Manuela Perteghella MP: written questions 2025
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Water Companies: IncentivesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent executives from water companies that have been sanctioned for releasing sewage into waterways from receiving bonuses.
Answer: The Government is clear that transformative change across the water sector is needed to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas, and modernise the sector for decades to come. Unfair bonuses have been banned under new powers given to Ofwat within the Water (Sp...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFreeports and Special Economic Zones: Job CreationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the target number of jobs was for UK (a) freeports and (b) special economic zones; and how many jobs UK (i) freeports and (ii) special economic zones have delivered to date.
Answer: As policies developed in partnership with local partners, MHCLG has not set specific targets for job creation in Freeports, nor in Investment Zones, its other major economic zone policy.However, Freeports have set out the economic impacts they expect to d...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFreeports: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of public assets in freeports has been acquired by private (a) companies and (b) corporations.
Answer: While the Department oversees the Freeports Programme, it does not collect data on the ownership of individual assets within Freeport areas. However, the vast majority of Freeport sites were in private ownership at the point of designation, reflecting the...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPostural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to improve NHS access for people with postural tachycardia syndrome requiring specialist care.
Answer: It is the responsibility of local integrated care boards to work with clinicians, service users, and patient groups to develop services and care pathways that are convenient and meet the needs of patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (Po...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: EU NationalsHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU citizens with pre-settled status were considered for automatic upgrading to settled status between January and March 2025.
Answer: It is not possible to extract information from Home Office systems on how many EU citizens were considered for an automatic upgrade to Settled Status between January and March 2025. However, the latest published statistics relating to the EU Settlement Sc...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: EU NationalsHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish guidance on restrictions on the use of national ID cards by holders of EU Settlement Scheme settled status for entry to the UK.
Answer: The current position for EUSS holders, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement, is that EU citizens and UK nationals, and their respective family members, will continue to have the right to enter and leave their host state with a valid national identity ca...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSewage: InfrastructureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to allocate additional funding to upgrade sewage infrastructure in (a) rural and (b) suburban communities impacted by frequent overflows.
Answer: Ofwat’s final determinations for Price Review 2024 (PR24) set out a £104 billion upgrade for the water sector. Water companies are investing over £11 billion in PR24, a record amount, to improve nearly 3,000 storm overflows across England and Wales over t...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: WarwickshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he is allocating to repair NHS estates in Warwickshire.
Answer: In 2025/26, the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) will benefit from the £750 million estates safety fund. The estates safety fund will begin addressing the poorest quality estates, delivering vital safety improvements, enhancing patien...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: SewageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to hold (a) NHS and (b) water providers to account for hospital sewage leaks.
Answer: National Health Service trusts are legally responsible for maintaining their estates and facilities, to ensure they support high-quality health and care services and minimise the risk of infrastructure-related incidents impacting delivery, including sewag...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle (a) misinformation and (b) disinformation in elections.
Answer: The Government takes the integrity and security of our democratic processes seriously, including from the threat posed by mis/disinformation.The UK’s Online Safety Act captures disinformation aimed at disrupting elections where it is a criminal offence in...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help improve cyber resilience.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) works closely with the Cabinet Office and wider Government in many areas.The MOD cyber security function works closely with the Cabinet Office, Government Security, the National Cyber Security Centre and others.This includes ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish an annual report on cyber resilience.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has a strong cyber security governance function that reports annually to the Defence Board, Defence Executive Committee and the Defence Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee on the Department’s cyber security risk position. The Depar...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: Electronic PublishingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will (a) grant libraries the right to archive eBooks and (b) ensure perpetual access to licensed works.
Answer: The Government has no plans to alter the copyright framework in relation to archiving at the present time. However, the Government keeps the UK copyright framework under constant review. This includes the archiving and preservation exception to copyright ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: LibrariesDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) reform e-lending rules and (b) enable digital interlibrary loans for university libraries.
Answer: Universities are autonomous institutions and therefore operate independently from government. As such, the responsibility for enabling digital interlibrary loans for university libraries rests with the individual institutions themselves. It is within thei...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysics: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 56003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the number of physics teachers on post-16 physics uptake in schools in disadvantaged areas.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcome in school and college. This government has inherited a system with critical shortages of teachers, especially in physics. In 2023/24, w...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysics: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 56002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support the retraining of existing science teachers to teach physics in schools without specialist provision.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcome in school and college. This government has inherited a system with critical shortages of teachers, especially in physics. In 2023/24, w...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysics: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 56001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of steps taken to (a) recruit and (b) retain specialist physics teachers in state schools.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcome in school and college. This government has inherited a system with critical shortages of teachers, especially in physics. In 2023/24, w...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArthritis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the 10 Year Health Plan will help people with arthritis.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts our National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to improving arthritis c...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce call waiting times for claimants.
Answer: DWP reviews forecasted telephony demand and plans resourcing accordingly to keep wait times down. Wait time performance is frequently reviewed and where DWP’s telephony is delivered by an outsourced provider we use the Key Performance Indicator of percent...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh Implants: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support services available to women affected by vaginal mesh implants in (a) Warwickshire and (b) the West Midlands.
Answer: There are nine specialist mesh centres across England, ensuring that women in every region with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse get the right support. Each mesh centre is led by a multi-disciplinary team to ens...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: Rural AreasDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to rural primary schools to provide breakfast club provision under the early adopter scheme.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon to the answer of 03 June 2025 to Question 53170.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve post diagnostic support for people diagnosed with young onset dementia.
Answer: Everyone with dementia should have meaningful care following their diagnosis. This includes information on local services and access to relevant advice and support on what happens next.The provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility o...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Continuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that dementia specialists are involved in NHS continuing healthcare assessments for people living with dementia.
Answer: The National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care sets out the process for determining eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). This statutory guidance is clear that the multidisciplinary team involved in CHC assessm...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Continuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to NHS continuing healthcare assessors to support their understanding of the health needs associated with dementia.
Answer: The National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care sets out the process for determining eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). This statutory guidance is clear that the multidisciplinary team involved in CHC assessm...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSizewell C Power Station: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding his Department has allocated to support Sizewell C nuclear plant in advance of the final investment decision for that plant.
Answer: The Sizewell C Development Expenditure Subsidy Scheme (DEVEX Scheme) has been made for £5.5bn for the Sizewell C company. Under this scheme to date, £3.9bn has been awarded to the company, in two tranches, one of £1.2bn and one of £2.7bn. Prior to these a...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
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