Paul Davies MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Recreation Spaces: Urban AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what long-term plans he has to (a) maintain and (b) expand urban green spaces.
Answer: The government is firmly committed to both maintain and expanding parks and urban green spaces, they are an essential part of local social infrastructure which supports more connected, stronger communities. Regarding the maintenance of urban green spaces,...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPeatlands: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on restoring 280,000 hectares of peatland by 2050.
Answer: Restoration activity is delivered through agri-environment schemes and the Nature for Climate Fund. This fund has secured the restoration of approximately 28,000 hectares of peatlands. In the last restoration season (24/25), 5,606 hectares were restored.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLung Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the country has access to the national lung cancer screening programme.
Answer: The National Health Service will build on its recent successes, including roll-out of the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme, to diagnose cancer earlier and boost survival rates. Funding for national lung screening is set by NHS England and the time...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: GenomicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity in the whole genome sequencing programme for the treatment of less survivable cancers.
Answer: Genomic testing in the National Health Service in England is provided through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service (GMS) as directed by the National Genomic Test Directory (NGTD), which includes tests for over 7,000 rare diseases with an associated genetic ca...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Bus LanesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to enable powered two wheelers to use bus lanes in each region in England.
Answer: The Government remains committed to supporting efforts to improve the safety of road users but has no plans to bring forward legislation to allow motorcycles and other powered two wheelers to access bus lanes by default. Decisions on this matter are for l...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the vulnerabilities of powered two wheelers are considered in road (a) design and (b) maintenance practices.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for setting design standards for their roads and for considering the needs of different road users, including vulnerable road users, when making changes to their roads. To support local authorities, my Department has publ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: TheftHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish a strategy to help tackle motorcycle theft.
Answer: This Government is determined to drive down vehicle crime and we are working with the automotive industry and police, to ensure the strongest response possible to this damaging crime. We do not currently plan to publish a specific strategy on motorcycle t...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal SavingsTreasuryTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75853More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Inclusion Strategy will introduce auto-enrolment for savings.
Answer: The Financial Inclusion Strategy will be published later this year and will seek to tackle a range of barriers which prevent individuals from accessing the financial services and products they need. The Government has convened a Financial Inclusion Commit...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Sexual and Reproductive HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to local education authorities to support school pupils with (a) endometriosis and (b) other (i) menstrual and (ii) reproductive health concerns.
Answer: Pupils learn the facts about menstrual and reproductive health as part of compulsory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE). This includes fertility, the potential impact of lifestyle on fertility for men and women, and the menopause. In July 2025...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve GP (a) training in and (b) awareness of (i) endometriosis and (ii) women’s health issues in general.
Answer: General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for ensuring that their own clinical knowledge, including on endometriosis and women’s health issues in general, remains up-to-date, and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional de...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) mental health and (b) pain management support for people with endometriosis.
Answer: Long wait times are a feature of a system in desperate need of change. On mental health, we are already responding by delivering new, innovative models of care in the community, including piloting six neighbourhood adult mental health centres, operating 2...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Chronic IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate (a) training and (b) guidance for PIP assessors on (i) arthritis and (ii) other chronic, fluctuating health conditions.
Answer: The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment evaluates how an individual’s condition affects their ability to live independently, rather than focusing solely on the nature or severity of their condition. The assessment considers whether a person can...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupational Health: Small BusinessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide support for SMEs for occupational health programmes.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting people with their employment journey. Expert-led impartial advice, and interventions such as occupational health, can help employers provide appropriate and timely work-based support to manage their employees’ hea...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Musculoskeletal DisordersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with musculoskeletal conditions to (a) find and (b) remain in work.
Answer: Backed by £240m investment, the Get Britain Working White Paper launched last November will drive forward approaches to tackling economic inactivity and work toward the long-term ambition of an 80% employment rate. In our March Green Paper, we set out our...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Heads of Mission are taking steps to generate support for the Global Fund’s 8th replenishment.
Answer: The UK is proud to be co-hosting the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment with South Africa and looks forward to working with an expanded range of partners to help end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for good.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to take a decision on the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund’s 8th replenishment.
Answer: The UK's pledge to the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment will be determined later in the year following the conclusion of the process to set multi-year Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding allocations.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 270 of his Department’s report entitled FCDO annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, whether the increase in spending on mu
Answer: No, spending on global health multilaterals is captured within the health section of the report, alongside bilateral health programmes.The UK is committed to our work on global health, including boosting global health security and investing in multilatera...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 269 of his Department’s report entitled FCDO annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the pot
Answer: The reduction in spend by the Health Institutions and Health Security Department between 2024/25 and 2025/26 is calculated by comparing Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in 2025/26 with ODA programme outturn in 2024/25. Some of t...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 269 of his Department’s report entitled FCDO annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, how the reduction in the spend of the
Answer: The reduction in spend by the Health Institutions and Health Security Department between 2024/25 and 2025/26 is calculated by comparing Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in 2025/26 with ODA programme outturn in 2024/25. Some of t...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to have discussions with international partners at the 2025 G20 Summit on the UK and South Africa’s role as co-hosts of the Global Fund’s 8th Replenishment.
Answer: The UK is proud to be co-hosting the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment with South Africa and looks forward to working with an expanded range of partners to help end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for good.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to use the UK’s role as a co-host of the Global Fund’s 8th Replenishment to encourage contributions from international partners.
Answer: The UK is proud to be co-hosting the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment with South Africa and looks forward to working with an expanded range of partners to help end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for good.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2025 to Question 69165 on Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Finance, if he will publish a timeframe for an announcement o
Answer: The UK's pledge to the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment will be determined later in the year following the conclusion of the process to set multi-year Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding allocations.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with independent retailers on the development of the New Business Growth Service.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade launched the Business Growth Service (BGS) in July alongside our Plan for Small Business. We will continue iterating the business.gov.uk online offer through continued engagement with SMEs from across all sectors and ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to introduce the New Business Growth Service.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade launched the Business Growth Service (BGS) in July alongside our Plan for Small Business. We will continue iterating the business.gov.uk online offer through continued engagement with SMEs from across all sectors and ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress his Department has made on the Small Business Command Paper.
Answer: We launched ‘Backing Your Business – our plan for small and medium-sized enterprises’ on 31 July. It is a long-term strategy focussing on five areas:Fixing the Fundamentals by tackling late payments and cutting regulatory burdensUnlocking Access to Financ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
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