Mims Davies MP: written questions 2025
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Crowborough Training Camp: AsylumMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any objection has been received from Wealden District Council as the Local Planning Authority on the use of Crowborough Training Camp as asylum accommodation.
Answer: Asylum is a Home Office lead. As such, The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has not made an application under Section 293B Town and County Planning Act 1990 in relation to Crowborough Training Camp and the MOD has not received any planning objections from Wealde...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWales Office: Official CarsWales OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has had it own ministerial car service since her appointment.
Answer: Since my appointment, the Wales Office has not had its own ministerial car service.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: WalesHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make (a) an assessment of the potential merits of launching a Wales-wide inquiry into grooming gangs and (b) it her policy to tackle ongoing crimes relating to grooming gangs in Wales.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The police will respond to all allegations of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, ensuring that victims are protected and offenders are brought to justi...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: WalesHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help victims of grooming gangs in Wales.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The police will respond to all allegations of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, ensuring that victims are protected and offenders are brought to justi...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: WalesWales OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings she has held with the victims and survivors of grooming gangs in Wales since January 2025.
Answer: As the lead department, the Home Office leads on engagement with victims and survivors of grooming gangs across Wales and England. On 16 June 2025, the then Home Secretary made a statement to Parliament confirming that the Government has accepted all of t...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on (a) when and (b) how often they can issue legal stop notices in relation to the housing of asylum seekers in their areas.
Answer: Planning enforcement action is not a matter for the Home Office. This government will close every asylum hotel. Work is well underway, with more suitable sites being brought forward to ease pressure on communities across the country so that the Home Offi...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: 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
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