Oliver Dowden MP: written questions

Written questions

• AJM Healthcare: WheelchairsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69859More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) provision of NHS wheelchairs by AJM Healthcare.

  Answer: The safety of all patients, whether they are treated in the National Health Service or the independent sector, is a top priority for the Government.Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair servi...

  Answered 29 Oct 2025

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• Wheelchairs: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69858More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) provision of NHS wheelchairs.

  Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services. It is therefore the responsibility of ICBs to review and assess the quality of the provision of their commissioned National Health Service whee...

  Answered 27 Oct 2025

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• Radicalism: Young PeopleHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69857More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help prevent the radicalisation of young people.

  Answer: The UK’s counter-terrorism strategy is set out in CONTEST, most recently updated in 2023. Prevent is one of four pillars of that strategy. Prevent seeks to intervene early and provide support to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism...

  Answered 1 Sept 2025

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• Radicalism: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69856More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken through the education system to educate young people on the harms of radicalisation.

  Answer: All schools are under a statutory duty to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being radicalised into terrorism.Every school should actively promote the shared values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and ...

  Answered 4 Sept 2025

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• RadicalismHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69855More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is providing to local authorities to help them prevent people from being radicalised.

  Answer: All Local Authorities in England, Scotland and Wales receive dedicated support from the Home Office to deliver the Prevent duty effectively and in proportion to the level of local risk and threat. This support includes expertise from a network of region-b...

  Answered 1 Sept 2025

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• Multiple Occupation: HertsmereMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69854More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of permitted development on the number of Houses of Multiple Occupation in Hertsmere constituency.

  Answer: My Department has made no such an assessment.

  Answered 3 Sept 2025

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