Alistair Strathern MP: written questions
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Children's Play: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Integrated Care Boards have (a) adopted and (b) begun implementation of NHS England and Starlight's Play Well Toolkit.
Answer: The requested data is not centrally held.
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: Delivery ServicesHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure delivery companies delivering alcohol comply with age and licensing requirements.
Answer: The Licensing Act 2003 provides the legal framework for the sale and supply of alcohol in England and Wales. It is already an offence under the Act to knowingly sell or attempt to sell alcohol to a person who is drunk or underage.Consumer alcohol purchasi...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: TemperatureDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to make schools more fit for students and staff during future heatwaves.
Answer: The department takes periods of hot weather and heatwaves seriously and has published a climate risk assessment, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impact-of-uk-climate-change-risk-on-the-delivery-of-education/summary-of-f...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSports: SikhsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is she taking to increase Sikh community participation in mainstream sport.
Answer: Everyone should have the opportunity to play sport and enjoy the benefits of being physically active. The Government is committed to tackling the barriers and inequalities that underrepresented groups, including people from the Sikh community, can face wh...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordListed Buildings: Charging PointsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the requirements of listed building status do not delay the uptake of (a) EV charging and (b) household batteries.
Answer: Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, we consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). That consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, included proposals relating to the installation of energy efficiency and low carbon heating ...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Ofcom's advice on how to set the minimum standards of accuracy for the Technology Notice regime under the Online Safety Act, what assessment she has made of the effect
Answer: DSIT is considering Ofcom’s advice on the minimum standards of accuracy for the Technology Notice regime under the Online Safety Act. A decision will be communicated in due course.
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: BatteriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling stand alone batteries (without solar PV) to contribute towards a properties EPC rating.
Answer: In the Home Energy Model (HEM): Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) consultation, we proposed how technologies including batteries could contribute to future EPC ratings. The introduction of HEM will enable a half hour resolution that can more accurately...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes Plan: BatteriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the value of stand-alone batteries in the Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme for homes where solar PV is not present and may not be suitable.
Answer: Domestic batteries are an eligible measure under the Warm Homes: Local Grant. Batteries can only be installed where they complement existing or new solar PV. This is to ensure that households realise the full benefits of installing a battery. Measure elig...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: HitchinDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for responses to people with PIP enquiries in Hitchin constituency.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) services are delivered on a national basis, with performance managed across the whole service rather than by constituency. As such, we are unable to provide waiting time data specific to Hitchin. We are improving servic...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes Plan: BatteriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps is he taking to include stand-alone batteries in the Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme.
Answer: Domestic batteries are an eligible measure under the Warm Homes: Local Grant. Batteries can only be installed where they complement existing or new solar PV. This is to ensure that households realise the full benefits of installing a battery. Measure elig...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to (a) make the pharmacy contract more sustainable and (b) reform the price concession mechanism.
Answer: On 25 February, the Department began the 2026/27 Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework consultation with Community Pharmacy England, to consider any proposed changes to the reimbursement and remuneration of pharmacy contractors in 2026/27. The outcome ...
Answered 20 May 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ComplaintsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help reduce the average waiting time for a decision from the Housing Ombudsman Service.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 118414 on 10 March 2026.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 908540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the reliability of train services in the East of England.
Answer: The December 2025 timetable changes for the East Coast Main Line have increased capacity on the network and improved connectivity. The Rail Minister has met with the Managing Directors of train operators and their Network Rail counterparts in the East of ...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the uptake of the Play Well toolkit, as laid out in Action 8 for Children and Young People with Cancer, in the National Cancer Plan 2026.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, published on the 4 February 2026, sets out several commitments and ambitions on children and young people’s cancer, to be delivered within the next ten years.This includes commitments to improve the experience of staying in hospi...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCraniocervical Instability: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to develop a national diagnostic and treatment pathway for craniocervical instability.
Answer: Craniocervical instability (CCI) is a complex condition managed through existing specialised neurology and spinal pathways. There is currently no single national diagnostic or treatment pathway for CCI and no plan to change that at this time. Instead, car...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBabies: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the outcomes for children in the critical 1,001 days in (a) areas with Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies and (b) areas without Best Start Family
Answer: Children’s early years are crucial to their development, health, and life chances. Prioritising quality support during the critical 1,001 days offers a real opportunity to improve outcomes, reduce health disparities, and deliver on our ambition to raise t...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordParents: Advisory ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of national implementation models of online parenting support in Australia.
Answer: The department recognises the importance of parenting support as being critical to a child’s development and aims to help more parents support their child’s communication, language, literacy, social and emotional skills. Parents have the biggest influence...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAntimicrobial Resistance: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Chief Medical Officer’s publication entitled Annual report 2025: infections, published on 4 December 2025, if he will set out how the proposed regional infection groups will d
Answer: The United Kingdom’s 2024 to 2029 National Action Plan (NAP) to confront antimicrobial resistance (AMR) sets out a range of commitments and targets to mitigate the AMR risk, including to reduce antibiotic use in humans. Aligned to the NAP, NHS England is ...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAntimicrobial Resistance: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Chief Medical Officer’s publication entitled Annual report 2025: infections, published on 4 December 2025, what steps he is taking to embed antimicrobial stewardship as a prof
Answer: The United Kingdom’s 2024 to 2029 National Action Plan (NAP) to confront antimicrobial resistance (AMR) sets out a range of commitments and targets to mitigate the AMR risk, including to reduce antibiotic use in humans. Aligned to the NAP, NHS England is ...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address the shortage of the drug pancrelipase for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency patients.
Answer: There are ongoing supply issues with pancrelipase, also known by the brand name Creon, capsules, used by patients with conditions such as cystic fibrosis and certain cancers including pancreatic and neuroendocrine cancer. The Department is continuing to w...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology and Media: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to support children’s media and digital literacy education before 2028.
Answer: Media literacy is covered in the current citizenship, relationships, sex and health education (RSHE), and digital literacy is covered in the computing curriculum.In July the government published updated RSHE statutory guidance containing new content relat...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHydrocortisone: Addison's DiseaseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the availability of hydrocortisone for people with adrenal insufficiency.
Answer: The Department is aware of supply issues affecting hydrocortisone sodium phosphate 100 milligram /1 millilitre solution for injection and has been in contact with the supplier of the alternative, hydrocortisone sodium succinate 100 milligram powder which ...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve NHS staff (a) training and (b) understanding of tracheobronchomalacia.
Answer: Tracheobronchomalacia is an uncommon condition that may present with unexplained breathlessness, cough and 'difficult' asthma with wheeze.NHS England has developed free e-learning modules for healthcare professionals focused on respiratory diseases, inclu...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on ensuring that NHS speech and language therapy services use evidence-based intervention dosages for children with moderate to severe speech sound diso
Answer: All National Health Services, including speech and language therapy, should operate in accordance with the best available evidence-based practices. Where sufficient evidence exists, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) publishes fo...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all brain tumour patients are routinely informed of opportunities to take part in (a) research and (b) clinical trials.
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that all patients, including those with brain tumours have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments.The Department is ensuring that patients, including those with brain tumours, a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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