Pippa Heylings MP: written questions
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Access to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to improve the Access to Work scheme.
Answer: In the Pathways to Work Green Paper, we consulted on the future of Access to Work and how to improve the scheme so that it helps more disabled people in work. We are reviewing all aspects of Access to Work as we develop plans for reform following the conc...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordViolent and Sex Offender RegisterHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a publicly searchable register of individuals convicted of sexual offences.
Answer: There are no plans to create a public sex offender registry. The current system allows for targeted disclosures where necessary to manage risk and protect individuals.Through the Crime and Policing Bill, we are introducing a range of legislative changes t...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Domestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made of the potential impact of the proposals in the consultation on Earned Settlement on victims of domestic violence before its publication; and what steps she will take to ensur
Answer: We are committed to reducing Violence against Women and Girls.The Immigration White Paper, published in May 2025, committed to retain safeguards to protect the vulnerable, including settlement rights for victims of domestic violence and abuse.The current ...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that England has a palliative care workforce able to cope with increases in 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: AdmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to reduce emergency hospital admissions involving people who are in the last 12 months of life.
Answer: Our 10-Year Health Plan sets out that community-based advice and support will help more people die in their home, while community teams will work closely with care homes and paramedics to share care plans to avoid people being taken to accident and emerge...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the early identification of palliative care needs.
Answer: Early identification of someone who has palliative and end of life care needs is vital. There are tools to aid clinicians in identifying those approaching the end of life, for example the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool and the EARLY toolki...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to identify how the UK can meet the latest World Health Organization air quality guidelines, inclu
Answer: The Government has made rapid progress in reducing PM2.5 concentrations and we will be setting new interim targets for 2030 in the forthcoming Environmental Improvement Plan. The World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality guidelines will continue to info...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing PM2.5 to 10 micrograms per cubic metre.
Answer: We have made rapid progress in reducing PM2.5 concentrations and we will be setting new interim targets for 2030 in the forthcoming Environmental Improvement Plan.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that her Department meets the latest World Health Organization air quality guidelines, including the interim targets of 20 micrograms per
Answer: The Government has made rapid progress in reducing PM2.5 concentrations and we will be setting new interim targets for 2030 in the forthcoming Environmental Improvement Plan. The World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality guidelines will continue to info...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that no retrospective eligibility conditions will be applied to existing British National (Overseas) visa holders who have settled in the UK on the basis of the rules or
Answer: The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's open consultation on Earned settlement, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying the proposed tax-contribution requirement to (a) non-w
Answer: The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce new English language requirements for dependants on the British National (Overseas) visa route who were accepted under conditions that did not include such requirements.
Answer: The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact on families arriving from Hong Kong under the British National (Overseas) visa route of introducing a minimum income requirement at the Indef
Answer: The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that any changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain eligibility criteria do not retrospectively disadvantage British National (Overseas) visa holders who arriv
Answer: The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed minimum income requirement set out in the Government’s consultation on Indefinite Leave to Remain rules will apply to applicants on the British National (Overseas) visa route.
Answer: The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDrax Power Station: TimberDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Drax's sourcing from old growth forests in Canada on the UK's environmental and sustainability commitments.
Answer: Large-scale biomass generators must comply with sustainability criteria which include wide ranging environmental protections regarding biodiversity, legal and sustainable harvesting, maintenance of forest productivity, and social criteria pertaining to in...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCoeliac Disease: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will consider providing financial support for children living with Coeliac disease.
Answer: We recognise the pressures families face in managing coeliac disease, particularly the additional costs of maintaining a strict gluten-free (GF) diet, which is the only effective treatment for this condition.The national prescribing position in England re...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timeline is for publishing the final Local Government Outcomes Framework.
Answer: The Local Government Outcomes Framework will be published alongside the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement. The data will be displayed in a digital tool from Spring 2026.
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPower Stations: BiofuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of the biomass burned in large-scale biomass power stations was sourced from old growth or primary forest in 2024.
Answer: Biomass sustainability criteria require all biomass for power generation to be legally harvested, and comply with any applicable legislation in the countries of origin to protect primary forest and old growth areas. This means the risk of material from pr...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular ReactorsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the waste heat from SMR turbine halls is used in a way that contributes to achieving net zero.
Answer: Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) will play an important role in helping the UK achieve our energy security and net zero ambitions. Government recognises the potential role of SMRs in energy sectors beyond electricity generation, including as a source of low ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79133 on universities: research, what assessment she has made of the impact of the MRC funding model changes on universities.
Answer: The change to the Medical Research Council's (MRC) funding model was informed by the findings of the 2020 MRC Unit and Centre Review. This found that a new model could support more strategic investment in medical research, enable closer collaboration with...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordReading: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures the government is taking to develop a culture of reading for pleasure in schools as part of the new curriculum.
Answer: I refer to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 88744.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBasic Skills: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timeline is for the (a) new oracy framework and (b) combined oracy, writing and reading framework.
Answer: The department welcomes the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s focus on oracy. Expressing oneself fluently and communicating well is crucial for life and work, and an important vehicle for social justice. We will make sure that communication skills are mo...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLiteracy: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will promote multimodal literacy as part of the new curriculum rollout.
Answer: This government’s ambition is for every child and young person to receive a rich, broad, inclusive and innovative education.The department agrees with the Curriculum and Assessment Review that building the skills for young people to critically engage with...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing Vessels: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislation to formalise the license variation requiring English fishing vessels under 12m to operate iVMS while at sea.
Answer: A Statutory Instrument is scheduled to be laid once the Marine Management Organisation's rollout of IVMS has concluded.
Answered 24 Nov 2025
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