Matt Vickers MP: written questions
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Cycling: ChildrenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of designated areas where children can safely improve their cycling skills.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, including children and young people, have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.The Government provides the majority of support for community sport through Sport...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCycling: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is her Department taking to help reduce the barriers preventing young people from engaging with grassroots cycling organisations.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, including children and young people, have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.The Government provides the majority of support for community sport through Sport...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCycling: SchoolsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support partnerships between schools and grassroots cycling clubs to increase participation in physical activity among pupils.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, including children and young people, have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.The Government provides the majority of support for community sport through Sport...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: Older PeopleDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) the older population and (b) pensioners with water poverty.
Answer: Water companies are more than doubling social tariff support for vulnerable customers and Government is working with industry to keep their support schemes under review to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported. We are considering ways to drive mo...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support households with increases to water bills.
Answer: Water companies are more than doubling social tariff support for vulnerable customers and Government is working with industry to keep their support schemes under review to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported. We are considering ways to drive mo...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110110More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of the civil service pension scheme had not received quotes as to their expected pension income a) 12 months before retirement, b) six months before retirement, c) 3 months before retirement , d
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension ...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110109More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many newly retired members of the civil service pension scheme did not receive payments a) one week, b) two weeks, 3) one month, 4) two months, 5) three months and 6) six months after their first payment was
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension ...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110108More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many newly retired members of the civil service pension scheme did not receive payments on their due dates in each of the last 3 years.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government.The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension q...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of cases concerning the Child Maintenance Service referred to the Parliamentary Health and Health Service Ombudsman were (a) wholly upheld, (b) partially upheld and (c) whol
Answer: This is a matter for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s office. The Ombudsman publishes case statistics annually on her website: Publications | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many an what percentage of cases concerning the Child Maintenance Service referred to Independent Case Examiners were (a) wholly upheld, (b) partially upheld and (c) wholly dismissed in each of the
Answer: The Independent Case Examiner publishes an Annual Report each year. Data relating to upheld rates for DWP and its individual service lines, including the Child Maintenance Service, for the years being requested, can be found within those reports.The Indep...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolatory payments were made to (a) paying and (b) receiving parents by the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.The department hold records of how many consolatory payments were authorised for Child Maintenance Service customers. This information is provided in th...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEarwax: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to ear wax removal services in Stockton West constituency.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning local National Health Services, including ear wax removal services, and in doing so must consider how best to improve population health and achieve best value for money.ICBs take account of r...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEarwax: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Integrated Care Board’s in providing community ear wax removal services to the public.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning local National Health Services, including ear wax removal services, and in doing so must consider how best to improve population health and achieve best value for money.ICBs take account of r...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to the Metropolitan Police on the circumstances in which conditions that effectively prevent a protest from taking place may be imposed under sections 12 and
Answer: Sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 allow the police to impose conditions on public processions and public assemblies as necessary to prevent serious public disorder, serious damage to property, or serious disruption to the life of the communi...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBirds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s bird gathering licensing framework to allow (a) unified and (b) compatible licensing for mixed-species exhib
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The decision as to whether to allow gatherings by way of a general licence is kept under regular review and is informed by regular qualitative risk assessment contai...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBirds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for the introduction of separate licensing regimes for (a) psittaciformes and (b) poultry and passerines.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The most recently published qualitative 2025 risk assessment (November 2025) sets out the overall risk of transmission of avian influenza associated with gatherings ...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBirds: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the revised bird gathering licensing regime on animal welfare, including the ethical rehoming of captive-bred birds and the main
Answer: As there has been no revision of the bird gathering licence regime, no impact assessment has been required.
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordParrots: Avian InfluenzaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any documented cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have occurred in the UK within captive Psittaciformes kept under indoor, high-biosecurity conditions.
Answer: Since 2022 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed on 9 premises of which each had at least one captive Psittaciform bird. The department cannot comment on biosecurity of individual premises, as this is not public information; of these...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBirds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultation the Animal and Plant Health Agency undertook with avicultural event organisers, birdkeeping societies and representative bodies prior to the introduction of revised b
Answer: Defra officials engaged proactively with stakeholders during summer 2025 including show organisers, auctioneers and breed societies, to better understand achievable conditions for gatherings. Engagement was via a number of stakeholder groups which occur r...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBirds: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s amendments to licensing conditions for bird gatherings, particularly the prohibition on the sale and exchange of c
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings (such as shows) ...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether appointments cancelled by hospitals or other NHS authorities appear in statistics as completed appointments.
Answer: Appointments cancelled by hospitals or other National Health Service authorities do not appear in statistics as completed appointments. For admitted patients, the Department does not hold data on the cause of cancellations or where patients did not attend...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: AdmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many planned outpatient admissions expressed as a total number and as a percentage of all outpatient admissions were a) cancelled by hospitals and NHS authorities, b) cancelled by patients and
Answer: Appointments cancelled by hospitals or other National Health Service authorities do not appear in statistics as completed appointments. For admitted patients, the Department does not hold data on the cause of cancellations or where patients did not attend...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: AdmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many planned inpatient admissions expressed as a total number and as a percentage of all inpatient admissions were a) cancelled by hospitals and NHS authorities, b) cancelled by patients and c)
Answer: Appointments cancelled by hospitals or other National Health Service authorities do not appear in statistics as completed appointments. For admitted patients, the Department does not hold data on the cause of cancellations or where patients did not attend...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordKidneys: Transplant SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made in improving access to kidney transplantation, including reducing waiting times and increasing rates of living and deceased organ donation.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is the organisation responsible for organ donation services in the United Kingdom. Figures on the number of patients active on the kidney transplant waiting list and median waiting times are available at the following link...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of renal services, including dialysis and transplantation services, to meet current and projected patient demand.
Answer: Data on chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence nationally and locally is available at the following link:https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/chronic%20kidney%20disease#page/4/gid/1/pat/159/par/K02000001/ati/15/are/E92000001/iid/258/age/168/sex/4/cat/-1/...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
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