Wendy Chamberlain MP: written questions
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Work Capability Assessment: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases were awaiting Work Capability Assessment reassessments as of 31 January 2026 in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
Answer: The information requested is not held because data is not held at individual country level.
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the current (a) mean average and (b) longest waiting time for a Work Capability Assessment reassessment.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to reducing waiting times for claimants awaiting a WCA reassessment. The department is increasing assessment capacity by working with suppliers to expand their workforce, including through accelerated recr...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases were awaiting Work Capability Assessment reassessments as of 31 January 2026 in each constituency.
Answer: The information requested about Work Capability Assessment reassessments is not held, this is because the data is not held at constituency level.
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 6 January 2026 to Question UIN 101823, whether her Department (a) acknowledges; and (b) accepts the findings of the People's Tribunal of Women of Af
Answer: The UK Government supports legal initiatives to hold the Taliban to account for their repression of Afghan women and girls, and we welcome the progress being made across a range of such initiatives. In the interim, we are continuing to work with internati...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will commit to publishing regular data on leukaemia diagnosis delays and outcomes.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service collects information on how many people in England are diagnosed with or treated for cancer. Blood cancer is included as a distinct category, labelled haematological neoplasms, with further information avaiable at...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to implement the recommendations of the People's Tribunal of Women of Afghanistan's judgement of 11 December 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 October in response to Question 81211.
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department has any plans to provide financial support to the operations of UNHCR in Afghanistan.
Answer: The UK remains one of the largest donors to Afghanistan, providing £151 million in aid for the 2025/26 financial year. The UK does not currently directly fund United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) operations in Afghanistan, but we have sup...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinimum Wage: ScotlandTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101006More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2025 to Question 96736, how many HMRC National Minimum Wage inspections were conducted in Scotland in 2024/25; and how many of these were carried out in social care settings.
Answer: Our data represents all closed inspections (‘investigations’). There were 220 closed inspections in Scotland in 2024/25. This data was published in the Supplementary data for the 2024/2025 National Minimum Wage Enforcement and Compliance Report (Table 6)....
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: InspectionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2025 to Question 96733, how many of the EASI inspections carried out in Scotland in 2024/25 took place (a) on farms and (b) in social care settings.
Answer: The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorates legal remit only extends to Employment Agencies and Businesses.Therefore, EAS has no legal powers to conduct visits to farms or social care settings and has conducted no visits in the sectors queried.EAS does ...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: ScotlandHome OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2025 to Question 96731, how many of the 16 in person visits were conducted as joint inspections and with which other enforcement bodies.
Answer: Following my answer on 12 December 2025, in which I stated there had been 16 visits since 1 January 2025, the GLAA has identified a further 36 visits during the same period.Therefore, since 1 January 2025, GLAA Officers have undertaken 52 (not 16) in pers...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth and Safety: ScotlandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2025 to Question 96735, how many of the HSE inspections carried out in Scotland in 2024-25 took place (a) on farms and (b) in social care settings.
Answer: In the year 2024/ 2025, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out 1,444 inspections in Scotland. Seven of these took place on farms (not including premises predominately involved in forestry or aquaculture); and eleven took place in social care se...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Home VisitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued on visits by DWP staff to claimant households.
Answer: Our Operational Instructions include a specific section to support colleagues undertaking Home Visits. For context, please find attached an excerpt from our Core Visits Referral Guide. Other topics in this section include content relating to Safeguarding,...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLong Covid and ME/CFS: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support collaboration between Government-funded bodies and private-sector researchers following the identification on 4 December 2025 of multiple biological
Answer: The LOCOME study, led by Precision life, was funded by Innovate UK through the Advancing Precision Medicine programme. Reporting more than 250 core genes associated with ME, including 76 shared with long COVID, and dozens of drug repurposing opportunities...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVorasidenibDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of the use of the drug Vorasidenib to manage the symptoms and progression of low grade Glioma.
Answer: While the Department has made no assessment, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that makes evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines should be routinely funded...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and AutismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism, published on 4 December 2025, what steps he will take to (a) engage and (b) c
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that the independent review into mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism reflects the voices of those with lived experience.As stated in the terms of reference published...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a fund to support children and young people with cancer with the costs of travelling to specialist treatment centres through
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first and providing speedy and high-quality care, irrespective of where patients are treated in United Kingdom. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) works collaboratively with the Devolved Governm...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equity of access to cancer treatment and care for children and young people with cancer from Scotland who may receive some or all of their care in England; and wha
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first and providing speedy and high-quality care, irrespective of where patients are treated in United Kingdom. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) works collaboratively with the Devolved Governm...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of children and young people with cancer from Scotland who have received some or all of their treatment in England within the last five years; and wheth
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first and providing speedy and high-quality care, irrespective of where patients are treated in United Kingdom. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) works collaboratively with the Devolved Governm...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinimum Wage: EnforcementTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96736More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed by HMRC in national minimum wage enforcement in 2025-26; and how many of these staff are a) based in Scotland and b) cover Scotland in their role responsibilities.
Answer: As of September 2025, HMRC employed 442 people as part of its National Minimum Wage (NMW) Enforcement unit. Of these, 44 are based in Scotland. The NMW teams which are based in Edinburgh and East Kilbride are part of HMRC’s National NMW compliance functio...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth and Safety: ScotlandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many in-person inspections were carried out by the Health and Safety Executive in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table below shows the number of proactive inspections that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has carried out for the last 6 years in Scotland. Six years has been provided, not 5, as the period requested includes the COVID 19 pandemic where additio...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth and Safety Executive: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Health and Safety Executive inspection officials are based in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales.
Answer: As the table below shows, as of 31 October 2025, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) currently employs 899 full time equivalent (FTE) inspector staff in all grades and roles including trainees, managers and specialists with warrants. There are currently...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: InspectionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many in-person inspections were carried out by the Employment Agencies Standards Inspectorate in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS) has the budget for 35 members of staff.EAS currently have one member of staff that is based in Scotland, but all staff can be deployed across the whole of Great Britain as required.Based on EAS management...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Agency Standards Inspectorate: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the total number of Employment Agencies Standards Inspectorate staff; and how many of these staff are a) based in Scotland and b) cover Scotland in their role responsibilities.
Answer: The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS) has the budget for 35 members of staff.EAS currently have one member of staff that is based in Scotland, but all staff can be deployed across the whole of Great Britain as required.Based on EAS management...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: ScotlandHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were received by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority with reference to farms in Scotland in 2025.
Answer: The GLAA does not record ‘Complaints’ about licensed entities. Instead, it records ‘General Issues’ (referrals from members of the public, victims, workers, etc.) which may or may not be negative in nature.Since 1 January 2025, the GLAA has received 11 ‘G...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: ScotlandHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many in-person inspections were carried out by Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority officers on farms in Scotland in 2025.
Answer: The GLAA does not record ‘Complaints’ about licensed entities. Instead, it records ‘General Issues’ (referrals from members of the public, victims, workers, etc.) which may or may not be negative in nature.Since 1 January 2025, the GLAA has received 11 ‘G...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
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