Simon Opher MP: written questions
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Written questions
Warm Home Discount SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which services accessed funding through the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme in the most recent year where data is available; how much funding was received by ea
Answer: Ofgem administer the Warm Home Discount Scheme Industry Initiatives of behalf of the Department. Their most recent assessment was for winter 2023/24 where Industry Initiatives delivered £76.4 million in support (£65.5 million in England & Wales and £1...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the value of support accessed through the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme in the most recent year where data is available.
Answer: Ofgem administer the Warm Home Discount Scheme Industry Initiatives of behalf of the Department. Their most recent assessment was for winter 2023/24 where Industry Initiatives delivered £76.4 million in support (£65.5 million in England & Wales and £1...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme.
Answer: Ofgem administer the Warm Home Discount Scheme Industry Initiatives of behalf of the Department. Their most recent assessment was for winter 2023/24 where Industry Initiatives delivered £76.4 million in support (£65.5 million in England & Wales and £1...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66680More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the tax exemption from woodlands.
Answer: Income Tax and Corporation Tax do not apply to woodlands managed on a commercial basis and with a view to making profits. This treatment was introduced in 1988 to prevent high-income individuals sheltering other income from tax by setting it against expen...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has not published service standards for the time taken for applications for Family visas made on the basis of a person’s private life to be considered.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, including service standards for processing visa applications.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHypertension: Kidney DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) referral to and (b) uptake of testing for chronic kidney disease among people diagnosed with hypertension through the NHS Health Check programme.
Answer: Individuals who have a high blood pressure reading during their NHS Health Check are referred to their general practice for further clinical investigation, and subsequent diagnosis of hypertension and management where appropriate.In 2024, NHS England inco...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHypertension: Kidney DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people diagnosed with hypertension through the NHS Health Check programme were subsequently tested for chronic kidney disease in each of the last five years.
Answer: Blood pressure is one of seven risk factors for cardiovascular disease assessed in the NHS Health Check, and it is also a risk factor for chronic kidney disease. Individuals who have a high blood pressure reading during their NHS Health Check are referred...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMidwivesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives were working in the NHS in England at the most-recent point for which figures are available; how many of those qualified (a) in the UK and (b) outside of the UK, by country; and w
Answer: NHS England publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. This covers staff working for hospital trusts and in integrated care in England. This data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources system...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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