Bradley Thomas MP: written questions
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Anti-social Behaviour and Shoplifting: WythallHome OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to tackle (a) anti-social behaviour and (b) shoplifting in Wythall.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) and the harm it causes is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Government’s Plan for Change details our commitment to reduce ASB, including delivery of a dedicated lead off...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: BromsgroveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he will visit Bromsgrove constituency to discuss the impact of government policy on the hospitality industry with (a) publicans and (b) landlords.
Answer: Hospitality businesses, including those in Bromsgrove, are at the heart of our communities and play a vital role in supporting economic growth and social cohension. We've launched a licensing taskforce aimed at cutting red tape and removing barriers that ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will visit a farm in Worcestershire to meet with (a) local farmers and (b) hon. Members to discuss changes to agricultural property relief.
Answer: Ministers regularly engage and visit farmers across England and have met with farming organisations and representatives nearly every week since coming into Government.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPsychiatry: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps with the Health and Care Professions Council to include psychotherapists on the list of protected titles within the healthcare industry.
Answer: While there are no current plans to protect the professional title “psychotherapist” in law, the Government keeps professions subject to statutory regulation and the list of protected titles under review. The Government is clear that the statutory regulat...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2025 to Question 44299 on Park Homes: Sales, whether she will outline her plans to seek further evidence from the sector before the House rises
Answer: We will set out our plans to seek further evidence from the sector in respect of the rationale for the commission in due course.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve respiratory disease (a) prevention, (b) diagnosis and (c) care.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts our National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to improving respiratory...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of commission charge of up to 10 per cent on the sale of park homes on (a) mobile home residents and (b) site owners;
Answer: The previous government published a report in June 2022 on the impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission. It can be found on gov.uk here. This government recognises that there are longstanding concerns about the requirement to pay site o...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastic SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Accident & Emergency admissions were made for cosmetic and aesthetic treatments requiring urgent medical attention in 2024.
Answer: Information on hospital admissions is not available in the format requested. However, an analysis of hospital episodes by diagnoses for 2023/24 is available at the following link: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospit...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Visitors: WorcestershireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the health visitor to resident ratio in Worcestershire; and what steps his Department is taking to increase this provision.
Answer: Local authorities have responsibility for commissioning public health services for children and young people aged zero to 19 years old. This includes the commissioning of health visiting services.We recognise the role health visitors play in our commitmen...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reform mental health services so that social support is integrated into treatment plans.
Answer: The statutory guidance on discharge from mental health inpatient settings makes clear that National Health Service mental health trusts should have a clear plan in place for the ongoing care and support that a patient requires after discharge from a menta...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to publish the assessment made by her Department with the Cabinet Office of prison maintenance undertaken in 2023.
Answer: The assessment carried out in partnership with the Cabinet Office in 2023, was conducted in line with Cabinet Office guidance and was consistent with the options appraisal approach prescribed by HM Treasury. The information contained within the assessment...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Mobile PhonesDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 29183 on Smartphones, what research she refers to.
Answer: Mobile phone and smartphone development and social media use has increased (Ofcom, 2024) alongside increasing mental health problems in children and young people (NHS England, 2023), which has raised concerns amongst academics that the two are linked. The...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: ChinaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government considers increased trade with China to be an inherent risk to national security.
Answer: China is the world’s second largest economy and predicted to be the largest driver of global growth from 2021 to 2035. Identifying opportunities to build secure and resilient growth through a mature, stable, and balanced relationship with China is in our ...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMuseums and Galleries: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35917More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February of Question 29769 on Museums, what the cost of the VAT Refund Scheme was in 2024; and whether she plans to change the funding for the VAT Refund Scheme.
Answer: Under section 33A of the VAT Act 1994, certain museums and galleries are eligible to reclaim VAT incurred on the non-business costs associated with providing free admission to the public. Further information about the scheme and its eligibility conditions...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: CathedralsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February to Question 29771 on Churches, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the Listed Places of Worship scheme on Cathedrals.
Answer: Based on the Department’s analysis of previous data, 94% of applications between 2022-2024 have been under £25,000, and most of these claims were for under £5,000. We believe that the modifications were necessary and adequate given the tight fiscal challe...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity InterconnectorsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February to Question 29155 on Energy Resilience, when the robust plans to mitigate the impacts of a gas or electricity disruption were last updated.
Answer: The National Emergency Plan for Downstream Gas and Electricity sets out the arrangements for the safe and effective management of downstream gas or electricity disruption. The National Emergency Plan for Downstream Gas and Electricity was last updated in ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason his Department resumed negotiations with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.
Answer: Negotiations were started by the previous Conservative Government. This Government inherited a situation where the effective operation of the military base remained under threat and that is why negotiations resumed. The deal is rooted in a rational and ha...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 29154 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether any conditions will be placed on how the package of financ
Answer: Once an agreement is signed further details of the Treaty will be put before both Houses for scrutiny and treaty ratification in the usual way.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February to Question 29154 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what index the annual payments will be linked to.
Answer: Once an agreement is signed further details of the Treaty will be put before both Houses for scrutiny and treaty ratification in the usual way. This will include costs.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials are working on the negotiations of a trade deal with the United States.
Answer: DBT’s Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across priorities. In January 2025, DBT had 675 staff working in TPIN. The US is the UK’s largest single country trading partner, ...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February to Question 29770 on Chinese manufacturing, whether major energy infrastructure including wind turbines are categorised as critical national infrastructur
Answer: The designation of sites, systems and assets that make up the UK energy sector as Critical National Infrastructure is based on the extent that the loss, damage or disruption of that infrastructure has a major detrimental impact on the availability, integr...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimeHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle crime that occurs on the border of multiple police forces.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that law enforcement has the resources it needs to tackle crime effectively, including when crimes occur on the border of multiple police forces.When it does, the National Crime Agency (NCA), which leads the UK's fi...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: WorcestershireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29763 on Discussions with Members from Worcestershire on local government reform, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) senior
Answer: Neither ministers nor senior officials have had discussions with hon members from Worcestershire on local government reform. The Minister wrote to Worcestershire council leaders on 5th February 2025 to formally invite proposals for local government reorga...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29762 on Cross sector partnerships, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of cooperation between state and private schools on state school
Answer: Around 70% of private schools affiliated with the Independent Schools Council hold charitable status. As charities, they are required to demonstrate public benefit and one way in which they do that is through partnerships with state schools. This activity...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of redistributing green levies and surcharges to help increase energy affordability.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring a fair and affordable transition to Net Zero while considering the impact of policy costs on all energy consumers. Consumer energy bills are a vital tool to leverage private sector investment to support our critical...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
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