Sarah Pochin MP: written questions
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DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to tackle UK defence capability gaps.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence employs a rigorous approach to identify and mitigate risks arising from gaps in defence capability, ensuring the delivery of defence's strategic and operational objectives. The Strategic Defence Review sets out recommendations to e...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: IndustryMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK’s defence industrial base to support rapid mobilisation and sustained conflict.
Answer: The Department regularly assesses the Defence enterprise’s ability to respond swiftly to sustained conflict. Additional measures to support rapid mobilisation and sustained readiness were outlined in the Defence Industrial Strategy and the Strategic Defen...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the UK’s ability to defend against a large scale conventional military attack.
Answer: The National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence Review acknowledge that the UK and European allies face a new era of threat. Defence plays a key role in the Cabinet Office-led Home Defence Programme, a whole of Government endeavour, to enhance ou...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of whether current force levels across the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force are sufficient to meet assessed threats.
Answer: Our Armed Forces are ready to deter, fight and win - today, tomorrow and together with our allies. Since elected, this Government has been committed to strengthening our Armed Forces. Through the Strategic Defence Review, we have outlined plans to increas...
Answered 24 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Gender and SexHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of training provided to police officers on identifying and recording incidents involving gender identity and sex characteristics.
Answer: Hate crime has no place in our society, and the Government is committed to ensuring it is recorded accurately and addressed effectively. The accuracy and consistency of crime recording, including hate crime, is the responsibility of individual police forc...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on implementing the Law Commission’s recommendations on hate crime recording.
Answer: Hate crime has no place in our society, and the Government is committed to ensuring it is recorded accurately and addressed effectively. The accuracy and consistency of crime recording, including hate crime, is the responsibility of individual police forc...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration the Home Office has given to mandating annual publication of police force level data on hate crime recording compliance.
Answer: Hate crime has no place in our society, and the Government is committed to ensuring it is recorded accurately and addressed effectively. The accuracy and consistency of crime recording, including hate crime, is the responsibility of individual police forc...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she or officials in her Department have had with the College of Policing on updating hate crime recording protocols.
Answer: Hate crime has no place in our society, and the Government is committed to ensuring it is recorded accurately and addressed effectively. The accuracy and consistency of crime recording, including hate crime, is the responsibility of individual police forc...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that hate crime data reported by police forces is accurate and comparable across categories of characteristic.
Answer: Hate crime has no place in our society, and the Government is committed to ensuring it is recorded accurately and addressed effectively. The accuracy and consistency of crime recording, including hate crime, is the responsibility of individual police forc...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of consistency of police hate crime recording practices across regional police forces.
Answer: Hate crime has no place in our society, and the Government is committed to ensuring it is recorded accurately and addressed effectively. The accuracy and consistency of crime recording, including hate crime, is the responsibility of individual police forc...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100794More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent public sector pay settlements on the fiscal rules.
Answer: No additional central funding has been given to Departments for the 2025/26 pay awards beyond their existing funding allocations, and this will be the case for the remainder of the Spending Review period. This means we will not be borrowing more or raisin...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100793More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of taking fiscal steps to offset the potential impact of recent public sector pay agreements on the public finances.
Answer: No additional central funding has been given to Departments for the 2025/26 pay awards beyond their existing funding allocations, and this will be the case for the remainder of the Spending Review period. This means we will not be borrowing more or raisin...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100792More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent public sector pay settlements on trends in the level of public sector net borrowing in future financial years.
Answer: No additional central funding has been given to Departments for the 2025/26 pay awards beyond their existing funding allocations, and this will be the case for the remainder of the Spending Review period. This means we will not be borrowing more or raisin...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100791More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis her Department has undertaken of the distributional impact of recent public sector pay awards across income deciles.
Answer: No additional central funding has been given to Departments for the 2025/26 pay awards beyond their existing funding allocations, and this will be the case for the remainder of the Spending Review period. This means we will not be borrowing more or raisin...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100790More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent public sector pay settlements on departmental budgetary flexibility in future financial years.
Answer: No additional central funding has been given to Departments for the 2025/26 pay awards beyond their existing funding allocations, and this will be the case for the remainder of the Spending Review period. This means we will not be borrowing more or raisin...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100789More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the long term affordability of public sector pay settlements agreed outside the recommendations of independent pay review bodies.
Answer: No additional central funding has been given to Departments for the 2025/26 pay awards beyond their existing funding allocations, and this will be the case for the remainder of the Spending Review period. This means we will not be borrowing more or raisin...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100788More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent public sector pay settlements on forecast productivity growth in relevant sectors.
Answer: No additional central funding has been given to Departments for the 2025/26 pay awards beyond their existing funding allocations, and this will be the case for the remainder of the Spending Review period. This means we will not be borrowing more or raisin...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100787More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of public sector pay awards agreed since July 2024 on expenditure over the Spending Review period.
Answer: No additional central funding has been given to Departments for the 2025/26 pay awards beyond their existing funding allocations, and this will be the case for the remainder of the Spending Review period. This means we will not be borrowing more or raisin...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFemale Genital MutilationAttorney GeneralTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100225More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has had discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service on the potential impact of articles in medical journals on the willingness of (a) victims of and (b) witnesses to female genital mutilation to come forward.
Answer: Victim and witness confidence is vital to tackling FGM. While the CPS does not comment on individual publications, prosecutors work closely with police and partners under established FGM joint protocols to provide early advice, safeguarding and sensitive ...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFemale Genital MutilationHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 in ensuring that female genital mutilation is treated as a serious criminal offence.
Answer: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is clearly and accurately defined in the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. It is a crime, it is child abuse, and it can destroy lives. On Thursday 18 December, we published the VAWG Strategy setting out the strategic dire...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFemale Genital MutilationAttorney GeneralTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100223More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General,?whether the Crown Prosecution Service provides guidance to prosecutors on addressing expert or academic evidence that uses alternative terminology for female genital mutilation in criminal proceedings.
Answer: FGM is clearly defined in the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and CPS prosecutors apply that statutory framework alongside the Code for Crown Prosecutors. CPS’s prosecution guidance for FGM recognises that expert medical evidence may assist a jury on t...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFemale Genital MutilationHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of alternative terminology for female genital mutilation in professional and academic contexts on the application of existing criminal l
Answer: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is clearly and accurately defined in the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. It is a crime, it is child abuse, and it can destroy lives. On Thursday 18 December, we published the VAWG Strategy setting out the strategic dire...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFemale Genital MutilationAttorney GeneralTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100221More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General,?whether he has sought advice from the Crown Prosecution Service on the potential impact of articles in medical journals on (a) evidential thresholds and (b) prosecutorial decision-making in cases involving female genital muti
Answer: The CPS role is to make sure the right person is prosecuted for the right offence. Prosecutors apply the Code for Crown Prosecutors when making charging decisions in all cases, including FGM. The evidential threshold, whether the evidence provides a reali...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFemale Genital MutilationHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the publication of (a) academic and (b) professional material that (i) reframes and (ii) recharacterises female genital mutilation on the
Answer: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is clearly and accurately defined in the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. It is a crime, it is child abuse, and it can destroy lives. On Thursday 18 December, we published the VAWG Strategy setting out the strategic dire...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFemale Genital MutilationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has issued guidance to clinicians on appropriate language to use when recording, reporting and discussing cases of female genital mutilation.
Answer: The Home Office, the Department for Education, and the Department of Health and Social Care issued multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM), which as updated in July 2020. The guidance ensures that health and other staff understa...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
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