Charlie Maynard MP: written questions
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Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to help support parents of students with SEND with having Education, Health and Care Plans in place.
Answer: The department works closely with a range of charities, who support parents, carers, children and young people with education, health and care (EHC) plans currently in place. We have extended our current participation and family support contract to guaran...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCluster Munitions: Manufacturing Industries and SalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any British companies are involved in the (a) manufacture and (b) sale of cluster munitions.
Answer: As a State Party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, the UK takes its obligations seriously and continues to fulfil them. The UK takes a comprehensive approach across government and globally to directly tackle the issue of cluster munitions, including...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordThames Water: Credit RatingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) Ofwat and (b) Thames Water on the potential merits of issuing penalties to Thames Water for alleged breaches of its license agreement in
Answer: The enforcement of licence conditions is a matter for Ofwat as the independent economic regulator. To remedy its licence breach in losing its investment grade credit ratings in 2024, Ofwat has confirmed it accepted an enforcement undertaking from Thames W...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the financial stability of Thames Water.
Answer: The water white paper published on the 20 January sets out the Government’s plans to reform the water sector and the wider water system. It will create a new regulator with powers to prevent companies from accumulating unmanageable debts and to ensure the...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: DiabetesDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the process for driver licence renewals which are subject to the monitoring of blood sugar levels, including Freestyle Libre.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) assesses licence applications from drivers using insulin or other diabetes medications based on the risk of hypoglycaemia and the stability of diabetes management.Car and motorcycle drivers who use insulin mu...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: DiabetesDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in doses of (a) insulin and (b) diabetic medication on driver license renewals.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) assesses licence applications from drivers using insulin or other diabetes medications based on the risk of hypoglycaemia and the stability of diabetes management.Car and motorcycle drivers who use insulin mu...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: DiabetesDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency use in the consideration of applications for licence renewals from drivers who take (a) insulin and (b) diabetes medication.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) assesses licence applications from drivers using insulin or other diabetes medications based on the risk of hypoglycaemia and the stability of diabetes management.Car and motorcycle drivers who use insulin mu...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the licensing regime for shotgun ownership on the rural economy.
Answer: The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February 2025, included a commitment to having a public consultation on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns to bring them more into line with the controls on...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLGBT+ People: Armed ForcesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 906825More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken with the Secretary of State for Defence to help tackle LGBTQ+ discrimination in the armed forces.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting LGBT personnel in the Armed Forces, including through engagement with our LGBT networks, same-sex marriages in military chapels and involvement with major Pride events. We are also implementing all 49 of Lord Ethe...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFreight: Crime PreventionHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce incidences of freight crime.
Answer: We fully recognise the serious and growing threat that freight crime poses to businesses, drivers, and the wider economy. This Government is determined to crack down on it. The incidences of freight crime, where criminals rip the sides of lorries and take...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Holiday AccommodationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to requirements for EPC certificates on properties used as short term holiday lets.
Answer: The recent consultation on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector sought views on whether short-term lets should be included in the scope of our proposals for rented homes to achieve Energy Performance Certifi...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the findings of the consultation on Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes.
Answer: The consultation on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector closed on 2nd May and a government response will be published in due course.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Medical TreatmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what action the Government is taking to help ensure civilians who need to leave Gaza for urgent medical treatment are able to be evacuated.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Foreign Secretary's statement on the Middle East, made to the House on 18 November.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what action the Government is taking to ensure sufficient humanitarian aid is entering Gaza.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Foreign Secretary's statement on the Middle East, made to the House on 18 November.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: JournalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what action the Government is taking to press for international journalists to be allowed into Gaza.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 21 October in response to Question HL10542, which - for ease of reference - is reproduced below:Journalists and media workers play an important role in sharing the devastating reality of war with the globa...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: Home InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the reasons for households not obtaining insurance for flooding in spite of being eligible for the Flood Re scheme; and if she will call on Flo
Answer: Flood Re is a joint Government-industry scheme enabling high flood risk households to access affordable insurance. Since launch, Flood Re has supported more than 650,000 households, with 346,000 policies ceded to them in 2024/25. Prior to Flood Re’s ince...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: Home InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she can disclose how much additional risk the Flood Re scheme is underwriting this year than it was when it launched; and whether she holds any information about the sustainabi
Answer: In its first operational year (2016/17), the Flood Re scheme’s Liability Limit was £2.1 billion and 127,326 policies were ceded to the scheme. By 2024/25, 346,200 policies were ceded and from 1 April 2025, the Liability Limit reset to £3.2 billion for thr...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what form of impact assessment on pharmacies was carried out prior to changing the payment claim window for pharmacy first services from 3 months to five days.
Answer: As part of delivering the Pharmacy First service, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they meet specific requirements, which include minimum activity levels.From June 2025, pharmacies delivering 20 to 29 consultations receive £500, whi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what number of pharmacy first consultations have been recorded for (a) April , (b) May and (c) June 2025.
Answer: As part of delivering the Pharmacy First service, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they meet specific requirements, which include minimum activity levels.From June 2025, pharmacies delivering 20 to 29 consultations receive £500, whi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: IncentivesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what number of bonus payments to community pharmacies for reaching the 20 and 30 target for consultations were paid in (a) April, (b) May and (b) June 2025.
Answer: As part of delivering the Pharmacy First service, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they meet specific requirements, which include minimum activity levels.From June 2025, pharmacies delivering 20 to 29 consultations receive £500, whi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to help specialist independent SEND schools remain open in in response to independent school closures in the last year.
Answer: Independent special schools are private enterprises. Local authorities have the discretion to make support, training and resources available to them. As private enterprises, the proprietor of the school is responsible for its financial viability. The depa...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to increase capacity and resources in community schools, to accommodate pupils transferring from the private to comprehensive school sector in the last year.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Witney to the answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 81701.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change ConventionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of international progress towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Answer: Before the Paris Agreement policies put the world on track for up to 4°C of warming by 2100. The latest Emissions Gap Report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), published in October 2025, estimates that current Nationally Determined Cont...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: Home InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new properties were covered by FloodRe in the last twelve months.
Answer: In 2024/25, Flood Re provided cover for over 346,000 household policies. Of these, 30% of the policies ceded to Flood Re in the financial year to 31 March 2025 had not previously been ceded to the Scheme. In total, 650,000 properties have benefited since ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: Home InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many properties are covered by FloodRe.
Answer: In 2024/25, Flood Re provided cover for over 346,000 household policies. Of these, 30% of the policies ceded to Flood Re in the financial year to 31 March 2025 had not previously been ceded to the Scheme. In total, 650,000 properties have benefited since ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
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