Andrew Mitchell MP: written questions
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Nurseries: Sutton ColdfieldDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of nursery availability on parents' ability to return to work in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change. In 2025/26, we plan to provide over £8 billion for the ear...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: West MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to support small businesses in the retail sector in the West Midlands.
Answer: We’re creating a fairer business rates system that protects small retailers, including introducing permanently lower rates for retail, hospitality and leisure properties under £500,000 rateable value. The government has protected the smallest businesses f...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: VeteransDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the health outcomes of veterans in the West Midlands.
Answer: As well as being able to access all National Health Services across the United Kingdom, NHS England has introduced several bespoke services to improve the healthcare support available to veterans. These are: Op RESTORE which supports veterans with service...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Helena: State Retirement PensionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 20 October 2025 to Questions (a) 81257 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty and (b) 81258 on St Helena: British Nationals Abroad, what steps she is takin
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is working together with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to address the complex considerations concerning the unfreezing of pensions for St Helena. I have recently met ministerial collea...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress she has made in helping to tackle (a) TB (b) HIV/Aids and (c) Malaria.
Answer: The Government remains committed to work to meet Sustainable Development target 3.3, including to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, and supports several of the organisations at the forefront of the response including the Global Fun...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Arrest WarrantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to sanction (a) General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and (b) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo; and whether she plans to request that the International Criminal Court
Answer: Since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023, the UK has frozen the assets of nine commercial entities linked to the parties involved in the conflict: five entities linked with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and four entities linked with the Sudanese Arme...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy and Army Reserve: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time is between receiving an expression of interest and receiving a formal application and the start of a training programme for a new recruit in the (a) Army and (b) Army Reserve.
Answer: In the 12 months ending 1 July 2025, the average time taken between application and untrained entry for UK/Irish Regular Other Ranks was 249 days. In regard to the average time taken between application and untrained entry for the Army Reserve, this is in...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Helena: State Retirement PensionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Chief Minister of Saint Helena on the unfreezing of pension benefits for entitled residents.
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office officials are engaging closely with the new Government of St Helena on the issue of pensions, alongside other issues. I look forward to welcoming the new Chief Minister to the UK-Overseas Territories Joint Min...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the full implementation of the British Indian Ocean Territory Partnership Agreement, signed in October 2024.
Answer: Further to the October 2024 Political Agreement, the UK/Mauritius Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia was signed on 22 May. The UK is working closely with the US and Mauritius on the arrangements to implement this treaty.An ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated from the Active Travel England fund to local authorities in the West Midlands.
Answer: From 2020/21 to 2025/26, Active Travel England has allocated a total of £101,488,475 to the West Midlands. Funding from 2025/26 for the combined authority has been provided through the Integrated Settlement.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeed Limits: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of speeding in the West Midlands.
Answer: The Department for Transport has not conducted a specific assessment of prevalence of speeding in the West Midlands. The Government treats road safety seriously and is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. The Departm...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) West Midlands Police and (b) Birmingham City Council on the forthcoming Road Safety Strategy.
Answer: The Government treats road safety seriously and is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. My Department regularly engages with the police and local authorities. With regards to the West Midlands, my officials have held...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support public awareness campaigns aimed at improving road safety in the West Midlands.
Answer: THINK! is the Government’s flagship road safety campaign, which aims to reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads. It targets those most at risk, particularly male drivers aged 17–24, who are four times more likely to be killed or seriously injured ...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Chronic IllnessesDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the number of pupils that miss education due to long term illness at (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in the West Midlands.
Answer: The department collects data on children missing education from local authorities. The latest data, including breakdowns by geography, characteristic and length of time missing education, has been available since 12 December 2024 and can be accessed here:...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of his Department's procurement contracts were awarded to companies in the West Midlands in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: Five contracts were awarded by the Department to suppliers which had registered addresses and postcodes in the West Midlands area of England in 2024/25. This is 1.5% of the total number of contracts awarded by the Department in that financial year.Larger ...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce educational inequalities for secondary school pupils in the West Midlands.
Answer: All children and young people should have every opportunity to succeed, no matter where they are from. However, the government knows educational inequalities exist at every phase of education across the country. This is not acceptable in the West Midlands...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPollinators: West MidlandsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle harm to pollinators in the West Midlands.
Answer: Pollinators are an essential part of our environment and play a crucial role in food production. Following the conclusion of our National Pollinator Strategy in 2024, we will be designing and delivering a refreshed Pollinator Action Plan, that sits undern...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIncontinence: Sutton ColdfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with bladder and bowel control conditions in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
Answer: An Adult Bladder and Bowel (Continence) service is delivered via Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) offering appointments for all residents in Birmingham, including in Sutton Coldfield, with a clinic facility in North Locality bas...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMathematics: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to recruit qualified Maths teachers in the West Midlands.
Answer: High quality teaching is the most important in-school factor for improving children’s outcomes, which is why the department is committed to recruiting an additional 6,500 new expert teachers in our maintained schools and colleges, over the course of this ...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFood AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department will release funds that the UK committed this year to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization's project entitled The Financing For Shock-Driven Food Cr
Answer: The UK is committed to tackling extreme hunger and preventing famine globally. Whilst the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has not made a financial commitment to the Food and Agriculture Organization's new Facility, we have been supportive of ...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: West MidlandsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Best Start Family Hubs are planned for the West Midlands.
Answer: Ensuring every child has the best start in life and the chance to achieve and to thrive are the foundation stones of the government’s Opportunity Mission.The department will spend close to £1.5 billion over the next three years on improving family service...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRespite Care: Sutton ColdfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to respite care for unpaid carers in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role of unpaid carers and is committed to ensuring they have the support they need.The Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable, high-quality care and support services, which can i...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the time taken to provide treatment for people with an eating disorder.
Answer: In 2024/25, we provided £106 million in funding to children’s eating disorder services, an increase of £10 million over 2023/24. This increase is helping clinicians to support more young people. Between April and June 2025, 3,138 children and young people...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Sutton ColdfieldDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parents with (a) three and (a) four year old children used their entitlement to 15 hours of free childcare in Sutton Coldfield constituency in 2024.
Answer: The government wants all children, regardless of background, to have access to high quality early education and childcare. The Best Start in Life strategy sets out our plan to work with local authorities to increase take-up of the 15 hours of early educat...
Answered 2 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: West MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with representatives of the hospitality industry on job losses in the West Midlands since the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role hospitality businesses play in driving employment and supporting local economies including in the West Midlands. We also understand the pressures they face. That’s why our Plan for Small Businesses delivers the mos...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
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