Sarah Bool MP: written questions 2025
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Children: Long CovidDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department tracks the number of children whose education has been disrupted by long COVID.
Answer: The department does not hold data on the number of children absent specifically due to long COVID. Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supportin...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: Long CovidDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department has taken to monitor the progress of children whose education has been disrupted by long COVID.
Answer: The department does not hold data on the number of children absent specifically due to long COVID. Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supportin...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSpirits: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92703More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of UK spirits duty rates for the on-trade compared to equivalent rates in (a) Ireland, (b) France, (c) Germany, and (d) other EU member states.
Answer: The UK’s alcohol duty system balances protecting the public finances and promoting health. There is significant variation in alcohol taxation policy amongst European countries. The World Health Organization recently published a comparison of alcohol taxes...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpirits: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92702More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate her Department has made of the spirits duty revenue at risk from pub closures.
Answer: HMRC does not hold data on alcohol duty paid on alcohol sold in pubs. Alcohol duty is paid at the point of production or import and would not generally be paid directly by pubs. Statistics on alcohol duty are published in the Alcohol Bulletin - GOV.UK. Es...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpirits: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92701More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the proportion of spirits duty revenue generated from UK-produced spirits sold in pubs.
Answer: HMRC does not hold data on alcohol duty paid on alcohol sold in pubs. Alcohol duty is paid at the point of production or import and would not generally be paid directly by pubs. Statistics on alcohol duty are published in the Alcohol Bulletin - GOV.UK. Es...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic HousesTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92700More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of spirits duty, business rates, VAT, and employer National Insurance contributions paid by pubs in the last 12 months.
Answer: HMRC does not hold readily available data on revenue from spirits duty, VAT, and employer National Insurance contributions paid by pubs. HMRC does not hold information on business rates which are administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Lo...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpirits: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92699More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the revenue generated from spirits duty paid by on-trade premises compared to off-trade retailers.
Answer: HMRC does not hold data on alcohol duty paid on alcohol sold in pubs. Alcohol duty is paid at the point of production or import and would not generally be paid directly by pubs. Statistics on alcohol duty are published in the Alcohol Bulletin - GOV.UK. Es...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Business: Inheritance TaxScotland OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on Scottish family farms.
Answer: We are striking a fair balance between supporting farmers and fixing the public services on which our rural communities rely.Our reforms to the Agricultural Property Relief means that the majority of those claiming relief, three quarters, will not be affe...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBattles: Cultural HeritageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of further permitted development protections for registered historic battlefields in England.
Answer: The government is committed to the protection of the historic environment.We consider new permitted development rights, and amendments to existing ones, on a case-by-case basis.Changes to permitted development rights are generally made following public co...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters' Private Offices: Civil ServantsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many appointments to ministerial private office have been made by exceptions to the civil service recruitment principles since July 2024; and how many transfers of civil servants from other departments by exc
Answer: Between July 2024 and 03 November 2025 there were no appointments made by exception to Ministerial Private Offices among the delegated grades (below Senior Civil Servant (SCS) level). However, during this period there was one direct Ministerial appointmen...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAmmunitionMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 906145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to replenish UK munitions stockpiles.
Answer: As announced in the Strategic Defence Review, we our investing £6 billion this Parliament in munitions to replenish our stockpiles. This investment includes £1.5 billion specifically to develop an “always on” munitions pipeline, building six new munitions...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDeer: ConservationHome OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents relating to deer management required an armed response from police officers in the year 2023-24.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold any data on the number of incidents related to deer management reported by police forces, or how many required an armed police response.While the Home Office does collect and publish annual statistics on the number of police ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeer: ConservationHome OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents relating to deer management were reported by police forces in 2023-24.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold any data on the number of incidents related to deer management reported by police forces, or how many required an armed police response.While the Home Office does collect and publish annual statistics on the number of police ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeer: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to streamline the deer management night licensing regime.
Answer: Defra provides a wide range of support to help landowners and managers tackle deer impacts on woodlands. This includes grants for managing their impacts and for capital items, as well as funding of relevant projects, including those that facilitate landsc...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeer: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to incentivise deer management by local landowners at a landscape scale.
Answer: Defra provides a wide range of support to help landowners and managers tackle deer impacts on woodlands. This includes grants for managing their impacts and for capital items, as well as funding of relevant projects, including those that facilitate landsc...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeer: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a deer management strategy.
Answer: Defra provides a wide range of support to help landowners and managers tackle deer impacts on woodlands. This includes grants for managing their impacts and for capital items, as well as funding of relevant projects, including those that facilitate landsc...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters' Private Offices: Civil ServiceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many appointments to ministerial private offices since July 2024 have been made by civil service recruitment principles exceptions including the transfer of civil servants from other department
Answer: The Department has made one appointment to ministerial private offices since July 2024 to 4 September 2025 by exception to the Civil Service recruitment principles.
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Armed Forces CovenantDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty on her departmental responsibilities.
Answer: The department has a long-standing commitment to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant and support the education of children and young people from military families within the state-funded education system in England.The department is support...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government’s commission on adult social care will consider reform to the means test of the Disabled Facilities Grant.
Answer: In England, we continue to fund the locally administered Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), which helps eligible older and disabled people on low incomes to adapt their homes.We have provided an additional £172 million across this and the last financial yea...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the upcoming National Cancer Plan addresses challenges relating to delayed diagnosis for unstageable cancers.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers such as myeloma, as well as other unstageable cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, in order to improve out...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics are used to track early diagnosis in blood cancer.
Answer: The Department continues to support the National Health Service to diagnose and treat cancer as early and fast as possible. There have been improvements in the prognosis of blood cancer patients, with patients now living twice as long. However, we recogni...
Answered 29 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a proxy measure for early diagnosis in blood cancer, in the absence of staging information.
Answer: The Department continues to support the National Health Service to diagnose and treat cancer as early and fast as possible. There have been improvements in the prognosis of blood cancer patients, with patients now living twice as long. However, we recogni...
Answered 29 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaemiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Scottish Government on including aplastic anaemia on NHS Inform.
Answer: Working under the United Kingdom Rare Diseases Framework, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as aplastic anaemia.Collaboration at all levels across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales rema...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Land UseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56079 on Agriculture: Land Use, what the breakdown in the type of agricultural production on the 50% of land with solar panels which
Answer: The statistics are based on results from the annual Defra June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture. The specific survey category was “Area of solar panels on land also used for grazing or agricultural production” but no breakdowns of the type of produc...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Land UseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56079 on Agriculture: Land Use, what proportion of the 50% of land with solar panels that is still being used for agricultural produc
Answer: The statistics are based on results from the annual Defra June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture. The specific survey category was “Area of solar panels on land also used for grazing or agricultural production” but no breakdowns of the type of produc...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
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