Paul Davies MP: written questions
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Holiday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include children from low-income families not currently in receipt of free school meals in the eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme.
Answer: Through our Plan for Change, the government is committed to giving every child the best start in life. On 28 August 2025, we confirmed over £600 million for the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme for the next three financial years. This equates t...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her Department has on the number of parents unable to (a) increase their working hours and (b) return to work due to limited access to (i) affordable and (ii) reliable out-of-school childcare.
Answer: The government is committed to deliver on its pledge to provide a free breakfast club in every state-funded school with primary-aged children, which will provide a free, healthy breakfast as well as 30 minutes childcare. Breakfast clubs remove barriers to...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended Services: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in investment in wraparound childcare for school-aged children on (a) the economy and (b) civil society.
Answer: The government is committed to deliver on its pledge to provide a free breakfast club in every state-funded school with primary-aged children.Breakfast clubs give pupils a supportive start to the school day, leading to improvements in behaviour, concentra...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Papillomavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the roll out of HPV vaccination through community pharmacies for people who missed out at school.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving vaccine uptake and access across all immunisation programmes by exploring new and innovative delivery models, including expanding routes such as community pharmacies, as set out in the NHS Vaccination Strategy and ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the accessibility of cervical screening in the context of the proposed merging of Integrated Care Boards.
Answer: The merging of smaller integrated care boards will help to ensure that they have the capacity and capability to be effective strategic commissioners for all the services for the local population for which they are responsible, including elements of cervic...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: AccessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equality of access to palliative care across England.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications. The statutory guidance states that ICBs m...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect the (a) cost of the services they provide and (b) needs of their local populations.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative care and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service spec...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: NurseriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to support nurseries with energy bills.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy wit...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Community CentresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support community centres with the cost of energy bills.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy wit...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Monoxide: AlarmsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in (a) care homes, (b) student halls, (c) office spaces and (d) other reside
Answer: The goverrnment currently has no plans to extend the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015, which are designed specifically to address issues associated with rented residential accommodation. Other buildings, including workplaces and ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Monoxide: AlarmsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms (Amendment) Regulations 2022 to (a) schools, (b) office spaces a
Answer: The goverrnment currently has no plans to extend the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015, which are designed specifically to address issues associated with rented residential accommodation. Other buildings, including workplaces and ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPedestrian Areas: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to RNIB's report entitled In my way: navigating pedestrian journeys with sight loss, published on 4 September 2025, whether she plans to standardise street environment regulations for (a) design,
Answer: The design and maintenance of local roads is the responsibility of local authorities who are bound by the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty. It is for them to ensure streets are designed and maintained in a way that takes account of th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPedestrian Areas: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will meet with RNIB to discuss their report entitled In my way: navigating pedestrian journeys with sight loss, published on 4 September 2025.
Answer: The design and maintenance of local roads is the responsibility of local authorities who are bound by the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty. It is for them to ensure streets are designed and maintained in a way that takes account of th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitaid: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to make the final payment of the 20 year agreement with UNITAID.
Answer: We plan to make a £14 million contribution to Unitaid in December this year. We are proud of the UK's strong support of Unitaid for nearly 20 years and their groundbreaking achievements in promoting equitable access to life-saving health innovations. Unit...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: Tree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the UK Forestry Standard is being enforced in (a) public and (b) private woodland creation.
Answer: The UK Forestry Standard is the technical standard for sustainable forest management across the UK and defines the government requirements for forestry in the UK. When taking decisions on regulatory or grant applications from private landowners, the Fores...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: Climate Change and EcologyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that newly created woodlands are (a) ecologically diverse and (b) climate-resilient.
Answer: Both the Woodland Creation Planning Grant and England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) enables landowners to design woodlands that fit with their own and Government objectives for woodland creation. EWCO includes maintenance grants for 15 years to ensure su...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help restore plantations on ancient woodland sites.
Answer: Defra supports private landowners and land managers to restore Plantations on Ancient Woodland (PAWS) with a dedicated supplement in Countryside Stewardship. Defra is also continuing support to Forestry England to restore PAWS on the public forest estate....
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRecreation 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
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