Marsha De Cordova MP: written questions
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Sports: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the role of accessible, covered and indoor sports facilities in the participation of disabled people in sport.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSports CompetitorsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the role of year-round, all-weather sports facilities in the development of future elite athletes.
Answer: The Government recognises that year-round, all-weather training environments play a vital role in the development of future elite athletes, ensuring consistent access to high-quality facilities regardless of external conditions.Through Government and Nati...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to ensure that public funding for sports facilities supports a balanced range of sports, including court-based activities such as tennis and padel, to maximise participat
Answer: The Government is investing at least £400 million in new and upgraded grassroots sport facilities over the next four years, promoting health, wellbeing and community cohesion, while removing the barriers to physical activity for under-represented groups, ...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered providing multi-year capital funding settlements for community sports facilities, in order to enable national governing bodies and local partners to plan, deliver match
Answer: The Government is investing at least £400 million in new and upgraded grassroots sport facilities over the next four years, promoting health, wellbeing and community cohesion, while removing the barriers to physical activity for under-represented groups, ...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of funding needed to meet the level of demand for covered and indoor sports tennis courts.
Answer: The Government is investing at least £400 million in new and upgraded grassroots sport facilities over the next four years, promoting health, wellbeing and community cohesion, while removing the barriers to physical activity for under-represented groups, ...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPhysical Education: SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve training for primary school teachers on how to deliver high quality PE and school sport.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPhysical EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children receive a minimum of two hours of high-quality physical education per week, and are supported to be physically active for at least 60 minutes a day.
Answer: The government has pledged to protect PE time and wants schools to offer a minimum of two hours of PE per week for all pupils. The department is committed to supporting schools to meet this ambition.The government response to the independent Curriculum an...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure disabled children have equal access to PE and school sport.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the introduction of School Sport Partnerships and the new Enrichment Framework is supported by adequate levels of funding.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister announced in June 2025 the establishment of a new PE and School Sport Partnerships Network to ensure all children and young people have access to high quality PE and extracurricular sport. Details on the PE and Sch...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPlaces of Worship Renewal FundDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to publish further details of the Places of Worship Renewal Fund.
Answer: Comprehensive guidance on eligibility and how to apply to the Places of Worship Renewal Fund will be made available in the coming weeks.
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: WomenHome OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Earned Settlement proposals on migrant women experiencing (a) domestic abuse and (b) coercive control.
Answer: The Government’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including settlement and asylum.Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway t...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: WomenHome OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that her earned settlement proposals support migrant women.
Answer: The Government’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including settlement and asylum.Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway t...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: WomenHome OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Earned Settlement proposals on women.
Answer: The Government’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including settlement and asylum.Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway t...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Equality Impact Assessment prepared in connection with A Fairer Pathway to Settlement: Statement and Accompanying Consultation on Earned Settlement will be published prior to final policy decis
Answer: The Government’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including settlement and asylum.Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway t...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of people waiting for glaucoma follow-up appointments and (b) length of waiting time for such appointments.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on either the number of people waiting for a glaucoma follow-up appointment or the length of waiting time for any such glaucoma follow-up appointment. Therefore, no current estimate has been made.Data is published on opht...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver increased glaucoma services in the community.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population, and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services, to meet them. This can already include the commissioning of community-based glaucoma services, ...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of basing eligibility for cladding remediation support on fire safety risk.
Answer: The Government provides funding to address fire risks associated with cladding on residential buildings over 11 metres in height, in England. The building must have an intolerable risk to life as assessed in a Fire Risk Appraisal of the External Walls, an...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFlats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of fast tracking urgent cases with Homes England where residents in buildings under 11 metres face financial hardship du
Answer: The Department is committed to protecting residential leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediating historic fire safety-related cladding defects and offering support to both residents and leaseholders. Building owners and landlords for buildings und...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFlats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support leaseholders in residential buildings under 11 metres who face costs as a result of fire safety issues.
Answer: The Department is committed to protecting residential leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediating historic fire safety-related cladding defects and offering support to both residents and leaseholders. Building owners and landlords for buildings und...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFlats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans publish the eligibility criteria used by Homes England to determine when a building under 11 metres qualifies as an exceptional case for targeted fun
Answer: The Department is committed to protecting residential leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediating historic fire safety-related cladding defects and offering support to both residents and leaseholders. Building owners and landlords for buildings und...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSaeid Mansour AbdulraziqForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2026 to PQ 106498, when she last raised the detention of Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq with her Egyptian counterpart; and what steps she is ta
Answer: The UK champions freedom of religion or belief for all and, where appropriate, will raise these issues with the Egyptian authorities.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Social Services: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals holding pre settled status work in the health and social care sector.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on the occupations of people granted pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNurses: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Internationally Educated Nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council have lived in the UK for over five but fewer than ten years.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the length of residence in the United Kingdom of internationally educated nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).The NMC publishes statistics as part of its biannual registration data rep...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of retrospective changes to settlement requirements on health care workers and the wider health care system.
Answer: The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026. Contributions will now be analysed, and the findings will support the development of t...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: Health HazardsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether guidance on screen use will include recommendations on preventing eye conditions such as myopia and dry eye associated with excessive screen use.
Answer: The department and the Department of Health and Social Care are jointly working to produce and publish new practical, evidence-informed guidance on screen time for early years. An early years screen time advisory group of child health and development spec...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
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