Yasmin Qureshi MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
NHS: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued to police forces on the priority given to reports of violence and aggression against NHS staff, including in emergency departments.
Answer: Police forces are operationally independent from Government and are responsible for decisions relating to their resourcing to respond to and investigate crime.
Answered 24 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of recorded incidents of violence and aggression against NHS staff in emergency departments in England in each of the last five years.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made regarding the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s survey. Data on violence in emergency departments is not centrally held, although the NHS Staff Survey results, with questions on violence, are published at the follo...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in each of the last five years, broken down by sentencing outcome.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions together with the sentencing outcome for a wide range of offences in the Outcome by Offences Tool, including Assaults on Emergency Workers. This can be downloaded from the Criminal Justi...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to NHS trusts on support for staff who report incidents of violence or aggression, including access to occupational health, counselling and time off.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made regarding the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s survey. Data on violence in emergency departments is not centrally held, although the NHS Staff Survey results, with questions on violence, are published at the follo...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of violence and aggression against staff working in emergency departments.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made regarding the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s survey. Data on violence in emergency departments is not centrally held, although the NHS Staff Survey results, with questions on violence, are published at the follo...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine's survey findings that 96% of emergency department staff have exp
Answer: No specific assessment has been made regarding the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s survey. Data on violence in emergency departments is not centrally held, although the NHS Staff Survey results, with questions on violence, are published at the follo...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordData Centres: Water SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Water UK regarding its warning that the UK does not have sufficient water resources to support planned datacentre expansion.
Answer: WaterUK regularly attends Defra's Water Delivery Taskforce, chaired by the Minister of State for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy, which brings together Government, regulators and industry and is working to improve the evidence on data centre water use. Cur...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordData Centres: Water SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the water demand of new and planned datacentres, and whether she has made an assessment of the potential risk of their designation as critical national in
Answer: As the data centre sector grows, Defra is working across Government and with the Environment Agency to better understand this growth and reduce its impact. Protecting public water supplies for households and businesses remains a priority during periods of...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: Data CentresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many datacentres are currently in the queue to connect to the National Grid, and what the average expected connection wait time is.
Answer: Data collected in 2025 and published by the National Energy System Operator shows 72.8 GW of capacity allocated to data centres in the GB connection queue across transmission and distribution, with connection dates extending to the late 2030s. It is not c...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordData CentresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 27890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many datacentre developments are awaiting planning permission in England, and how many of these have opted, or are eligible to opt, into the Nationally Significant Infrastruc
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordData CentresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 27889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of allowing qualifying datacentres to opt into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime on local authorities'
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordData CentresDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring datacentre operators to report on the purpose and end use of their computing capacity as a condition of planning ap
Answer: The UK needs domestic data centre capacity to support critical workloads that drive economic growth, deliver public services, and protect national security. That is why the Government has designated specific data centres as Critical National Infrastructur...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordReasonable AdjustmentsDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what guidance is available to employers on making reasonable adjustments for employees with fluctuating conditions such as endometriosis.
Answer: We are committed to helping working people balance their jobs with their personal lives, including those managing health conditions such as endometriosis. Endometriosis can be classified as a disability, in some cases, under the Equality Act 2010. Where a...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: EndometriosisDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on recognising and accommodating the impact of endometriosis and related conditions on pupils' education and attendance.
Answer: The government recognises that endometriosis can affect a pupil’s health, wellbeing and ability to attend school and participate fully in education. Regular attendance is important for pupils’ attainment, wellbeing and wider development, and schools shoul...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: EndometriosisDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of endometriosis on school attendance and attainment among girls and young women.
Answer: The government recognises that endometriosis can affect a pupil’s health, wellbeing and ability to attend school and participate fully in education. Regular attendance is important for pupils’ attainment, wellbeing and wider development, and schools shoul...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce a national mechanism for tracking progress in endometriosis diagnosis and care as part of the Women's Health Strategy.
Answer: Further to the answers provided on 3 July in response to Questions 12453 and 12458, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services that meet the needs of their populations and for enabling implementation of NICE guidance, includi...
Answered 28 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the affordability of long-term pain management and hormonal treatment for people with endometriosis, including prescription charge exemptions.
Answer: Further to the answers provided on 3 July in response to Questions 12453 and 12458, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services that meet the needs of their populations and for enabling implementation of NICE guidance, includi...
Answered 28 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure earlier specialist assessment and referral for adolescents with suspected endometriosis.
Answer: Further to the answers provided on 3 July in response to Questions 12453 and 12458, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services that meet the needs of their populations and for enabling implementation of NICE guidance, includi...
Answered 28 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time is between symptom onset and confirmed diagnosis of endometriosis in England, broken down by age group and ethnicity, in each of the last five years.
Answer: Further to the answers provided on 3 July in response to Questions 12453 and 12458, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services that meet the needs of their populations and for enabling implementation of NICE guidance, includi...
Answered 28 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to monitor and report on the implementation of NICE guideline NG73 (endometriosis) by integrated care boards, and what plans she has to strengthen accountability for its im
Answer: Further to the answers provided on 3 July in response to Questions 12453 and 12458, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services that meet the needs of their populations and for enabling implementation of NICE guidance, includi...
Answered 28 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNabiximols: Multiple SclerosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has asked NICE to review the position of nabiximols in the treatment pathway for MS-related spasticity, including its use earlier in the pathway.
Answer: Nabiximols is the United States Adopted Name for the medication marketed as Sativex (dronabinol/cannabidiol) and licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for symptom improvement in adult patients with moderate to severe spastici...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNabiximols: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure integrated care boards commission nabiximols in line with NICE guideline NG144.
Answer: Nabiximols is the United States Adopted Name for the medication marketed as Sativex (dronabinol/cannabidiol) and licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for symptom improvement in adult patients with moderate to severe spastici...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNabiximols: Multiple SclerosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of regional variation in access to nabiximols for MS-related spasticity since NICE guideline NG144 was published.
Answer: Nabiximols is the United States Adopted Name for the medication marketed as Sativex (dronabinol/cannabidiol) and licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for symptom improvement in adult patients with moderate to severe spastici...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNabiximols: Multiple SclerosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients with multiple sclerosis were prescribed nabiximols on the NHS in England in each of the last three years by integrated care board.
Answer: Nabiximols is the United States Adopted Name for the medication marketed as Sativex (dronabinol/cannabidiol) and licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for symptom improvement in adult patients with moderate to severe spastici...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: PesticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Greenpeace's report entitled Our Poisoned Land and its calls for the Government to help farmers to (a) reduce agric
Answer: Last year the Government published the UK Pesticides National Action Plan (NAP). It sets out how all four UK Governments will support farmers, growers and other land managers to increase their use of sustainable farming practices to reduce the potential h...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
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