Sorcha Eastwood MP: written questions

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Written questions

Television Licences: Payment MethodsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that the TV licence payment structures are (a) transparent, (b) proportionate and (c) accessible to people who cannot afford to pay the licence fee in one lump su
Answer: Television licences are issued on an annual basis and households can choose a variety of payment plans to spread the cost of the licence, including monthly and quarterly payment plans.New joiners to TV Licensing’s monthly direct debit scheme pay for their...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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Television Licences: Payment MethodsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of advance payment requirements for TV licences on low-income households.
Answer: Television licences are issued on an annual basis and households can choose a variety of payment plans to spread the cost of the licence, including monthly and quarterly payment plans.New joiners to TV Licensing’s monthly direct debit scheme pay for their...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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Television Licences: Direct DebitsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with the BBC on the rationale for requiring new Direct Debit customers to pay six months of licence fees in advance.
Answer: Television licences are issued on an annual basis and households can choose a variety of payment plans to spread the cost of the licence, including monthly and quarterly payment plans.New joiners to TV Licensing’s monthly direct debit scheme pay for their...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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Television Licences: Direct DebitsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has held discussions with the BBC on requiring new Direct Debit customers to pay six months of licence fees in advance.
Answer: Television licences are issued on an annual basis and households can choose a variety of payment plans to spread the cost of the licence, including monthly and quarterly payment plans.New joiners to TV Licensing’s monthly direct debit scheme pay for their...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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MotorcyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether motorcycling will be part of an integrated national transport strategy.
Answer: The Integrated National Transport Strategy will be published later this year and set the long-term vision for transport across England. As the strategy continues to develop, we are looking at all modes to understand how transport should be better designed...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming national cancer plan will introduce new targets for reducing late-diagnosis of cancer.
Answer: Reducing late diagnosis of cancer is a priority for the Department. As a first step, the National Health Service is now delivering an extra 40,000 operations, scans, and appointments each week, to support early diagnosis and faster treatment.NHS England i...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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Doctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps following receipt of the BMA letter dated 4 April 2025 requesting review of the Foundation Programme allocations.
Answer: NHS England is due to review the Foundation Programme allocation process to make sure it works well for applicants. The review is aiming to commence in 2026. NHS England will advise stakeholders how they can input in due course.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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Housing: ConstructionTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65996More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Minister for Finance for Northern Ireland on the ability of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to borrow to start to build homes.
Answer: As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I am in regular contact with the Northern Ireland Minister of Finance on matters relating to Northern Ireland Executive funding, including the request for enhanced borrowing powers for the Northern Ireland Housing Execu...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on introducing duty of candour legislation.
Answer: The Government remains committed to implementing a ‘Hillsborough Law’ which will place a legal duty of candour on public servants and authorities, and criminal sanctions for those who refuse to comply in certain circumstances. The Cabinet Office and Minis...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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Chinook Helicopters: AccidentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria was used to determine the 100-year classification of documents on the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash in 1994; and whether a review of that classification has been held in the last five years.
Answer: For personal information and information linked to identifiable living individuals, The National Archives and the Advisory Council for National Records and Archives advocate a closure period of the ‘lifetime’ of the data subject. This assumes a lifetime o...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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Chinook Helicopters: AccidentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to meet with bereaved families associated with the 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 53163 on 3 July 2025 to the hon. Member for Angus and Perthshire Glens (Dave Doogan).
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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