Every parliamentary written question tabled by Scott Arthur this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether the review of orphan medicines regulation required by the Rare Cancers Act 2026 will consider the full pathway from regulatory authorisation to NHS patient access, including evidence generation, health technology assessment and uptake of treatments for rare cancers.
Awaiting answer.
What the total cost of the additional testing allowance introduced in June 2025 has been to date; and what assessment she has made of its effect on the number of tests delivered per full-time equivalent examiner.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) current Additional Testing Allowance (ATA) scheme started in June 2025 to increase practical driving test capacity through voluntary additional testing outside contracted hours. As of June 2026, payments made under the ATA scheme total approximately £11.8 million. The ATA scheme has contributed to increased testing capacity. In June 2026, DVSA conducted 193,757 car practical driving tests, which was 35,328 more tests than in June 2025. Between June 2025 and June 2026, DVSA conducted 278,124 more car practical driving tests than during the same period from June 2024 to June 2025. DVSA has achieved this additional testing capacity through increased driving examiner (DE) capacity (165 more full-time equivalent DEs than in June 2025), examiner overtime and other operational measures.
What plans he has to improve transparency on uptake, turnaround times and outcomes for genetic and biomarker testing across the NHS.
Awaiting answer.
How many woman and girls she estimates have been victims of grooming gangs; and what methodology she uses to calculate that number.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Mass Transit Taskforce working with the devolved governments to help ensure the benefits to the UK supply chain are maximised.
Awaiting answer.
Whether the Mass Transit Taskforce's remit includes tram-train projects.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential risks of age verification methods involving facial or biometric data to enforce a social media ban for under-16s.
Awaiting answer.
Whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Digital Citizenship Qualification to educate children on interaction with the online world.
Awaiting answer.
When he plans to launch a consultation on proposed regulations relating to costs orders under Section 17 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to incentivise research into Inclusion Body Myositis and other rare progressive muscle disorders.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of Inclusion Body Myositis and other rare progressive muscle disorders.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment the Department has made of the level of need for further regulation of autonomous delivery robots operating on public pavements and highways; and whether the Department plans to publish addition
The Government has committed to pursuing legislative reform for micromobility vehicles when parliamentary time allows by creating a ‘Low-speed Zero Emission Vehicle’ category. This could be used to regulate pavement robots in future. Any new regulations w...
With reference to the answer to Question UIN 63826 on driving test waiting times in Currie, what the average waiting time is for a practical driving test at the Currie Driving Test Centre; and by what date she
The average waiting time for a car practical driving test at Currie driving test centre in May was 24 weeks.DVSA is taking sustained action to increase testing capacity and reduce waiting times as quickly as possible, including recruiting and training mor...
What assessment his Department has made of the barriers to genomic testing for pancreatic cancer patients and how he plans to increase uptake nationally.
Awaiting answer.
Whether he will undertake a horizon-scanning review to identify emerging actionable gene mutations for timely inclusion in the National Genomic Test Directory, prioritising pancreatic cancer and ot
Awaiting answer.
Whether the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles is exploring the adequacy of compensation arrangements for victims of accidents involving uninsured vehicles in the context of the Automated Vehicles Act
Through the Automated Vehicles Act Implementation Programme, officials from the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles are working with the Motor Insurers' Bureau on insurance for automated vehicles. This includes assessing the adequacy of the insur...
Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding to the UK Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods; what assessment he has made of the role of industry co-investment in s
The Government is supporting the establishment of the UK Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods through funding secured as part of the Replacing Animals in Science strategy, with costs informed by analysis of validation requirements and comparab...
When she plans to launch the consultation on micromobility regulation.
The Government plans to consult on e-scooter regulations over the next year.
Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle harmful platform features that put children at risk online.
Protecting children online is a priority for the Secretary of State. Through our recent consultation, which included parents and children's consultations and nationally representative polls, we heard from over 116,000 people. Following this, on 15 June th...
Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to extend proposed restrictions to livestreaming and communication with strangers for child users to other high-risk functionalities including disappearing messages, t
The government recently announced restrictions on social media services offering their services to under-16s and wider services offering livestreaming or stranger communication to under-16s.Combined with requiring more device level protections for childre...