Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions 2025
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Employment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to support young people into employment in Slough.
Answer: This Government is investing in young people’s futures. At the Budget, we announced more than £1.5 billion of investment over the next three years, funding £820 million for the Youth Guarantee to support young people to earn or learn, and an additional £7...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPer- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl SubstancesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to consult stakeholders on the development of the Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Plan.
Answer: The PFAS plan will set out a coordinated response for addressing risks relating to PFAS exposure, extending across government and industry. Engagement with stakeholders to date has been vital in informing policy, and we will use the plan as a platform to ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPerinatal MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce inequality in perinatal outcomes.
Answer: The Department recognises that there are stark inequalities for women and babies, and that they should receive the high-quality care they deserve, regardless of their background, location, or ethnicity.The Government is committed to setting an explicit ta...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Married PeopleHome OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps has she taken to ensure Home Office casework involving allegations of domestic abuse linked to spousal visa arrangements is investigated with appropriate (a) sensitivity and (b) cult
Answer: We are committed to reducing Violence against Women and Girls and this means continuing to support migrant victims of domestic abuse on spousal or partner visas. That is why we offer immediate settlement for migrant victims of domestic abuse, under the Im...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have used from the Motability scheme in each of the last five years; and what has been the cost to the public purse of that scheme.
Answer: The Department only holds readily available data on Motability Scheme users who are in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Information on these will be published in due course.Information on Motability Scheme users not receiving PIP is not rea...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPer- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl SubstancesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances are classified as Substances of Very High Concern.
Answer: The UK Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations provide for a list of Substances of Very High Concern to be established. This list currently contains six entries relating to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalky...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of staff in women’s health services.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are a matter for individual National Health Service employers, who manage this at a local level to ensure they have the staff they need to deliver safe and effective care.As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government is...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional cases are expected to be heard each year under the new swift courts compared with existing Crown Court processes.
Answer: Of the 3% of criminal trial cases that proceed to a jury trial in the Crown Court, over half would still proceed to the Crown Court and get a jury trial post-reform. The remainder would be expected to stay in the magistrates’ courts or would be allocated ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle racial disparities in maternity care.
Answer: The Department recognises that there are stark inequalities for women and babies, and that they should receive the high-quality care they deserve, regardless of their background, location, or ethnicity.The Government is committed to setting an explicit ta...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool MilkDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her Department has given to including milk in government-funded breakfast clubs without reducing funding for existing milk provision schemes.
Answer: The department funds schools taking part in the free breakfast clubs programme to buy breakfast foods and drinks, as well as to cover staffing and delivery costs. Schools are required to provide a breakfast adhering to the school food standards, which cou...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPlaces of Worship Security Funding Scheme and Protective Security for Mosques SchemeHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the time taken for decisions to be made on applications for the (a) Protective Security for Mosques Scheme and (b) Places of Worship Protective Security Schem
Answer: This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion at their chosen place of worship, and to making our streets and communities safer.Global and domestic events have heightened security concerns within fai...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Companies: PropertyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of penalties for non-compliance with the UK's Register of Overseas Entities.
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges of enforcing financial penalties on overseas entities but remains committed to ensuring compliance with the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) requirements. Companies House has strengthened its enforcement strateg...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the maximum sentence will be that a judge could impose on a convicted person when tried under the proposed new swift courts within the Crown Court.
Answer: The new ‘swift courts’ will operate within the existing Crown Court which means the same procedures in the Crown Court will apply, apart from mode of trial. Judges will assign triable-either-ways cases to the new Crown Court Bench Division where the likel...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who will be sentenced to more than three years in prison by new swift courts within the Crown Court in each of the next five years.
Answer: The new ‘swift courts’ will operate within the existing Crown Court which means the same procedures in the Crown Court will apply, apart from mode of trial. Judges will assign triable-either-ways cases to the new Crown Court Bench Division where the likel...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of new swift courts within the Crown Court on the number of wrongful convictions.
Answer: The new ‘swift courts’ will operate within the existing Crown Court framework, following the same process and procedures. Safeguards will be in place including the existing appeals procedure, and judges in the ‘swift courts’ will be required to provide re...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen's Health HubsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to women's health hubs.
Answer: The Government is encouraging integrated care boards (ICBs) to further expand the coverage of women’s health hubs and to support ICBs to use the learning from the women’s health hub pilots to improve local delivery of services to women and girls.The 10-Ye...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool MilkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending free milk eligibility to the end of the academic year in which a child turns five.
Answer: The Nursery Milk Scheme is a statutory scheme which allows early years childcare settings to reclaim the cost of providing one-third of a pint of milk per day to children under the age of five years old who attend a setting for two or more hours per day. ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Estate: Drinking WaterHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96306More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the adequacy of drinking water provision in Tothill Street.
Answer: Drinking water is supplied to every floor in Tothill Street in a tea station which has a sink and a zip tap. Each zip tap provides instant boiling as well as chilled drinking water.Faults have been reported on some zip taps in Tothill Street and repairs h...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Estate: LiftsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96305More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, by which date all lifts in Tothill Street will be fully operational.
Answer: There are three lifts in the Tothill Street building and the lifts are part of a wider six-year refurbishment programme. Lift HoP 328 has been refurbished and is now in service. Work on lift HoP 329 is underway and expected to be complete by February 2026...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made to renew the Women’s Health Strategy.
Answer: Significant progress has been made towards delivering the ambitions in the 2022 Women’s Health Strategy, for example, improving women and girls’ awareness and access to services and driving research to benefit women’s health.Renewing the strategy will ens...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGynaecologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce gynaecology waiting lists.
Answer: Reducing waiting lists is a key part of the Government’s Health Mission, and we are committed to cutting waiting times across all specialities, including gynaecology. We have committed to return to the National Health Service constitutional standard that ...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Milk: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of annual funding cycles for the Nursery Milk Scheme on suppliers and delivery partners.
Answer: The Nursery Milk Scheme is a statutory scheme which allows registered early years childcare settings to claim one-third of a pint of milk for all children under the age of five years old who attend the setting for at least two hours per day. The statutory...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: BerkshireDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to support local councils to ensure timely road repairs in (a) Slough constituency and (b) Berkshire.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the poor state of our roads and has pledged to support local authorities. Recognising the need for additional funding, the Government increased local highway maintenance funding by £500 million this financial year c...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93854More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether applicants for Civil Service jobs have to declare any previous dismissals from the Civil Service as a result of misconduct or performance on their application.
Answer: The Civil Service expects all applicants to maintain the highest standards of honesty and integrity throughout the recruitment process. Successful applicants are required to provide a complete and accurate employment history. Departments are responsible f...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRacial Discrimination: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve training on racial bias.
Answer: The Department does not currently provide specific training centrally for racial bias. All staff are required to complete the Civil Service Expectations mandatory learning which covers broader aspects of equality, diversity, and inclusion.Aspects of bias ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
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