Steve Darling MP: written questions
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Domestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of decreased funding on the provision of specialist domestic violence services; what steps she is taking to prevent further harm to victims.
Answer: Specialist and ‘by and for’ services are essential for providing the tailored support that victims and survivors of domestic abuse need. Access to support services can prevent re-victimisation, and help victims to access support, escape abuse, and move fo...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Community CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's provision of care for dementia patients within the local community.
Answer: Our health system has struggled to support those with complex needs, including those with dementia. Under the 10-Health Year Plan, those living with dementia will benefit from improved care planning and better services.We will deliver the first ever Moder...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: CarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support dementia carers.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan reaffirms our commitment to improve the lives of people drawing on care, unpaid carers, and the social care workforce through the first ever Fair Pay Agreement for the sector, as well as our commitment to the creation of a National...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing treatment options for people with Secondary Breast Cancer.
Answer: To assess the adequacy of existing treatment options for people with secondary breast cancer, NHS England funded an audit into primary and metastatic breast cancer. Using routine data collected from patients diagnosed in a National Health Service setting,...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCPR: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has set ICBs targets to promote CPR training in schools.
Answer: No formal requirement for integrated care boards (ICBs) to promote or recommend cardiopulmonary resuscitation training or any associated targets has been set. The Department and NHS England welcome ICBs setting locally led targets as best practice for loc...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered the potential merits of introducing transparency obligations on generative AI companies to facilitate the appropriate (a) licensing and (b) enforcement of music rights;
Answer: The Government held a consultation earlier this year to consider how the copyright framework should apply in the context of generative AI, including the merits of transparency obligations and labelling AI generated content. That consultation received a wi...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Michael's Church of England Academy PaigntonDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are working on appointing the new contractor for St Michaels School in Paignton.
Answer: St Michael’s School is part of the school rebuilding programme. The project team is made up of a project director, who is a civil servant, and a project manager. A number of technical specialists also support the project at different stages.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPostural Tachycardia SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with postural tachycardia syndrome.
Answer: Improving health outcomes for everyone living with a long-term condition, including postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), is a key part of the Government's mission to build a National Health Service fit for the future.People with PoTS can access a variety...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple SclerosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with multiple sclerosis.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services for their local population, including for multiple sclerosis (MS). The Government expects ICBs to assess the demand for service provision when designing their local services.There ar...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make the NHS more accessible for people with visual impairment.
Answer: Under the Equality Act (2010), health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged.The Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag was developed to enable health and care workers to record, sha...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHearing Impairment: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make the NHS more accessible for people with hearing impairment.
Answer: Under the Equality Act (2010), health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged.The Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag was developed to enable health and care workers to record, sha...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with pulmonary fibrosis.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of services for interstitial lung disease and funds the cost of anti-fibrotic treatments to treat this disease. Access to these treatments has recently been expanded to patients with non-idiopathic pulmonar...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of school food guidelines.
Answer: This government is committed to raising the healthiest generation ever. It is important that children eat nutritious food at school and the department encourages schools to have a whole school approach to healthy eating. The school food standards define t...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Dogs: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) transparent and (b) clearly reported data on hospital admissions and presentations to minor injury clinics due to dog bites, by healthcare trust in Great Britain.
Answer: NHS England currently publishes data on hospital admissions, including those due to dog bites. This data can be found at the following link:digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2023-24In 2023...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support teachers' mental health.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Torbay to the answer of 9 May 2025 to Question 44781.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65953More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of introducing National Insurance Contributions exemptions for employers who hire individuals transitioning off working benefits.
Answer: The Government is committed to providing people who are out of work with the personalised support they need to find work, aiding the long-term ambition of an 80% employment rate. At the Spending Review, the Government increased funding for employment supp...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: Hospitality IndustryDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of care experienced young people securing employment in the hospitality sector following the cessation of local authority support.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that young people leaving care have stable homes, access to health services, support to build lifelong loving relationships and are engaged in education, employment and training.The department fully recognises the p...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Dogs: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish (a) transparent and (b) clear data on (i) hospital admissions and (ii) presentations to minor injury clinics due to dog bites in each healthcare trust in the most rec
Answer: NHS England already published data on hospital admissions due to dog bites. This data can be found at the following link:digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2023-24.In 2023/24, in England, t...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPedestrian Areas and Public Transport: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Sight Loss Council's report entitled MakeTransportAccessible - creating the perfect world for blind and partially sighted people, published on 1 November 2023, what steps her Department is
Answer: The government is committed to improving public transport services so they are more inclusive and enable blind and partially sighted people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. On 17 December, the government introduced the Bus Services (No.2) B...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 2 June from the hon. Member for Torbay.
Answer: We have received the Hon. Member’s correspondence of 2 June and we will respond shortly.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national glaucoma pathway, in the context of similar models in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland.
Answer: In England, integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye cares services to meet identified local needs. This can include commissioning enhanced services in the community such as glaucoma referral refinement and glauco...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUnpaid Work: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effectiveness of (a) the Get Set Progress scheme and (b) paid internship programmes for disabled people; and what discussions he has had with Cab
Answer: Ministers have been encouraged by the briefing they have received on the ‘Get Set Progress’ scheme, but no assessment has been carried out by this department. Employers are crucial in enhancing employment opportunities and supporting disabled people and t...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRed Arrows: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) the Red Arrows and (b) other military display teams in the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: The Spending Review has set the Ministry of Defence's Departmental Expenditure Limits until Financial Year 2028-29 for Resource and until 2029-30 for Capital. These are at high-level and do not specify all spend across the Department.Funding for individua...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHawk Aircraft: Red ArrowsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to replace the Hawk T1 fleet used by the Red Arrows.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review recommended that the Hawk T1 and T2 be replaced with a cost-effective advanced jet trainer. The future platform of the Royal Air Force aerobatic team is being considered at the same time, and a programme team is being establis...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWork and Health ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Work and Health programme that last took applicants in September 2024.
Answer: The decision to end the Work and Health Programme was made by the previous Administration. The Government is committed to reducing the disability employment gap. We have a clear ambition to raise the overall employment rate to 80%. We are delivering the b...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
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