Zarah Sultana MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Doctors: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of non-medical clinical practitioners in primary care on patients’ ability to see a fully qualified doctor; and what steps he i
Answer: We hugely value the unique work carried out by general practitioners (GPs). 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 deliver the best care for patients, when...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Armed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Question 92229, whether his Department paid for British armed forces personnel to attend courses in Israel since October 2023.
Answer: The British Armed Forces pay for overseas courses that they attend, unless the host nation offers to do so. The MOD only accepts places on overseas courses following a rigorous vetting process that considers equality obligations, human-rights and legal co...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Armed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Question 92229, which courses British armed forces personnel have attended in Israel since October 2023.
Answer: Fewer than five British Armed Forces personnel have studied on non-combat military academic courses in Israel since October 2023. Which courses they attended is being withheld in order to protect personal information.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: OffshoringDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies operating and earning revenue in the UK do not offshore jobs to reduce tax liabilities; and whether his Department plans to introduce legisl
Answer: Our Industrial Strategy places jobs at its heart, introducing measures to support growth sectors to create high-quality, well-paid jobs across the country, backed by employment rights fit for a modern economy.The Global Minimum Tax, a 15% effective corpor...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board’s decision to end the Minor Eye Care Service and Community Urgent Eyeca
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning decisions and for ensuring that those decisions are supported by a clear evidence base, appropriate engagement, and the necessary impact assessments.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board to publish the evidence base, consultation documents and impact assessments for the decision to end the Minor Eye Care Service
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning decisions and for ensuring that those decisions are supported by a clear evidence base, appropriate engagement, and the necessary impact assessments.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVenezuela: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has funded any non-governmental or media organisations in Venezuela since 2023.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 15 May 2025 to Question 50066. She can find details of all programmes supported in Venezuela on the GOV.UK Development Tracker (https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/).
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVenezuela: UK Integrated Security FundForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any funds from the UK Integrated Security Fund have been allocated for projects involving Venezuela since 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 15 May 2025 to Question 50066. She can find details of all programmes supported in Venezuela on the GOV.UK Development Tracker (https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/).
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Armed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any British armed forces officers have studied or trained at Israeli military colleges since October 2023.
Answer: Fewer than five British Armed Forces personnel have studied on educational staff courses in Israel since October 2023.
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTrees: NuisanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) rights and (b) remedies available to tenants affected by (i) nuisance and (ii) overgrown trees on neighb
Answer: Through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, social landlords, the police and local authorities have been given a range of powers and tools to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB), including nuisance. There is also a statutory regime for ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestine: PoliceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK is training Palestinian police forces.
Answer: As part of our commitment to stability in Israel and Palestine, the UK provides the Palestinian Authority with professional support in helping develop capable and responsible security institutions that respect human rights and are accountable to the Pales...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: ReconstructionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which (a) financial institutions and (b) private corporations attended the Wilton Park conference on the reconstruction of Gaza.
Answer: The UK co-hosted a conference at Wilton Park with the Palestinian Authority and Egypt on mobilising private sector finance in support of Palestinian-led planning for the Recovery and Reconstruction of Gaza. Wilton Park Protocol means that we cannot provid...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her Department's policies on (a) all people seeking asylum and (b) people seeking asylum whose age is disputed who arrived in
Answer: The impact of our policies on vulnerable individuals and equalities considerations are at the front and centre of our work. As required through the Public Sector Equality Duty, we consider equality impacts throughout the asylum policy development process,...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: RedundancyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending redundancy protection to 18 months for employees experiencing pregnancy loss at any stage of pregnancy.
Answer: If an employee experiences pregnancy loss within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, the redundancy protected period ends two weeks from the end of the pregnancy. After a stillbirth from 24 weeks, the protected period ends 18 months from the date of birth.Th...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLearning DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that families of adults with learning disabilities are given a greater role in decisions on their (a) care and (b) support.
Answer: Under the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan, carers will be actively involved in the care planning of those they care for, mirroring the practices of family group conferencing.Additionally, we are increasing the information captured about unpaid carers thr...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiplomatic ImmunityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many foreign officials have been granted special mission immunity to visit the UK since March 2024; and what the (a) names and (b) country of origin are of those official
Answer: The purpose of special missions is a 'temporary mission, representing a state, which is sent by one state to another with the consent of the latter, in order to carry out official engagements on behalf of the sending state'. All visitors granted a special...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTomer BarForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Tomer Bar was granted special mission immunity to visit the UK in July 2025.
Answer: Government officials from any country can apply for and be granted special mission certificates as part of official visits to the UK. As set out in a Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 4 March 2013, Official Report, volume 559, column 55WS, a s...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 50563 on Israel: Military Aid, what gifts of controlled military equipment were provided to Israel between 7 October 2023 and 17 July 2024.
Answer: While I am unable to comment on specific capabilities, equipment gifted to Israel by the UK Government since 7 October 2023 has been non-lethal.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in reviewing the pause on decision-making for (a) asylum and (b) indefinite leave to remain applications from Syrian nationals; and what her planned timetable is
Answer: Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. However, we continue to register new claims from Syri...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Written QuestionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 50563, tabled by the hon. Member for Coventry South on 7 May 2025.
Answer: I will respond to the hon. Member shortly.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Humanitarian LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has used contractors to provide (a) information and (b) analysis to the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Assessment Process Cell.
Answer: Our International Humanitarian Law (IHL) assessments include information from a wide range of sources, including a third-party contractor specialising in geolocation verification and consider analysis from a wide range of sources including the UN, Non-Gov...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: SurveillanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Assessment Process Cell has requested access to footage from the Royal Air Force's surveillance missions over Gaza.
Answer: Our International Humanitarian Law (IHL) assessments include information from a wide range of sources, including a third-party contractor specialising in geolocation verification and consider analysis from a wide range of sources including the UN, Non-Gov...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: International Humanitarian LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Assessment Process Cell has submitted assessments on Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law sinc
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has carried out regular International Humanitarian Law assessments since the beginning of the conflict on 7 October 2023. To date we have undertaken 14 assessments. Further information on the assessment pro...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: SurveillanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's letter dated 13 May 2025, reference MC2025/08064, how he decides whether intelligence collected by Royal Air Force surveillance missions over Gaza and shared with Israeli author
Answer: Defence activity with Israel, as with any other State, is subject to rigorous processes to ensure that it is compliant with domestic and international law.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any types of unmanned aerial vehicle engines have been removed from (a) ML10d and (b) 9A001 of the UK Strategic Export Control Lists since 2020.
Answer: Since 2020 the only changes made to the ML10d & 9A001 control entries were, respectively, to exclude aero engines originally manufactured prior to 1946 and to delete the control on aero gas turbine engines for aircraft able to cruise above Mach 1. It ...
Answered 19 May 2025
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