Vikki Slade MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
National Trust and Sites of Special Scientific Iterest: Fire PreventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether land that is (a) owned by the National Trust and (b) a Site of Specific Scientific Interest requires Secretary of State approval before implementing proactive fire prevention m
Answer: Consent from the Secretary of State is not required unless the SSSI concerned is also a common, in which case some actions like fencing may require Secretary of State consent as per the Commons Act 2006. The National Trust is an owner/occupier with the sa...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSites of Special Scientific Interest: Fire PreventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of requiring Secretary of State sign-off for the cutting of firebreaks in Sites of Specific Scientific Interest during c
Answer: Consent for operations such as firebreaks on a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) will need to be obtained from Natural England. However, when responding to an emergency, it is a “reasonable excuse” under the relevant section (section 28P(4)(b)) o...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: RegistrationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with Companies House to ensure companies under the control of the same person or persons are connected on the Companies House website.
Answer: Companies House currently links the appointments of company officers where sufficient details across different companies' match. The introduction of compulsory Identity verification for company officers in November will help improve the quality of matchin...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) update the automatic breast screening programme policy for women aged 70 and above as part of his National Cancer Plan.
Answer: The Department is not planning a review and update of the policy on breast screening for women aged over 70 as part of the National Cancer Plan. The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is an independent scientific advisor to Ministers and the Nationa...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Myeloma: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include strategies to improve the accuracy of diagnoses for those with Myeloma.
Answer: Improving diagnosis is a key focus of the National Cancer Plan. It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers, as early and accurately as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAbsent VotingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of postal vote applications that were not renewed between April 2021 and April 2024.
Answer: The department does not actively track trends in the level of postal vote renewals, or the number and proportion of postal vote applications that were not renewed, over any period.Information relating to postal vote applications will be held by independen...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAbsent VotingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking with local authorities to support people to renew their postal vote applications.
Answer: The department does not actively track trends in the level of postal vote renewals, or the number and proportion of postal vote applications that were not renewed, over any period.Information relating to postal vote applications will be held by independen...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAbsent VotingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of postal vote renewals during the last ten years.
Answer: The department does not actively track trends in the level of postal vote renewals, or the number and proportion of postal vote applications that were not renewed, over any period.Information relating to postal vote applications will be held by independen...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Plans: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with the Planning Inspectorate to help ensure that local plans developed by planning authorities include achievable housing targets.
Answer: The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 includes a new Standard Method for assessing housing needs that is aligned to our Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 million new safe and decent homes in England by the en...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFire PreventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that his Department's processes protect (a) sites of specific scientific interest and (b) other areas from wildfires.
Answer: We are committed to supporting land management practices that restore wider ecosystem health, and these can include measures to increase wildfire resilience. Natural England work with landowners/managers on a site-by-site basis, and will do so over the lo...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: Data ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16542 on Councillors: Data Protection, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to re
Answer: Removing the requirement for local government member home addresses to be published requires primary legislation. We intend to legislate as soon as parliamentary time allows.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) requiring all drivers to submit a recent eye test result when applying for a driving license renewal and (b) broadening the required eye tests to in
Answer: All drivers, regardless of age, have a legal responsibility to inform the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) if they develop a medical condition that may affect their ability to drive. The Government is considering the current process of self-decl...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend provisions on the (a) commission charge on sale of homes and (b) fit and proper person test for site
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 58910 on 16 June 2025.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic 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
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