Navendu Mishra MP: written questions
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Leisure: DisabilityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the leisure facilities available for disabled people in Stockport constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the country. Sport England, the Gove...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStockport Station: Public LavatoriesDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) Avanti West Coast on the quality of public toilets at Stockport station.
Answer: The Department meets with Avanti West Coast (AWC) regularly to discuss issues impacting passengers, such as this and to ensure they are addressed as soon as possible. The Rail Minister will also make sure that AWC arranges a meeting with you directly to ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Optical FibresDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to extend Project?Reach to Stockport railway station.
Answer: The tranche 1 fibre commitment for Project Reach of 1000km includes the rail route Manchester–Crewe–Stafford which runs via Stockport. Stockport station is not currently included in the initial list of 12 NR managed stations identified for improvements to...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for publication of the animal welfare strategy; and if he will make it his Department's policy to ban male chick culling as part of the strategy.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Prime Minister announced that we will be publishing an animal welfare strategy later this year. We are firmly committed to mainta...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of NHS Greater Manchester’s proposed reduction in the number of NHS-funded IVF cycles from two to one on residents of Stockport.
Answer: We expect integrated care boards to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. The NICE’s Fertility problems: assessment and treatment guideline recommends that the standard for the best...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Greater ManchesterDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) frequency of Northern Rail services in (i) Stockport constituency and (ii) across Greater Manchester on Sundays.
Answer: Northern has acknowledged to passengers and the Government that its current performance is not acceptable. The organisation has developed and is beginning to implement a performance improvement programme to create the modern, flexible organisation which c...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: Greater ManchesterDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the speed of the rollout of the Access for All scheme across (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Greater Manchester.
Answer: This government is committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognises the social and economic benefits this brings to communities.In May 2024, the previous government selected 50 stations for initial feasibility work for potential upgr...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and (b) voluntary sector organisations on the implementation of the forthcoming Civil Soc
Answer: While not specifically in relation to the Civil Society Covenant, Department of Health and Social Care officials have engaged with officials from across the Government, including at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, to align resources ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeaton Chapel Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to provide funding for step-free access at Heaton Chapel Station.
Answer: This government is committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognises the social and economic benefits this brings to communities.In May 2024, the previous government selected 50 stations for initial feasibility work for potential upgr...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Mersey: Trifluoroacetic AcidDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on levels of trifluoroacetic acid in the River Mersey.
Answer: The EA continues to evaluate scientific evidence, develop new testing methodologies for TFA, and refine its monitoring approach. Future recommendations may involve expanded data collection and updated regulation.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCricket: SchoolsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing levels of participation in cricket in state secondary schools in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) England.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport regularly engages with the Secretary of State for Education on a range of issues, including school sport.The Government is committed to protecting time for physical education in schools. The ongoing inde...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCricket: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has a strategy to help increase participation in cricket by women and girls.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, are able to participate in sport and physical activity.The Government provides the majority of support for grassroots spo...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57392 on Western Sahara: Politics and Government, what his policy is on United Nations Security Council Resolution 377 pass
Answer: As a member of the UN Security Council, the UK continues to support the UN-led process and efforts, and engage with the UN Personal Envoy of the Secretary General for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura closely on Western Sahara. It is for the parties to th...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCider: PricesTreasuryTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58673More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take fiscal steps to prevent the sale of high-strength ciders at low prices in supermarkets; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of preventing those sales on levels of alcohol harm
Answer: Under our Health Mission, the Government is committed to prioritising preventative measures to support people to live longer, healthier lives. As part of this, the Government is considering carefully what further action is needed to address alcohol-relate...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBanks and Building Societies: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a standalone offense of assaulting a retail worker that includes (a) bank and (b) building society workers.
Answer: Section 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 creates a statutory aggravating factor in sentencing cases of assault against public facing workers. It applies where an assault is committed against those providing a public service, perfor...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: StockportDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of driving tests in Stockport.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport Se...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s policy is on the status of the territory of Western Sahara.
Answer: The UK regards the status of Western Sahara as undetermined. We support the parties and the UN to reach a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable solution, based on compromise, which conforms with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.On 1 June, th...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Transport Police: Stockport StationDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish the average response time for British Transport Police at Stockport station in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: British Transport Police (BTP) response times are dependent on the severity of the incident. BTP have provided the following figures for incidents at Stockport railway station over the last 5 financial years:Financial yearImmediate* grade incident BTP res...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDrinking Water: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) impact of the AUK1 specification for toilet backflow protection on the quality of drinking water and (b) merits of formally
Answer: Under the previous Government, a small number of cases of contamination of drinking water have been discovered in which water from toilet cisterns re-entered (or backflowed into) a building’s drinking water system. The water industry and the Bathroom Manu...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Benefit and Universal Credit: ApprenticesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has considered extending eligibility for (a) Child Benefit and (b) the child element of Universal Credit to families of 16 to19 year-olds undertaking apprenticeships, in order to
Answer: When a young person becomes an apprentice, they are in work and no longer regarded as a child or qualifying young person for Child Benefit or Universal Credit child element purposes, even though they might still live with their parents or guardians. Educa...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56360More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to Business Property Relief on family-owned manufacturing businesses.
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: NeurologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2025 to Question 53645 on Parkinson's Disease: Greater Manchester, whether his Department plans to (a) collect and (b) publish regional data on the average waiting
Answer: There are no current plans to collect and publish regional data on the average waiting time for patients with Parkinson’s disease to undergo their first neurology appointment following referral.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the medical exemption list for free prescriptions.
Answer: We have no plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of Produodopa treatment for people with Parkinson’s in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester.
Answer: The Department is not aware of a supply issue affecting Produodopa.The Department monitors and manages medicine supply at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information on stock levels within Stockport and ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for patients with Parkinson's disease to see a neurologist in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The Department does not hold data at the required level of granularity to provide the average waiting time for a first neurology appointment for patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Answered 27 May 2025
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