Written questions

Sarah Gibson

385 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the existing skills base across NHS trusts within Integrated Care Systems to deliver improvements based on (a) human factors and (b) systems thinking.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish outcomes data from quality improvement projects delivered through the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to monitor (a) compliance with and (b) the implementation of findings and recommendations from quality improvement reports in (i) trusts and (ii) integrated care sy

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Quality Improvement reports in driving measurable improvements in patient care outcomes across NHS trusts.

7 May 2025 · Treasury

Woodford Investment Management

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority's redress scheme in relation to the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income Fund.

7 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her policy to maintain the number of driving test centres in rural communities.

1 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a national prostate cancer screening programme on (a) early diagnosis rates and (b) health inequalities.

28 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Small Businesses

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium-sized enterprises (a) were trading and (b) ceased trading in each of the past 5 years.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Chippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train services were (a) cancelled and (b) delayed by more than 15 minutes on routes serving Chippenham railway station in the most recent 12 month period for which data is available.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Odour Pollution: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Wiltshire council, (b) operators of waste management and sewage facilities (c) residents and (d) the Environment Agency on the p

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Odour Pollution: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the cause of the persistent odour affecting residents in Calne, Wiltshire.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Adrenaline Auto-injectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of schools in Wiltshire that stock spare adrenaline auto-injectors for emergency use.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support the implementation of the Benedict Blythe Foundation's allergy safety recommendations in schools in England.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Pension Sharing Orders administered by Teachers’ Pensions are processed within stated timeframes.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to align the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy with economic strategies developed by devolved Administrations.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to incentivise employer investment in workforce training and upskilling as part of the Invest 2035 strategy.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria his Department is using to identify the most critical (a) subsectors and (b) technologies within the eight priority sectors outlined in the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the the potential merits of writing off historical Carer’s Allowance overpayments in cases involving small or inadvertent breaches of the earnings limit.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Carer’s Allowance overpayment cases identified by her Department in each of the last six years were subject to investigation prior to the commencement of debt recovery procedures.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the structure of the earnings limit for Carer’s Allowance to reduce the risk of significant overpayments resulting from minor threshold breaches.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Part-time Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of earnings threshold rules for Carer’s Allowance on unpaid carers engaged in part-time employment.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Water Companies: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making water companies statutory consultees in planning applications.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to assess the potential impact of the extended £2 bus fare cap on residents' access to (a) essential services and (b) employment opportunities in Wiltshire.