16 Jul 2026·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Pending
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress she has made on securing the release of Craig and Lindsay Foreman from Evin prison; how often welfare checks are done on Craig and Lindsay Foreman; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure the health and wellbeing of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in prison.
16 Jul 2026·Home Office·Pending
AskedHow many asylum seekers are being housed in Bromsgrove constituency for which the latest data is available.
14 Jul 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
AskedIf he will take steps to simplify the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme for bereaved families and ensure that medical records previously reviewed and compensation payments previously made are take into account.
13 Jul 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
AskedWhat estimate his Department has made of the number of rare cancer patients unable to access treatment options due to standard NHS funding limitations; what steps he is taking to address treatment barriers, and what steps he is taking to increase funding into rare cancer research.
13 Jul 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
AskedWhether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the list of medical conditions which provide exemption from the prescription charges to include aplastic anaemia.
3 Jul 2026·Department for Education·Pending
AskedWhat steps her department is taking to ensure all schools have the necessary resources to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures during hot weather thereby preventing any disruption to studies.
30 Jun 2026·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Pending
AskedMedia and Sport, what steps she is taking to stop illegal gambling apps that are using registration; and what support will be put in place for victims of these apps.
18 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken for DBS check processing in Bromsgrove constituency; and what steps she is taking to help reduce that time.
ReplyAs an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Home Office, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent and responsible for the service it provides.DBS does not collate data on processing times by local area or constituency....
17 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment has been made of the potential impact of processing times for DBS on the trends in the number of carers in the sector.
ReplyAs part of the Department’s commissioned research, Understanding recruitment to the adult social care workforce, undertaken by the King’s Fund, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are referenced in relation to recruitment and retention challenges....
16 Jun 2026·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
AskedInnovation and Technology, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Bromsgrove dated 11 November 2025.
ReplyThe Department apologies for the significant delay in responding to this correspondence. I provided a full response on 24 June.
15 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf his department will consider introducing a short respite service for unpaid carers that they can access yearly.
ReplyResponsibility for commissioning respite services rests with local authorities and it is based on their assessment of the needs of their local populations. Through the Better Care Fund, integrated care boards and local authorities are encouraged to work ...
15 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Westminster Hall debate led by the hon. Member for Bromsgrove on 11 September 2025, what progress has been made on the introduction regulations for non-surgical cosmetic and a
ReplyIn August 2025 the Government announced its plans to introduce legal restrictions which will ensure that the highest risk cosmetic procedures are brought into Care Quality Commission regulation and can only be performed by specified regulated healthcare p...
12 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of trends in the level of crimes targeting lorries at motorway services; what consideration her Department has given to mandating the introduction of security by motorway service pr
ReplyCrime recording falls under the remit of the Home Office. Police‑recorded crime data does not separately identify freight crime or its location; therefore, no assessment can be done on the number of incidents at motorway services or analysis of trends ove...
9 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
Asked(a) what assessments have been carried out on the potential health risks of BPS-coated receipts for workers handling large volumes, including hospitality and retail staff, and (b) what measures are
9 Jun 2026·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Benefit and Pension Rates 2026-27, updated on 16 February 2026, for what reason his Department has agreed a 4.8% uplift to the maximum weekly allowance for additional spouses; and
ReplyState pension and benefit rates are reviewed annually as part of the Secretary of State’s statutory up-rating duty. For 2026/27, Pension Credit-related amounts, including the Standard Minimum Guarantee, were increased by 4.8 per cent in line with the grow...
9 Jun 2026·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhat estimate he has made of the number of additional heat pumps installed in homes in the financial year 2025/26 as a direct result of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism.
ReplyThe Clean Heat Market Mechanism is designed to support the development of the retrofit heat pump market as a whole, alongside and complementary to other measures such as the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. There was a 24% increase in supported heat pump installati...
4 Jun 2026·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to (a) promote the use of made in Britain labelling on products and (b) prevent that labelling being used when a large part of the production process has been outside of the UK.
ReplyAside from certain specified products such as food there is no requirement for goods to be labelled with their country of origin. The government does not have plans to introduce such a requirement on behalf of consumers.Under the Digital Markets, Competit...
4 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the level of current appointment waiting times for community paediatric referrals for neurodiverse children in Bromsgrove and the villages; and what steps he is takin
ReplyWe have set clear ambitions for community health services through our Medium Term Planning Framework and for the first time, we have set a target for systems to reduce long waits for community health services. By 2028/29, at least 80% of community health ...
4 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to support Wildlife Crime Officers and National Wildlife Crime Units to charge develop
ReplyIn England, a range of legislation provides strong protections for wildlife species and their habitats. Key frameworks such as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA) and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 make it an offence to ...
4 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the potential impact of criminal court delays on civil proceedings awaiting those judgements.
ReplyThe Government inherited a record and rising Crown Court backlog, with victims facing intolerable delays for justice. We asked Sir Brian Leveson to undertake an Independent Review of the Criminal Courts. In response the Government is delivering record fin...