Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a compensation award recognising the death of an infected person under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme separate from the Injury Award.
Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Government recognises that no amount of money can make up for the pain caused by death due to the use of infected blood. Our focus is on supporting IBCA to deliver compensation as swiftly as possible.
The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme recognises the untimely death of an infected person through the Injury award. Injury awards are higher where the severity of a person’s infection means that the infection has caused or is expected to cause an early death in the future (i.e., HIV, Hepatitis B/C cirrhosis, Hepatitis B/C decompensated cirrhosis or liver cancer).
This is to enable infected people to receive an award which acknowledges instances where the infection is likely to have led or will lead to an early death.
All affected people receive an Injury and Social Impact award in their own right. These awards are linked to the relevant infected person’s severity banding. This means affected people receive higher levels of compensation where their loved one’s infection caused, or is likely to cause, their early death.
Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of people being excluded from interim payments under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme because they became eligible after the 17 April 2024 cut-off date on their finances; and whether she plans to amend that cut-off date.
Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Infected Blood Interim Estates Payment Scheme closed to new applicants on 30 October 2026.
Estates of eligible infected people can still apply for compensation under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. Eligible estates can register their intent to claim with the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) here: https://ibca.org.uk/register/register-your-intent-to-claim
The April 2024 cut-off date was originally set out in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 and was maintained for the further interim payments to estates. This date was only for the interim payment scheme, and there is no eligibility cut-off date for those applying for compensation on behalf of a deceased infected person from IBCA.
Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking with the logistics sector to improve access to mentoring and supervised workplace experience for newly qualified HGV drivers in Cornwall.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The department continues to engage with the logistics industry on its workforce needs and is working across government to help the sector access wider employment and skills support. This includes understanding the barriers faced by newly qualified HGV drivers across the country in gaining practical experience and entering employment.
In Cornwall, employment and skills support is also shaped through local and devolved arrangements.
Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the next national survey of lorry parking will assess the (a) capacity, (b) utilisation, (c) security and (d) driver welfare facilities of overnight HGV parking sites on the A30 in Cornwall.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The 2026 National Survey of Lorry Parking will assess HGV parking provision across England, including formal lorry parking facilities serving the A30 corridor in Cornwall. The survey will assess parking capacity and utilisation and record the presence of selected safety, security and driver welfare facilities.
Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to publish a five-year workforce strategy for the logistics sector.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The department is not planning to publish a separate five-year workforce strategy for the logistics sector. The forthcoming freight plan will consider the strategic challenges facing the sector, including those relating to its workforce and skills needs.
Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle; and whether the forthcoming Mental Health Strategy will make specific provision for people with that condition.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
National data on prevalence of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not held centrally.
The Government is developing a new cross-Government mental health strategy for England, to be published later this year. The strategy will take a broad approach to improving mental wellbeing and supporting people with mental ill-health, including where there is cooccurrence with other physical or neurodevelopmental conditions.
Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what indication she has of the timescale for publishing the Government's response to the consultation on the prohibition of trail hunting in England and Wales; and whether she plans to publish that response before the end of 2026.
Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
On 18 June, Defra closed its consultation seeking views on how best to deliver an effective and enforceable ban on trail hunting in England and Wales. The consultation received 184,000 responses. Defra plans to publish a summary of responses as soon as possible.
Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
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 ensure equitable access to NHS-funded IVF treatment in Cornwall; and whether she plans to require Integrated Care Boards to align local IVF funding policies with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance recommending three full cycles of IVF for eligible women.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government recognises that access to National Health Service funded fertility services is variable in England and is looking into achievable ambitions to improve access to fertility services. This includes understanding the offer made by fertility services across the country with a view to assess the data collected from integrated care boards to evaluate next steps, working to ensure there is equitable access.
Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
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 the funding model for post-infectious disease research in Germany, specifically its €500 million National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases initiative, and whether she plans to introduce dedicated, ring-fenced funding for biomedical research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Long Covid.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
No specific assessment or cost-benefit analysis of the kind described has been carried out, but we routinely monitor innovative approaches and treatments adopted by our counterparts overseas to see what lessons there may be for our own health services.
Regarding ring-fenced funding, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 5 November 2025 in response to Question 86002, and on regional tertiary specialist centres, I refer him to the answers provided on 29 April and 6 July in response to Questions 124134 and 13299.
Asked by: Perran Moon (Independent - Camborne and Redruth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether cost-benefit analysis has been performed on the potential return on investment of funding ring-fenced biomedical research into ME/CFS to address economic inactivity due to long-term sickness.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
No specific assessment or cost-benefit analysis of the kind described has been carried out, but we routinely monitor innovative approaches and treatments adopted by our counterparts overseas to see what lessons there may be for our own health services.
Regarding ring-fenced funding, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 5 November 2025 in response to Question 86002, and on regional tertiary specialist centres, I refer him to the answers provided on 29 April and 6 July in response to Questions 124134 and 13299.