Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made towards developing an identity repair solution for victims of identity theft; and when she expects such support to become available.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The Government recognises the serious and often lasting impact that identity theft can have on victims. Identity repair can play an important role in helping victims restore their identity, access tailored support and reduce the risk of further misuse of their personal information.
The Home Office is working with law enforcement and other partners to explore options for strengthening support for victims, including the development of an identity repair solution. Further details will be provided as this work progresses.
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of risk of SEND reforms reducing access to appropriate provision for children and young people with the most complex needs.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system inherited by this government has lost the confidence of many families and is not delivering the support children and young people need. The department has consulted on reforms to improve the system so that in future families no longer have to fight for support, and children and young people with SEND receive the provision they need quicker and closer to home.
Our reforms intend to improve the quality and consistency of support for children with complex needs. Under the proposals, children and young people requiring a Specialist Provision Package (SPP) would be eligible for an education, health and care (EHC) plan. SPPs will underpin EHC plan entitlements, be developed with experts, including parents, and overseen by an independent expert panel. They will ensure a high quality evidence based offer for all children and young people with complex needs.
We will also improve support available without the need for an EHC plan. This includes proposals to ensure settings identify and meet need, including a legal duty to develop Individual Support Plans. This will be supported by new National Inclusion Standards and our ongoing investment to build mainstream capacity.
The impact of these proposals is set out in the published ‘SEND Reform: Equalities Impact Assessment’, which includes projections of how children and young people may be affected. We have also tested the proposals with SEND sector experts and practitioners, and consultation responses will help inform the final reforms and impact assessments.
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to schools to (a) collaborate and (b) cluster to deliver wraparound childcare where individual schools are unable to provide adequate capacity.
Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This government is committed to improving the affordability and availability of childcare and recognises that this requires a skilled workforce.
To support schools to recruit and train staff to deliver wraparound childcare, the department has published a workforce toolkit, available at: https://earlyyearscareers.campaign.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/182/2025/11/Workforce-Toolkit-Recruiting-Retaining-Supporting-your-Workforce-2.pdf.
We have also published a flexible working toolkit here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-help-with-flexible-working-in-schools.
These include practical resources and case studies to help schools recruit, train and retain staff for breakfast clubs and wraparound care. Schools delivering free breakfast clubs can also access support from specialist advisors.
Through the National Wraparound Programme, we invested over £225 million to support schools and providers to establish and expand wraparound childcare, creating over 120,000 additional places, including through cluster models and off-site provision. This year, we are providing £12.9 million to support local authorities with school-age childcare. Local authorities can support schools to overcome workforce challenges, and continue to support schools to deliver wraparound childcare, including through clusters where a school-led model may not be viable.
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to recruit and train staff to deliver wraparound childcare, particularly where roles involve split and part-time-only working patterns.
Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This government is committed to improving the affordability and availability of childcare and recognises that this requires a skilled workforce.
To support schools to recruit and train staff to deliver wraparound childcare, the department has published a workforce toolkit, available at: https://earlyyearscareers.campaign.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/182/2025/11/Workforce-Toolkit-Recruiting-Retaining-Supporting-your-Workforce-2.pdf.
We have also published a flexible working toolkit here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-help-with-flexible-working-in-schools.
These include practical resources and case studies to help schools recruit, train and retain staff for breakfast clubs and wraparound care. Schools delivering free breakfast clubs can also access support from specialist advisors.
Through the National Wraparound Programme, we invested over £225 million to support schools and providers to establish and expand wraparound childcare, creating over 120,000 additional places, including through cluster models and off-site provision. This year, we are providing £12.9 million to support local authorities with school-age childcare. Local authorities can support schools to overcome workforce challenges, and continue to support schools to deliver wraparound childcare, including through clusters where a school-led model may not be viable.
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the resources and operational support available to police forces to tackle the dangerous or anti-social use of e-bikes in town centres.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government has not made a specific assessment of the adequacy of the resources and operational support available to police forces to tackle the dangerous or anti-social use of e-bikes in town centres. The deployment of police resources and operational activity is a matter for Chief Constables, who are best placed to assess local threats and priorities.
Through the Crime and Policing Act 2026, the Government strengthened police powers to tackle anti-social behaviour. This amended section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to remove the requirement for police to issue a prior warning before seizing a motor vehicle being used in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance. These changes came into force on 29 June 2026.
In addition, in July 2026 the Government reduced and aligned vehicle disposal timeframes to seven days. This reduces opportunities for offenders to reclaim their vehicles and continue offending.
These measures support police efforts to tackle dangerous or anti-social use of illegally modified e-bikes.
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her department has to implement Section 42 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government is committed to addressing the longstanding issues with private sewerage and recognises that current arrangements for sewer adoption need review.
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
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 help ensure that all Integrated Care Boards have access to multidisciplinary specialist foot-care teams for people with diabetes.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
As per the link below, there is extensive information on the main National Health Service website concerning Peripheral neuropathy and other diabetes-related foot complications:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/peripheral-neuropathy/
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the needs of their local populations, including for foot-related diabetes conditions, and must ensure patients facing those conditions can access high-quality care and treatment.
NHS England maintains a dashboard enabling all services in England and Wales that treat people with diabetes related foot disease to measure their performance against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance for prevention and management of diabetic foot problems, to monitor patient outcomes, and to benchmark against peer units. The dashboard can be found at the following link:
In addition, the NICE guidance found at the following link:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng19
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the department is taking to reduce the incidence of diabetes-related lower-limb amputations, including by improving early detection of peripheral neuropathy and access to preventative foot-care services.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
As per the link below, there is extensive information on the main National Health Service website concerning Peripheral neuropathy and other diabetes-related foot complications:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/peripheral-neuropathy/
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the needs of their local populations, including for foot-related diabetes conditions, and must ensure patients facing those conditions can access high-quality care and treatment.
NHS England maintains a dashboard enabling all services in England and Wales that treat people with diabetes related foot disease to measure their performance against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance for prevention and management of diabetic foot problems, to monitor patient outcomes, and to benchmark against peer units. The dashboard can be found at the following link:
In addition, the NICE guidance found at the following link:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng19
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the department has to improve public awareness of peripheral neuropathy and early signs of diabetes-related foot complications.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
As per the link below, there is extensive information on the main National Health Service website concerning Peripheral neuropathy and other diabetes-related foot complications:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/peripheral-neuropathy/
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the needs of their local populations, including for foot-related diabetes conditions, and must ensure patients facing those conditions can access high-quality care and treatment.
NHS England maintains a dashboard enabling all services in England and Wales that treat people with diabetes related foot disease to measure their performance against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance for prevention and management of diabetic foot problems, to monitor patient outcomes, and to benchmark against peer units. The dashboard can be found at the following link:
In addition, the NICE guidance found at the following link:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng19
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
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 whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's cost-effectiveness methodology adequately reflects the particular circumstances of medicines for rare diseases, including treatments that address an underlying physiological deficiency rather than its symptoms.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been able to recommend many medicines licensed for the treatment of rare diseases for use on the National Health Service where companies engage constructively in the process and price their medicines fairly. NICE keeps its methods and processes under review to ensure that they remain fit for purpose.
NICE will be undertaking a research project on valuing rare disease medicines through its Health Technology Assessment Innovation Laboratory.