theodi/ndl-core-corpus huggingface dataset:
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the demonstrators arrested in central London on 9 August 2025 were (a) arrested for supporting Palestine Action and (b) subsequently charged for the same offence. \p Dan Jarvis: The Metropolitan Police has provided several public updates on the progression of the cases arising from the protest of 9 August on its website, with the most recent update on 1 September: https://news.met.police.uk/news/more-people-charged-with-terrorism-act-offences-linked-to-palestine-action-support-500541.

The Metropolitan Police have also released statistics on the arrests made at the central London protests on 9 August 2025. A total of 532 individuals were arrested. 522 of those were arrested for an offence contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT). Section 13 of TACT makes it an offence to wear clothing or display an article in a public place in circumstances that arouse reasonable suspicion that the person is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation. Further information on the arrests on 9 August can be found here: https://news.met.police.uk/news/update-532-arrested-during-protest-policing-operation-499897.

The investigation and prosecution of criminal offences, including determining whether an offence has been committed or not, is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who are operationally independent.
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Lisa Smart:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) other related costs for (i) offices and (ii) staff for Police and Crime Commissioners in each of the last five years. \p Dame Diana Johnson: The Home Office does not provide specific funding for the offices of Police and Crime Commissioners. Core funding for policing is determined annually through the Police Funding Settlement. Total direct funding in 2025-26 is up to £17.6 billion.

It is for PCCs to determine the level of support they need to exercise their statutory functions and deliver their objectives. The size and composition of the Office of the PCC and decisions as to salaries are also a matter for PCCs.

PCCs are under a duty to publish certain information to ensure transparency in their decision-making and enable the public to hold them to account. This includes information relating to budgets and the composition of their office.
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Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of violent crime on community cohesion in high-incidence areas. \p Dame Diana Johnson: This Government recognises the devasting effects of violence on communities, that is why we work closely with community groups, including through the Coalition to Tackle Knife Crime to understand the impacts and help shape the Government’s plan to halve knife crime in ten years.

To support communities in high-incidence areas, the Government has made £47m available for Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) to continue their valuable work in 2025/26. VRUs bring together local partners to understand and tackle the drivers of serious violence in their area. They facilitate the sharing of data across organisational boundaries to build a collective understanding of the root causes of violence locally.

Additionally, the Government has awarded £66.3m in 25/26 to all 43 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales for the Hot Spot Action Fund. This funding is for high-visibility patrolling in the areas with the highest densities (‘hotspots’) of knife crime and anti-social behaviour, as well as problem-oriented policing to tackle the longer-term drivers of crime.
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David Davis:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will withdraw outstanding Technical Capability Notices relating to encryption. \p Dan Jarvis: For reasons of national security, it has been a long-standing position that the Government does not confirm or deny Technical Capability Notices under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
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Jayne Kirkham:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider creating a national forensics strategy. \p Dame Diana Johnson: The provision of high quality, timely forensic evidence is vital for an effective criminal justice system that prevents crime, prosecutes suspects, and gives victims the justice they deserve.

Hardworking police and forensic scientists do an excellent job delivering these vital services every day. However, we are confident we can achieve more for the public.

The Government have announced the creation of a new National Centre of Policing that will bring together crucial support services, including forensics, that local police forces can draw upon, to raise standards, and improve efficiency.

We have appointed a national forensic science lead who will transform our approach by helping to create creating a new model of delivery with the police and forensic leaders to raise standards and improve efficiency, and ultimately build greater public confidence in our criminal justice system.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, whether there is a minimum number of returns that would determine the pilot to have been successful. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The UK-France Treaty sets out the lawful basis for the reciprocal exchange of individuals on a one-to-one basis. We will continuously monitor and evaluate the pilot as it progresses, with a full evaluation to be completed at the end of the pilot period.
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Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to support (a) leisure, (b) recreation and (c) entertainment activities for people accommodated in asylum contingency hotels since July 2024. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts at HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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Daisy Cooper:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Response to the Pre Action Protocol letter of from Wilson Solicitors LLP of 18 February, whether she intends to amend guidance for Home Office caseworkers on the Good character requirement, last updated 13 February. \p Dame Angela Eagle: It is longstanding Home Office policy not to comment on individual cases.

The British Nationality Act 1981 is clear that it is for the Home Secretary to determine the good character policy. There is no definition of good character in primary legislation, nor is there statutory guidance as to how this should be interpreted or defined. Changes to the good character policy are at the discretion of the Home Secretary.
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Lee Anderson:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to prevent irregular migrants who are living in hotels from being able to go out into the community freely. \p Dame Angela Eagle: Asylum seekers living in asylum accommodation are not detained and are free to come and go from their accommodation as they wish.
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Lee Anderson:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats have been found carrying (a) drugs and (b) weapons upon arrival in the UK in the last year. \p Dame Angela Eagle: All migrants arriving by small boats are subject to physical searches upon arrival, and clothing is removed and replaced as part of initial reception processing.

Some small weapons – for example, knives – have occasionally been seized as a result of those searches over the past seven years, but we have no record of any attempts to struggle illicit drugs into the UK via this route or any firearms.
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Alicia Kearns:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Sadeq Nikzad when he raped a minor in Falkirk in October 2023. \p Dame Angela Eagle: Any disclosures of the immigration or asylum status of suspects will be made in line with the processes set out in the National Police Chiefs’ Council interim guidance published on the 13 August.
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Lee Anderson:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applicants for (a) asylum or (b) refugee status who have had their application refused have been granted humanitarian leave to remain in the last 2 years. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on outcomes of claims, including those granted humanitarian leave, is published in table Asy_D02 of the asylum detailed datasets. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to 2025 Q2 (April to June).
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Julia Lopez:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 10 February 2025. \p Dame Angela Eagle: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave to Question 71421 on 4 September.
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Lee Anderson:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the Government has when choosing appropriate hotels for asylum seeker accommodation. \p Dame Angela Eagle: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave to Question 71421 on 4 September.
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Lee Anderson:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of releasing the location of asylum seeker accommodation at the local authority level. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.
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Andrew Rosindell:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to deport immigrants found guilty of violent crimes. \p Dame Angela Eagle: Foreign nationals who commit serious crimes in our country will face the full force of the law and be deported at the earliest opportunity.

This government has already removed almost 5,200 foreign national offenders in its first year of office, a 14 per cent increase on the previous twelve months (5 July 2024 to 4 July 2025) and we will continue to crack down on any foreign nationals who come to this country and break our rules.
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Sir Mark Hendrick:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the safety of asylum seekers accommodated in hotels in the North West, in the context of rising community tensions. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The safety and security of the local communities in which hotels are located, the staff who work there, and the asylum-seekers staying there is of paramount importance, and on-site security staff monitor each hotel round the clock. Our accommodation providers are experienced and have robust policies and procedures in place around health and safety, security, safeguarding, and critical incident management. Security arrangements are kept under continual review and can be adapted at pace if required, in consultation with the police and other agencies.
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Sir Mark Hendrick:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent arson attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The safety and security of the local communities in which hotels are located, the staff who work there, and the asylum-seekers staying there is of paramount importance, and on-site security staff monitor each hotel round the clock. Our accommodation providers are experienced and have robust policies and procedures in place around health and safety, security, safeguarding, and critical incident management. Security arrangements are kept under continual review and can be adapted at pace if required, in consultation with the police and other agencies.
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Pete Wishart:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the embedded hubs for the Immigration Prison Teams are located; which prisons are included in each hub; and how many Immigration Officers are employed in each hub. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Home Office does not hold central data on the number of visits conducted by immigration officers in UK prisons.

However, as of 29 August 2025, there were 77 Immigration Officers employed by Foreign National Offender Returns Command. These officers are located within the Immigration Prison Team (IPT), which covers all prisons in the UK. Most of the IPT’s officers are based in prisons. Some are located in Home Office premises, from where they conduct prison visits.

The number of Immigration Officers embedded in a hub and the prisons they cover are:

Embedded Hub

Prisons Covered

Number of IOs (some of which will be part-time)

HMPs Pentonville and The Mount

HMPs Pentonville & The Mount Feltham YOI HMP Ford HMP Lewes

7

HMP The Verne

HMP The Verne HMP Ashfield HMP Bristol HMP Cardiff HMP Channings Wood HMP Eastwood Park HMP Erlestoke HMP Exeter HMP Guys Marsh HMP Leyhill HMP Parc HMP Swansea HMP Usk HMP Prescoed

4

HMP Highpoint

HMP Highpoint HMP Bure HMP Chelmsford HMP Hollesley Bay HMP LIttlehey HMP Norwich HMP Peterborough (Female) HMP Warren Hill HMP Wayland HMP Whiteland

5

HMP Hewell

HMP Hewell HMP Birmingham HMP Brinsford HMP Dovegate HMP Drake Hall HMP Featherstone HMP Foston Hall HMP Long Lartin HMP Oakwood HMP Onley HMP Rye Hill HMP Stafford HMP Stoke Heath HMP Sudbury HMP Swinfen Hall

9

HMP Risley

HMP Risley HMP Altcourse HMP Berwyn HMP Buckley Hall HMP Forest Bank HMP Garth HMP Haverigg HMP Hindley HMP Kirkham HMP Lancaster Farms HMP Liverpool HMP Manchester HMP Preston HMP Styal HMP Thorn Cross HMP Wymott

6

HMP Moorland

HMP Moorland HMP Fosse Way HMP Gartree HMP Hatfield HMP Hull HMP Humber HMP Leicester HMP Lindholme HMP Nottingham HMP Whatton HMP Ranby

6

HMP Maidstone

HMP Maidstone HMP Cookham Wood HMP East Sutton Park HMP Elmley HMP Rochester HMP Standford Hill HMP Swaleside

5

HMP Huntercombe

HMP Aylesbury HMP Bullingdon HMP Bedford HMP Five Wells HMP Grendon HMP Spring Hill HMP Woodhill

5

HMP Wormwood Scrubs

HMP Wormwood Scrubs HMP Bronzefield HMP Winchester

4

HMP Wandsworth

HMP Wandsworth HMP Brixton HMP Highdown

4

HMP Morton Hall

HMP Morton Hall HMP Lincoln HMP Stocken HMP Lowdham Grange HMP North Sea Camp HMP Peterborough (Male)

5

HMP Barlinnie

HMP Barlinnie HMP Addiewell HMP Castle HMP Huntly HMP Cornton Vale & YOI HMP Dumfries HMP Edinburgh HMP Glenochil HMP Greenock HMP Kilmarnock HMP Low Moss HMP Perth & YOI HMP Shotts HMP Stirling Polmont YOI N Ireland HMP Hydebank Wood HMP Maghaberry HMP Magilligan

4
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Lewis Cocking:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are being housed in homes of multiple occupation in Broxbourne constituency. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated by local authority area, not constituency. These statistics can be found in the Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.
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Chris Coghlan:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to end the use of the Four Points Hotel in Horley to house asylum seekers. \p Dame Angela Eagle: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on the 4 September to Question 71421.
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Robbie Moore:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase capacity for housing asylum seekers within the Bradford Council district. \p Dame Angela Eagle: When this Government came to office, we inherited a system where hotels had become one of the primary means of providing asylum accommodation – with more than 400 in use in Autumn 2023 at a cost of almost £9 million per day – and where a 70 per cent collapse in asylum decision-making in the last months of the previous administration had driven that pressure up further.

We have taken rapid action to address that chaos, in particular by speeding up the volume of asylum decision-making so that fewer people are stuck in limbo, dependent on support from the state, and so that more failed asylum-seekers can be removed from the UK, along with foreign national offenders and others with no right to be in our country.

The number of hotels in use is now around half the peak reached under the previous Government, and we will take further action over the rest of this Parliament to end the use of asylum hotels entirely.

We are continuing to work with a range of stakeholders to pursue that goal, while fulfilling our statutory obligations in the interim. Where the Home Office needs to use dispersed accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, announced by the previous government in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the UK.

We also continue to consult with local authorities, the police, and other interested parties to ensure that – wherever there are concerns over the impact of particular asylum accommodation sites on the local community, public safety and public amenities – all necessary actions are taken to address those concerns, and protect the security of each local area.
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Mr Andrew Snowden:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of illegal immigrants residing in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire. \p Dame Angela Eagle: By its very nature, it is not possible to know the exact size of the illegal migrant population, and so the Home Office under successive governments has not published any official estimates of the illegal migrant population.

The Government continues to take decisive action against those found to be in the UK illegally, with a surge in returns activity since the election leading to over 35,000 people with no right to be in the UK being removed between 5 July 2024 and 4 July 2025.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many specialist officers have been recruited for the Border Security Command since 1 September 2024. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Border Security Command (BSC) has been appropriately resourced with staff in policy, diplomatic and intelligence roles to ensure it can provide strategic leadership across government, with operational partners and in the UK and overseas. The department's staffing detail is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.
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Euan Stainbank:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Security Command operations have taken place outside of the United Kingdom since July 2024. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Border Security Command is committed to working with international partners to tackle shared migration challenges and is working in multiple countries and regions to reduce the impact of organised immigration crime into the UK.

Our international work seeks commitment to deepen cooperation, including through upstream intervention with source and transit countries. The relationships we have strengthened and the new agreements we have formed will allow us to disrupt and deter the criminal gangs, as demonstrated by our landmark agreements with Iraq, our new pilot scheme with France, and through the Joint Communique with Vietnam.

Further to this, the Border Security Command (BSC) is working strategically across the Border Security system, including with partners such as the National Crime Agency, Police, and intelligence agencies.

Working with the BSC, the National Crime Agency led 347 disruptions of organised immigration crime networks in 2024/25 – its highest level on record and a 40 per cent increase on the previous 12 months.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress she has made in rolling out a series of new measures to strengthen our borders. \p Dame Angela Eagle: I refer the Hon Member to the Statement made to the House by the Home Secretary on the 1st September.
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Lewis Cocking:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have avoided deportation following criminal convictions due to the absence of a removal agreement with their country of origin. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The specific information requested is not readily available from published statistics and could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

However, this government has already removed almost 5,200 foreign national offenders in its first year of office (5 July 2024 to 4 July 2025), a 14 per cent increase on the previous twelve months and we will continue to crack down on any foreign nationals who come to this country and break our rules.
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Dr Scott Arthur:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking in Edinburgh to identify employers recruiting people residing in the city without legal permission or valid immigration status. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The government is committed to taking effective action against employers of illegal workers. The Home Office collaborates closely with labour market enforcement bodies, routinely sharing intelligence and information to understand the threats and to inform the development of tactical action plans.

Intensification activity targeting illegal working has been undertaken by operational teams right across the UK including in Edinburgh. Immigration and Compliance Teams conduct compliance and intelligence led enforcement visits and will take robust enforcement action against those individuals applying a range of sanctions.
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David Simmonds:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2025, to Question 65280, on Asylum: Housing, if she will place the requested information from Question 65280 in the Library of the House in light of the hyperlinks on ContractFinder giving "URL No Longer Exists" errors. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The award notices Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts are already published and available on Contracts Finder as follows:

Wales AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract Wales - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

South AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract South - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

North West AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NW - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

Midlands & Eastern England AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract MEE - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

North East Yorks & Humber AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NEYH - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

Scotland AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract Scotland - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

Northern Ireland AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NI - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

Due to changes in Contract management software Schedules are temporarily unavailable. This will be corrected shortly.
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Shivani Raja:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Schedule documents associated with the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services contracts were removed from public view on the Contracts Finder website; and if she will take steps to make those documents available again. \p Dame Angela Eagle: We confirm the award notices Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts are already published and available on Contracts Finder as follows:

Wales AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract Wales - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

South AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract South - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

North West AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NW - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

Midlands & Eastern England AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract MEE - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

North East Yorks & Humber AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NEYH - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

Scotland AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract Scotland - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

Northern Ireland AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NI - Contracts Finder(opens in a new tab)

Due to changes in Contract management software Schedules are temporarily unavailable. This will be corrected shortly.
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David Simmonds:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department,, how many asylum hotels are in operation in each local authority area. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The asylum accommodation estate is provided by Serco, Mears, Clearsprings Ready Homes and CTM. The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.
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James McMurdock:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of using technology to assist with the reduction of crossings in the English Channel by (a) migrants and (b) people traffickers. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Government keeps all options to tackle small boat crossings and the organised crime groups behind them under constant review, including the new and emerging technologies to do so.
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Juliet Campbell:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve the provision of social care in Broxtowe constituency. \p Stephen Kinnock: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care markets to meet the diverse needs of all local people. This includes commissioning a diverse range of care and support services that enable people to access quality care.

To ensure high standards of care, local authorities are assessed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in how well they are delivering their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. The CQC has not yet published the assessment report for Broxtowe and Nottinghamshire County Council.

The CQC also helps ensure high-quality social care by inspecting services, setting standards, taking enforcement action, listening to feedback, and providing transparent information of assessments on their website to protect and empower service users.

To enable local authorities to deliver key services, the Government has made available up to £3.7 billion of additional funding for social care authorities in 2025/26.
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Adam Jogee:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS funding was spent on dementia research in each year between 2019 and 2024. \p Stephen Kinnock: The Department delivers research into dementia via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Funding allocated to the NIHR is separate from National Health Service funding and is not calculated as a proportion of NHS spend. However, research delivered within the NHS is often supported by the NIHR, including research facilities and workforce, known as NIHR infrastructure.

The table below sets out a breakdown of NIHR spend for dementia research between financial years 2019/20 and 2023/24. Spend for dementia research is calculated retrospectively, with a time lag due to annual reporting cycles. Therefore, 2023/24 is the most recent year for which we have data.

£m

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Total

NIHR

29

21.9

30.3

35.1

42.8

159.1
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Navendu Mishra:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support hs Department is providing to people caring for family members with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. \p Stephen Kinnock: The Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable, high-quality care and support services, including support for carers. We have produced guidance to help those diagnosed with dementia, or those supporting someone with dementia, to understand the kind of support and services available to them in England. The guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/after-a-diagnosis-of-dementia-what-to-expect-from-health-and-care-services/after-diagnosis-of-dementia-what-to-expect-from-health-and-care-services

As set out in the Government’s 10 Year Health Plan, we are equipping and supporting carers by increasing visibility and empowering voices in care planning. We are joining up services, and streamlining caring tasks through the introduction of a new ‘MyCarer’ section to the NHS App.

In April, the Government also increased the Carer's Allowance weekly earnings limit from £151 a week to £196, the largest ever increase since the Carer’s Allowance was introduced.
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Perran Moon:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered reforming the Carr-Hill Formula in the context of GP practices which pay a higher proportion of the global sum on staff costs. \p Stephen Kinnock: The Carr-Hill formula includes the staff market forces factor within the unavoidable costs adjustment. This was designed to account for the higher cost of employing staff in some parts of the country.

We know that the Carr-Hill formula is considered outdated. This is why we have committed to review the formula to ensure that resources are targeted where they are most needed.

As part of this review, the effectiveness of the market forces factor will be considered alongside other factors which are taken into account by the Carr-Hill formula. Further detail will be confirmed in due course.
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Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help reduce childhood obesity rates in Slough. \p Ashley Dalton: The prevention of ill health is a clear priority for the Government, and a cornerstone of this is supporting children, including those in Slough, to live healthier lives.

The 10 Year Health Plan, published on 3 July, sets out decisive action on the obesity crisis. In a world first, we will introduce mandatory healthy food sales reporting for large food businesses and using that reporting, we will set new targets to increase the healthiness of sales.

We will also fulfil our commitments to restrict junk food advertising and ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16-year-olds. We have given local councils stronger powers to limit school children’s access to fast-food.

Officials in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ South East team work closely with local partners, including local authorities and the National Health Service, to support them with local initiatives to promote a healthy lifestyle and tackle obesity.
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Dr Roz Savage:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of providing free continuous glucose monitoring systems to patients eligible for the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on (a) the incidence of and (b) complications arising from type II diabetes. \p Ashley Dalton: Continuous glucose monitoring systems are available on the National Health Service in line with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines which state that, among other criteria, a person must have a diagnosis of diabetes. People with a diagnosis of diabetes are not eligible for the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP).

Therefore, no assessment has been made on the impact of providing free continuous glucose monitoring systems through the NHS DPP.
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Lisa Smart:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people affected by dementia in the Hazel Grove constituency can access guaranteed specialist care. \p Stephen Kinnock: The provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). We would expect ICBs to commission services, which may include dementia specialist nurses, based on local population needs, taking account of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines. Dementia care in the Hazel Grove constituency is delivered as part of the wider NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership.

Under the 10 Year Health Plan, those living with dementia will benefit from improved care planning and better services. We will deliver the first ever Modern Service Framework for frailty and dementia to deliver rapid and significant improvements in quality of care and productivity. This will be informed by phase one of the independent commission into adult social care, expected in 2026.
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Dr Al Pinkerton:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of dementia care services in Surrey Heath constituency. \p Stephen Kinnock: Under the 10 Year Health Plan, those living with dementia will benefit from improved care planning and better services.

We will deliver the first ever Modern Service Framework for frailty and dementia to deliver rapid and significant improvements in quality of care and productivity. This will be informed by phase one of the independent commission into adult social care, expected in 2026.

The standard operating procedures of the Surrey Heath Older Adults Mental Health Services, which includes memory clinics, have been reviewed and found to meet the requirements of facilitating appropriate referral routes and service inclusion criteria. Improvement work is also in progress to enhance dementia training and access to specialist support for staff on the Surrey and Borders Partnership National Health Service Foundation Trust’s older adult mental health ward dealing with dementia at the Meadows Unit.
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Lincoln Jopp:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many wheelchairs the NHS have issued in the last year. \p Stephen Kinnock: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services.

Data on the number of National Health Service wheelchairs issued is not held centrally. While NHS England collects quarterly data from ICBs through the National Wheelchair Data Collection, which supports the drive for improvements in wheelchair services, this is ICB-level data that does not include specific data on individual services, such as numbers of wheelchairs issued. Further information about the National Wheelchair Data Collection is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/national-wheelchair/
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Victoria Collins:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update regulations on the (a) composition, (b) marketing and (c) labelling of commercial (i) infant and (ii) toddler foods. \p Ashley Dalton: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influence many aspects of wellbeing in later life.

The Government has published voluntary industry baby food guidelines as part of our comprehensive strategy to give children the best start in life. The guidelines challenge businesses to reduce the levels of salt and sugar in commercial baby food and drink products aimed at those aged up to 36 months. The guidelines also set out voluntary labelling actions for industry, in addition to reinforcing legislative requirements around labelling and health and nutrition claims. This will help to support parents and carers to make informed choices about what to feed their children.

Businesses have 18 months from the publication of these guidelines, therefore by February 2027, to deliver the required changes. We will monitor industry progress towards implementing the sugar, salt, and labelling guidelines.

It is vital that we maintain the highest standards for foods consumed by babies and infants, which is why we also have regulations in place that set nutritional, compositional, and labelling standards for commercial baby food. These ensure that commercial baby foods are suitable for infants and young children and require businesses to ensure labelling is clear and not misleading. The regulations also set labelling standards to ensure consumers have clear and accurate information about the products they buy.

The Best Start in Life health website has advice for parents and carers on successful weaning of infants to introduce healthy solid foods, and is available at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/

It has been updated to provide new advice on shop-bought baby food and healthy weaning practices. The update has been made in light of the increased availability and range of commercial baby food products, highlighting the need for clear and consistent advice for parents and carers.

We continue to keep these regulations under review to ensure that the composition of infant food and drinks reflects the latest scientific advice and dietary guidelines. The voluntary industry baby food guidelines should support improvements in this area.
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Sir John Hayes:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve infant feeding support in Lincolnshire. \p Ashley Dalton: The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever and giving every child the best start in life. Infant feeding is critical to a baby’s healthy growth and development.

Through the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, we are investing £18.5 million in 2025/26 to improve infant feeding support across 75 local authorities in England, including Lincolnshire. We have also extended and expanded the National Breastfeeding Helpline so that more families across the United Kingdom can access breastfeeding support 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

The child health workforce is central to how we provide infant feeding support. We have committed to strengthening health visiting services so that all families can access joined-up, high quality services. We have also committed to training thousands more midwives across the country to better support women throughout their pregnancy and beyond. By April 2025, the number of full-time equivalents had increased by 1,330 compared to April 2024.
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James Naish:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle air pollution. \p Ashley Dalton: Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental harms to public health. Our 10-Year Health Plan (10YHP) for England sets out how the Government plans to improve the health of the nation, including a focus on prevention of ill health. The plan sets out cross-Government action to tackle air pollution. This includes a review of the Environmental Improvement Plan, which will set out measures to reduce emissions and everyone’s exposure to air pollution.
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Anneliese Dodds:To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 58 of the policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, whether Danone's commitment never to introduce a high sugar product to children refers to the recommended levels of sugar for (a) children and (b) adults; and whether this applies to Alpro growing up milks. \p Ashley Dalton: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out decisive action to tackle the obesity crisis and ease the strain on the NHS, as well as to create the healthiest generation of children ever. It details a number of actions that the Government will take, including plans to introduce mandatory healthy food sales reporting for all large companies in the food sector, fulfilling commitments to restrict junk food advertising targeted at children, banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s and updating the UK Nutrient Profile Model (NPM) 2004/05.

Danone’s published commitment is to never produce a product for children that is high in saturated fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) as defined by the UK Government’s current policy and legislation as a less healthy product.

The Government’s policy and legislation being referred to uses the UK NPM 2004/05 to determine whether a product is classed as being HFSS or non-HFSS. The 2004/05 NPM does not assess individual nutrients in isolation (for example sugar), but it considers the balance of the ingredients and the nutrient composition of foods. The scoring system that underpins the UK NPM 2004/05 was based on dietary reference values for children aged 11 to 16 years’ old, but it was subsequently found to be equally applicable to foods and drinks consumed by those over the age of 5 years. The nutritional needs of infants and young children under 5 years differ from those of older children and adults. Therefore. the UK NPM 2004/05 is not currently regarded as suitable to assess commercially available food and drink products that are to be consumed only by children under 5 years, including Alpro Growing Up Milks.