Vikki Slade MP: written questions
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Ophthalmic Services and Prescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to change the age at which people become eligible for free (a) prescriptions and (b) optical care.
Answer: Free National Health Service prescriptions and NHS-funded sight tests are available for many. This includes children under the age of 16 years old and those under the age of 19 years old in full time education, people on a low income, and adults aged 60 y...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to provide an alternative funding mechanism to help support the development of local neighbourhood plans.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 59114 on the 19 June 2025.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the commissioning of new neighbourhood planning support services on the ability of areas that do not have (a) town a
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 59114 on the 19 June 2025.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 67436 on Immigration, when her Department plans to consult on the earned settlement scheme; and whether that consultation will include an assessment
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.I welcomed the opportunity to listen to the views of Members around these subjects in the recent 8th September ...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAerospace Industry and Defence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising manufacturers based in the UK for (a) defence and (b) aerospace procurements.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is actively prioritising UK businesses and manufacturing through its Defence Industrial Strategy, aiming to boost economic growth and national security. This strategy focuses on supporting domestic businesses, fostering innovation,...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Manufacturing IndustriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that SME defence manufacturers are able to access banking services.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review has recommended the development of a Defence Finance and Investment Strategy, to be published in 2026, which will focus on improving Defence’s relationship with the financial services sector. This strategy aims to support SMEs...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policy that time spent under the Ukraine visa schemes does not count towards the continuous residence period for settled status
Answer: The Government have always been clear that the Ukraine Schemes are temporary and do not lead to settlement in the UK. Similarly, time spent in the UK with permission granted under the Ukraine Schemes cannot be relied upon towards the continuous qualifying...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMiscarriages of Justice: PoliceHome OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on the effectiveness of their complaints system for police officers who believe that a miscarriage of justice has taken place against them.
Answer: There are separate routes of appeal depending on whether a police officer is appealing against the conviction of a criminal offence or the finding or outcome at disciplinary proceedings.Where an officer believes they have been wrongly convicted of a crimi...
Answered 5 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Hormone TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of hormone treatments on the mental health of patients with prostate cancer.
Answer: The forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England will seek to improve both the physical and mental health aspects of cancer care. The plan will have patients at its heart and will cover the entirety of the cancer pathway, from referral and earlier diagnos...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to consider the housing needs of older people in the development of her long-term housing strategy.
Answer: The government is committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market and we will continue to consider this issue as we develop our long-term housing strategy.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting indefinite leave to remain to all Ukrainians who have lived in the UK for more than five years.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given on 1 May to PQ UIN 47468.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatically extending the period in which all Ukrainians living in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme can stay in the UK.
Answer: The Government are fully committed to supporting Ukraine in its fight against Putin’s illegal war, while also providing a safe and secure haven for those fleeing the conflict. We have offered our extended sanctuary to over 300,000 Ukrainians and their fam...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to (a) require broadband providers to share infrastructure and (b) ensure that (i) lamp posts and (ii) other publicly-owned infrastructure are access
Answer: Duties and obligations relating to telecommunications installations are included in the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003, which include requirements to share apparatus where practicable. This is supported by th...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeoengineeringDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with the Advanced Research and Innovation Agency on holding a public consultation before external trials of sun dimming take place.
Answer: The Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s (ARIA) ‘Exploring Climate Cooling’ programme, backed by £56.8 million, has been designed to build an evidence base which will enable scientists to better understand and properly assess whether or not Earth cool...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reopen the New to Partnership Payment Scheme to support healthcare professionals to become GP partners.
Answer: The Department has no current plans to reopen the New to Partnership Payment Scheme, which was launched by NHS England and ran from July 2020 to June 2023.We recognise that fewer general practitioners (GPs) are interested in going into partnership, and th...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of partner GPs in each of the next 10 years.
Answer: As self-employed contractors, general practitioners (GPs) act as providers making their own decisions based on local workforce needs. This includes decisions about the number of partners and salaried GPs at the practice.GPs will be the cornerstone of the ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) salaried and (b) partner GPs in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of general practice (GP) partners nationally, both full time equivalent (FTE) and as a headcount, as of March in each of the last 10 years:GP partnersYearFTEHeadcountMarch 201621,52324,060March 201720,59523,088March 20...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policy that claimants’ (a) appointees and (b) Lasting Power of Attorney appointees cannot submit online claims on those claimants
Answer: In law both appointees and attorneys can make online claims. They act for the claimant and can perform any function ordinarily required of the claimant. The department is continuing to modernise its services to provide customers and appointees/attorneys w...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the current funding model for higher education on (a) students and (b) University staff.
Answer: The government is committed to creating a secure future for our world-leading higher education (HE) sector and has already taken a number of actions to help move the sector towards a more stable financial footing, including the difficult decision to incre...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of local authorities receiving Exceptional Financial Support in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant pressures that councils are facing. The Spending Review provides over £5 billion of new grant funding over the next three years for local services that communities rely on. The £3.4 billion, when taken together wi...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: PovertyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poverty on access to (a) minimally processed and (b) healthy food (i) for children and young people and (ii) in general.
Answer: Delivering on our commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for the Government, and the Ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce is working to publish the Child Poverty Strategy.Evidence suggests that in the long-term, food insecurity may be ass...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she is taking steps to ban pavement parking.
Answer: The Department held a consultation on pavement parking in 2020 and has been considering all the views expressed in response to the consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. We will annou...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to nurseries pricing structures on families who usually use fewer than 30 funded hours of nursery provision and are being asked to increase these
Answer: The department is committed to rolling out the expanded childcare entitlements, working hand in hand with the early years sector.In 2026/27, the government is expecting to spend over £9 billion on early years entitlements, supporting more parents to balan...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCharitable Donations: UkraineDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to exempt Ukraine from the ban on donations used to support military action.
Answer: Providing support or military supplies to any foreign armed force is not a charitable purpose, and no UK charity can legally undertake such activity. There are no plans to change this. The Charity Commission for England and Wales published guidance in 202...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRegional Airports: Night FlyingDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to impose (a) quotas and (b) no-flying times at night at (a) Bournemouth International Airport and (b) other regional airports.
Answer: The Government only sets noise-related restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports. At all other airports, including Bournemouth, flight restrictions are set through the planning system and not by the Government. It is the responsibility of th...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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