Shockat Adam MP: written questions 2025
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Ophthalmic Services: Information SharingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on improving digital connectivity between primary and secondary eye care services through NHS England digital accelerator sites.
Answer: NHS England’s digital accelerators pilots have provided the evidence to demonstrate the value of the digital integration of primary and secondary care through a refined single point of access model. The digitally enabled single point of access uses IT con...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-Year Plan for Health will include primary care provision; and if he will work with (a) optometrists, (b) pharmacists and (c) dentists to deliver that plan.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out to create a new model of care. It sets out to reinvent the National Health Service through three shifts, from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention. At the core of the plan is the...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions on the development of a National Eye Care Framework in England; and whether patients and sector experts will be consulted as part of that process.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan supports more locally developed and integrated neighbourhood care rather than a top-down, one-size-fits-all solution. Integrated care boards will want to take different approaches to commissioning primary and secondary eye care ser...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the use of the optometry workforce in (a) early intervention and (b) prevention of avoidable sight loss.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the health needs of their population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.ICBs already commission National Health Service sight testing services through high...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding primary eye care services through high street optometry practices to support early detection of eye conditions.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the health needs of their population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.ICBs already commission National Health Service sight testing services through high...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce regional variations in access to eye care services; and what discussions his Department has had with the optometry sector on increasing the use of
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.Over the last 12 months I have met with a number of representatives across the eye care se...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the hon. Member for Leicester South to discuss the role of the optometry sector as part of the NHS 10 Year Plan.
Answer: We recognise the vital contribution the optometry sector plays in the early detection of sight threatening conditions. The 10-Year Health Plan will support more eye care services being delivered in the community.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Special Educational NeedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on the rollout of the new NHS special schools eye care service.
Answer: NHS England has been supporting the integrated care boards (ICBs) with the roll out of the special schools’ sight testing service. NHS England hosted a series of webinars to talk ICBs through the nationally developed service specifications. Each ICB recei...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with secondary breast cancer can access (a) new and (b) effective treatments; and if he will review National Institute for Health and Care Excellence a
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been monitoring the impact of the severity modifier since it was implemented in 2022. Data up to March 2025 shows that the proportion of positive cancer recommendations is higher (85%) than ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Work England: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Social Work England’s decision to raise annual registration fees on the (a) recruitment, (b) retention and (c) wellbeing of social workers; and whether he
Answer: After undertaking a consultation exercise, Social Work England has increased registration and renewal fees. Social Work England released an equality impact assessment alongside their consultation response.Registration and renewal fees have not increased s...
Answered 18 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Health Centres: Public Private PartnershipsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for developing the business case for public-private partnerships in Neighbourhood Health Centres.
Answer: The Government announced in the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy document on 19 June 2025, as well as in the 10-Year Health plan published on 3 July 2025, that it will explore the feasibility of using new Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to deliver certa...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to ensure greater (a) transparency and (b) accountability in private parking enforcement.
Answer: This government is determined to drive up standards in the private parking sector. In accordance with the Private Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, the government has recently consulted on its proposals for a new code of practice for private parking op...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic TransportDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set targets for companies to provide accessible human customer service channels.
Answer: This Government is committed to improving accessibility, customer support, and helping to remove barriers to travel for all users of public transport. The Department recognises the important role staff play in providing face-to-face services on public tra...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to regulate (a) SMART PARKING and (b) other private parking firms.
Answer: This government is determined to drive up standards in the private parking sector. In accordance with the Private Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, the government has recently consulted on its proposals for a new code of practice for private parking op...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLiteracy: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether declarations of interest were made by (a) Ruth Miskin, (b) Read Write Inc and (c) other (i) individuals and (ii) organisations involved in (A) drafting and (B) advising on the new Writing Framework.
Answer: The writing framework is the department’s initial step in a broader, long-term strategy aimed at enhancing the teaching of writing and raising attainment in schools. It was developed with input from an expert panel, all of whom had to declare any potentia...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLiteracy: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to prevent conflicts of interest during the development of the new Writing Framework for primary schools.
Answer: The writing framework is the department’s initial step in a broader, long-term strategy aimed at enhancing the teaching of writing and raising attainment in schools. It was developed with input from an expert panel, all of whom had to declare any potentia...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: LeicesterHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of levels of funding for policing Leicester on trends in levels of bicycle theft in that area.
Answer: As set out at the final police funding settlement, overall funding for policing will total up to £19.6 billion in 2025-26, an increase of up to £1.2 billion when compared to the 2024-25 settlement.Of this, Leicestershire Police will receive up to £272.9 m...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of introducing a national free travel pass for NHS workers.
Answer: There are no current plans to introduce national rail discounts to NHS worker. Once established, Great British Railways will have the opportunity to take a fresh look at the eligibility and restrictions of concession schemes. Any long-term changes or conc...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national free travel pass for NHS workers.
Answer: There are no current plans to introduce national rail discounts to NHS worker. Once established, Great British Railways will have the opportunity to take a fresh look at the eligibility and restrictions of concession schemes. Any long-term changes or conc...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral statement of 21 July 2025 on Middle East, Official Report, column 595, whether UK made arms components were used in the incident at the Project HOP
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary has said, we utterly condemn the killing of civilians seeking to meet their basic needs. Our assessment of this strike, drawing on the available evidence, including eyewitness reports in the media, is that it was a drone strike. T...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce mandatory neurodiversity training for all (a) teachers and (b) education staff.
Answer: The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people. Statutory Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Teacher induction training must cover adaptive teaching and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and this...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProcessed Food: HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support households (a) with children and (b) on a low income to (i) reduce their consumption of ultra-processed foods and (ii) use more minimally processed an
Answer: The Government’s Eatwell Guide already advises that people should eat more fruit, vegetables, and wholegrain or higher-fibre foods, as well as less processed meat, and less food and drink that is high in sugar, calories, saturated fat, and salt.The Eatwel...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPsychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether each Integrated Care System is required to reduce the number of (a) people with a learning disability and (b) autistic people from their area in mental health hospitals by 10 per cent withi
Answer: National Health Service planning guidance for 2025/26 includes a focus on improving care for people with a learning disability and autistic people and contains the objective to deliver a minimum 10% reduction in the use of mental health inpatient care for...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPsychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what baseline figure his Department will use to measure progress on reducing the number of (a) people with a learning disability and (b) autistic people in mental health hospitals by 10 per cent wi
Answer: National Health Service planning guidance for 2025/26 includes a focus on improving care for people with a learning disability and autistic people and contains the objective to deliver a minimum 10% reduction in the use of mental health inpatient care for...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to help prevent irreversible blindness due to glaucoma progression.
Answer: Regular sight tests play a crucial role in the early detection of glaucoma, which is often symptomless in the early stages. Free National Health Service sight tests are available for many, including individuals diagnosed with glaucoma or those aged 40 yea...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
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