Tim Roca MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
General Practitioners: MacclesfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase ease of access to GP appointments in Macclesfield constituency.
Answer: We are increasing access to general practice appointments nationally and in the Macclesfield constituency.We have invested an additional £1.1 billion into general practitioners (GPs), the biggest cash increase in over a decade. In October 2024, we investe...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of financial barriers on people who wish to train as commercial airline pilots.
Answer: This government works closely with industry to address financial barriers to pilot training and to support the growth of a diverse aviation workforce, including through the Aviation Industry Skills Board. This area is a priority, not only for my departmen...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of an Accident and Emergency Appreciation Week.
Answer: The Government highly values hardworking National Health Service staff who go above and beyond to provide rapid and critical care. Local NHS trusts have in place their own approaches to recognising and rewarding staff, supported by advice and guidance set...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: CheshireMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog of court cases in Cheshire.
Answer: Chester Crown Court has been allocated an additional 232 sitting days in-region to increase hearing capacity and improve throughput of cases. Additional Legal Advisor recruitment is underway to facilitate an increase in court hearing capacity in Cheshire ...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the recommendations set out in her Department’s 2023 policy document entitled ‘Options for addressing the cost of pilot training’, including (a) enabling trainee pilots to access
Answer: The ‘Options for addressing the cost of pilot training’ policy document was published during the time of the previous government. This government is working closely with industry to address the cost of pilot training, including through the Aviation Indust...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of mandatory animal welfare method-of-production labelling on animal welfare standards.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Manchester Rusholme, Afzal Khan, on 20 October 2025, PQ UIN 78476.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPost-traumatic Stress Disorder: VeteransDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for veterans with complex PTSD in Cheshire.
Answer: NHS England commissions Op COURAGE, a bespoke integrated veterans’ mental health and wellbeing service. The service provides a fully integrated mental health care pathway for veterans which includes support for veterans with complex post-traumatic stress ...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUtilities: PersonationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with utilities companies to protect consumers from utility account identity fraud.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is the lead department for the energy sector only. Regarding energy utility accounts, Ofgem is the energy regulator for Great Britain. Ofgem works to protect energy consumers and ensure they are treated fair...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: MacclesfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to make mental health services more widely available to children and young people in Macclesfield.
Answer: Through our Plan for Change, we’re determined to give children and young people, including in Macclesfield, the best start in life. The Government is expanding access to mental health support teams in all schools and colleges to reach all pupils by 2029/3...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPatients: TravelDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the distance people in Macclesfield need to travel for (a) care and (b) specialist treatments.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out our vision for a Neighbourhood Health Service.The Neighbourhood Health Service will embody our new preventative principle that care should happen as locally as it can, digitally by default, in a person’s home if possible, ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocks and Keys: AdvertisingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps with (a) Google UK and (b) other search engines to help tackle advertisements by fraudulent locksmiths.
Answer: Online platforms must comply with The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act which prohibits unfair trading, including misleading omissions and actions. The Act clarifies that online platforms must exercise professional diligence in relation to co...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTechnology: Economic GrowthTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905553More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase economic growth through new technologies.
Answer: The Digital and Technologies sector plan sets out the government’s vision for the UK to be one of the best places in the world for fast-growing technology businesses, including through support for R&D, skills and growth financing. The government is al...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary Work: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will extend (a) workplace protections and (b) formal recognition for (i) Mountain Rescue Team members and (ii) other voluntary emergency service personnel to supported them in their duties withou
Answer: The Plan to Make Work Pay sets out an ambitious agenda to deliver our Plan for Change by ensuring employment rights are fit for a modern economy, empowering working people and contributing to economic growth.The Government values the vital work carried ou...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: EqualityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a (a) phased implementation and (b) grace period for the Equality and Human Rights Commission's revised code of practice for services, public func
Answer: The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has opened its consultation on the draft updated statutory Code of Practice, seeking views from affected stakeholders. The Department for Business and Trade has made no assessment at this stage of the potent...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: WomenTreasuryTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57908More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget has been allocated for longitudinal monitoring of the financial impact of the proposed Equality and Human Rights Commission's revised code of practice for services, public functions and associations on b
Answer: The Office for Equality and Opportunity in the Cabinet Office will consider the EHRC's updated draft Code of Practice once it has been submitted and engage with them to ensure it provides the further certainty and clarity service providers need, in line w...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: UK Trade with EUCabinet OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52781More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made in securing an agreement to remove the need to batch test medicines exported from the UK to the European Union.
Answer: This Government is committed to reducing barriers to trade with the EU. We have secured a wide ranging deal with the EU that will reduce red tape, adding nearly £9 billion to our economy by 2040 and includes commitment to regular dialogue on economy and t...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of losing level seven levy funding to fund apprenticeships on the NHS.
Answer: Skills England and the Department for Education are reviewing the growth and skills offer, including whether employers will fund Level 7 apprenticeships outside of the levy. Ministers and officials from the Department of Health and Social Care, along with...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Income Child Benefit Tax ChargeTreasuryTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48024More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
Answer: The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is currently the best way to manage Child Benefit expenditure. By withdrawing Child Benefit from high-income families, the HICBC helps to ensure the sustainability of the public finances and protect our vital p...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEarwax: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of differences in regulations on ear wax removal between registered nurses and non-registered practitioners on patient care.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not made a formal assessment of the impact of differences in regulations on wax removal between registered nurses and non-registered practioners on patient care. The Department does ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: ConcreteDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings were held by her Department with external stakeholders to discuss the weight limits of volumetric concrete mixers prior to the publication of the Call for evidence outcome: Volumetric concrete
Answer: My Department has engaged with hon. Members and the Volumetric Concrete Mixer (VCM) industry through correspondence prior to the announcement. The call for evidence on this topic conducted from October to December 2023 was an opportunity for interested pa...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure the Child Maintenance Service (a) is easier to navigate, b) reduces instances of lack of payment by one parent, (c) is faster at resolving cases and appeals and (d
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is taking steps to make improvements across the child maintenance system and create a modern, accessible, and robust service through our Service Modernisation Programme (SMP) and CMS reforms. Through the SMP, we have wo...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EritreaHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether people claim to be from Eritrea to improve their chances of asylum being granted.
Answer: The Home Office is committed to ensuring that the asylum system is not open to abuse. All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, securit...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the national driver offender retraining scheme course a standard part of the driving theory test.
Answer: The government has no plans to make the national driver offender retraining scheme (NDORS) course a standard part of the driving theory test.NDORS courses are designed for drivers who have committed appropriate road traffic offences; not those learning to...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRules of Origin: TreatiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK joining the pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) convention.
Answer: We are looking at ways to reduce barriers to trade and to reset the relationship with our European friends to help drive investment and growth - within our clear manifesto red lines. We are in regular dialogue with industry about the best options for doin...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: DebtsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support debt relief for poorer nations.
Answer: Supporting developing countries to tackle unsustainable debt is a key development priority of this government. The UK is playing its full part to support countries who face unsustainable debt burdens. Where we are a creditor, we have fully engaged in debt...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
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