Mary Glindon MP: written questions
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Obesity: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the commissioning, oversight and consistency of access to weight management services across Englan
Answer: The National Health Service and local government provide a range of weight management services. This includes behaviour change support such as the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme, intensive treatments like very low-calorie diets, pharmaceutical tr...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the reports that Israeli Defences Forces have moved the Yellow Line deeper into Ga
Answer: The UK urges all parties to meet the commitments they have made under the 20-point peace plan, and we continue to monitor the situation on the ground in Gaza closely.
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordClean Energy: Supply ChainsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Institute for Public Policy Research report entitled Resilient by design: Building secure clean energy
Answer: The government is committed to growing resilient clean energy supply chains and creating good jobs across the UK. Our Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan gives investors the certainty they need to expand UK manufacturing across technologies from wind and ...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBetting Shops: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106111More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Autumn Budget 2025 on licensed betting offices; and whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local G
Answer: In October 2024, the Government laid a statutory instrument defining the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties that will be eligible for new, lower business rates multipliers from April 2026. Since they were announced at Budget 2024, the Govern...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBetting Shops: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106110More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the exclusion of licensed betting offices from Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief, including the consiste
Answer: In October 2024, the Government laid a statutory instrument defining the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties that will be eligible for new, lower business rates multipliers from April 2026. Since they were announced at Budget 2024, the Govern...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBetting ShopsTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106109More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Autumn Budget 2025 on licensed betting offices; and whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local G
Answer: In October 2024, the Government laid a statutory instrument defining the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties that will be eligible for new, lower business rates multipliers from April 2026. Since they were announced at Budget 2024, the Govern...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBetting Shops: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106108More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of amending the business rates framework to allow licensed betting offices to qualify for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief on the same basis as other ga
Answer: In October 2024, the Government laid a statutory instrument defining the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties that will be eligible for new, lower business rates multipliers from April 2026. Since they were announced at Budget 2024, the Govern...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106107More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the equity of eligibility for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief of licensed betting offices and other gambling leisure premises, including adult gaming cen
Answer: In October 2024, the Government laid a statutory instrument defining the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties that will be eligible for new, lower business rates multipliers from April 2026. Since they were announced at Budget 2024, the Govern...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBetting Shops: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106106More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Budget 2025: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Factsheet, published on 28 November 2025, for what reason licensed betting offices are classified as financial servic
Answer: In October 2024, the Government laid a statutory instrument defining the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties that will be eligible for new, lower business rates multipliers from April 2026. Since they were announced at Budget 2024, the Govern...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSports: Community DevelopmentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of community sports initiatives on (a) public health outcomes and (b) crime.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity. Community sports initiatives can have a wide range of benefits, including promoting social inclusi...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPlaying Fields: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing Sport England as a statutory consultee in planning decisions involving playing fields on youth partici
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 103087 on 13 January 2026.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Pensions Minister on 3 December 2025, Official Report, column 1043, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of i
Answer: Administering authorities in the Local Government Pension Scheme are already required by statutory guidance to discharge their responsibilities in managing investments with care, skill, prudence and diligence. They must also consider factors that are fina...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on further education provision for people over the age of 24 in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituen
Answer: The Autumn Budget 2025 made available more than £1.5 billion over the Spending Review period for investment in employment and skills support through the Youth Guarantee and the Growth and Skills Levy. This includes fully funding SME apprenticeships for el...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on further education provision for people aged between 16 and 24 in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend consti
Answer: The Autumn Budget 2025 made available more than £1.5 billion over the Spending Review period for investment in employment and skills support through the Youth Guarantee and the Growth and Skills Levy. This includes fully funding SME apprenticeships for el...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS workforce planning in England is (a) independent and (b) regular.
Answer: We have committed to publishing regular workforce planning. This will start with the 10 Year Workforce Plan, which will include updated workforce modelling and its underlying assumptions when published in spring 2026. The updated workforce modelling will ...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the workforce modelling used as the basis for the 10 Year Workforce Plan will be independent; and whether the results of that modelling will be independently assessed and tested.
Answer: We have committed to updating workforce modelling which will be set out in and alongside the 10 Year Workforce Plan when published in spring 2026. This will be supported by external scrutiny to independently assess and test it.
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to establish a centralised dataset on localised ADHD assessment waiting times.
Answer: The Government has recognised that, nationally, demand for assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has grown significantly in recent years and that people are experiencing severe delays for accessing such assessments. The Governmen...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism: North EastDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring that the independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism consults with people with lived experience acr
Answer: The independent review into prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism will appoint an advisory working group. This will be a multidisciplinary group of leading academics, clinicians, e...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism: Public ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of holding regional public consultation events as part of the independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism.
Answer: The independent review into prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism will appoint an advisory working group. This will be a multidisciplinary group of leading academics, clinicians, e...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Neurological DiseasesDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve accessibility to higher education for people with progressive neurological conditions such as Friedreich’s ataxia.
Answer: This government is committed to ensuring that all students are supported to both access higher education (HE) and to thrive while they are there. For example, in our recent Skills White Paper we committed to significantly increasing the take-up of the Adj...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 70441 on Health Services: Disadvantaged, what his Department's planned timescale is for the publication of an (a) impact statement and (b) eq
Answer: We expect these documents to be published shortly.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Support Allowance: Parkinson's DiseaseDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people with Parkinson's in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group.
Answer: As of May 2025, there were 2,000 claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group with the main disabling condition 'Parkinson’s disease or syndrome’. In the same month, there were 300 claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Suppo...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOmaveloxolone: Friedreich's AtaxiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce interim access to omaveloxolone for Friedreich’s Ataxia patients.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new, licensed medicines represent a clinically and cost-effective use...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurological Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve accessibility to (a) education and (b) healthcare for people with progressive neurological conditions such as Friedreich’s Ataxia.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as Friedreich’s ataxia. The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities collaboratively developed with the rare disease community, and these include: getti...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment on the potential impact of vape flavour restrictions in (a) Canada, (b) Australia and (c) Netherlands on smoking cessation in the context of the proposed regulation of
Answer: The youth vaping call for evidence, published in 2023, demonstrated that vape flavours are one of the main reasons that vapes appeal to children. However, we recognise that vape flavours can also be a consideration for adult smokers seeking to quit smokin...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
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