9 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking with the NHS to help reduce instances of foreign objects being left inside patients during surgery.
Reply“Never Events”, including wrong-site surgery, are serious, largely preventable patient safety incidents that should not occur if healthcare providers have implemented existing national guidance or safety recommendations.Providers are urged to foster a pos...
9 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking with the NHS to help reduce instances of wrong-site surgery.
Reply“Never Events”, including wrong-site surgery, are serious, largely preventable patient safety incidents that should not occur if healthcare providers have implemented existing national guidance or safety recommendations.Providers are urged to foster a pos...
8 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of supporting the Vantara wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre in India within the framework of the Convention on I
ReplyThe UK has not undertaken a specific assessment of support for this facility. International trade in endangered species is regulated through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Decisions on imports ...
4 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat guidance her Department has given to police forces regarding the enforcement of hate crime legislation.
ReplyThe police are operationally independent and work in line with College of Policing guidance to respond to hate crime.However, the Government expects the police to take strong actions against these crimes and work with the Crown Prosecution Service to ensu...
4 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps she is taking to improve the (a) efficiency and (b) response time of the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
ReplyThe Home Office’s senior sponsorship board monitors the IOPC’s performance against key perform indicators. The targets include times taken to respond to referrals and to carry out independent investigations. Rolling twelve-month figures are published on t...
4 Jun 2026·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on a) local and b) national infrastructure improvements in the context of the Universal United Kingdom Resort.
ReplyDCMS has been working closely with the Department for Transport on delivering the infrastructure that will bring visitors to the park as well as provide benefits for both local communities and those travelling through Bedford. This includes upgrades on th...
4 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many a) arrests and b) convictions for hate crimes there have been in England and Wales in each year since 1998.
ReplyArrests dataThe data is not held by the Home Office.The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series, available here: Police powers and procedures England and Wale...
4 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat guidance her Department has given to police forces regarding Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion.
ReplyThe Home Office has not issued any guidance to forces on this matter. Policing is operationally independent and the College of Policing is the body responsible for setting clear national standards, including the Code of Ethics, and issuing Authorised Prof...
4 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will make it her Department’s policy to remove Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion training from police forces in England and Wales.
ReplyThe Home Office has not issued any guidance to forces on this matter. Policing is operationally independent and the College of Policing is the body responsible for setting clear national standards, including the Code of Ethics, and issuing Authorised Prof...
4 Jun 2026·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat steps he has taken to tackle illegal gasworks on private properties.
ReplyThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the enforcing authority for gas businesses and engineers (including self- employed gas engineers) who work in private properties. Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (GSIUR) requires engineers undert...
4 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will make it her Department’s policy to remove religious exemptions from section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
ReplyThe Criminal Justice Act 1988 makes it an offence to have an article with a blade or point in a public place. The law allows for a person found in possession of a bladed article to claim a defence of having a good reason for having the article in public. ...
4 Jun 2026·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedHow many a) deaths and b) injuries have been caused by illegal gas works in i) England and ii) London in each year since 2020.
ReplyFlammable gas incidents resulting in death and injury are reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under Regulation 11(1) of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR). RIDDOR Reports notify HSE of dea...
4 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhat steps she has taken to increase economic productivity in a) England and b) Romford constituency.
ReplyThe Government is committed to increasing productivity as a central driver of sustainable economic growth and rising living standards.To support this, at the 2026 Mais Lecture, the Chancellor announced the government is going further with three big choice...
4 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he has taken to procure Simens Sola MRI scanners for hospitals.
ReplyThe Government is committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the National Health Service to increase diagnostic capacity to bring down the size of the list and reduce waiting times, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. ...
3 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will make a statement on the enforcement capacity of Trading Standards in respect of the proposed high-caffeine energy drinks ban.
ReplyThe Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children aged under 16 years old. This has been subject to consultation.In the consultation, we proposed that local authorities would be responsible for enforcing any ban. L...
3 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many judges he plans to recruit to help speed up Section 8 repossession orders.
ReplyThe Ministry of Justice (including its executive agency His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service) is working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to make sure that the courts have sufficient capacity to manage the impac...
3 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether county courts will have additional sitting hours to deal with Section 8 possession orders following the commencement of the Renters Rights Act.
ReplyThe Ministry of Justice (including its executive agency His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service) is working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to make sure that the courts have sufficient capacity to manage the impac...
3 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether there are additional sitting hours for first tier tribunals after 1 May 2026.
ReplyThe Ministry of Justice confirmed in February 2026 the sitting day allocations and funding envelope for His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for the period 2025-26 to 2028-29, including high allocations for the First Tier Tribunals: Courts and Tribu...
3 Jun 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, which estate agencies does his Department consult with regularly in large urban areas.
ReplyMy Department engages regularly with stakeholders from across the home buying and selling sector, including estate agent membership organisations and individual estate agent businesses from across the country.
3 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether his Department has made an assessment of reducing the qualification time for people to sit on a first tier tribunal.
ReplyJudges of the First-Tier Tribunal are required by statute (the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007) to have a specific legal qualification and appropriate legal experience. This must be five years’ post qualification experience (PQE), with a minimum...