Scott Arthur MP: written questions
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Fuels: ShortagesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure key workers can reach their place of employment in the event of a fuel shortage.
Answer: The Government is monitoring developments in relation to the Middle East closely. The UK benefits from a diverse and resilient supply chain. Around 90% of crude oil refined in the UK is imported, and approximately 1%,comes from the Middle East. This diver...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Health: Education and TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support joined up working in the development of skills in the environmental health sector.
Answer: The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper set out reforms to the skills system to ensure skills provision is aligned to the needs of the Industrial Strategy and support people to train in sectors which support growth and meet priority skills needs. The...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Health: Education and TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of skills in the environmental health sector.
Answer: The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper set out reforms to the skills system to ensure skills provision is aligned to the needs of the Industrial Strategy and support people to train in sectors which support growth and meet priority skills needs. The...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to appoint the independent co-chair of the National Cancer Plan implementation board.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, published on the 4 February 2026, sets out several commitments and ambitions, to be delivered within the next 10 years. The role of the reformed National Cancer Board will be to support and monitor the delivery of the commitments...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be used to ensure that the independent co-chair of the National Cancer Plan implementation board is independent of government.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, published on the 4 February 2026, sets out several commitments and ambitions, to be delivered within the next 10 years. The role of the reformed National Cancer Board will be to support and monitor the delivery of the commitments...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, what estimate her Department has made of the scale of a Named Community Sponsorship scheme.
Answer: In the Restoring Order and Control policy statement, the Government committed to transforming its approach to safe and legal routes. This included the creation of a named sponsorship scheme to enable community groups to sponsor refugees and displaced pers...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, by what date her department plans to have operationalised a Named Community Sponsorship scheme for refugee resettlement.
Answer: In the Restoring Order and Control policy statement, the Government committed to transforming its approach to safe and legal routes. This included the creation of a named sponsorship scheme to enable community groups to sponsor refugees and displaced pers...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, what is her proposed timeline for establishing a Named Community Sponsorship scheme.
Answer: In the Restoring Order and Control policy statement, the Government committed to transforming its approach to safe and legal routes. This included the creation of a named sponsorship scheme to enable community groups to sponsor refugees and displaced pers...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support individuals with high domestic power bills arising from complex medical needs.
Answer: From April, households will benefit from reduction energy bills thanks to the action that the Government took in the Budget, with the price cap falling by £117, giving households certainty on their bills until July. The government have also announced £53 ...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support individuals with high domestic power bills arising from complex medical needs, particularly in light of recent fluctuations in energy prices.
Answer: From April, households will benefit from reduction energy bills thanks to the action that the Government took in the Budget, with the price cap falling by £117, giving households certainty on their bills until July. The government have also announced £53 ...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordService Pupil Premium: Armed ForcesDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to allowing military parents more choice in how their child's Pupil Service Premium is spent.
Answer: The Service Pupil Premium (SPP) is additional funding for state-funded schools in England with children and young people of service families. It will be paid at a rate of £360 per eligible pupil in the 2026/27 financial year.Schools can tailor their SPP e...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordService Pupil Premium: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to encourage schools to be transparent with how they use Service Pupil Premium funding.
Answer: The Service Pupil Premium (SPP) is additional funding for state-funded schools in England with children and young people of service families. It will be paid at a rate of £360 per eligible pupil in the 2026/27 financial year.Schools can tailor their SPP e...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNeuroendocrine CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total amount of Government investment in research into neuroendocrine cancers has been in each of the last ten years; and what specific funding allocations have been made for neuroendocrin
Answer: Government responsibility for delivering cancer research is shared between the Department for Health and Social Care, with research delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science, Innovation and Tec...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHeart Valve Disease: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to develop a national strategy for the early detection of heart valve disease.
Answer: We are committed to reducing premature deaths from heart disease and stroke and we recognise that improving the detection and treatment of heart valve disease is an important step to achieving this ambition. As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, we will ...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHeart Valve Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to the use of existing delivery frameworks, such as the Major Conditions Strategy, to drive improvements in early detection and treatment of heart valve disease.
Answer: We are committed to reducing premature deaths from heart disease and stroke and we recognise that improving the detection and treatment of heart valve disease is an important step to achieving this ambition. As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, we will ...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDefibrillatorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered introducing a national defibrillator strategy.
Answer: The Government’s position is that local communities are best placed to make decisions about procuring, locating, and maintaining automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Over 110,000 defibrillators are registered in the United Kingdom on The Circuit, the...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTimber: ImportsCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121941More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including timber supply metrics in the National Security Risk Assessment.
Answer: The National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) is the government’s principal tool for identifying and assessing the most serious malicious and non-malicious risks facing the United Kingdom and its interests overseas. Whilst timber supply is not currently in...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLive NationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster controlling a majority share of the UK live music ticketing market on competition and co
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring markets work well for consumers and businesses. As the UK’s lead consumer and competition authority, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a statutory duty to promote competition for the benefit of consume...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPostal Services: Conditions of Employment and PayDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance and oversight the Government provides to private postal companies to ensure that agreements with trade unions on pay and conditions are respected; and what steps the Government is taking
Answer: Pay and terms and conditions of employment, provided they are lawful, are, in general, a matter for private businesses to agree with their workforce and their representatives. The Secretary of State met Dave Ward, General Secretary of the CWU, and Daniel ...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Adoption Support Fund; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the fund on (a) adoption breakdown rates
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The department keeps the effectiveness of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) under continual review. The latest evaluation found strong evid...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: International LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to support the establishment of an international criminal court for crimes against children.
Answer: The UK is a strong supporter of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the primary international institution for investigating and prosecuting those responsible for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community and achieving justice...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordConsent to Medical TreatmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the Written Answer given on 2 March 2026 (UIN 114544), does he plan to review or update this guidance.
Answer: The Department has no current plans to review or update informed consent guidance in protecting National Health Service clinicians from subsequent legal challenge where animal-derived ingredients are used in medicines or treatments without explicit disclo...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEnterprise Investment SchemeTreasuryTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120456More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of tax relief claimed under the Enterprise Investment Scheme being withdrawn several years after the investment was made on investor confidence.
Answer: The Enterprise Investment Scheme provides tax relief where the statutory conditions of that scheme are met. HM Revenue and Customs applies the legislation to the facts of each case, including after an investment has been made. It is for investors to consi...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIran: DisinformationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure UK-based journalists can report on the activities of the Iranian regime without fear of intimidation.
Answer: Iran's threats and intimidation toward journalists and their families, both inside Iran and in the UK, are absolutely unacceptable, and we have consistently raised these issues directly with the Iranian government. We were integral to the delivery of the ...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIran: DisinformationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to counter disinformation linked to Iran's governing regime.
Answer: Iran's threats and intimidation toward journalists and their families, both inside Iran and in the UK, are absolutely unacceptable, and we have consistently raised these issues directly with the Iranian government. We were integral to the delivery of the ...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
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