Munira Wilson MP: written questions
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Long Covid: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of support needed for those suffering with Long Covid.
Answer: The Government is aware that post-acute infection conditions, such as Long Covid, can have a devastating effect on those who suffer from them. We are committed to taking a comprehensive and compassionate approach to supporting individuals with post-acute ...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMechanical ThrombectomyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2026 to Question 117420, a) which areas have received funding to deliver 24/7 thrombectomy and b) the date by which they are expected to have 24/7 access in place
Answer: All thrombectomy centres have received funding aligned with individual provider readiness and implementation plans to deliver extended hours and 24/7 provision. Total recurrent national investment in mechanical thrombectomy in 2025/26 is in excess of £100...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 908400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure the safety of young people online.
Answer: Protecting children online is a top priority. The Online Safety Act brought in some of the strongest protections for children globally.We have already taken steps to build on these by introducing new priority offences and tackling intimate image abuse and...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether independent oversight mechanisms will apply to Individual Support Plans under the proposed SEND reforms; and whether families will be able to challenge the adequacy of provision where detailed support i
Answer: There will be a legal duty on settings to produce an Individual Support Plan (ISP) for every child or young person receiving targeted or specialist support, ensuring help keeps pace with their development, prevents challenges from escalating, and reduces ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed SEND reforms on care-experienced children whose needs arise from early trauma and attachment disruption, particularly where those needs span educ
Answer: Care-experienced children will benefit from our special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms and vision to create a more inclusive education system. A strengthened universal offer, grounded in high‑quality adaptive teaching and earlier suppor...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what statutory time limits will apply when SEND Tribunals quash local authority decisions under the proposed Specialist Provision Package framework; and what safeguards will be put in place to prevent cycles of
Answer: The government set out its proposals for reforming the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Tribunal in its ‘SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First’ consultation document.The department proposes that the SEND Tribunal will make ...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPlaying Fields: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of playing fields that will be developed as a result of proposals to remove Sport England as a statutory consultee.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) includes strong protections for existing open space, sports and recreational buildings, and land, including playing fields, setting out that they should not be built on unless they are no longer needed, equiva...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness about early diagnosis of lobular breast cancer.
Answer: The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients, including those with lobular breast cancer, survive this horrible set of diseases. There are multiple NHS initiative...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis of lobular breast cancer.
Answer: The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients, including those with lobular breast cancer, survive this horrible set of diseases. There are multiple NHS initiative...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPlastics: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce plastic pollution across the UK.
Answer: The Government recognises the scale and impact of plastic pollution on the environment and is focused on preventing and reducing plastic and other litter entering the environment. We have a number of restrictions on unnecessary single use plastic products...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on legal advice for Heathrow Airport expansion.
Answer: The Department receives legal advice from the Government Legal Department under an agreed annual fee for legal services provided across the Department, rather than on a matter-by-matter basis. Where external legal advice has been required in relation to H...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMechanical ThrombectomyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to deliver universal thrombectomy services by April 2026.
Answer: NHS England has approved an additional £14.2 million of funding, targeted to areas where 24/7 access to thrombectomy is currently not available, in order to enable delivery from 1 April 2026.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: RepatriationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which countries the UK has prisoner transfer agreements with.
Answer: Enhancing our bilateral prisoner transfer capability is a government priority. We remain fully committed to transferring eligible foreign national offenders from the UK so they can serve the remainder of their sentences in their home country, and to repat...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the level of requirement for improvements in the provision of stroke rehabilitation.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has regular discussions with a range of Cabinet Office colleagues on improvements to National Health Services. There has not been a recent specific meeting on stroke rehabilitation.As s...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the Modern Service Framework on cardiovascular disease will include stroke rehabilitation as well as prevention.
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, to accelerate progress on the ambition to reduce premature deaths from heart disease and stroke by 25% within a decade, we will publish a new Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework later this year.The Depart...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been impacted by strokes in each of the last 5 years by a) age and b) region.
Answer: Information on the number of admissions to hospitals in England with a primary diagnosis of a stroke, disaggregated by region and by age in each year from 2020/21 to 2024/25, is shown in the attached table.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of additional powers for Ofsted to respond in cases where a school's SEN information report is not written in straightforward language that is accessible to
Answer: Ofsted’s school inspection toolkit makes clear that inspectors will consider the extent to which special educational needs (SEN) information reports are easily accessible when gathering evidence about special education needs and disabilities (SEND).As set...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers Ofsted have to respond where a school's SEN information report is not written in straightforward language that is accessible to young people and parents.
Answer: Ofsted’s school inspection toolkit makes clear that inspectors will consider the extent to which special educational needs (SEN) information reports are easily accessible when gathering evidence about special education needs and disabilities (SEND).As set...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the innovation and development of second and third generation sustainable aviation fuel.
Answer: We are encouraging the innovation and development of sustainable aviation fuels through a number of policy measures: The SAF Mandate, introduced in January 2025, generates a demand for advanced fuels by capping HEFA SAF and having targets for second and t...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRiver Crane and River Thames: SewageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sewage discharges there have been into the (a) River Thames and (b) River Crane in the last five years.
Answer: The following water companies have permitted discharges of treated final effluent into the River Thames:Thames Water Utilities Ltd into the River Thames – 19Southern Water Services – 2Anglian Water Services – 4Albion Water – 1 35 of the most polluting Com...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Environment Agency's decision to introduce charge funded regulation.
Answer: The Environment Agency’s (EA) decision to introduce charge-funded regulation is enabled by the Water (Special Measures) Act, which allows the EA to recover the full costs of a broader range of enforcement activities from water companies. This approach is ...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSewage: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions has the Environment Agency brought on illegal sewage spills by water companies in each year from 2000.
Answer: The Environment Agency has brought a total of 611 prosecutions against water companies for offences since 2000.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to stop operator self monitoring of the water industry.
Answer: The Government has committed to ending ‘operator self-monitoring’ so water companies will no longer mark their own homework on pollution incidents. We are developing a new strengthened Open Monitoring approach for monitoring wastewater. This will be drive...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSewage: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sewage works suffered a structural malfunction resulting in sewage discharge in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Environment Agency has published data on the number of water company wastewater pollution incidents by source, including from sewage treatment works, over the last five years. Water and Sewerage Pollution Incident Report for 2016-2024.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWater: SewageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have died from illness caused by exposure to sewage spills in rivers and seas by NHS Trust in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: Illnesses often have multiple possible sources, so individual cases cannot usually be attributed to a specific cause unless they are part of an epidemiologically confirmed outbreak. When outbreaks are identified, investigations assess potential sources su...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
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