Munira Wilson MP: written questions
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Strokes: 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
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Twickenham of 17 November 2025 on the Teddington Direct River Abstraction.
Answer: I thank the Honourable Member for Twickenham for writing and apologise for the delay in response. I have followed this up with the department will and respond shortly.
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDolphins and Whales: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of taking steps to help protect animals from the grindadrap.
Answer: The UK strongly opposes the hunting of all cetaceans other than some limited activities by indigenous people for clearly defined subsistence needs. Cessation of the grindadrap, or “The Grind” would be a positive step in improving the conservation and resi...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBoats: Renewable EnergyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring boat owners using canals and rivers to generate their own renewable energy power.
Answer: Consideration of the inland waterways sector is included in the Department for Transport’s Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy (page 29) and accompanying Analytical Annex (page 12), published in 2025.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHouseboats: Inland WaterwaysDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the position paper by the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities entitled The challenges around t
Answer: Navigation authorities are not housing authorities. Defra will consider the matters raised in the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities position paper about the residential use of inland waterways, and will engage with the Ministry of Housing, Comm...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAirports: National Policy StatementsDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what external organisations are feeding into the review of the Airports National Policy Statement.
Answer: We have procured external experts to help inform our understanding of the links between air connectivity and the economy, and to undertake an Appraisal of Sustainability, Habitats Regulations Assessment, Health Impact Analysis and Equalities Impact Assess...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the economic review of Heathrow expansion is seeking input from external experts.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 11 February 2026, to Question UIN 108285.
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAirports: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the (a) Aviation Night Noise Effects study and (b) Aviation Noise Attitudes Survey before the review of the Airports National Policy Statement is completed.
Answer: The Aviation Night Noise Effects and Aviation Noise Attitudes studies are currently being completed and are expected to be ready for publication before the review of the Airports National Policy Statement is concluded.
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115582More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including the weight of the vehicle in the review of Vehicle Excise Duty.
Answer: Vehicle Excise Duty is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. For certain vehicle classifications, VED liability is partially calculated in accordance with the vehicle’s weight, reflecting the greater road damage caused by heavier vehicles. For e...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Women and Young PeopleTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114985More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the rise in Employer's National Insurance Contributions on businesses hiring women and young people.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on indi...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to respond to the hon. Member for Twickenham's correspondence, reference MC2024-00009674.
Answer: I thank the hon. Member for highlighting concerns about affordable software licenses for public libraries. This is a complex issue that has arisen from a change in Microsoft’s policy regarding the transition of libraries from Education to Not-for-Profit (...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHeathrow AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled, Review of the Airports National Policy Statement engagement update, updated on 18 February 2026, on what date it made the requests to Heathrow Airport Ltd, and what
Answer: The Department provided Heathrow Airport Ltd with a provisional list of requests on 5 February 2026 prior to publishing the list on 18 February 2026. The Department received a response from Heathrow Airport Ltd on 20 February 2026.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the requirements councils must meet to be eligible for the write-off of 90% of their historic SEND-related deficits.
Answer: As set out in the final Local Government Finance Settlement, all local authorities with a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) related High Needs deficit will be eligible in 2026/27 to receive a High Needs Stability Grant that will cover 90% ...
Answered 10 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting times for endometriosis in (a) England and (b) Twickenham constituency.
Answer: Patients waiting for an endometriosis diagnosis may receive diagnostic tests such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound, though the only definitive way to diagnose endometriosis is by a laparoscopic procedure. A laparoscopy is also used to tr...
Answered 20 Feb 2026
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