Sarah Coombes MP: written questions
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Life ExpectancyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of 3 March 2026 to question 115639, what factors are behind the national decline in healthy life expectancy since 2020.
Answer: According to the Office for National Statistics, the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased mortality during 2020, 2021, and 2022, and explains the national decline observed in healthy life expectancy (HLE) since 2020. Some negative impact remains in the late...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: EnforcementDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days per year the DVLA's enforcement officers are on the road.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s Register of Number Plate suppliers (RNPS) enforcement officers are on the road auditing number plate suppliers three to four days a week. Other days are reserved for administration, training, meetings with ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the DVLA can provide a list of suppliers who have been struck off the Register of Number Plate suppliers since 2020.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s Register of Number Plate suppliers (RNPS) enforcement officers are on the road auditing number plate suppliers three to four days a week. Other days are reserved for administration, training, meetings with ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers has the DVLA returned to the Register of Number Plate Suppliers following their removal from the Register.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s Register of Number Plate suppliers (RNPS) enforcement officers are on the road auditing number plate suppliers three to four days a week. Other days are reserved for administration, training, meetings with ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLife Expectancy: SandwellDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the ONS document entitled Healthy life expectancy, UK: between 2011 to 2013 and 2022 to 2024, published on 19 February 2026, whether his Department has assessed the reasons for de
Answer: Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) at birth for females and males in Sandwell was fairly stable from the beginning of our current consistent data series, 2011 to 2013, up until 2018 to 2020, at which point it peaked temporarily. Since then, the steady decline ...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: YemenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people she estimates have been impacted by the cessation of pension payments to Yemeni steelworkers who worked in Britani.
Answer: We are unable to identify which State Pension claimants are ex-steelworkers and therefore unable to provide any estimate of the number of people whose payment has stopped. As of May 2025, there are 832 State Pension recipients in the Yemen.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: YemenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Yemeni community groups on the cessation of pension payments to Yemeni steelworkers.
Answer: We recognise the tragic conflict in Yemen is hindering the normal means of administrating pensions for those based abroad. In May 2025, I held a meeting with several Members of Parliament who represent Yemeni pensioners facing challenges receiving their S...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: YemenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to reinstate the pensions of Yemeni steelworkers who worked in Britain.
Answer: Pension payments to Yemen are being disrupted due to banking and currency issues, war, international sanctions and some issues over verification of identity. We are looking at ways to ensure payments are completed. Our dedicated Yemen telephone number can...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure water companies comply with transparency obligations.
Answer: This information is held by water companies and is governed by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: ComplaintsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of EIR complaints that have been made against water companies in the last 12 months.
Answer: This information is held by water companies and is governed by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGamblingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of people (a) suffering problem gambling and (b) at risk of problem gambling in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: The Government is acutely aware of the impact that harmful gambling can have on individuals and their families. We recognise the importance of using impartial, accurate and up-to-date statistics, in the context of the wider evidence base, to inform policy...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Offences: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were arrested of a driving offence while on bail for causing death by careless or dangerous driving for each of the last five years.
Answer: The data requested is not held centrally.The Home Office collects data on arrests by offence group in England and Wales as part of the Police Powers and Procedures statistical series. The latest data is available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: OwnershipDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons vehicles may not have registered keepers.
Answer: Vehicles that are currently in the motor trade may legitimately have no registered keeper as well as vehicles that have been sold but the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has not yet been notified of the new keeper. There will also be cases wher...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has issued to people who have failed to update their address on their driving license in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not allow individual vehicle keepers to use a PO Box address to register their vehicles. Fleet companies are able to use a PO box address but this must always be accompanied by the full and verifiable po...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has issued to people who failed to update their V5C logbook in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not allow individual vehicle keepers to use a PO Box address to register their vehicles. Fleet companies are able to use a PO box address but this must always be accompanied by the full and verifiable po...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicle registered keepers have provided a PO Box as an address.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not allow individual vehicle keepers to use a PO Box address to register their vehicles. Fleet companies are able to use a PO box address but this must always be accompanied by the full and verifiable po...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCounty Courts: Road Traffic OffencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many County Court Judgements were related to vehicle infringements in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held. It may be held in court records, but to determine that and obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: Postal ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a breakdown of the number of registered number plate suppliers registered to each of the most commonly used PO boxes.
Answer: Of the 34,455 registered number plate suppliers, seven (0.02%) have a PO box address. All seven of these PO box addresses are different.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: Postal ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of registered number plate suppliers have addresses registered to PO boxes.
Answer: Of the 34,455 registered number plate suppliers, seven (0.02%) have a PO box address. All seven of these PO box addresses are different.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers struck off the register of number plate suppliers due to (a) malpractice and (b) selling number plates illegally have rejoined the register.
Answer: While there are no specific targets set, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aim to audit each registered number plate supplier at least once every three years.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets her Department sets for DVLA enforcement checks of the register of number plate suppliers.
Answer: While there are no specific targets set, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aim to audit each registered number plate supplier at least once every three years.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers on the register of number plate suppliers have been found to be failing to carry out legal checks before selling a number plate.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many number plate suppliers have been found to be selling number plates without asking for vehicle ownership details.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what previous criminal offences checks the DVLA carries out on people on the register of number plate suppliers.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people previously convicted of fraud offences are on the register of number plate suppliers.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
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