Edward Argar MP: written questions
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Members: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75978More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of correspondence from hon. Members to her Department was responded to within the required period in each month between July 2024 and August 2025.
Answer: Since July 2024, Treasury ministers have received over 13,000 pieces of correspondence from Members.Officials and Private Offices are working hard to clear outstanding cases as quickly as possible.Correspondence performance data is published within HM Tre...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: LeicestershireDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils were receiving SEN support at school in Leicestershire in July 2025.
Answer: The number and proportion of pupils receiving special educational needs support at schools in Leicestershire can be viewed in the table here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/5819b943-986a-45eb-62a4-08ddf03ad3ce.Th...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: LeicestershireDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children with an education, health and care plan are in a mainstream setting in Leicestershire.
Answer: The latest figures on education, health and care plans as of January 2025, including assessments, waiting times, and school settings, are available in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ publication. The full dataset can be accessed here: https://explo...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: LeicestershireDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children had been waiting more than 20 weeks for a education, health and care plan in Leicestershire as of July 2025.
Answer: The latest figures on education, health and care plans as of January 2025, including assessments, waiting times, and school settings, are available in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ publication. The full dataset can be accessed here: https://explo...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: LeicestershireDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children had a education, health and care plan in Leicestershire as of July 2025.
Answer: The latest figures on education, health and care plans as of January 2025, including assessments, waiting times, and school settings, are available in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ publication. The full dataset can be accessed here: https://explo...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: LeicestershireDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were waiting for an education, health and care plan to be issued in Leicestershire as of July 2025.
Answer: The latest figures on education, health and care plans as of January 2025, including assessments, waiting times, and school settings, are available in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ publication. The full dataset can be accessed here: https://explo...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the open caseload was for the Crown Court in England and Wales at the start of each month since June 2024.
Answer: The Crown Court outstanding caseload remains one of the biggest challenges facing the Criminal Justice System. The caseload has risen substantially over recent years due to the pandemic and a substantial increase in the number of cases coming to court. Th...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Written QuestionsTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75167More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) named day (b) ordinary written questions were answered by her Department within the required timescale in (i) January, (ii) February, (iii) March, (iv) April, (v) May, (vi) June, (vii) July an
Answer: Data on response times to written questions is held by the House and published by the Procedure Committee at the end of each session.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for EducationTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral contribution of 4 November 2024, Official Report, col. 46, (a) on what date the leak inquiry commenced, (b) on what date the inquiry concluded and (c) when its findings will be made p
Answer: The investigation remains ongoing, and all reasonable lines of inquiry will be pursued.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by his Department within the required timescale in (i) January 2025, (ii) February 2025, (iii) March
Answer: The Department takes its obligations to parliamentary accountability seriously, including the answering of written parliamentary questions. We continue to receive the highest number of written questions of any Government department in Whitehall.The follow...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent staff were employed by NHS England on 1 April 2025.
Answer: The number of full-time equivalent staff employed by NHS England as of 1 March 2025 was 14,957.12.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisterial StatementsCabinet OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53059More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 25 February 2025, Official Report, col. 631, (a) on what date the inquiry commenced, (b) on what date it concluded and (c) when its findings will be ma
Answer: The investigation remains ongoing. I am unable to comment further on the progress or specifics of an ongoing investigation.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Urgent Question on the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service on 19 May 2025, what estimate he has made of when the new national programme will be in operation.
Answer: Volunteers continue to support health and care in hospitals, ambulance services, and communities. The new NHS Volunteer recruitment portal is due to fully launch later this year. Prospective volunteers can already access the portal via the volunteer pages...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answers of 4 April 2025 to Questions (a) 41903, (b) 41902 and (c) 41906, how many full time equivalent staff are employed in NHSE transformation team; and how many full time e
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials are working with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to determine the leadership, structure, and requirements needed to support the creation of a new centre for health and care...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of planning control and enforcement in preventing (i) vibration and (ii) damage to neighbouring properties during construction works.
Answer: The Department has not undertaken such an assessment. Planning conditions can be used to mitigate the adverse effects of a development, such as vibration, where they meet the tests set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. It is for local plannin...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, from what date Baroness Casey is contracted to start work on the social care commission.
Answer: Baroness Casey of Blackstock will start work on her independent commission into adult social care later this month, April 2025. Baroness Casey of Blackstock and her team are currently in the process of setting up the Independent Commission, ahead of its f...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of NHS England's staff were clinically qualified as of 1 March 2025.
Answer: As of 1 March 2025, 15% of all NHS England staff were registered with a clinical professional body. Examples of clinical professional bodies include the General Medical Council, the General Pharmaceutical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council.Clin...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent staff were employed by NHS England as of 1 March 2025.
Answer: The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by NHS England as of 1 March 2025 was 14,957.12 FTE.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: ConcreteDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental impact assessment she has carried out ahead of a decision on whether to ban volumetric concrete mobile plants in 2028.
Answer: The Department ran a call for evidence from October to December 2023 seeking views on three potential options on weight limits for Volumetric Concrete Mixers (VCMs). The outcome of my department’s review into volumetric concrete mixers was published on 18...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: ConcreteDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the annual additional lorry miles on concrete deliveries that would rise from cutting the weights of volumetric concrete mobile from 2028.
Answer: A call for evidence ran from October to December 2023 seeking views on three potential options on weight limits for VCMs. The following factors were considered: reduction in payload per journey, increased waste, and increased vehicle mileage.Information r...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which of NHS England's responsibility will not be brought into the Department of Health and Social Care, following NHS England's abolition.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to determine the structure and requirements needed to support the creation of a new centre for health and care.At this s...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the net financial savings by year from the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: The abolition of NHS England is expected to bring savings that would amount to hundreds of millions of pounds a year. While there will be some upfront costs, we are confident that the reform to wipe out duplication and drive a smaller centre, based in a s...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of NHS England's staff who will be retained in a new roles within government or other public services when NHS England is abolished.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to determine the structure and requirements needed to support the creation of a new centre for health and care. The tran...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what external consultancy support has been procured to advise on restructuring following the announcement of the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to determine the structure and requirements of the team required to support the creation of a new centre for health and ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which of NHS England's current responsibilities will be outsourced to private sector consultancies or external firms when it is abolished.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to determine the structure and requirements needed to support the creation of a new centre for health and care.At this s...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
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