Paul Davies MP: written questions
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Written questions
Vocational Guidance: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide targeted funding for sustained, independent careers guidance for students most at risk of becoming NEETs.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to issue police pensions.
Answer: Responsibility for the administration of the police pension scheme lies with individual police forces, with each Chief Constable acting as scheme manager under the police pension regulations. Pension administrators are appointed and managed locally by for...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Hearing ImpairmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to process compensation claims for veterans with (a) tinnitus and (b) hearing loss.
Answer: Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) legal claims are subject to a formal legal process. It takes time to investigate each individual claim and to comply with the requirements of the courts and the Civil Procedure Rules. While it is not possible to provide a...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWar PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays to the War Pension Scheme.
Answer: The MOD has introduced a range of measures to improve War Pension Scheme claim processing times. These include flexible resource management, allowing teams to reallocate staff as needed and training personnel in multiple skillsets to enhance efficiency an...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will set out a timeline for the delivery of funding for the Lobular Moonshot Project.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 5 March 2026 in response to Question 11605.
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBus Services: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to ensure national bus operators meet their contractual obligations.
Answer: For bus services which are run under contract to local authorities, the local authority is responsible for enforcing those contracts.Bus services which are run on a commercial basis are not subject to a contract but are subject to regulation by the Traffi...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support Enhertu being made available in England.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Members to the answer provided on 17 July to Question 17825.
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInflammatory Bowel DiseaseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a delayed diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on A&E capacity over the past 12 months.
Answer: The Department does not hold the specific information the Hon. Member has requested, but on the wider issue of diagnosis and treatment for these conditions, I refer him to the answer provided on 27 May in response to Question 2655.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCrohn's Disease and Ulcerative ColitisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of people with Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis diagnosed following an A&E attendance, emergency hospital admission, or emergency su
Answer: The Department does not hold the specific information the Hon. Member has requested, but on the wider issue of diagnosis and treatment for these conditions, I refer him to the answer provided on 27 May in response to Question 2655.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 901015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the hospice sector.
Answer: Hospices play a vital role in palliative care. We have provided £125 million capital funding to the sector and are providing around £80 million revenue funding to children and young people’s hospices over three years. This Autumn we will publish a Modern...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: NutritionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to use the Healthy Food Standard to help ensure that supermarkets provide a range of affordable, healthy products in smaller convenience stores.
Answer: Healthier food targets and reporting is intended to improve the healthiness of food sales. We will consult soon on the design of the measures, a key aspect of which is to allow businesses flexibility to improve the healthiness of their sales in ways that ...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPathology: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the level of consultant staffing in pathology departments to meed the target of 98% of histopathology tests to be reported within 10 days by March 2029, as sp
Answer: The Department is taking action to ensure sufficient provision of the histopathology workforce. As of April 2026, there were over 1,400 full-time equivalent consultants working in histopathology in National Health Service trusts and other core organisatio...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCarer's AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on improving support for carers via the carer allowance system.
Answer: We have accepted or partially accepted 38 of the 40 recommendations in Liz Sayce’s independent review of Carer’s Allowance overpayments. We are working on plans to improve and modernise Carer’s Allowance (CA), making it easier for unpaid carers to combine...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 900232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of community-owned renewable energy to energy security.
Answer: Community owned renewable energy will strengthen our energy security by increasing local clean power, reducing exposure to fossil fuel markets and improving the resilience of our energy system.Government is driving a major expansion of community-owned ene...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for an update on the progress of the Palliative and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework.
Answer: The Government is developing a Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care in England. The MSF is a clinically-led, evidence-based framework to support sustained improvements in outcomes for patients and carers, including by re...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRoboticsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help UK robotics and autonomous systems manufacturers to scale up their operations.
Answer: Government measures to support British technology companies, including robotics firms, to scale up in the UK comprises crowding-in private sector investment via the British Business Bank and National Wealth Fund, both with expanded capitalisations and a m...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordClinical Trials: GenomicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of setting up a database of genomic-enabled trials.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made. As set out in our Life Sciences Sector Plan, the Government will design and create a single searchable database of United Kingdom clinical trials by June 2026.As we implement the UK clinical trials database, we will c...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the proportion of Phase II and Phrase III in commercial oncology clinical trials.
Answer: The Department holds data on commercial clinical trials by phase and therapeutic area, including oncology. However, we do not routinely assess trends in specific segments such as Phase II and Phase III oncology clinical trials.We use this information alon...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordEpilepsyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in England with epilepsy who experience tonic-clonic seizures and are not seizure-free despite treatment.
Answer: The Department does not hold data the number of people in England with epilepsy who continue to experience tonic‑clonic seizures despite treatment. Detailed national data on seizure type, seizure frequency, and individual treatment response are not routin...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRenewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to develop the UK’s renewable energy sector in response to the current international oil crisis.
Answer: We are accelerating investment in homegrown clean power to boost energy security and cut exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets. We are bringing forward the next renewables auction to July, introducing low cost ‘plug-in solar’ for households, and applyi...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Water SupplyMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the role of Legal Aid in enabling consumers to hold water companies to account for overcharging and environmental damage.
Answer: The scope of legal aid is set out under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, and applicants are subject to relevant means and merits tests. Legal aid is available in relation to injunctions for nuisance arising from prescribed t...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: HealthDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the provision of data on employee health benefits to SME decision makers on levels of employee ill health.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is working with the Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care on the Keep Britain Working Vanguard Phase, focused on tackling health-related economic inactivity and promoting heal...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the Holiday Activities and Food Programme from returns submitted by local authorities following the end of each holiday period.
Answer: For the holiday, activities and food (HAF) programme, the department collects data from local authorities after each delivery period, to support performance monitoring, inform policy development and support evaluation.Data collection includes the number o...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his department is taking to expand leaseholder right of first refusal.
Answer: The government is committed to implementing measures in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 to make enfranchisement cheaper and easier. The Act sets the method for calculating the price of a statutory lease extension or freehold acquisition, known ...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming National Cancer Plan will contain measures to ensure patients with blood cancer can access lifesaving and cutting-edge new therapies via the NHS.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, to be published in the coming weeks, will set out in more detail how we will improve outcomes for cancer patients, as well as speeding up diagnosis and treatment, ensuring patients have access to the latest treatments and technol...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
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