Vicky Foxcroft MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Further Education: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with further education sector professionals during the development of its plans to replace BTECs.
Answer: Officials and Ministers from the department regularly meet with stakeholders, including further education sector professionals and their representative bodies.During the Review of Qualifications Reform in 2024, we held an extensive programme of engagement...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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BTEC QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of discontinuing BTEC qualifications on the number of young people not in education, employment or training.
Answer: On 20 October 2025, the department set out plans to introduce V Levels, a third, vocational pathway at level 3 that will sit alongside A levels and T Levels, and offer a vocational alternative to these academic and technical routes. They will blend applie...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
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Musculoskeletal Disorders: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure new Neighbourhood Health Services support people living with (a) arthritis and (b) other musculoskeletal conditions.
Answer: Improving health and work outcomes of people with arthritis and musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions will help deliver the Government’s missions to build a National Health Service fit for the future and kickstart economic growth.The 10-Year Health plan sets o...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
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Musculoskeletal Disorders: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to include people with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions in the development of employment support programmes.
Answer: Good work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. Backed by £240 million of investment, the Get Britain Working White Paper launched last November and will dr...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
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Rheumatology: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the upcoming NHS Workforce plan will ensure recruitment and retention of the rheumatology workforce.
Answer: The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure that the National Health Service has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients, when they need it. To support this, the Department and NHS England will be engaging with key stak...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
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Joint Replacements: ObesityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients with a high body mass index are able to access joint replacement surgery in line with NICE guidelines.
Answer: The Department has made no specific assessment of this criterion alone.As with all surgery, body mass index would be considered as part of a holistic, personalised, perioperative evaluation of the risks versus the clinical need for joint replacement surge...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
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Joint Replacements: ObesityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of body mass index criteria as a means to accessing treatment such as joint replacement surgery.
Answer: The Department has made no specific assessment of this criterion alone.As with all surgery, body mass index would be considered as part of a holistic, personalised, perioperative evaluation of the risks versus the clinical need for joint replacement surge...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
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