Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role she expects social enterprises to play in delivering the Government's plans to shift healthcare from hospitals into neighbourhood and community settings.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon. Member to the section of the 10-Year Health Plan entitled ‘A New Plurality of Provision’, which addresses the role of social enterprises and other providers in supporting the shift to community care.

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 potential impact on children and young people of the closure of PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide and its HOPELINE247 service; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure continued access to specialist suicide-prevention support for young people previously supported by that service.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 September in response to Question 29148.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will (a) make an assessment of the adequacy of levels of domiciliary dental provision available to residents in Stockport constituency and (b) set out how unmet need amongst housebound patients is identified.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 8 July in response to Question 15669.

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 the potential merits of making omaveloxolone available to eligible people living with Friedreich's ataxia.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 29 June in response to Question 11724.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government spent on cloud computing services provided by (a) Microsoft Azure, (b) Google Cloud and (c) Amazon Web Services in each of the last five financial years.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Information regarding total government spending on cloud computing services across Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services over the last five financial years is not held centrally.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 21950 titled Swimming: Pupils, what steps the PE and School Sport Partnerships network will take to reduce inequality in the proportion of pupils who leave primary school able to swim 25 metres across schools in Stockport constituency.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The new PE and School Sport Partnerships Partnerships Network will improve pupil swimming attainment and improve water safety knowledge for all pupils. It will support schools to identify and overcome barriers, including strengthening links with local providers, supporting access to swimming provision and ensuring support reaches communities with the greatest need.

The Network will bring together schools, local clubs and national governing bodies to help to improve access to swimming and water safety opportunities, with a particular focus on reducing inequalities.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment she has made of liver disease mortality trends in England relative to other western European countries.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

No such assessment has recently been made by the Department, but on the broader issues raised, I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 18 September in response to Question 27776.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the British Transport Police Authority on increasing police officer numbers to pre-2024 levels.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department works closely with the British Transport Police Authority on the funding and oversight of the British Transport Police. However, the British Transport Police are operationally independent of government, including in decisions on staffing and the deployment of officers.

The Authority has agreed a three-year budget settlement that will increase the Force’s budget by £63 million, from £419 million in 2025/26 to £482 million by 2028/29. This will enable the recruitment of more than 200 additional police officers which will take full-time equivalent police officer numbers to 3228 by 2027/28 compared with 3084 at the end of 2023/24.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation in Stockport borough, where 214 children are currently living in temporary accommodation.

Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Levels of homelessness and rough sleeping are far too high. That is why we have published a National Plan to End Homelessness, made homelessness prevention a core pillar of that plan, and increased funding for homelessness and rough sleeping services to a record £4 billion over the next three years.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of households living in temporary accommodation in Stockport borough, where 188 households are currently in temporary accommodation.

Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Levels of homelessness and rough sleeping are far too high. That is why we have published a National Plan to End Homelessness, made homelessness prevention a core pillar of that plan, and increased funding for homelessness and rough sleeping services to a record £4 billion over the next three years.