Peter Prinsley MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Dogs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce specific regulations or mandatory safety standards for commercial dog swimming pools, in the context of recent reports of dog injuries associated with un
Answer: Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 it is an offence to cause physical or mental suffering to animals, which would include in settings such as commercial dog swimming pools. Whilst the Government has no plans to introduce specific legislation aimed at regul...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaesthetics: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of plans to reform the immigration settlement system on the number of anaesthetists working in the health service.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential impact of plans to reform the immigration settlement system on the number of anaesthetists working in the health service.The Government has launched a consultation on proposals to reform the current settlement ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average annual study budget available for resident doctors in England who are undertaking training or professional development is.
Answer: For the 2025/26 financial year, the total study budget allocated for doctors and dentists in postgraduate training in England is £54.5 million. The levels of spend by individual trainees are not collected centrally.We do not hold comparable data for Scotl...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: Scotland and WalesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government holds data on the average resident doctor study budget in England compared with that available in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales.
Answer: For the 2025/26 financial year, the total study budget allocated for doctors and dentists in postgraduate training in England is £54.5 million. The levels of spend by individual trainees are not collected centrally.We do not hold comparable data for Scotl...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSurgical Hubs: Out of Area TreatmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure patients who receive care at a surgical hub outside of their local area have access to follow-up treatment such as rehab in their locality.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first. This means making sure that patients are seen on time and ensuring that people have the best possible experience during their care.The responsibility for ensuring that patients receive the right ongoi...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordJoint Replacements: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle elective care waiting times including joint replacement surgery in (a) Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket and (b) nationally.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first, nationally and in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. This means making sure that patients, including those waiting for joint replacement surgery, are seen on time and ensuring that people have the best p...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AntisemitismDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to mandate antisemitism awareness education for (a) children and (b) teachers.
Answer: There is no place for antisemitism in our society.The Holocaust is the only historic event which is compulsory within the national curriculum for history at key stage 3. Teaching about antisemitism is integral to teaching this event. There are other oppor...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement a formal mentoring programme for doctors.
Answer: There are currently no plans for a central mentoring programme for doctors. Such programmes are provided by some National Health Service trusts, integrated care boards and Royal Colleges.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support early interventions in maternity care.
Answer: We are rolling out several measures to support early interventions in maternity care.These include implementing the Saving Babies’ Lives ‘Bundle’, which provides evidence-based guidance for providers of maternity care to help reduce adverse outcomes and o...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: Rural AreasDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of falling birth rates on the sustainability of small rural primary schools; and what steps she is taking to ensure that these schools are (a) pro
Answer: The department recognises the essential role that small, rural schools play in their communities. The national funding formula (NFF) accounts for the particular challenges faced by small schools in rural areas, namely, the impact of falling rolls, throu...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the NHS Dispensing Fee for dispensing GP practices in the context of recent increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions.
Answer: General practices (GPs) are valued independent contractors who provide over £13 billion worth of National Health Services. Every year we consult with the profession about what services GPs provide, and the money providers are entitled to in return under t...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the General Dental Council has made on procuring a new examination board for the Overseas Registration Exam.
Answer: I have asked the General Dental Council (GDC) to present its action plan to reduce the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) waiting list in the autumn, when the GDC also expects to be able to announce the new contract provider for the ORE.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the General Dental Council has made on developing an action plan to reduce the waiting list for the Overseas Registration Exam.
Answer: I have asked the General Dental Council (GDC) to present its action plan to reduce the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) waiting list in the autumn, when the GDC also expects to be able to announce the new contract provider for the ORE.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation her Department undertook on the potential impact of changes to the skilled worker route on the supply of (a) dental hygienists and (b) dental nurses.
Answer: On 12 May, we published our Immigration White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’, outlining our future approach to legal migration routes. The first set of immigration rules giving effect to the policies in the White Paper was published...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the General Medical Council on ensuring that doctors who are unwell seek professional help for their condition, in the context of the General Medical Council's deci
Answer: The Government has committed to bringing forward legislation to modernise the regulation of doctors in the United Kingdom by the General Medical Council (GMC) in this Parliament. Government officials are working closely with the GMC and other stakeholders...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaestheticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to protect anaesthetist as a professional title.
Answer: The Government recognises that the protection in law of certain professional titles is important for public safety. Protecting a title provides assurance to the public that someone using that title is competent and safe to practise.The title anaesthetist ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Care Quality Commission on the introduction of specific metrics to tackle sexual misconduct.
Answer: The Department has not had any recent discussions with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regarding the introduction of specific metrics to tackle sexual misconduct.Nonetheless, the CQC monitors for concerns related to sexual misconduct as part of its regu...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service on the revision of sanctions banding for sexual misconduct cases.
Answer: The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) is a statutory committee of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is the independent regulator of all medical doctors, anaesthesia associates, and physician associates practising in the United Kingdom. ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with professional regulators to ensure consistent management of sexual misconduct cases.
Answer: The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) oversees the bodies which regulate health and care professionals in the United Kingdom. As with all UK healthcare professional regulators, the PSA is independent of Government, and dire...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage medical schools to sign the NHS England sexual safety in healthcare organisational charter.
Answer: The Government is clear that there is no place for sexual misconduct of any kind in medical education or anywhere else. We expect university leaders, working with National Health Service organisations and all others involved in medical education, to stamp...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to mandate (a) NHS trust organisations, (b) health boards and (c) professional regulators to collect and publish annual data on sexual misconduct cases.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that all National Health Service healthcare settings are safe places to work and everyone working in the NHS feels safe at work. There is a zero-tolerance approach to any instances of sexual misconduct in the NHS workplace.NHS...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Practitioners Tribunal Service: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure trauma-informed education and training for all staff involved in fitness-to-practice cases within the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
Answer: The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) is a statutory committee of the General Medical Council (GMC), the independent regulator of all medical doctors, anaesthesia associates and physician associates practising in the United Kingdom. The MPTS o...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a roadmap outlining how NHS trust organisations will implement the national sexual misconduct policy framework.
Answer: NHS England published a National Sexual Misconduct People Policy Framework in October 2024 and is currently conducting an evaluation of how this is being implemented across integrated care boards and National Health Service trusts. The results of this wil...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to establish a national anonymous reporting mechanism for sexual misconduct in the NHS.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that all National Health Service healthcare settings are safe places to work and that everyone working in the NHS feels safe and supported at work. There is a zero-tolerance approach to any instances of sexual misconduct in th...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will establish a cross-Departmental ministerial taskforce with the Department for Health and Social Care to support workforce planning between the higher education sector and health service.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters to ensure cross-departmental collaboration on workforce planning in higher education and the healthcare service.The government is preparing...
Answered 28 May 2025
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