Navendu Mishra MP: written questions
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Written questions
Civil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76324More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review the decision to outsource Civil Service Pension Scheme administration, in the context of performance levels under the present contract.
Answer: At present there are no plans to reverse or conduct a formal review of the decision to outsource Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) administration. The Government remains committed to the forthcoming outsourcing arrangement with Capita, subject to streng...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: British National (Overseas)Department for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has (a) made an assessment of the barriers faced by Hong Kong BNO visa holders in transferring professional qualifications into the British labour market and (b) issued guidance
Answer: Many British National Overseas (BNO) visa holders have professional qualifications. Recognition of overseas qualifications is determined by independent occupational regulators, many of which accept Hong Kong qualifications.The recognition process can be c...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to exempt the BNO visa scheme from the proposed extension of the standard qualifying period for settlement.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future. I welcomed the opportunity to listen to the views of Members in the recent 8th September Westminster Hall Deba...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is his planned timetable is for commencing the remaining provisions in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244) and to the answer given to Questions UIN 68213 on 23 July 2025.
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMeans Tested Benefits: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of categorising military compensation as exempt from eligibility criteria for means-tested benefits.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 8 July 2025 to question UIN 63814
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAlzheimer's Disease: CarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support hs Department is providing to people caring for family members with advanced Alzheimer’s disease.
Answer: The Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable, high-quality care and support services, including support for carers. We have produced guidance to help those diagnosed with dementia, or those supporting someone with de...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wildlife Crime Unit: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the National Wildlife Crime Unit in tackling wildlife crime in the North West.
Answer: Defra supports the valuable work of the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) and is providing £424,000 to the Unit in 2025-2026. It is satisfied with the NWCU’s effectiveness. The NWCU helps prevent and detect wildlife crime by obtaining and disseminating ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve (a) awareness, (b) diagnosis and (c) access to fertility treatment for men affected by infertility.
Answer: We are developing a Men's Health Strategy which will seek to improve the health and wellbeing of all men in England, and which will be informed by the call for evidence. This includes finding the right ways to promote healthier behaviours, improving outco...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Illness: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to fund research into treatments for psychosis.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care, through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), commissions a range of research into treatments for psychosis.For example, the NIHR is currently funding a £2.6 million clinical trial of Feeling Safe, a ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: StockportDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to support the maintenance and continued operation of swimming facilities in Stockport constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities, including swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the count...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysician AssistantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the public is made aware of the change from Physician Associate to Physician Assistant.
Answer: The principal question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician assistants (PAs) and physician assistants in anaesthesia (PAAs) (still legally known as physician associates and anaesthesia associates) are safe and effective. The Rev...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into the UK’s international (a) climate adaptation and (b) resilience programmes.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth, Development Office's (FCDO) water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) portfolio contributes to building climate resilient systems and supporting adaptation to the impacts of climate change. Since 2020 we have supported governments to...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPreventive Medicine: StockportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide preventative health services in Stockport constituency's most deprived wards.
Answer: The Government’s mission is to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between rich and poor, through the Health Mission and 10-Year Health Plan. Our 10-Year Health Plan sets out how a shift to prevention will deliver healthier, more prosperous lives for...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Expectancy: StockportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce differences in life expectancy between different areas within the Stockport constituency.
Answer: The UK faces significant health inequalities, with life expectancy and healthy life expectancy varying widely across and between communities. Our 10-Year Health Plan sets out a reimagined service designed to tackle inequalities in both access and outcomes...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any funding will be available to deliver the Digital Inclusion Action Plan beyond the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund.
Answer: Digital inclusion is a priority for this Government, a step-change from the last ten years.That is why the Government published its Digital Inclusion Action Plan – First Steps in February 2025, which outlines the first five actions we are taking on digita...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Social ServicesHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish a full impact assessment for the most recent statement of changes to the immigration rules on the care sector.
Answer: It is our intention to publish the Impact Assessment (IA) at the earliest opportunity. A technical annex (Restoring control over the immigration system: technical annex (accessible) - GOV.UK) was published alongside the Immigration White Paper setting out...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: Import controlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the ban on hunting trophy imports (a) is robust and (b) does not allow any hunting trophies to enter the UK.
Answer: The Government committed to banning the import of hunting trophies in its manifesto and we will deliver on this. Defra continues to engage with relevant stakeholders to ensure that we can implement a robust ban on the import of hunting trophies from speci...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 62269 on IVF: Finance, whether his Department has had discussions with NHS Greater Manchester on the proposed reduction in the number of NHS-funded
Answer: No such discussions have taken place.Funding decisions for health services in England are made by integrated care boards, and are based on the clinical needs of their local population. We expect these organisations to commission fertility services in line...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: StockportDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will make an assessment of the availability of secondary school places in Stockport constituency.
Answer: The department collects annual data from local authorities about primary and secondary state-funded school places, local authorities’ pupil forecasts and local authorities’ planned changes to school places. The data is published at local authority level i...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFujitsu: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67480More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review Government contracts with Fujitsu.
Answer: The impact of the Horizon scandal on postmasters and their families has been horrendous. The Government is determined to hold those responsible to account and will continue to seek to make rapid progress on compensation and redress. Fujitsu’s role in Hori...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTinnitus: StockportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are on the waiting list for tinnitus treatment in Stockport constituency.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on this particular condition. However, the latest published data on the waiting list for Ear, Nose and Throat, which includes those waiting for tinnitus treatment, stood at 4,492 in the Stockport NHS Foundation Tru...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHearing Impairment: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the adequacy of waiting times for audiology appointments in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Greater Manchester.
Answer: We do not hold specific data on audiology waiting lists in the Stockport constituency, Greater Manchester, or nationally.In May 2025, the waiting list for Ear, Nose and Throat, which includes audiology appointments, stood at 4,492 in the Stockport NHS Fou...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people from ethnic minority backgrounds to become blood donors in Greater Manchester.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England.Recruiting donors from black heritage backgrounds is a strategic priority for NHSBT, driven by the clinical need to provide better matched blood for patients with conditions lik...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT System: FujitsuDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions his Department has had with Fujitsu Ltd on its involvement in the Horizon IT system failures; and whether his Department plans to pursue accountability for the company’s involve
Answer: We welcome Fujitsu’s acknowledgement of their moral obligation to contribute to the cost of the scandal. On 7 March 2025, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and Fujitsu’s global CEO agreed to begin talks on Fujitsu’s contribution to the costs o...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: StockportDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 58271 on Driving Tests: Stockport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the average waiting time at the Bredbury driving test centre.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is aware that car practical driving test waiting times remain high and understands the impact this is having on learner drivers. All staff at the agency are working tirelessly to reduce waiting times at all t...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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