Sarah Bool MP: written questions
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Prescriptions: Terminal IllnessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 67788 on Prescriptions: Terminal Illnesses,, how many enquiry letters were to individuals regarding incorrectly claiming medical exemption from NH
Answer: Between 1 June 2024 and 30 June 2025, a total of 67,777 enquiry letters were issued in relation to National Health Service prescriptions for which a medical exemption certificate had been claimed.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Terminal IllnessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 67788 on Prescriptions: Terminal Illnesses, whether the 50,330 Penalty Charge Notices were issued as separate individual cases; and how many were
Answer: Overall, 55,347 Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) were issued to 50,330 individuals for incorrectly claiming a medical exemption from prescription charges between 1 June 2024 and 1 July 2025. Of these, 4,339 individuals received multiple PCNs, while 45,991 re...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Terminal IllnessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 67788 on Prescriptions: Terminal Illnesses, how much revenue was raised from the 50,330 Penalty Charge Notices.
Answer: Between 1 June 2024 and 1 July 2025, a total of £980,266.02 was recovered from the 50,330 people who were issued Penalty Charge Notices for incorrectly claiming a medical exemption from prescription charges.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBluetongue Disease: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what correspondence his Department has had with the Friedrich Loeffler Institute on the development of a vaccine for Bluetongue Virus serotype 12.
Answer: Defra has not had any correspondence with the Friedrich Loeffler Institute regarding the development of a vaccine for bluetongue virus serotype 12. However, Defra continues to work closely with key domestic and international partners, including vaccine ma...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2025 to Question 67789 on Diabetes: Health Services, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the cost of diabetic ketoacidosis.
Answer: A central mission of the Government is to build a health and care system that is fit for the future. Tackling preventable ill health, such as type 2 diabetes, is crucial. Shifting the focus from treatment to prevention is one of three shifts for the Gover...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2025 to Question 67790 on Diabetes: Screening, when he expects the UK National Screening Committee to complete the review of the 2024 submission on autoimmune type
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is currently awaiting the outcome of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) assessment of the drug teplizumab, which is expected in November.Once the NICE recommendation on teplizumab ha...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual resources required to treat diabetic ketoacidosis.
Answer: A central mission of the Government is to build a health and care system that is fit for the future. Tackling preventable ill health, such as type 2 diabetes, is crucial. Shifting the focus from treatment to prevention is one of three shifts for the Gover...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWarehouses: Solar PowerMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to update building regulations to require the inclusion of solar panels on new warehouse developments.
Answer: The Future Buildings Standard, which will be set through changes to the Building Regulations in autumn this year, will apply to new non-domestic buildings, including new warehouse developments. The Government published a consultation on the Future Buildin...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: WarehousesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of warehouse rooftop solar installations to the UK’s 2035 solar capacity target.
Answer: The Government is aware of the significant potential that commercial rooftops have in our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. We are working to unlock this potential. The recently published Solar Roadmap sets out actions for government and i...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: WarehousesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate the deployment of rooftop solar panels on commercial warehouses as part of the Solar Taskforce roadmap.
Answer: The Government is aware of the significant potential that commercial rooftops have in our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. We are working to unlock this potential. The recently published Solar Roadmap sets out actions for government and i...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the meal rate for Universal Free School Meals to cover the costs school face in providing them.
Answer: The department spends around £600 million annually supporting the provision of free and nutritious meals to around 1.3 million infants and almost £1 billion supporting around 2.2 million of the most disadvantaged pupils. In addition to this, we have set a...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Import controlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 47160 on Food: Import Controls, how many seizures have been conducted related to the ban on personal imports of meats and diary prod
Answer: We do not have information on the number of seizures relating to the ban on personal imports of certain meat and dairy products from EU countries. Border Force and local authorities are responsible for detaining and seizing illegally imported animal produ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Import controlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 47160 on Food: Import Controls, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the ban on personal imports of meats and diary p
Answer: Defra publishes assessments of the risk of animal diseases entering Great Britain through trade in animal products at www.gov.uk/government/collections/animal-diseases-international-monitoring. Our August 2025 attitude tracker demonstrated a high level of...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Import controlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 47160 on Food: Import Controls, what additional funding has been provided to ports and airports relating to the ban on personal impo
Answer: Defra is currently funding Dover Port Health Authority to help identify illegal meat and dairy imports. We have not provided additional funding to ports and airports relating to the ban on personal imports of certain meat and dairy products from EU countr...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Import controlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 47160 on Food: Import Controls, what steps he has taken to ensure the adequacy of signage at ports and airports relating to the ban
Answer: As part of our national mission to protect our food sector and farmers, we communicated the ban on personal imports of certain meats and dairy products from EU countries via a press release, social media and information on GOV.UK. We have worked in partne...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHewlett-Packard: Workplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with Hewlett Packard on the change in value of pre-1997 pension scheme members’ pensions; and what steps she is taking to support affected pensioners.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions has had no discussions with Hewlett Packard on this issue. Discretionary increases in benefits above the statutory minimum and those required by scheme rules are a matter for the scheme sponsor and trustees.Most scheme...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67791More
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 the ELSA Diabetes screening study; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of scaling it to a uni
Answer: In the United Kingdom, national screening programmes are introduced based on the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all f...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of a universal, paediatric Type 1 Diabetes screening programme.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, national screening programmes are introduced based on the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all f...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual cost of treating (a) patients over 18 and (b) children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis is.
Answer: A central mission of the Government is to build a health and care system that is fit for the future. Tackling preventable ill health, such as type 2 diabetes, is crucial. Shifting the focus from treatment to prevention is one of three shifts for the Gover...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Terminal IllnessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) patients and (b) terminally ill patients have been (i) prosecuted under the 1999 Health Act, (ii) fined and (iii) investigated for fraudulently claiming prescription charge exemptions.
Answer: The Department has made no assessment of the cost to the public purse of the requirement for patients, including terminally ill patients and patients with type 1 diabetes, to renew their medical exemption certificate every five years.Between 1 June 2024 a...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Terminal IllnessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64957 on Prescriptions: Terminal Illnesses, if he will make an assessment of the cost to the public purse of the requirement for patients to renew
Answer: The Department has made no assessment of the cost to the public purse of the requirement for patients, including terminally ill patients and patients with type 1 diabetes, to renew their medical exemption certificate every five years.Between 1 June 2024 a...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Rural AreasMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 55645 on Legal Aid Scheme: Rural Areas, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the £6 million legal support grant funding reaches legal aid dese
Answer: Citizens in England and Wales should be able to access legal aid services regardless of where they live, provided they meet the relevant eligibility criteria. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning legal aid services, and it monitors ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 55645 on Legal Aid Scheme: Rural Areas, what data her Department holds on the average (a) travel distance and (b) waiting time for residents to access in-person
Answer: Citizens in England and Wales should be able to access legal aid services regardless of where they live, provided they meet the relevant eligibility criteria. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning legal aid services, and it monitors ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Rural AreasMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 55645 on Legal Aid Scheme: Rural Areas, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the legal aid procurement model on improving access to le
Answer: Citizens in England and Wales should be able to access legal aid services regardless of where they live, provided they meet the relevant eligibility criteria. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning legal aid services, and it monitors ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Land UseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56079 on Agriculture: Land Use, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning commissioning
Answer: The Land Use Framework will provide a long-term view of land use change. Over the next 25 years, England’s landscapes will need to change to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, economic growth, housing delivery, food production, clean energy...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
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