Matt Vickers MP: written questions
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Offences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support law enforcement agencies with the technical capability to (a) detect and (b) disrupt livestreamed child sexual abuse in real time.
Answer: The Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse. This includes ensuring that we are working to combat livestreamed abuse and ensuring that offenders cannot use technology to harm...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people in the UK who pay to direct livestreamed sexual abuse of children overseas are (a) identified and (b) prosecuted.
Answer: The Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse. This includes ensuring that we are working to combat livestreamed abuse and ensuring that offenders cannot use technology to harm...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on tackling (a) livestreamed child abuse and (b) other online sexual exploitation and abuse of children.
Answer: The Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse. This includes ensuring that we are working to combat livestreamed abuse and ensuring that offenders cannot use technology to harm...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of defaulting to a claimant’s self-declared age where no independent verification is available on the provision of effective (a) safegua
Answer: The age of a person arriving in the UK is normally established from the documents with which they have travelled, but many do not have any definitive documentary evidence to support their claimed age.There are clear safeguarding issues which arise if a ch...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards are in place to ensure that recording an asylum claimant’s self-declared age does not place adults at risk of being accommodated with children.
Answer: The age of a person arriving in the UK is normally established from the documents with which they have travelled, but many do not have any definitive documentary evidence to support their claimed age.There are clear safeguarding issues which arise if a ch...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times her Department has recorded an asylum claimant’s self-declared age as their official age in circumstances where their age could not be independently verified since June 2024.
Answer: The requested information is not currently available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at a disproportionate cost.The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration Syste...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether trends in levels of age-dispute cases have increased or decreased since June 2024.
Answer: The requested information is not currently available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at a disproportionate cost.The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration Syste...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of limited trial site locations on the ability of motor neurone disease patients to participate in research; and what support his Department prov
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), funded by the Department, supports patients and the public to take part in high-quality research. In 2024/25, the NIHR Research Delivery Network supported 35 motor neurone disease (MND) studies a...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support MND Care Centres to participate in (a) research studies and (b) MND-SMART.
Answer: The Department is committed to funding health and care research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) across England, to ensure that the research we support is inclusive and representative of the populations we serve. Government r...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to support the (a) development and (b) expansion of MND clinical trial infrastructure.
Answer: The Department funds health and care research infrastructure through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). This provides world-class research expertise, specialist facilities, a dedicated research delivery workforce, and support serv...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) the National Institute for Health and Care Research on (i) expanding the number of recruiting sites for and (ii) including James
Answer: Decisions on site selection for clinical trials rest with the study sponsor, shaped by the design and requirements of the trial.No discussions about the MND-SMART trial have been held with the Department. However, while we are not directly involved in the...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variation in patient access to motor neurone disease clinical trials; and what steps he is taking to ensure equitable access across al
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring equitable access to health and care research, including motor neurone disease (MND) studies, across all National Health Service regions. National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) infrastructure has nati...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAirgunsHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to improve (a) awareness and (b) enforcement of legislation on air weapon (i) safety and (ii) responsible ownership.
Answer: The possession and use of air weapons is subject to statutory controls and regulation to guard against misuse and to ensure safe handling. In England and Wales, higher powered air rifles can only be held on a firearm certificate and higher powered air pis...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAirguns: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve public (a) awareness and (b) education on the (i) dangers of misusing air weapons and (ii) impact of that misuse on (A) animals and (B) communities.
Answer: The possession and use of air weapons is subject to statutory controls and regulation to guard against misuse and to ensure safe handling. In England and Wales, higher powered air rifles can only be held on a firearm certificate and higher powered air pis...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a budget for retraining programmes for adult workers transitioning from oil and gas to renewable energy.
Answer: Green skills are essential to driving economic growth and achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050. Clean energy and advanced manufacturing have been identified as priority sectors in the Industrial Strategy.To support this, the government will invest a...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: EmploymentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with employers in the oil and gas sector in England on (a) skills transition and (b) workforce retention.
Answer: The Department (DESNZ) established the Office for Clean Energy Jobs (OCEJ) to engage industry and employers on skills needs and challenges. In partnership with Skills England, it leads workforce planning by identifying skills gaps and supporting reskillin...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOil and Gas Transition Training FundDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason the Oil and Gas Transition Training Fund is restricted to Scottish residents; and whether he plans to extend that scheme to workers in England.
Answer: The Office for Clean Energy Jobs is funding targeted Regional Skills Pilots across the UK which will address skill gaps in a limited number of places which have been identified as priority areas for clean energy, including Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. The ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: EmploymentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) funding and (b) retraining support is available for oil and gas workers in England impacted by the transition to renewable energy.
Answer: We will shortly be publishing a Clean Energy Workforce Strategy which will set out our approach to upskilling and reskilling the workforce into clean energy roles through initiatives including the Energy Skills Passport, in collaboration with industry, wh...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: EmploymentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of net zero policies on employment in the oil and gas sector in England.
Answer: The North Sea basin is super-mature, and production is in natural decline. Oil and gas production fell by 72% between 1999 and 2023. Direct jobs in oil and gas extraction fell by around a third between 2014 and 2023. The clean energy transition creates an...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the feasibility of rolling out a national prostate cancer screening initiative.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on all screening matters, does not currently recommend population screening for prostate cancer. As such, England does not have a national screening programme.As part of its commitment ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of introducing a universal screening programme for prostate cancer on long-term NHS costs.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on all screening matters, does not currently recommend population screening for prostate cancer. As such, England does not have a national screening programme.As part of its commitment ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Health Education and ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) raise awareness of prostate cancer symptoms and (b) encourage men to come forward for testing.
Answer: The Department remains committed to raising awareness of all cancer types, including prostate cancer, and recognises that there is more to be done to encourage men at increased risk to come forward for testing.The National Health Service, and several othe...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of disparities in access to prostate cancer testing among different socioeconomic groups.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on all screening matters, does not currently recommend population screening for prostate cancer. As such, England does not have a national screening programme.As part of its commitment ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure that men in areas with higher incidence rates of prostate cancer have targeted access to early screening.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on all screening matters, does not currently recommend population screening for prostate cancer. As such, England does not have a national screening programme.As part of its commitment ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a universal prostate cancer screening programme.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on all screening matters, does not currently recommend population screening for prostate cancer. As such, England does not have a national screening programme.As part of its commitment ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
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