Mims Davies MP: written questions
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Asylum: WealdenHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to Wealden District Council for each asylum seeker.
Answer: We are working closely with key stakeholders including local health partnersto minimise the impact on the local community. Total costs will be included inthe Departments Annual Report and Accounts in the normal way.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: WalesWales OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital spending has been allocated to railways in Wales in each year of the Spending Review period; and (i) how much and (ii) over what period of time her Department plans to spend on
Answer: I would refer the Honourable Member to the answer I provided to written question UIN 69339 on 2 September 2025.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different government departme...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPatient Safety CommissionerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last met with the Patient Safety Commissioner.
Answer: There has been no formal meeting between my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and the Patient Safety Commissioner. However, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Baroness Merron), in her previous role as the ministe...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMidwives: Recruitment and TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on increasing the recruitment and training of midwives since July 2024.
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. This covers staff working for hospital trusts and integrated care in England. This data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources s...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMidwives: Recruitment and TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the recruitment and training of midwives.
Answer: To break down financial barriers to training, eligible midwifery students receive a non-repayable grant of £5,000 per year via the NHS Learning Support Fund. Further financial support is available for childcare, dual accommodation costs and travel. Appren...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: ReviewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the rapid national investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal services to make its initial set of recommendations.
Answer: In June 2025, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced an independent investigation into National Health Service maternity and neonatal services, which will be chaired by Baroness Amos.The investigation will produce an initial set of na...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: ReviewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the rapid national investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal services to complete.
Answer: In June 2025, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced an independent investigation into National Health Service maternity and neonatal services, which will be chaired by Baroness Amos.The investigation will produce an initial set of na...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: ReviewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to consult (a) the Maternity Safety Alliance and (b) other bereaved families’ groups as part of the national maternity review.
Answer: On 23 June 2025, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced an independent investigation into National Health Service maternity and neonatal services to understand the systemic issues behind why so many women, babies and families experien...
Answered 30 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: ReviewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date his Department will publish the terms of reference for the national maternity review.
Answer: The Independent Maternity and Neonatal Investigation’s Terms of Reference were published on 15 September 2025 and are available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-maternity-and-neonatal-investigation-terms-of-refe...
Answered 1 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: CeramicsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority's analysis of the ceramics sector’s carbon leakage risk.
Answer: The UK ETS Authority is currently conducting a review into free allocations, the UK’s primary carbon leakage mitigation method. As part of this review, in December 2024 the UK ETS Authority consulted on two approaches for assessing carbon leakage risk. Th...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: BricksDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with representatives of the brick-making industry from East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency on replacing the EU Carbon Leakage List.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: BricksDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the brick-making industry on replacing the EU Carbon Leakage List.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making commercially viable decarbonisation solutions available.
Answer: The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is our flagship programme for deploying renewables. We have introduced a suite of reforms to the scheme, which are vital to our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. The reforms are intended to balance...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he considered introducing (a) carbon leakage protections and (b) carbon border adjustment mechanisms before extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme beyond 2030.
Answer: The Government is taking action to continue to mitigate the risk of carbon leakage for UK industry, including working with our international partners to develop a coordinated approach to carbon leakage. The Government also continues to provide protection ...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the proposed reforms of the student finance system include (a) refinancing and (b) reform options for historic student loan repayments.
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the aspiration of every person who meets the requirements and wants to go to university.The student finance system removes upfront financial barriers so that everyone with the ability and desire to enter higher ed...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a comprehensive review of student loan interest rates.
Answer: Student loans are subject to interest so that those who can afford to do so contribute to the full cost of their degree. To consider both students and taxpayers and ensure the real value of the loans over the repayment term, interest rates are linked to i...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support councils with home to school transport costs for SEND children.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for East Grinstead and Uckfield to the answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62198.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Codes of PracticeDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to set out her planned timetable for the urgent review of the 2014 Reforms to the SEND Code of Practice.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for East Grinstead and Uckfield to the answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64225.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to help reduce regional differences in SEND funding.
Answer: The government is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to over £12 bi...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: West SussexDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the SEND funding allocation system for children in West Sussex.
Answer: The government is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to over £12 bi...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhouses: Small BusinessesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing long term funding through (a) grants and (b) discounts to small abattoirs.
Answer: Defra recognises the vital role smaller abattoirs play in supporting local livestock producers and maintaining a resilient and competitive food supply chain. We continue to work to simplify and rationalise our grant funding from 2026 onwards following the...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: SussexDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps has he taken to reduce regulations on (a) small-scale abattoirs and (b) other rural food producers in Sussex.
Answer: Defra is working closely with industry stakeholders and the Food Standards Agency to maintain high standards of public and animal health while identifying opportunities to ease regulatory and administrative burdens on small-scale abattoirs and rural food ...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhouses: Small BusinessesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help expand the network of small abattoirs in (a) the South East and (b) England.
Answer: England benefits from an established and resilient meat processing sector which continues to deliver high-quality products, supporting food supply and food security. The Government has full confidence this will continue. While the Government does not inte...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhouses: Small BusinessesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support small abattoirs.
Answer: Defra recognises the vital role smaller abattoirs play in supporting local livestock producers and maintaining a resilient and competitive food supply chain. Defra works closely with industry stakeholders including through the Small Abattoirs Working Grou...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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