Joe Robertson MP: written questions
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PRS for Music: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she Department has made of the potential impact of Performing Right Society licensing fees on the profitability of microbusinesses, freelancers and sole traders, particu
Answer: Performing Right Society Limited (PRS) is a collective management organisation (CMO) and a private commercial entity and the Government does not regulate its commercial affairs. Consequently, the Department has not made an impact assessment in relation to...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPRS for Music: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what oversight exists of tribunal decisions relating to Performing Right Society licensing fees; and what criteria are used to determine whether such fees represent fair and reasonable
Answer: Performing Right Society Limited (PRS) is a collective management organisation (CMO) and a private commercial entity and the Government does not regulate its commercial affairs. Consequently, the Department has not made an impact assessment in relation to...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: InspectionsHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, what actions her Department will be taking to increase the number of unannounced inspections of
Answer: The Government is fully committed to continuous improvement in regulation and strengthening the UK’s position as a global leader in science and innovation. As part of this, the Home Office is in the final stages of delivering a comprehensive programme of ...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimals in Science Regulation Unit: StaffHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, (1) what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of inspectors employed by the Un
Answer: The Government is fully committed to continuous improvement in regulation and strengthening the UK’s position as a global leader in science and innovation. As part of this, the Home Office is in the final stages of delivering a comprehensive programme of ...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Isle of WightHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on all Home Office contractors and subcontractors operating HMOs for asylum accommodation on the Isle of Wight.
Answer: The Home Office is not currently using HMOs on the Isle of Wight to accommodate asylum accommodation.
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Multiple OccupationHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commit to publishing regular, local authority–level data on asylum accommodation in HMOs, including numbers, capacity and duration of use.
Answer: For the safety and security of those we accommodate and staff, it is our longstanding policy not to disclose information about sites which may or may not be utilised by the Home Office.The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of suppo...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Isle of WightHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement actions have been taken against providers of HMOs used for asylum accommodation on the Isle of Wight in the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office is not currently using HMOs on the Isle of Wight to accommodate asylum accommodation.
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Multiple OccupationHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the location, size and occupancy of HMOs used for asylum accommodation by local authority area.
Answer: For the safety and security of those we accommodate and staff, it is our longstanding policy not to disclose information about sites which may or may not be utilised by the Home Office.The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of suppo...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Isle of WightHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many HMOs on the Isle of Wight are currently licensed for use as asylum accommodation; what the capacity of each is; and how many asylum seekers are currently housed in each property.
Answer: The Home Office is not currently using HMOs on the Isle of Wight to accommodate asylum accommodation.
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the October 2025 publication of FCDO spending on government procurement cards over £500, a) what furniture was bought from SOHO HOME LTD for £28,979.00 and
Answer: The expenditure in question was not subject to direct ministerial approval, but I am informed that it related to furnishings for representational areas within the UK's mission at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, ...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve quality of life for people being diagnosed, treated for or living with cancer under the National Cancer Plan .
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will have patients at its heart and will cover the entirety of the cancer pathway, from referral and diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care, as well as prevention, and research and innovation. It will seek to improve every aspect...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPerpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009Ministry of JusticeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009; and whether any measures referred to in the House of Commons Hansard debate of 2 November 2009 (Vol. 49
Answer: No systematic concerns have been raised by stakeholders about the operation of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009, and as such, no assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Act. The then Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill was read for...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: ApplicationsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in December 2025.
Answer: The tables below show the average number of working days taken to process driving licence applications made both online and not onlinein December 2025 for both group 1 (cars and motorcycle) and group 2 (lorry and bus) applications. Group 1Group 2DateOnlin...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the month-by-month progress that will be needed to be compliant with the NHS' 92 per cent 18-week target by March 2029; and what progress has been made to date in 202
Answer: We are committed to returning by March 2029 to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment.NHS England’s 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidan...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of Activity Management Plans issued by NHS Integrated Care Boards on the commitment made in the NHS/Independent Sector Partnership Agreement signed in Janu
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) have existing contractual powers to manage activity by providers, which were enhanced in 2025/26 with central support for setting and managing activity. The NHS Standard Contract includes the ability to set Indicative Activit...
Answered 20 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data on how many Activity Management Plans have been issued by NHS Integrated Care Boards to (a) NHS Trusts and (b) independent providers, how many reduced procedures that will c
Answer: The specific information requested is not held by the Department. Activity management plans are contractual mechanisms within the NHS Standard Contract, used by integrated care boards (ICBs) to manage elective activity and financial control. They can be i...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of Activity Management Plans issued by NHS Integrated Care Boards and their impact on the NHS’ adherence with its constitutional access standards and patient choice rule
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) have existing contractual powers to manage activity by providers, which were enhanced in 2025/26 with central support for setting and managing activity. The NHS Standard Contract includes the ability to set Indicative Activit...
Answered 20 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish data collected by his Department on the use of corridor care.
Answer: The provision of clinical care in corridors is unacceptable, and we are committed to ending its practice in the National Health Service. Furthermore, our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 commits to publishing data on the prevalence of corridor c...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government and Social Care OmbudsmanMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the level of independence of the complaint review process within the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
Answer: The legal powers underpinning the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s investigations are invested in the Ombudsman themselves and they have personal authority in the investigation of complaints. I therefore have no remit to interfere with the Omb...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Systems: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variation in access to NICE-approved medicines across Integrated Care Systems.
Answer: No assessment has been made by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on adoption of innovative medicines in local formularies states that once a NICE technol...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NICE positive recommendations in each year since 2023 were issued as optimised decisions; and what proportion of the eligible patient population was able to access those medicines on the N
Answer: The following table shows the number of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations since 2023 that have been issued as optimised decisions:YearNumberPercentage of all publications excluding terminations2023/243748%2024/253343...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDrugs and Medical Treatments: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NICE appraisals were terminated in the five-year period from 2019 to 2024, and how this compares with the preceding five-year period.
Answer: The following table shows the number of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) appraisals that were terminated between 2019 and 2024, and between 2014 and 2019:PeriodNumber of terminated appraisalsTerminated appraisals as a percentage of...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDrugs and Medical Treatments: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NICE technology appraisals have been terminated in each year since 2019; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for these terminations.
Answer: The follow table shows the proportion of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisals that have been terminated in each year since 2019:YearTerminations as a percentage of each year2019/2017.54%2020/2120.00%2021/2219.39%2...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on the roll-out of Best Start Family Hubs and wider neighbourhood health integration if local authorities without existing Start for
Answer: Delivering integrated, joined-up health, education, and family support is at the heart of our ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.Healthy Babies, formerly Start for Life, funding is helping families during the critical 1,001 days,...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBabies: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the decision to prioritise continuation funding for the existing 75 Start for Life local authority areas aligns with the commitment in the 10-Year Health Plan for England to expand Start for Li
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out an ambitious agenda to how we will improve the nation’s health by creating a new model of care that is fit for the future.We recognise that local authorities are ambitious, seeking to deliver universal support to families ...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
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