Gordon McKee MP: written questions
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Rare Diseases: GeneticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to improve interoperability between rare-disease registries and genomic-data systems across the UK.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all patients across the UK have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments, and we are working with the devolved administrations, delivery partners across the health system, an...
Answered 25 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordClinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking with the devolved administrations to increase the number of patients able to participate in commercial clinical trials across the UK.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all patients across the UK have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments, and we are working with the devolved administrations, delivery partners across the health system, an...
Answered 25 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Department is taking with the devolved administrations and local authorities to support consistent safety and accessibility standards for electric-vehicle charging stations.
Answer: The Government engages regularly with devolved governments and local authorities (LAs) on electric vehicle charging. The Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund supports local authorities to scale up EV charging provision across England. Through...
Answered 10 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: Voluntary OrganisationsCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18846More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to involve voluntary, community and faith organisations in local and national emergency preparedness exercises.
Answer: The Cabinet Office recognises the valuable role that the voluntary, community and faith sector (VCFS) can play in all aspects of resilience. The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 requires local Category 1 responders ‘to have regard’ to the activities of volunt...
Answered 28 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18845More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to measure the impact of Civil Service artificial intelligence training on productivity and the quality of public services.
Answer: The Cabinet Office measures the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) training that we provide to civil servants through a range of methods aligned with government evaluation guidance in the magenta book. We are further developing our approach to the mea...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Business CommissionerDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to raise awareness among small businesses of the expanded role and powers of the Small Business Commissioner.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that small businesses are aware of the Small Business Commissioner’s expanded role and powers. The Commissioner already provides advice, guidance and support through its website, outreach activity and communications...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: BillingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that the design of the UK’s electronic invoicing regime minimises costs and administrative burdens for small businesses.
Answer: Electronic invoicing, or e-invoicing, will become mandatory for VAT transactions from April 2029. E-invoicing will help business productivity and efficiency, reduce late payments and streamline tax administration. DBT and HMRC ran a consultation between F...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that small businesses in each area can access practical support to adopt artificial intelligence safely and productively.
Answer: The government is committed to helping small businesses across the UK adopt AI safely and productively.The industry-led SME Digital Adoption Taskforce set an ambition for the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses to be the most digitally capable and AI c...
Answered 13 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Department is taking with employers to ensure that qualifications and digital badges earned through the AI Skills Boost programme are recognised in recruitment and workpl
Answer: The government is committed to building a digitally skilled workforce to support long-term economic growth, drive innovation and expand individual opportunity across the UK.Skills England has developed a framework outlining the foundational AI skills that...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordYouth GuaranteeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that small businesses, charities and social enterprises are able to participate in the Youth Jobs Grant.
Answer: The Youth Jobs Grant scheme is open to eligible businesses of all sizes and sectors including small businesses, charities and social enterprises. The application process has been designed to minimise the administrative burden for employers. Employers can ...
Answered 30 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFurther Education and Schools: CybersecurityDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of schools and colleges that meet the Department’s cyber security core standard; and what steps she is taking to ensure that all education settings meet t
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The department’s Technology in Schools Survey collects information about whether schools meet the core technology standards, but does not provide a separate estimat...
Answered 3 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CybersecurityDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many cybersecurity incidents affecting government departments in each of the last three years originated in or involved a third-party supplier; and what steps are being taken to stre
Answer: The Government is aware of the risk created by supply chain cyber security incidents and is taking a range of steps to strengthen cyber resilience across government’s supply chains. These include embedding cyber security considerations into commercial and...
Answered 3 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordNew Businesses: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the availability of large scale capital in the UK for late stage start up businesses.
Answer: The government is taking action to improve the availability of large-scale growth capital available to UK scale-ups. Through a new strategic mandate and reforms to the British Business Bank (BBB), the BBB is increasing support for late-stage businesses, i...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCybercrimeHome OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory reporting of ransomware incidents and payments.
Answer: Last year, the Government consulted on a package of legislative measures to tackle ransomware, including the introduction of mandatory reporting requirements. The consultation demonstrated strong support for greater transparency, with 63% of respondents b...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: Recruitment and Labour TurnoverDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help improve the recruitment and retention of cybersecurity specialists.
Answer: To improve the recruitment and retention of cyber security professionals across Government, DSIT launched the Government Cyber Profession in February 2026. The profession will introduce a competitive total employee offer, establish a dedicated Cyber Recru...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: CybersecurityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting medical devices have been reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring medicines, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion meet applicable standards of safety, quality, and efficacy. The MHRA rigorously assesses available ...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Government: StandardsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many central government websites and mobile applications do not currently meet the required public-sector accessibility standards; and what steps are being taken to remedy that.
Answer: The accessibility monitoring team in the Government Digital Service (GDS) has found that for central government websites that operate independently of GOV.UK - including those run by the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments - 61% met accessibili...
Answered 27 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCredit: RegulationTreasuryTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18293More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government’s timetable is for bringing buy now, pay later products within the financial-services regulatory framework.
Answer: In July 2025, Parliament passed legislation to bring Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) products within the scope of Financial Conduct Authority regulation. The new regulatory regime came into force on 15 July 2026 and last month the FCA published its final rules ...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are available to people who are unable to demonstrate their immigration status because of a technical failure affecting her Department’s digital services.
Answer: Our online immigration status services are designed to be highly resilient and are subject to rigorous testing and monitoring. Outages are rare, and where issues do arise, we work to resolve them as quickly as possible.Support is available for people who ...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of eligible rail journeys currently result in passengers receiving automatic compensation for delays; and what steps she is taking to increase that proportion.
Answer: Ten of the fourteen Department for Transport operators now offer delay repay schemes that provide automated, one-click delay repay, and we are also developing plans to make it even easier and more convenient to claim Delay Repay. Earlier this year, we ann...
Answered 4 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Digital Service ProvidersDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential operational and national-security risks arising from government departments deploying a small number of cloud-service providers.
Answer: The State of Digital Government Review, published in January 2025, highlighted that concentrating workloads on a limited number of suppliers creates systemic concentration risks. The National Risk Register 2026, published on 14 July, further identifies di...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Commerce: MisrepresentationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has been made on enforcement measures relating to fake or misleading online reviews.
Answer: Under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA), online platforms must take reasonable steps to ensure consumer reviews on their sites are genuine. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published guidance for businesses tha...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSubscriptionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that businesses simplify the processes of cancelling subscriptions.
Answer: The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 introduces new consumer protections for consumers in subscriptions. Once the new regime comes into force, businesses will be required to provide clear information before the consumer signs up, send r...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18287More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to respond to written correspondence from individual taxpayers was in the last year.
Answer: Improving day-to-day performance is a key priority for HMRC. HMRC is not able to provide the average time taken to respond to written correspondence from individual taxpayers in the last year as providing this information would exceed the cost threshold f...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Digital TechnologyTreasuryTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18286More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that people unable to use digital services can continue to manage tax affairs by telephone, post and face-to-face support.
Answer: Improving day-to-day performance is a key priority for HMRC. HMRC is not able to provide the average time taken to respond to written correspondence from individual taxpayers in the last year as providing this information would exceed the cost threshold f...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
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