Matt Vickers MP: written questions
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Parkinson's Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards do not cut essential services for people living with Parkinson’s.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of neurologists or geriatricians with specialist training in Parkinson’s disease, nor does NHS England publish workforce projections at this level of granularity. Neurologists typically manage a wide range o...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the specialist Parkinson’s workforce to meet increasing demand for care and diagnosis.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of neurologists or geriatricians with specialist training in Parkinson’s disease, nor does NHS England publish workforce projections at this level of granularity. Neurologists typically manage a wide range o...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist Parkinson’s nurses are employed in the NHS; and how their distribution is monitored nationally.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of neurologists or geriatricians with specialist training in Parkinson’s disease, nor does NHS England publish workforce projections at this level of granularity. Neurologists typically manage a wide range o...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many geriatricians have specialist training in Parkinson’s disease; and what plans he has to increase their numbers.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of neurologists or geriatricians with specialist training in Parkinson’s disease, nor does NHS England publish workforce projections at this level of granularity. Neurologists typically manage a wide range o...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many neurologists have specialist training in Parkinson’s disease; and if he will estimate the espected number of neurologists with specialist training in Parkinson’s over the next five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of neurologists or geriatricians with specialist training in Parkinson’s disease, nor does NHS England publish workforce projections at this level of granularity. Neurologists typically manage a wide range o...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve water quality monitoring in designated bathing areas.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) monitors designated bathing waters above the minimum frequency required in the Bathing Water Regulations during the bathing water season. Most sites are sampled weekly, following World Health Organisation recommendations and to...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of waste-processing facilities currently operating with expired permits.
Answer: Environmental Permitting Regulations require operators of industrial/waste facilities to get permits from regulators to control pollution to air, land, and water, ensuring compliance with set conditions, and protecting public health through legal framewor...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAquacultureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of sustainable aquaculture.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting sustainable, industry‑led growth of the aquaculture sector through a range of measures. These include publishing new guidance on seaweed aquaculture regulation this year and offering clarity for businesses and reg...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPollinators: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of policies to protect pollinator populations.
Answer: Following the conclusion of our National Pollinator Strategy in 2024, Defra will deliver a refreshed Pollinator Action Plan, as part of the broader Environmental Improvement Plan. This will set out key actions for pollinators in England. Defra partly fund...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the total cost of river restoration projects undertaken in the last financial year.
Answer: The Water Restoration Fund was launched in April 2024. It is reinvesting funding based on water company environmental fines and penalties into projects to improve the water environment. Natural England supports and advises the Rural Payments Agency and th...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the number of communities that remain without modern flood-defence infrastructure.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA)’s National Flood risk assessment data and national coastal erosion risk map provides the best evidence to inform our long-term risk assessment and the development of flood mitigation strategies to protect communities from flood...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to expand access to nature-based carbon sequestration schemes for landowners.
Answer: Nature-based solutions are essential for tackling the climate and biodiversity crises together. Ecosystems such as forests, saltmarshes and grasslands actively absorb carbon and enhance climate resilience, while England’s peatlands, our largest terrestria...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Department has made of potential food security risks arising from supply chain disruption.
Answer: The UK has a resilient food supply chain that is well equipped to deal with situations that have the potential to cause disruption. Defra works closely with industry and across Government to identify and monitor food security risks. In compliance with the...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to improve enforcement against illegal waste dumping.
Answer: We will reform the waste carriers, brokers and dealers regime and the waste permit exemptions regime. This will make it harder for rogue operators to find work in the sector and easier for regulators to take action against criminals. In addition, our plan...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics: PackagingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the volume of plastic packaging placed on the UK market in the last year.
Answer: For 2024, there are two available estimates for the volume of plastic packing placed on the market for the UK. These estimates are based on different methodologies and data sources (PackFlow and Reported Packaging Data) and so produce slightly different f...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSites of Special Scientific InterestDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the condition of Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Answer: As of December 2025, around 41% of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) features are in favourable condition across all of England, and the percentage in favourable or unfavourable recovering condition is around 62%. The Environmental Improvement P...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to accelerate tree planting to meet statutory environmental targets.
Answer: The Government is investing £1 billion in tree planting and support to the forestry sector over this parliament. Tree planting in England is at the highest recorded rate in over 20 years, with over 7,100 hectares planted in 2024/25. As part of this invest...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of biodiversity loss over the last 12 months.
Answer: Defra does not have data on biodiversity loss covering the most recent 12‑month period. However, a range of official publications and monitoring frameworks provide the latest picture of biodiversity trends and the government’s most recent assessment of pr...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Government AssistanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support farmers with input costs.
Answer: Whilst it may not reflect all agriculture subsectors, Defra’s Agriculture Price Index (API) data show rises in output costs over time outstripping rises in input costs. We continue to monitor all key agricultural commodities and work with the food industr...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: AmmoniaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of measures to reduce agricultural ammonia emissions.
Answer: The latest UK projections of air pollutants were published in the informative inventory report 2025 in March this year.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve resilience to flooding in high-risk communities.
Answer: This Government is investing at least £10.5 billion until 2036 – the largest flood programme in history – a record investment that’s projected to better protect nearly 900,000 properties. We are already making a difference. We delivered 151 schemes in our...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Land Management SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the proportion of agricultural land participating in Environmental Land Management schemes.
Answer: 50% (4.3m ha) farmed land in England actively managed in schemes, another 14% (1.3m ha) covered by assessments and plans.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of water companies in reducing storm overflow discharges.
Answer: The Government published a report on 11 December which highlights that while progress has been made to reduce spills from storm overflows, the amount of sewage entering our waterways is still unacceptable. This government is committed to transparency arou...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Bases: EnergyMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve energy efficiency across the defence estate.
Answer: Improving energy efficiency means more money to spend on warfighting readiness. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is improving energy efficiency across the Defence Estate through targeted energy management initiatives, behavioural campaigns, the Utility Savin...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Armed Forces families affected by delays in allocating service accommodation.
Answer: In November 2025, the Ministry of Defence’s Industry Partner, Pinnacle, allocated 98.52% (532) of applications made by Service personnel entitled to Service Family Accommodation within 15 working days. 1.48% (8) applications fell outside of this target. P...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
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