Leigh Ingham MP: written questions
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Gender Based Violence: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls.
Answer: It is our collective shame that Northern Ireland has the highest rate of violence against women and girls in the UK.This Government is committed to halving violence against women and girls in a decade, a commitment I feel very strongly about. I will work ...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Children's PlayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to support the widest possible implementation of the Play Well Toolkit.
Answer: We recognise the importance of supporting and maintaining children’s right to play, as games and active play in all settings build social skills and support children’s wellbeing. The Play Well toolkit that was recently jointly launched by NHS England and ...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Children's PlayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to mark Play in Healthcare Week 2025.
Answer: We recognise the importance of supporting children's right to play as games and play help build social-skills and support children’s wellbeing. In October 2025, the Starlight Children's Foundation will mark Play in Healthcare Week, celebrating 50 years of...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMiscarriage: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory follow-up ultrasounds after surgery related to miscarriage in (a) general and (b) cases of pregnancy being over 10
Answer: Experiencing pregnancy or baby loss can be extremely difficult and traumatic and we are determined to make sure all women receive the right care.An assessment has not been made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory follow-up ultrasounds after s...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Sexual and Reproductive HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on improving sexual and reproductive health by implementing the programme entitled Strengthening grassroots or
Answer: The UK is working with other governments globally to protect and progress sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) including through diplomacy and ODA programming. In December 2024, the Prime Minister announced the Grassroots and Counter Rollback ...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Women's RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote (a) the sexual and reproductive health and rights and (b) other rights of women and girls globally.
Answer: We are strongly committed to standing up for the rights of women and girls, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). We are proud of the UK's long history as an influential global leader on gender equality and SRHR. We will continue to ...
Answered 31 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of maintaining levels of funding commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Answer: The UK remains committed to tackling global health challenges and will continue to work with all international partners towards the collective goal of a healthier, safer and more prosperous world. We have long been a strong supporter of the Global Fund an...
Answered 31 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Sexual and Reproductive HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will continue funding the Women’s Integrated Sexual Health Programme, implemented by MSI Reproductive Choices and IPPF.
Answer: The UK is proud to defend and promote universal and comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Official Development Assistance (ODA) is one of multiple levers to achieve this. Over the coming months, we will work through how the ODA b...
Answered 31 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to (a) monitor and (b) hold accountable (i) CAFCASS and (ii) family courts in private law proceedings where safeguarding concerns for children are identified; and what procedures ther
Answer: As a Non-Departmental Body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, the oversight and assurance arrangements for Cafcass are carried out in accordance with the Arms-Length Body Code of Practice. Specific areas of oversight are also covered in the Framework D...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: StaffordDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of community provision of palliative care in Stafford constituency.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life.Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more con...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 11995 on Park Homes: Sales, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the 10 percent commission
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 44299 on 16 April 2025.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her plan is for the next phase of free breakfast club provision in primary schools.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering on its pledge to provide a free breakfast club in every state-funded school with primary-aged children. This will ensure every child, regardless of circumstance, has a supportive start to the school day.From the s...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBoats: River NeneDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what correspondence her Department has had with Fenland District Council on their decision not to permit the passage of the Terra Marique barge on the River Nene between Sutton Bridge and Wisbech.
Answer: The Department sought clarification from Fenland District Council of its decision not to permit passage, and the Council confirmed that its decision had been made on the basis of a risk assessment by qualified advisers. The Department remains committed to...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGCSE: BoysDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of male GCSE attainment in Stafford constituency.
Answer: Data is available at Staffordshire local authority level, and shows that 36.3% of boys achieved grade 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSE in 2024, down from 37.2% in 2023. Attainment 8 for boys in 2024 was 41.0, down from 41.9 in 2023.Through the d...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: InternetHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on tackling online misogynistic radicalisation.
Answer: Tackling misogyny, both online and offline, is central to our mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade and we will address the drivers and root causes of VAWG as part of our upcoming cross-Government Strategy, due to be publish...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRegional Planning and Development: StaffordshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act on (a) Stafford High Street and (b) Eccleshall High Street.
Answer: This Government is committed to rejuvenating high streets across the country including those in Stafford and Eccleshall. While no specific assessment has been made of the potential impact of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 on Stafford and Eccle...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPigs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of farrowing crates on the welfare of pigs.
Answer: We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. Defra’s statutory welfare Code of Practice for Pigs states that the aim is for farrowing crates to no longer...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUrgent Treatment Centres and Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of (a) Urgent Treatment Centres and (b) Accident and Emergency Departments.
Answer: Urgent treatment centres and emergency departments, also known as accident and emergency, provide a different range of services to patients.Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for this year will continue the expansion of urgent treatment centres that are c...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State fir Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of property aggregation by wealth funds on the affordability of housing.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regularly engages with other government departments on matters relating to housing affordability.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLandlords: TaxationTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50765More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a banded tax on landlord profits.
Answer: If landlords own properties directly, they are taxed at their marginal rate under income tax rules, and profits made on the sale of properties are charged to capital gains tax. Where landlords operate through a company, the company will have to pay corpor...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: First Time BuyersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with private sector organisations to expand rent-to-buy schemes to support first-time buyers.
Answer: Rent to Buy is funded through the Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) 2021 to 2026.To own and manage rent to Buy homes funded through the AHP an organisation must be a Registered Provider with the Regulator of Social Housing.Some private sector organisations...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty: Foreign Investment in UKMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of accumulation of UK residential property by foreign investors; and what assessment she has made of the potential
Answer: The Department has not conducted a specific assessment of trends in the level of residential property ownership by foreign investors in the UK. Data on property ownership by overseas companies in England and Wales is published by HM Land Registry and is p...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual HarassmentHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out a timeline for bringing forward guidance to bring the Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Act 2023 into force.
Answer: We are going further than ever before to deliver a cross-government transformative approach to tackle violence against women and girls, which will be underpinned by a new VAWG strategy to be published this year.Public sexual harassment is a crime that oft...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the benefits of regulating private-owned retirement residential services.
Answer: In November 2024, the Government published the independent Older People’s Housing Taskforce report, originally commissioned prior to the July 2024 General Election. The Taskforce undertook an assessment of public and private specialised and supported olde...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordContinuing Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of appeals against decisions on NHS Continuing Healthcare funding by integrated care boards were upheld in favour of the applicant in the last 12 months.
Answer: If an individual disagrees with the outcome of an NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessment, they may apply to the integrated care board (ICB) for a Local Resolution procedure. Where it has not been possible to resolve the matter through the Local Resolu...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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