Freddie van Mierlo MP: written questions
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Hormone Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recent FDA advisory committee discussion on the risks and benefits of HRT, on (a) product labelling and (b) patient information; and wheth
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department which regulates medicine, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion in the United Kingdom, with responsibility for ensuring that medicines ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Profession: EqualityMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives fellows to improving equality, diversity and social mobility in the legal profession; and what steps he taking to fur
Answer: The Ministry of Justice recognises the contribution of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) and its Fellows in improving equality, diversity and social mobility in the legal profession. I reflected this when I delivered a welcome address at...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDyscalculiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) provide an official NHS definition of dyscalculia and (b) whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including dyscalculia in NHS A-Z conditions.
Answer: The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used to classify diseases and other health conditions and is set by the World Health Organisation. ICD-11 classifies dyscalculia as a developmental learning disorder with impairment in mathematics. We ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: DyscalculiaDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the statutory training (a) SENCOs and (b) teachers receive on dyscalculia.
Answer: The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including pupils with dyscalculia. National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) are available to education profession...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric BicyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of (a) the potential merits of establishing a regulatory framework for the registration and road use of three- and four-wheeled electric bicycles, (b) the adequacy of road safety
Answer: The existing regulatory framework for electric cycles is comprised of the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983 and the Pedal Cycle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1983. These regulations apply to cycles with two or more wheels and are the...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: DyscalculiaDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for dyscalculia.
Answer: The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) code of practice is clear that meeting the needs of a child with special educational needs does not require a diagnostic label or test. Instead, the department expects teachers to monitor the progress ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNumeracy: AssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of screening tests to identify early difficulties with numeracy.
Answer: The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) code of practice is clear that meeting the needs of a child with special educational needs does not require a diagnostic label or test. Instead, the department expects teachers to monitor the progress ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Supported HousingTreasuryTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91734More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on reforms to the tax and benefits system for young people in supported accommodation.
Answer: The Chancellor regularly engages with Cabinet colleagues across a wide range of policy issues including tax and welfare.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Supported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the Housing Benefit taper rate to 55 per cent for people living in supported accommodation in work.
Answer: The Department recognises the challenge arising from the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit for residents in supported and temporary accommodation.A wide range of customers currently receive rent support through Housing Benefit, incl...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Henley and ThameDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure Henley and Thame constituency has 99% gigabit coverage by 2032.
Answer: As part of Project Gigabit, Gigaclear is delivering a contract across South Oxfordshire to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to premises not included in suppliers’ commercial rollout plans. Approximately 3,300 premises in Henley and Thame constituency are...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUtilities: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2025 to Question 88113 on Utilities: Repairs and Maintenance, if he will publish statistics from Street Manager on the misuse of immediate permits.
Answer: As previously communicated to the Honourable Member, analysis of data from Street Manager has not indicated any widespread misuse of immediate permits. Since 2021, the proportion of immediate permits issued for emergency and urgent works has remained cons...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 88109 on Bathing Water Regulations 2013, what her planned timetable is for that policy development and research.
Answer: DEFRA is engaged in a programme of work to ensure the Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025 can be implemented effectively, including feasibility studies to support Core Reform 2 and a pre-implementation research project on Core R...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Henley and Thames of 10 October 2025 on Suicide Bereavement Support Services.
Answer: We replied to the Hon. Member’s correspondence on 13 November 2025.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Henley and Thames of 10 October 2025 on the importance of police referrals to suicide bereavement support services.
Answer: The Minister for Police and Crime Prevention will reply in due course.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57535 on Active Travel: Construction, when he plans to publish guidance to support local authorities in the design and delivery of active travel routes.
Answer: Following extensive consultation with stakeholders, Active Travel England’s Rural Design Guidance is currently in its final development stages and is expected to be published by the end of the year.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUtilities: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer received on 23 October 2025 to Question 83549 on utilities: repairs and maintenance, what the evidential basis is to suggest potential misuse of emergency repair provisions by utilities i
Answer: In response to the Honourable Member’s question on 23 October 2025, the data, sourced from Street Manager, the Government’s digital platform for managing highway works, shows no evidence of widespread misuse of immediate permits. The Department for Transp...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUtilities: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of the 23 October 2025 to Question 83549 on utilities: repairs and maintenance, what steps her Department is taking to improve regulations governing emergency repairs by utilities that di
Answer: In response to the Honourable Member’s question on 23 October 2025, the data, sourced from Street Manager, the Government’s digital platform for managing highway works, shows no evidence of widespread misuse of immediate permits. The Department for Transp...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce reliance on (a) voluntary and (b) charitable organisations to deliver core mental health services for older people; and what steps his Department plans to take to
Answer: The Government values the huge contribution that voluntary and charitable organisations play in supporting older people with their mental health. The 10-Year Health Plan sets out ambitious plans to transform mental health services to improve access and tr...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the goals for to older people's mental health services in the 10-Year Plan for the NHS are met in relation to (a) prevention, (b) early intervention, (c) acce
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out ambitious plans to transform mental health services, including for older people, to improve access and treatment, and to promote good mental health and wellbeing for the nation. This includes improving early intervention a...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 63264 on Reforms to Bathing Water Regulations 2013 and with reference to the Written Statement Reform of 28 October 2025 on The Bathin
Answer: In November and December 2024, the Government, jointly with Welsh Government, consulted on Reforms to The Bathing Water Regulations 2013, in the first shake-up to the Bathing Water Regulations since they were introduced. On 28 October 2025 the Department ...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: HygieneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the implementation by Local Authorities of the Food Standards Agency's Food Hygiene Rating Scheme process from investigation to action.
Answer: The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme is operated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with local authorities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.The FSA monitors the operation of the Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme by local authorities to provi...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: SewersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to help ensure that new housing developments do not increase sewage network pressures through (a) incorrect and (b) inadequate wastewater connections; and
Answer: The government recognises the importance of water and wastewater provision on new developments. As set out in Paragraph 7 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainab...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSewage: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of developer-led wastewater misconnections on sewage treatment works capacity; and what plans she has to strengthen enforcement pow
Answer: Most modern homes will have sewerage systems that separate wastewater from surface water, and discharge each into separate drains. Property owners are legally responsible for resolving misconnected pipework on their property; public misconnections are the...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: OxfordshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that cancer patients in Oxfordshire have timely access to radiotherapy services.
Answer: The Department remains committed to ensuring that all patients have access to timely diagnosis and treatments, including those in Oxfordshire.We have invested £70 million of central funding into new radiotherapy treatment machines to replace older, less e...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86539More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the VAT registration threshold from £90,000; and whether she plans to conduct a review of the impact of current thresholds on SMEs.
Answer: With a VAT registration threshold of £90,000, the UK’s threshold is higher than any EU country and the joint highest in the OECD. This means the majority of UK businesses are kept out of the VAT system. The Government’s approach to the VAT threshold aims ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
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