Mary Glindon MP: written questions 2026
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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
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