Pippa Heylings MP: written questions

Written questions

• NHS: Political ActivitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17087More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to consult NHS staff, professional bodies and trade unions on proposed guidance relating to political symbols and expression in NHS workplaces; and whether he will publish an imp

  Answer: NHS England has welcomed the Mann Review, published alongside a written ministerial statement by the former Secretary of State on 4 June (HCWS91). Having already accepted its recommendations in full, it has no plans to consult, or publish an impact assess...

  Answered 19 Aug 2026

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• Armed Forces: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16660More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of Armed Forces pension scheme provisions which limit survivor pension entitlement for spouses who married former service personnel after they had left service; a

  Answer: Before 6 April 1978, it was a well-established principle of occupational pension schemes, including those for the Armed Forces, that to be eligible to claim part of the scheme member’s pension upon the member’s death, a widow/er had to be married to the s...

  Answered 14 Jul 2026

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• Sheltered Housing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16659More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the number of retirement village properties that remain unsold following the (a) death and (b) transfer into care of the leaseholder; and wheth

  Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to Questions UIN 4726 on 8 June 2026 and UIN 12434 on 30 June 2026, and to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 22 June 2026 (HCWS132).

  Answered 15 Jul 2026

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• Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16658More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of student loan liabilities on (a) disabled students and (b) students who withdraw from university due to ill health.

  Answer: Borrowers who are permanently unfit for work because of their disability can apply to the Student Loans Company to have any outstanding loan cancelled.More broadly, no student loan borrower earning under the repayment threshold is required to make any rep...

  Answered 17 Jul 2026

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