Lincoln Jopp MP: written questions

Written questions

• River Thames: Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76521More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the River Thames Scheme.

  Answer: The River Thames Scheme is a proposed flood risk management project being developed by the Environment Agency and Surrey County Council. It is a landscape-based project designed to reduce flood risk to over 11,000 homes and businesses, while also creating...

  Answered 17 Sept 2025

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• Medical Equipment and WheelchairsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75312More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Integrated Care Boards to facilitate the return of used (a) wheelchairs and (b) other medical equipment.

  Answer: In October 2024, the Department published the Design for Life roadmap, a new strategy to transition away from all avoidable single-use medical technology (MedTech) products towards a functioning circular system by 2045. This includes improving systems tha...

  Answered 15 Sept 2025

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• Horse Racing: GamblingTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70237More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of taxing horse racing at the same rates of other types of gambling on the horse racing industry.

  Answer: The Government consultation on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one closed on 21 July 2025. Responses are now being analysed and a response to the c...

  Answered 4 Sept 2025

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• WheelchairsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70168More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many wheelchairs the NHS have issued in the last year.

  Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services.Data on the number of National Health Service wheelchairs issued is not held centrally. While NHS England collects quarterly data from ICBs thro...

  Answered 4 Sept 2025

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• Asylum: SpelthorneHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68641More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to close the asylum hotel in Spelthorne constituency.

  Answer: It has been the longstanding policy of the Home Office under successive governments not to disclose information about specific hotels which may or may not be used for asylum accommodation.However, the Home Office continues to work with a range of stakehol...

  Answered 24 Jul 2025

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• Asylum: SurreyHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68639More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has agreed a new two-year contract to put asylum seekers in the Mercure Stanwell Hotel.

  Answer: It has been the longstanding policy of the Home Office under successive governments not to disclose information about specific hotels which may or may not be used for asylum accommodation.However, the Home Office continues to work with a range of stakehol...

  Answered 24 Jul 2025

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• Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66071More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for encouraging children with SEND into mainstream schools.

  Answer: The department has published independently commissioned insight from the Delivering Better Value programme. This research suggests that, if the system were extensively improved, including using early intervention and better resourcing mainstream schools, ...

  Answered 1 Aug 2025

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