practice. These Codes are co-produced with victims, survivor gro...

  Answered 16 Oct 2025

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• Artificial Intelligence: Tees ValleyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905632More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessments her Department has made of the potential contribution of AI Growth Zones to economic growth in Teesside.

  Answer: As my Honourable Friend will know, AI Growth Zones a priority for this government and central to our plan for growth.The application process for AI Growth Zones opened in February. We received over 200 expressions of interest from across the country. And ...

  Answered 10 Sept 2025

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• Driving Tests: ApplicationsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68145More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the commercial resale of practical driving test appointments by third parties for profit.

  Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will continue to review and improve the driving test booking system to make sure that learner drivers can book their test easily and efficiently. On 28 May, DVSA launched a public consultation on improving th...

  Answered 22 Jul 2025

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• Prisoners' Release: Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66003More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released through early release schemes in 2024 are resident in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

  Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We have had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.The Ministry of Justice does not hold this data and to provide it would result in a disproport...

  Answered 16 Jul 2025

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