Sam Carling MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Buses: Exhaust EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the level of exposure to children of diesel emissions from buses operating near schools.
Answer: The Government shares the concern about the impact diesel bus emissions have on air quality, and ultimately to children's health. The NO2 programme has provided £576m to support local authorities (LAs) to improve air quality in areas of nitrogen oxide exc...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Capacity: Medical ExaminationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of reviewing the current approach to mental capacity assessments, particularly in relation to addiction and conditions which may involve f
Answer: On 18 October 2025, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced the intention to launch a public consultation on the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in 2026. The consultation will cover a revised Code of Practice an...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle repeated retrospective planning applications designed to delay enforcement action on projects which have already had permission rejected.
Answer: Under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, local planning authorities have various powers to decline to determine planning applications. These include the power to decline to determine a retrospective planning application where an enforcement notice ha...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) the blackout challenge and (b) other physically harmful trends on social media.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, services need to put in place protections for all users from content which is illegal. There are additional protections for children from harmful content, including content that encourages or promotes dangerous stunts or chall...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes his Department manages; and how many such homes are (a) single units, (b) family units and (c) HMOs.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) currently manages some 133,000 permanent and temporary Single living Accommodation bedspaces and 47,059 Service Family Accommodation properties across the UK. The Department does not manage any Houses of multiple occupation (...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Gulf StatesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council and the potential merits of requiring imported chicken meat to meet the United
Answer: The UK has been in negotiations for a modern and ambitious free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council since June 2022. Throughout these negotiations, we have proactively engaged with a diverse range of stakeholders across sectors and regions, ...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious PracticeChurch CommissionersTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68258More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many rites of deliverances have been carried under Church of England deliverance ministry guidance in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these were children.
Answer: This is not a matter for the National Church Institutions and no data or records on numbers or type of deliverance ministry cases are held centrally. The House of Bishops determines Guidelines for Deliverance Ministry and oversees resources and training f...
Answered 7 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the provision of full (a) training and (b) guidance on (i) arthritis and (ii) other long-term fluctuating health conditions for PIP assessors.
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 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support disabled people who will never be able to work in North West Cambridgeshire constituency.
Answer: The social security system will always be there for those who can’t work.As part of the recent announcements, we are making changes to the rates in Universal Credit, we will ensure that the incomes of those with the most severe, lifelong conditions who wi...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of the ophthalmology sector to deliver timely care in (a) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB and (b) in England in the context of the propos
Answer: Whilst no specific assessment has been made of the proposed 2025/26 NHS Standard Contract and Payment Scheme for ophthalmology services in England, or specifically for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board, we are committed to ensuring...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of challenges of accessing mental health provision in rural communities.
Answer: Waiting lists for those wanting to access mental health provisions are too high across England, in areas with fewer mental health services and including those in rural communities. People with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFacebook: LGBT+ PeopleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent changes to Meta guidelines on hateful conduct which allow Facebook users to refer to LGBT+ people as
Answer: The government is aware of the changes Meta has made to its guidelines. This change does not affect the strong protections the Online Safety Act will bring in for UK users online. The Act will oblige all social media companies to remove illegal content an...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Rural AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what role rural digital connectivity will have in the industrial strategy.
Answer: As set out in the Industrial Strategy Green Paper, access to fast, secure, and reliable digital connectivity is essential to enabling economic growth and to reap the transformational productivity benefits of digitalisation and the adoption of AI. Improvem...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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