Danny Chambers MP: written questions
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PassportsHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for recent trends in renewal times for passports; and if she will meet a constituent of the hon. Member for Winchester to discuss renewal times.
Answer: His Majesty’s Passport Office’s performance indicator for standard applications from the UK is for 98.5% of customers to receive their passport within three weeks where no further information is required. In Quarter 1 of 2025, 99.86% of customers in this ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Rural AreasDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to financially support smaller schools in rural communities.
Answer: The government recognises the essential role that small schools play in their communities, many of which are in rural areas. The schools national funding formula (NFF) accounts for the particular challenges faced by small schools in rural areas through th...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether proposals of increasing the indefinite leave to remain qualifying period will apply only to new visa applicants.
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and will provide further details at that stage.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that UK trained doctors have a Speciality Training Pathway available to them after foundation year two.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need to ensure that patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places meets the demands of the National Health Servic...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitics and Government: Public ParticipationCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 903719More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving public engagement with politics.
Answer: Public engagement and participation are vital to the health of our democracy, and the Government will continue to support the public to make their voices heard. Engagement with the political process must be built on trust. The Government is committed to r...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Towns: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to maintain environmental standards to chalk streams in the (a) planning and (c) building of new towns.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that to protect and enhance biodiversity and geodiversity, local plans should identify, map and safeguard components of local wildlife-rich habitats and wider ecological networks such as chalk streams. It is...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNew TownsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local councils and communities will be consulted about New Towns before the final designation by the New Towns Taskforce.
Answer: As set out in its Terms of Reference, which can be found on gov.uk here, the New Towns Taskforce will work in partnership with local leaders and communities, but its selection of sites will be made in the national interest. The Taskforce also plans to und...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: DisabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on introducing mandatory training on hidden disabilities for all (a) school, (b) further education and (c) higher education staff.
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).The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework and Early Career Fram...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people who commit environmental crimes.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) is the main regulator responsible for the enforcement of environmental law and the prosecution of environmental crime in England. Other regulators responsible for environmental compliance and prosecution in England include loca...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the level of funding for mental health services (a) reflects changes in service demand and (b) reduces the imbalance of resource allocation between
Answer: Despite the challenging fiscal environment, the Government has committed to protecting funding on mental health. We know 2025/26 will be a challenging year, and the National Health Service must live within its means. This will require a relentless focus o...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Western Railway: Greater London and WinchesterDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to (a) increase the (i) frequency of trains and (ii) number of carriages per train on all South Western Railway services operating between Winchester and London, (b) reduce the high
Answer: Department officials are in regular conversation with South Western Railway regarding their service provision in response to demand. When reviewing train services, the Department needs to assess business cases and balance demand with value for the taxpaye...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNew TownsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has appointed consultants to assess locations across the country as potential new town sites; whether Lichfields has been appointed to assess the M3/A303 c
Answer: The government has tasked the New Towns Taskforce, an independent expert advisory panel chaired by Sir Michael Lyons, with developing recommendations to ministers on suitable locations for new towns, as well as how to fund and deliver them. The Taskforce ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPatients: SmokingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on providing smoking cessation support to patients who are in hospital receiving care for cardiovascular disease.
Answer: As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England has prioritised, and given new funding to integrated care boards (ICBs) for, the rollout of tobacco dependence services in hospital settings. Decisions on the scale and makeup of the services are agreed local...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the prevention stream of the health mission; and when he plans to publish an update from the mission board.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the United Kingdom’s biggest killers and building a fairer UK, where everyone lives longer, healthier lives. This is why our Health Mission sets out to shift away from a model geared towards late diagnosis and treat...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether prevention and public health will feature in the 10 year health plan.
Answer: Yes. The Government’s Health Mission sets out our ambition to build a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer. The Government’s 10-Year Health Plan, which will be published later this year, will set out broader actions for how we shift health...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSixth Form Colleges: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason designated sixth form colleges are not receiving the same funding for staff pay awards as sixth form college academies.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring there is a thriving post-16 sector, which is vital to our missions to break down the barriers to opportunity and boost economic growth.Sixth form colleges (SFCs), rather than government, are responsible for setting ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of removing the two-child benefit cap.
Answer: We cannot currently commit to ending the two-child limit. However, tackling child poverty, as the last Labour Government did, is at the heart of this Government’s missions. The Child Poverty Taskforce is exploring all available levers, including social se...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a new plan to help reduce childhood obesity.
Answer: The prevention of ill health is a clear priority for the Government, and the cornerstone of this is supporting children to live healthier lives. We face a childhood obesity crisis, and the Government will take action to tackle the root causes of obesity h...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordImport ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessments his Department has made of the (a) functionality and (b) operational effectiveness of the Border Target Operating Model.
Answer: Defra continues to monitor and review the impact of the Border Target Operating Model. We are working closely with industry, trade partners and enforcement agencies to minimise disruption and costs to trade, while continuing to protect our biosecurity. Th...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Hampshire County Hospital: Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time in the Royal Hampshire County Hospital's Accident and Emergency department was between December 2024 and January 2025.
Answer: The data is not available in the format requested. The latest provisional published data for the median average time spent at emergency departments at the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for November 2024 was 218 minutes. Information relating to ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Hampshire County Hospital: Agency WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost of agency staff employed by Royal Hampshire County Hospital was in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested is not available. Information regarding expenditure on agency staffing will be held locally by the National Health Service trust, the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. NHS England collects some information on the staffing...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: WinchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to tackle the shortage of social care packages in (a) Royal Hampshire County Hospital and (b) Winchester.
Answer: Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market and to commission services to meet the diverse needs o...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StudentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help integrate accredited (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists into mental health support teams for students.
Answer: We know that too many children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and that waits for mental health services are far too long. We will provide access to a specialist mental health professional in every school so that menta...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists in the mental health workforce.
Answer: The National Health Service workforce has been overworked for years, leading to staff becoming burnt out and demoralised and, while there has been growth in the mental health workforce over recent years, more is needed. That is why, as part of our mission...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimals: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the UK's exit from the EU on the movement of animals between the UK and the EU for breeding programmes; and what steps his Depa
Answer: The UK’s departure introduced new rules and procedures for GB exporters, including compliance with EU import controls. Since being granted third country listed status by the EU on 28 December 2020, the UK has continued to export live animals for breeding ...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
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