Every parliamentary written question tabled by James Naish this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What assessment his Department has made of employment outcomes for newly qualified nurses and nursing apprentices graduating in 2026 seeking NHS posts following completion of their training.
No specific assessment has been made of the National Health Service employment outcomes for newly qualified nurses and nursing apprentices graduating in 2026.
Whether she plans to allow local authorities to sell spare seats on school-only transport services without triggering full Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations compliance requirements.
This Government strongly supports the aims of PSVAR and breaking down the barriers to opportunity. We believe that children and young people should be able to choose to travel to and from school with their classmates if they wish to. However, progress wit...
What steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts to recruit newly qualified nurses.
Decisions on the employment of newly qualified nurses are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts. Trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver...
Whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing a permanent exemption from Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations requirements for closed-door school transport services that d
This Government strongly supports the aims of PSVAR and breaking down the barriers to opportunity. We believe that children and young people should be able to choose to travel to and from school with their classmates if they wish to. However, progress wit...
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that prisoners with mobility impairments can access appropriate mobility aids, including wheelchairs, within the prison estate.
NHS England commissions prison health care services into every prison in England to the equivalence of the community, to include range, access and quality of service. Access to specialist consultants and referrals into specialised support is available in ...
What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision for prisoners with progressive neuromuscular conditions.
NHS England commissions prison health care services into every prison in England to the equivalence of the community, to include range, access and quality of service. Access to specialist consultants and referrals into specialised support is available in ...
What assessment her department has made of the potential impact of expanding Mental Health Support Teams in schools and colleges on pupil attendance and behaviour outcomes.
This government is committed to expanding mental health support teams (MHSTs) to all schools and colleges by 2029, ensuring every child can access early support. As of March 2025, 52% of pupils (including around 70% in secondary schools) had access. This ...
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reported withdrawal of the original formulation of Questran from the UK market on patients with bile acid malabsorption.
The Department is aware of the discontinuation of the original formulation of Questran (colestyramine 4g oral powder) sachets. Decisions to discontinue medicines are commercial decisions for manufacturers, and the Department does not have powers to requir...
Whether the updated NHS workforce plan will include measures to improve access to permanent NHS employment for newly qualified nurses and nursing associates.
We will not pre-empt the publication of the plan which will be published shortly and will set out how the National Health Service workforce will be put on a sustainable footing so it can deliver the service model set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. The pl...
A) what estimate she has made of the proportion of pupils who will not have access to a Mental Health Support Team before the planned national rollout is completed; and B) what interim support will be available
This government is committed to expanding mental health support teams (MHSTs) to all schools and colleges by 2029, ensuring every child can access early support. As of March 2025, 52% of pupils (including around 70% in secondary schools) had access. This ...
A) what criteria are being used to prioritise the rollout of Mental Health Support Teams to schools and colleges; and B) what steps her Department is taking to ensure access for pupils in areas of highest need.
This government is committed to expanding mental health support teams (MHSTs) to all schools and colleges by 2029, ensuring every child can access early support. As of March 2025, 52% of pupils (including around 70% in secondary schools) had access. This ...
What discussions her Department has had with the Department for Transport on aligning school admissions policy with school transport policy to ensure that families who secure a school place are not disadvantage
The department’s home to school travel policy aims to make sure no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport. Children of compulsory school age are eligible for free travel if they attend their nearest suitable school and would no...
What assessment her Department has made of the environmental impact of increased private car use by rural families resulting from school transport regulatory requirements.
Local authorities have a duty to arrange free home to school travel for eligible children – those who attend their nearest school and would be unable to walk there because of the distance, their special educational needs and disabilities or mobility probl...
What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of small, consistent maternity care teams in improving maternal outcomes such as in the Netherlands, Sweden and New Zealand; and whether
We recognise the potential for continuity of care within maternity services to improve women’s experience of maternity care and reduce inequalities in outcomes. However, maternity services need to have enough staff with the right skills in the right place...
What steps her Department is taking to support storage and logistics-based businesses.
The Government recognises the important role that storage and logistics-based businesses play in supporting economic growth, trade and supply chains across the UK.The Government is supporting these sectors through a range of measures, including through ma...
What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of targeted business rate relief for storage and logistics-based businesses.
The Government recognises the important role that storage and logistics-based businesses play in supporting economic growth, trade and supply chains across the UK.The Government is supporting these sectors through a range of measures, including through ma...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to protect the Alawite minority in Syria.
Further to the answer given on 18 September 2025 to question 74583, I raised this issue with the Syrian Foreign Minister during his visit to London in November 2025, and the situation of minority rights in Syria was also raised during President Al Sharaa'...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken in relation to Baha'i persecution in Iran.
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 19 May to question 611.
What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending free school milk to all children until the end of reception rather than until the age of five.
I refer the hon. Member for Rushcliffe to the answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1025.
With reference to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 121065 on Academies: Electric Vehicles, when the review on new electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes for academy trusts will be completed; and wheth
New Electrical Vehicle Salary Schemes (EVSS) in the school sector, including adding employees to schemes with existing providers, have been paused whilst a cross-government review on these schemes has been undertaken by HM Treasury.The department has been...