Sarah Bool MP: written questions 2025
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Health Services: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of data protection laws in ensuring that legitimate complaints processes are dealt with effectively by health bodies.
Answer: The handling of patient complaints in the National Health Service is governed by the Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009. These regulations set out in law the minimum standards NHS organisation...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: TransportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients do not (a) miss and (b) cancel hospital appointments due to a lack of (i) affordable and (ii) accessible transport options.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we will ensure that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015. The Government is clear that re...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: TransportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) accessibility of transport services for (i) older and (ii) disabled patients attending NHS hospital appointments in rural areas.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we will ensure that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015. The Government is clear that re...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57929 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, whether the Department plans to set out (a) specific targets and (b) timelines for improving recruitment and retention in eac
Answer: The current Government inherited a crisis in recruitment and retention from the last administration. We have made a series of announcements to improve Armed Forces recruitment and retention. We are committed to maintaining the high standards of recruitmen...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 2025 June to Question 57929 on Armed Force: Recruitment, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the accelerated recruitment process maintains rigorous standards in (a) tra
Answer: The current Government inherited a crisis in recruitment and retention from the last administration. We have made a series of announcements to improve Armed Forces recruitment and retention. We are committed to maintaining the high standards of recruitmen...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57929 on Armed Force: Recruitment, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the new gap year schemes in attracting recruits from underrepr
Answer: The Gap Year scheme is intended to provide a novel means of entry into the Armed Forces. This is an attractive voluntary employment scheme for school leavers, whatever their background. It will provide excellent military basic training that promotes teamw...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Mental HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 56077 on Farmer: Mental Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the 8,500 new mental health support workers include specialists
Answer: As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it, we are recruiting 8,500 mental health workers across child and adult mental health services to help ease pressure on busy services....
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Mental HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 56077 on Farmer: Mental Health, what (a) funding and (b) support his Department is providing directly to farming welfare charities to
Answer: Delivery of mental health interventions sits with the Department for Health and Social Care, who are investing in mental health to ensure it receives the same attention as physical health. This includes the hiring of 8,500 new mental health support worker...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Mental HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 56077 on Farmer: Mental Health, what findings have been identified through the Farmer Opinion Tracker on mental health challenges; an
Answer: We listen to what farmers are telling us, reporting in our statistical series the strength of sentiment through both numbers and from the open response questions. Findings, alongside our engagement with farmers at shows and events and with representative ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the impact of overseas postings on retention rates among service personnel; and
Answer: The Ministry of Defence continuously analyses retention data through the use of tools such as staff surveys and exit interviews, to better understand the reasons why personnel leave Service. With this information we seek to improve the offer made to new a...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, whether he considered introducing a specific financial incentive or hardship allowance for service personnel deployed to operat
Answer: To account for the differences in the cost-of-living in overseas locations, eligible Service personnel are entitled to Local Overseas Allowance (LOA). LOA recognises the amount by which average essential day-to-day expenditure in an overseas location diff...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the current allowance package in meeting the cost-of-living differen
Answer: To account for the differences in the cost-of-living in overseas locations, eligible Service personnel are entitled to Local Overseas Allowance (LOA). LOA recognises the amount by which average essential day-to-day expenditure in an overseas location diff...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: FraudTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62489More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57939 on Investment: Fraud, what steps HMRC is taking to improve (a) communication (b) access to specialist caseworkers, (c) financial hardship assessments and (d)
Answer: I refer the honorable Member to the response to UIN 57939. Where an individual disagrees with HMRC’s decision on their tax liability, they can appeal by requesting HMRC reviews the decision, use an Alternative Dispute Resolution process in appropriate cas...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: FraudTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62488More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57939 on Investment: Fraud, whether HMRC has a formal process for reviewing tax demands issued to individuals who have been identified as victims of financial fraud
Answer: I refer the honorable Member to the response to UIN 57939. Where an individual disagrees with HMRC’s decision on their tax liability, they can appeal by requesting HMRC reviews the decision, use an Alternative Dispute Resolution process in appropriate cas...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: FraudTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62487More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57939 on Investment: Fraud, what criteria HMRC uses to determine whether a tax liability arising from an investment scheme promoted through fraudulent means constit
Answer: I refer the honorable Member to the response to UIN 57939. Where an individual disagrees with HMRC’s decision on their tax liability, they can appeal by requesting HMRC reviews the decision, use an Alternative Dispute Resolution process in appropriate cas...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57936 on Strategic Defence Review, whether the findings from the internal survey and call for evidence were published or summarised.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was informed by an unprecedented level of consultation. The findings from the internal survey and call for evidence informed the 'Review and Challenge' phase of the SDR; during which 27 panels, comprised of more than 150...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57936 on Strategic Defence Review, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the views of junior ranks and underrepresented groups within the armed forc
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review was informed by an unprecedented level of consultation. The call for evidence phase explicitly invited responses from serving military personnel. They were invited to respond to both the public call for evidence and an interna...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57936 on Strategic Defence Review, what proportion of the 1,700 people who responded to the call for evidence were (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans.
Answer: I am unable to provide an exact proportion. However, during the call for evidence phase of the Strategic Defence Review serving personnel and veterans were encouraged to submit a response, of which approximately 800 responses came from within the Ministry...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: South NorthamptonshireDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the transport infrastructure needs of South Northamptonshire in the context of (a) the Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor and (b) the aims of the UK’s Modern Industrial
Answer: The Oxford-Cambridge (OxCam) Growth Corridor has been identified as a key priority for this Government with South Northamptonshire included within this corridor. Lord Vallance, appointed as the OxCam Champion, is exploring options for how best to deliver ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: South NorthamptonshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the British Business Bank’s Cluster Champions programme to help support high-growth SMEs in South Northamptonshire.
Answer: The Cluster Champions programme is designed to provide up to £100 million of additional targeted investment to businesses in the eight Industrial Strategy sectors in ten clusters located in city regions across the whole of the UK. While not part of the cl...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational Education and Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to increase (a) the number of technical excellence colleges and (b) AI skills training to support the (i) advanced manufacturing and (ii) clean energy sectors in South Northamptonshire constitu
Answer: Our Industrial Strategy puts skills at the heart of economic growth. This means ensuring training opportunities match growth areas like artificial intelligence (AI).We are introducing Technical Excellence Colleges (TECs) to specialise in training skilled ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Energy: Local GovernmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support (a) South Northamptonshire and (b) other local authorities to improve grid connections for clean energy projects under the Connections Accelerator Service.
Answer: Clean energy projects in South Northamptonshire and other local authorities will benefit from ongoing reforms to the grid connection process which will release up to 500GW of capacity from the queue, enabling accelerated connections for schemes that are r...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustry: InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) South Northamptonshire constituency, (b) other semi-rural constituencies and (c) rural constituencies will be affected by (i) the Strategic Sites
Answer: The Industrial Strategy is a 10-year plan to back our strengths and realise Britain’s potential, targeting government investment towards eight-growth driving sectors (IS-8). The Strategy’s place-based approach focuses efforts on the city regions and clust...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified Organisms: ResearchDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding and support mechanisms his Department is considering to establish a national programme for precision breeding (a) research and (b) public engagement.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting research to unlock the potential of precision breeding. The latest programme of Defra’s Genetic Improvement Networks (GINs), which is supported by up to £15 million in funding over 5 years, includes funding for re...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlants: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to reduce regulation on the plant breeding sector.
Answer: Precision breeding offers huge potential to transform the plant breeding sector in England. By reducing the regulatory requirements on the use of these plant breeding technologies, it will enable innovative products to be commercialised in years inste...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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