Luke Taylor MP: written questions
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Older People: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support elderly people with the cost of care.
Answer: The adult social care system is means tested and provides funded support for those with the least financial means. While the Department sets the minimum thresholds for accessing local authority support, local authorities have the discretion to set more ge...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the palliative care workforce is able to cope with growing demand for end of life care.
Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10-Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. The 10-Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: DeathsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of deaths in hospital.
Answer: Our recently published 10-Year Health Plan sets out that community-based advice and support will help more people die in their home rather than in hospital, while community teams will work closely with care homes and paramedics to share care plans to avoi...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: AdmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce emergency hospital admissions involving people who are in the last 12 months of life.
Answer: Our recently published 10-Year Health Plan sets out that community-based advice and support will help more people die in their home rather than in hospital, while community teams will work closely with care homes and paramedics to share care plans to avoi...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the early identification of palliative care needs.
Answer: The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework for England. I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1087, which I gave to the House on 24 November 2025. The early identification of som...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce variations in the approaches of commissioners in meeting local population need for palliative and end of life care services.
Answer: The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England. I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1087 I gave to the House on 24 November 2025.Through our MSF, we will closely ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce regional inequalities in (a) access to and (b) quality of palliative and end of life care.
Answer: The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England. I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1087 I gave to the House on 24 November 2025.Through our MSF, we will closely ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: SalesDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle the sale of illegally modified e-bikes.
Answer: E-bikes can only be legally used on the roads where they comply in full with the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983. The Product Regulation and Metrology Act received Royal Assent in July. One of the main aims of the Act is to prevent unsa...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Warm Homes Plan will include (a) independent inspections of retrofit work, (b) requirements for training for installers and (c) protections for residents.
Answer: The Government is reviewing the system of consumer protection and oversight for home retrofit installations. This work looks at the entire landscape: from how installers work in people’s homes to where homeowners turn for rapid action and enforcement if t...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) homes retrofitted under the Eco4 scheme are inspected and (b) any (i) substandard and (ii) unsafe work is fully remediated.
Answer: Government is offering free inspections of all properties where external wall insulation was fitted under ECO4. The focus is on this measure as audits highlighted particular issues with external wall insulation under the scheme. Ofgem will contact every h...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: Public TransportDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of assaults on public transport staff.
Answer: The British Transport Police are responsible for policing the railway in England, Scotland and Wales and they record the number of incidents of violence and abuse against rail workers. Analysis by the Department of Violence Against the Person offences sho...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a criminal offence of assaulting a public transport worker.
Answer: There is no place for abuse or assault of any worker. Public transport workers and the wider public should be assured that where offenders commit acts of violence they will be arrested and brought before the courts quickly and that the British Transport P...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDebts: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90470More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of (a) reforming the G20 Common Framework for debt relief and (b) a new UN-led system for debt relief.
Answer: Whilst the G20 Common Framework process has been slower than the government would like, we remain committed to making it a success and are actively working with our G20 partners to ensure that it can deliver more timely, efficient, orderly and coordinated...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: HygieneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to ensure that food outlets must display their Food Standards Agency food hygiene rating.
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.Introducing a statutory scheme in England would require primary legislation as well as the secu...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that egg production in the UK comes from cage-free systems.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 29 April 2025 to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole, PQ UIN 47556.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82077More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to appoint an independent commissioner who would be responsible for outstanding losses from the Equitable Life scandal.
Answer: Under plans put in place by the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition Government, the Equitable Life Payment Scheme was fully wound down and closed in 2016. The only remaining part of the Payment Scheme in operation is the annual payments made to el...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help the Metropolitan Police restore public confidence among women and ethnic minorities.
Answer: This Government is clear that discriminatory attitudes and behaviours have no place in policing. All Londoners, including women and ethnic minorities, deserve to have trust and confidence in their police force. As part of our mission to take back our stre...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Metropolitan Police leaders on the use of metrics to assess the efficacy of cultural reform programmes introduced following the Casey Review.
Answer: This Government is clear that discriminatory attitudes and behaviours have no place in policing. All Londoners, including women and ethnic minorities, deserve to have trust and confidence in their police force. As part of our mission to take back our stre...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: DiscriminationHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Metropolitan Police leaders on safeguards to protect whistleblowers who report (a) misogyny and (b) racism.
Answer: The Home Secretary and I have regular meetings with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and other police leaders on a range of issues including police conduct.Police officers have a statutory duty to report wrongdoing by their colleagues when they see it...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: Greater LondonHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that women have confidence that they will be believed when reporting (a) assault, (b) abuse and (c) rape to the Metropolitan Police.
Answer: We are committed to playing a more active role in policing to ensure officers have the right support, to significantly improve standards across the board and to ensure justice is delivered for victims. Victims must feel confident in the police’s ability t...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: VettingHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to strengthen the national framework for the Metropolitan Police’s vetting processes to (a) identify and (b) exclude applicants with discriminatory attitudes on the basis of cha
Answer: Police forces are expected to carry out vetting in alignment with the national framework set out in the College of Policing’s statutory Vetting Code of Practice and accompanying Vetting Authorised Professional Practice (APP).Vetting decision-making is mad...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGrammar Schools: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children from lower-income backgrounds are not disadvantaged in access to grammar school places.
Answer: Schools are not permitted to charge parents for their children’s admission or education. This includes charges for children to sit a school’s entrance test. However, they can charge for optional extras such as familiarisation tests.The department and the ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGrammar Schools: AssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the practice of state grammar schools charging fees for familiarisation tests ahead of 11-plus entrance exams.
Answer: Schools are not permitted to charge parents for their children’s admission or education. This includes charges for children to sit a school’s entrance test. However, they can charge for optional extras such as familiarisation tests.The department and the ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPostural Tachycardia Syndrome: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the average time taken to diagnose postural tachycardia syndrome.
Answer: We are investing in additional capacity to deliver appointments to help bring waiting lists and times down. The Elective Reform Plan, published in January 2025, sets out the specific productivity and reform efforts needed to return to the constitutional s...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps is she taking to ensure the safety of citizens’ personal data through the proposed digital ID scheme.
Answer: Privacy and security are integral to the Government’s proposals. People’s privacy and data will be protected in line with the UK’s data protection laws as well as using state-of-the-art encryption and authentication technology that’s already protecting mi...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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