Sarah Bool MP: written questions
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Armed Forces: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the impact of overseas postings on retention rates among service personnel; and
Answer: The Ministry of Defence continuously analyses retention data through the use of tools such as staff surveys and exit interviews, to better understand the reasons why personnel leave Service. With this information we seek to improve the offer made to new a...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, whether he considered introducing a specific financial incentive or hardship allowance for service personnel deployed to operat
Answer: To account for the differences in the cost-of-living in overseas locations, eligible Service personnel are entitled to Local Overseas Allowance (LOA). LOA recognises the amount by which average essential day-to-day expenditure in an overseas location diff...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the current allowance package in meeting the cost-of-living differen
Answer: To account for the differences in the cost-of-living in overseas locations, eligible Service personnel are entitled to Local Overseas Allowance (LOA). LOA recognises the amount by which average essential day-to-day expenditure in an overseas location diff...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: FraudTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62489More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57939 on Investment: Fraud, what steps HMRC is taking to improve (a) communication (b) access to specialist caseworkers, (c) financial hardship assessments and (d)
Answer: I refer the honorable Member to the response to UIN 57939. Where an individual disagrees with HMRC’s decision on their tax liability, they can appeal by requesting HMRC reviews the decision, use an Alternative Dispute Resolution process in appropriate cas...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: FraudTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62488More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57939 on Investment: Fraud, whether HMRC has a formal process for reviewing tax demands issued to individuals who have been identified as victims of financial fraud
Answer: I refer the honorable Member to the response to UIN 57939. Where an individual disagrees with HMRC’s decision on their tax liability, they can appeal by requesting HMRC reviews the decision, use an Alternative Dispute Resolution process in appropriate cas...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: FraudTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62487More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57939 on Investment: Fraud, what criteria HMRC uses to determine whether a tax liability arising from an investment scheme promoted through fraudulent means constit
Answer: I refer the honorable Member to the response to UIN 57939. Where an individual disagrees with HMRC’s decision on their tax liability, they can appeal by requesting HMRC reviews the decision, use an Alternative Dispute Resolution process in appropriate cas...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57936 on Strategic Defence Review, whether the findings from the internal survey and call for evidence were published or summarised.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was informed by an unprecedented level of consultation. The findings from the internal survey and call for evidence informed the 'Review and Challenge' phase of the SDR; during which 27 panels, comprised of more than 150...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57936 on Strategic Defence Review, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the views of junior ranks and underrepresented groups within the armed forc
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review was informed by an unprecedented level of consultation. The call for evidence phase explicitly invited responses from serving military personnel. They were invited to respond to both the public call for evidence and an interna...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57936 on Strategic Defence Review, what proportion of the 1,700 people who responded to the call for evidence were (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans.
Answer: I am unable to provide an exact proportion. However, during the call for evidence phase of the Strategic Defence Review serving personnel and veterans were encouraged to submit a response, of which approximately 800 responses came from within the Ministry...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: South NorthamptonshireDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the transport infrastructure needs of South Northamptonshire in the context of (a) the Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor and (b) the aims of the UK’s Modern Industrial
Answer: The Oxford-Cambridge (OxCam) Growth Corridor has been identified as a key priority for this Government with South Northamptonshire included within this corridor. Lord Vallance, appointed as the OxCam Champion, is exploring options for how best to deliver ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: South NorthamptonshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the British Business Bank’s Cluster Champions programme to help support high-growth SMEs in South Northamptonshire.
Answer: The Cluster Champions programme is designed to provide up to £100 million of additional targeted investment to businesses in the eight Industrial Strategy sectors in ten clusters located in city regions across the whole of the UK. While not part of the cl...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational Education and Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to increase (a) the number of technical excellence colleges and (b) AI skills training to support the (i) advanced manufacturing and (ii) clean energy sectors in South Northamptonshire constitu
Answer: Our Industrial Strategy puts skills at the heart of economic growth. This means ensuring training opportunities match growth areas like artificial intelligence (AI).We are introducing Technical Excellence Colleges (TECs) to specialise in training skilled ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Energy: Local GovernmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support (a) South Northamptonshire and (b) other local authorities to improve grid connections for clean energy projects under the Connections Accelerator Service.
Answer: Clean energy projects in South Northamptonshire and other local authorities will benefit from ongoing reforms to the grid connection process which will release up to 500GW of capacity from the queue, enabling accelerated connections for schemes that are r...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustry: InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) South Northamptonshire constituency, (b) other semi-rural constituencies and (c) rural constituencies will be affected by (i) the Strategic Sites
Answer: The Industrial Strategy is a 10-year plan to back our strengths and realise Britain’s potential, targeting government investment towards eight-growth driving sectors (IS-8). The Strategy’s place-based approach focuses efforts on the city regions and clust...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified Organisms: ResearchDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding and support mechanisms his Department is considering to establish a national programme for precision breeding (a) research and (b) public engagement.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting research to unlock the potential of precision breeding. The latest programme of Defra’s Genetic Improvement Networks (GINs), which is supported by up to £15 million in funding over 5 years, includes funding for re...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlants: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to reduce regulation on the plant breeding sector.
Answer: Precision breeding offers huge potential to transform the plant breeding sector in England. By reducing the regulatory requirements on the use of these plant breeding technologies, it will enable innovative products to be commercialised in years inste...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaemia and Rare Diseases: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the NHS England Genomics Education Programme in improving healthcare professional awareness and understanding of (a) aplastic anaemia and (b) oth
Answer: Working under the UK Rare Diseases Framework, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as aplastic anaemia.NHS England’s flagship GeNotes resource, developed by NHS England's Genomics Education Programme,...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaemia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards are (a) adequately resourced and (b) trained to commission effective care pathways for patients with aplastic anaemia.
Answer: Working under the UK Rare Diseases Framework, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as aplastic anaemia.The majority of the treatment pathway for aplastic anaemia is an integrated care board commission...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaemia and Rare DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to include information on aplastic anaemia on the NHS website; and what criteria is used to determine which rare diseases are featured.
Answer: Working under the UK Rare Diseases Framework, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as aplastic anaemia.There are over 7,000 rare diseases, often needing highly specialised input, and so the National H...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England and the UK National Screening Committee on the (a) feasibility and (b) cost-effectiveness of implementing a universal screening programme for type 1 dia
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 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to include universal type 1 diabetes screening in the forthcoming 10-year plan for preventing chronic disease.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts our National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to preventing and managi...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing a universal screening programme for type 1 diabetes on the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis in children and young ad
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 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified OrganismsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Food Standards Agency on a revision to its draft guidance on precision breeding to ensure it does not impose GMO-style data requirement
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has worked closely with Defra throughout the development of the Precision Breeding legislation and will continue to do so. Following stakeholder engagement on the draft technical guidance for Precision Bred organisms for fo...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Northamptonshire Council: Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 20 June 2025 entitled Fair Funding Review 2.0 and Modernising and Improving the Administration of Council Tax, HCWS724, what steps his
Answer: The Government has been clear in its council tax administration consultation, that it aims to strike a balance between delivering a fairer system for taxpayers and giving councils the tools to collect the council tax they require to deliver public service...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Northamptonshire Council: Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 20 June 2025 entitled Fair Funding Review 2.0 and Modernising and Improving the Administration of Council Tax, HCWS724, what steps his
Answer: The Government has been clear in its council tax administration consultation, that it aims to strike a balance between delivering a fairer system for taxpayers and giving councils the tools to collect the council tax they require to deliver public service...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
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