Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have taken place under the Hunting Act 2004 in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
I refer the Hon Member to the response given by the Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services on 9 June 2026 to Connor Naismith MP under PQ 5710.
Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that children and young people have regular access to nature and natural spaces.
Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government recognises the importance of ensuring that children and young people can access and enjoy nature, and the benefits this can bring for their health, wellbeing and development.
Through the Environmental Improvement Plan, the Government is committed to expanding opportunities for people to access, enjoy and connect with nature, including for children and young people.
The Government also supports initiatives which help children and young people connect with nature, including the Department for Education's National Education Nature Park programme, which empowers children and young people to make a positive difference to both their own and nature's future.
Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to address the risks to the UK’s food, water and economic security arising from biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.
Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government recognises that biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation can pose risks to food security, water security and economic resilience. We are therefore taking action to strengthen the UK's preparedness and resilience to these risks through resilience planning, investment in nature and infrastructure, and measures to improve food system and supply chain resilience.
We have launched the Taskforce on the National Security and Resilience Risks of a Changing Climate and Nature Loss and commissioned a three-year Nature Security Research and Development Programme to improve indicators, analytical tools and early-warning capability, helping the Government to identify emerging risks and strengthen resilience planning.
To strengthen food system resilience, we are implementing the 2025 Food Strategy and working across Government to improve preparedness for supply chain disruption and longer-term risks. We are also investing more than £2.7 billion a year in farming and nature recovery and have committed £11.8 billion over this Parliament to support sustainable farming and food production.
To improve water resilience, we have secured £104 billion of investment in the water sector, including new reservoirs and measures to reduce leakage. Water companies’ published Water Resources Management Plans show how they can close the predicted water supply demand gap.
Internationally, the UK's climate and nature programmes support the protection and restoration of forests, oceans and other critical ecosystems that underpin global food production, water resources and economic stability, including through the UK's International Climate Finance programme and the Government's intended £400 million investment in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility.
Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Almost 180 more Youth Hubs to help young people build skills and find jobs, published on 15 June 2026, whether his Department plans to publish (a) the deadline for organisations to register their interest with Jobcentre Service Leaders to establish a new Youth Hub and (b) guidance for organisations wishing to establish a new Youth Hub, including information on the application process and eligibility criteria.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
With around one million young people not in education, employment or training, the Government is investing an additional £2.5 billion by 2029 through the Youth Guarantee and Growth and Skills Levy. This will support almost one million young people, create up to 500,000 opportunities to earn and learn, and expand access to workplace experience, training and employment.
Youth Hubs are a key part of the Youth Guarantee. Their expansion will increase coverage to more than 360 locations across Great Britain between 2026 and 2029, ensuring more young people aged 16 to 24 can access employment, skills and training support in their local area.
Youth Hubs are developed and delivered locally through partnerships between Jobcentres, local authorities and community organisations. There is therefore no centrally managed application process or deadline for organisations wishing to establish a Youth Hub. We encourage interested organisations to engage with their local Jobcentre Plus Service Leader, who can provide information on local processes and facilitate discussions on setting up a Youth Hub.
Proposals are considered based on local need, readiness and the strength of existing partnerships. While there are no centrally set eligibility criteria, all Youth Hubs must meet a core minimum service blueprint, ensuring young people can access joined-up employment, skills, housing and wellbeing support in their communities. Further information is available at: Supporting Youth Hubs.
Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in the NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB and what services do they provide.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has not established a single, standalone women’s health hub. Instead, services required under the Women’s Health Hub model are being delivered through general practices and primary care networks across the area including, for example, menstrual problems assessment and treatment, menopause assessment and treatment, contraceptive counselling and the provision of a full range of contraceptive methods including Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive fitting for both contraceptive and gynaecological purposes, and cervical screening. Further information on services provided is available at the following link:
https://bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk/womens-health/
Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve maternity and neonatal services across England; and if she will set out how those improvements will benefit hospitals serving local residents across the South West, including those in Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce will translate the recommendations from Baroness Amos’ national investigation into a single action plan to drive systemic and sustained improvement in maternity and neonatal care across the country.
We are also taking immediate action now. Since April 2025, we have invested £187 million to improve maternity and neonatal estates, we are expanding Martha’s Rule across all maternity settings, as well as implementing triage standards to ensure safe and equitable care for all women and babies regardless of location.
Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of levels of regional variation in access to inpatient mental health beds; and what action is being taken to ensure that patients are not required to travel excessive distances to receive appropriate care.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
We are developing a new mental health strategy for England, to be published later this year. The strategy will aim to transform mental health care into a system that responds earlier, reduces waiting times for support, intervenes earlier, and supports people to stay active and participate in education, work, family and community life.
The Government is making £473 million of capital funding available nationally to improve mental health, learning disability, and autism services. Of this, £130 million is allocated for eliminating inappropriate out of area placements alongside other priorities. The NHS Medium Term Planning Framework set out that in 2026/7 all integrated care boards (ICB) and providers of mental health care must reduce inappropriate out-of-area placements and locked rehabilitation inpatient services. From 2027/28 onwards, ICBs should only commission mental health inpatient services for adults and older adults that align with the NHS Commissioning Framework.
Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve the support available to individuals and families following a diagnosis of dementia, including access to information about local services and financial support.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government wants a society where every person with dementia receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life.
We will publish the first ever modern service framework for frailty and dementia to set a clear direction and a long-term blueprint to improve outcomes for people with dementia. It will cover research, diagnosis, and treatment. We are engaging with a wide group of partners to understand what should be included to ensure the best outcomes for people living with frailty and dementia and their unpaid carers.
We will also appoint a Dementia Tsar to bring strong and meaningful national leadership to drive forward the prevention, treatment, and care of dementia.
Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of NHS provision for children and young people requiring specialist management of chronic pain, including access to services outside their local area where no appropriate local service exists.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The requested information is not held centrally.
Asked by: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the British Museum Act 1963 to enable the permanent transfer of objects from the British Museum's collection in exceptional circumstances, including the Parthenon Sculptures.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has made no assessment of the potential merits of amending the British Museum Act 1963. We have no plans to change the law that would permit a permanent move of the Parthenon Sculptures.