Adam Dance MP: written questions
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Special Educational Needs: NeurodiversityDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of education, health and care plans on neurodivergent school children in rural communities.
Answer: The department is determined to restore confidence in the system of support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), so that all children and young people get the chance to achieve and thrive in their education...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBuses: Safety BeltsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 62375 on Buses: Safety Belts, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of 3-point seat belts on passenger safety.
Answer: The Road Safety Observatory, supported by the Department for Transport, summarises and reviews research on road safety, including seat belts. It identified research indicating that 3-point seat belts in vehicles can reduce the serious injury rate by 60% c...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMichael FrisonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the family of Michael Frison who went missing in Sardinia on 13 July 2024.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been providing consular support to Michael Frison's family since his disappearance in Italy in July 2024. Officials have remained in contact with the Italian authorities to seek updates on the investiga...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS dentists on rises in the costs for (a) NHS dental practices and (b) (i) laboratories and (ii) dental materials.
Answer: The Government is continuing to meet the British Dental Association and other representatives of the dental sector on a regular basis and some of these meetings have included the discussion of costs associated with delivering National Health Service denta...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the has made of the adequacy of the 1.68% uplift to the practice expenses element of the NHS dental contract in 2023-24, in the context of changes to the costs of running a dental p
Answer: The pay elements of the 2024/25 National Health Service contracts for general dental practitioners and salaried dentists were all uplifted by 6%, in line with the independent Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration’s recommendations. The overal...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department plans to provide for NHS dentistry in each of the next three financial years.
Answer: Prior to 2023/24 there was no specific dental budget allocation, as dentistry formed part of a wider budget which included community pharmacy and optometry. Since 2023/24, there has been a specific dental ringfence allocation for integrated care boards. T...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the NHS budget was allocated to primary care NHS dentistry excluding patient charge revenue in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the proportion
Answer: Prior to 2023/24 there was no specific dental budget allocation, as dentistry formed part of a wider budget which included community pharmacy and optometry. Since 2023/24, there has been a specific dental ringfence allocation for integrated care boards. T...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCPR: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that every student leaves school with CPR training in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: All state-funded schools, including those in Yeovil, are required to teach first aid as part of the statutory health education curriculum, as part of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE). This includes dealing with common injuries, calling the e...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NICE on the impact of their severity modifier on people with secondary breast cancer in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) the UK.
Answer: The Department has regular discussions with colleagues in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), including on the impact of the severity modifier on people with secondary breast cancer.NICE carried out a review of the implementation...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement the recommendations in Breast Cancer Now’s Setting the bar too high report in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) the country.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. NICE has processes in place to review...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research into how neurodiverse conditions manifest in women.
Answer: The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding a number of research projects on neurodiverse conditions including research i...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the gender gap in neurodiversity diagnosis in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.
Answer: We recognise that diagnosis rates of autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are lower in women and girls and lower than the best evidence on prevalence. This may reflect differences in how autism and ADHD present in males and females, ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: GirlsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) identification and (b) support for neurodivergent girls at school.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children with special educational needs receive the right support to succeed in their education.We have established a neurodivergence task and finish group, chaired by Professor Karen Guldberg from Birmingham Univers...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDarwin Plus: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 61101 on Darwin Plus: Finance, when he plans to announce the amount of future funding for Darwin Plus.
Answer: Defra is committed to continuing the support made available to the UK Overseas Territories through Darwin Plus. The department recognises the unique environmental importance of the territories and the positive impact of the programme in protecting biodive...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDarwin Plus: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 61101 on Darwin Plus: Finance, how many years the funding commitment is for.
Answer: Defra is committed to continuing the support made available to the UK Overseas Territories through Darwin Plus. The department recognises the unique environmental importance of the territories and the positive impact of the programme in protecting biodive...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDarwin Plus: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of protecting funding for the Darwin Plus scheme beyond 2030.
Answer: Defra is committed to continuing the support made available to the UK Overseas Territories through Darwin Plus. The department recognises the unique environmental importance of the territories and the positive impact of the programme in protecting biodive...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Illness and Learning Disability: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64372More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recognising (a) mental health conditions and (b) learning difficulties as distinct protected characteristics.
Answer: The Government is fully committed to the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), and to championing the rights of individuals with mental health issues and learning difficulties who are afforded protection in relation to the protected characteristic of disability, w...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions Ombudsman: YeovilDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for referrals to the Pensions Ombudsman for people in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The Pension Ombudsman (TPO) has been experiencing over several years a significant increase in customers complaining about their pensions or schemes and this trend is continuing. This has impacted on waiting times. TPO does not hold specific information o...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions Ombudsman: YeovilDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in the number of referrals to the Pensions Ombudsman in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: There has been no direct assessment of the potential implications for policies of recent trends in the number of referrals to the Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) in the Yeovil constituency. The implications of trends in referrals to TPO more widely are kept unde...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDyscalculia: ResearchDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support research into dyscalculia.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the most important in-school factor for improving outcomes for all children, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and we are committed to ensuring that all pupils receive excellent support fro...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLand Banking: YeovilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to deter land banking in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The government wants to see homes built faster and we recognise the frustrations that stalled or delayed sites can cause to communities. Once housebuilders have been granted permission for residential development, meeting local housing needs and preferenc...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLand Banking: SomersetMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to prevent land banking in rural communities by property developers in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset.
Answer: The government wants to see homes built faster and we recognise the frustrations that stalled or delayed sites can cause to communities. Once housebuilders have been granted permission for residential development, meeting local housing needs and preferenc...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate on (a) car dealerships and (b) the automotive sector in (i) rural areas and (ii) Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The ZEV Mandate requirements only apply to vehicle manufacturers and not to car dealerships. However, we continue to consider views from dealership representatives on the transition. I am aware that one of the UK’s micro volume manufacturers is based in Y...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the rate of child poverty in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is a priority for this Government. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in autumn that will deliver fully funded measures to tackle the structural...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Rural AreasDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the weekly State Pension rate for people in (a) rural communities and (b) Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that the State Pension provides a foundation for income in retirement. From the end of this Parliament, spending on the State Pension is forecast to be around £31 billion more a year, compared with 2024/25 as a resu...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
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