Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether TV Licensing enforcement correspondence is barcoded under (a) Royal Mail's Mailmark scheme and (b) an equivalent scheme operated by another delivery operator; what despatch and delivery reporting data is generated and retained as a result; and whether such correspondence is dated on (i) generation and (ii) despatch.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations and does not hold information on its processes.
The Government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner, in line with its Charter requirements.
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people submitted a no licence needed declaration and subsequently purchased a TV Licence within six months, disaggregated by whether enforcement correspondence had been despatched to that address in the period beginning 30 days before and ending six months after the declaration.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations and does not hold information on its processes.
The Government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner, in line with its Charter requirements.
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many TV Licence refunds issued in 2024/25 were made to people who held a valid no licence needed declaration at the time of purchase.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations and does not hold information on its processes.
The Government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner, in line with its Charter requirements.
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
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 of earlier diagnosis and preventative technologies, including continuous glucose monitoring, on reducing the economic impact of Type 2 diabetes.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The eligibility criteria for continuous glucose monitoring amongst type 2 diabetics are set in guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. This guidance is available at the following link:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG28
No assessment has been made, as continuous glucose monitoring devices have not been validated for the use of diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
The Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, is highly effective in cutting the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 37% for people completing the programme compared to those who do not attend.
Outcomes for the Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme demonstrates that 32% of programme completers achieved remission with an average weight loss of almost 16 kilograms.
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has assessed the potential impact of funding preventative interventions for people with pre-diabetes and early Type 2 diabetes on the economy.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The eligibility criteria for continuous glucose monitoring amongst type 2 diabetics are set in guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. This guidance is available at the following link:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG28
No assessment has been made, as continuous glucose monitoring devices have not been validated for the use of diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
The Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, is highly effective in cutting the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 37% for people completing the programme compared to those who do not attend.
Outcomes for the Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme demonstrates that 32% of programme completers achieved remission with an average weight loss of almost 16 kilograms.
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department monitors changes in the availability of the lowest-priced Advance rail fares on commuter routes operated by Great Western Railway.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department does not routinely monitor the availability of individual Advance fare price points on specific GWR routes. Advance fares are not regulated by the Government and are managed on a commercial basis by train operators. They are priced according to demand for a particular service, and their price and availability can vary depending on the route, date and time of travel, and when the ticket is purchased.
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of potential merits of introducing (a) additional oversight and (b) inspection of local authority SEND services where there is evidence of systemic delays or repeated findings against authorities at the SEND Tribunal.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
The department holds local authorities to account in delivering their responsibilities on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Where failure is persistent, the department may intervene directly, using statutory powers and improvement partners to support service improvement.
Area SEND inspections also help make sure local services are meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND. There will be a full consultation on proposed changes to the Area SEND inspection framework too, looking at changes to inspection as a result of changes to roles, responsibilities and statutory duties of local area partners and wider SEND reforms.
In our âSEND Reform: Putting children and young people firstâ consultation, we proposed measures to improve local authoritiesâ future decision-making and transparency around Tribunal outcomes. This included proposals to publish an annual SEND Tribunal outcomes dashboard and introduce new requirements on local authorities following Tribunal judgments, for example to publish regular summaries of judgments made against them. We are currently considering all consultation feedback and will publish final proposals in due course.
The Ministry of Justice publishes information about the number of SEND Tribunal cases, including the number of cases conceded, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve transparency and accountability in local authority SEND decision-making where concerns have been raised regarding delays in providing statutory support.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
The department holds local authorities to account in delivering their responsibilities on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Where failure is persistent, the department may intervene directly, using statutory powers and improvement partners to support service improvement.
Area SEND inspections also help make sure local services are meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND. There will be a full consultation on proposed changes to the Area SEND inspection framework too, looking at changes to inspection as a result of changes to roles, responsibilities and statutory duties of local area partners and wider SEND reforms.
In our âSEND Reform: Putting children and young people firstâ consultation, we proposed measures to improve local authoritiesâ future decision-making and transparency around Tribunal outcomes. This included proposals to publish an annual SEND Tribunal outcomes dashboard and introduce new requirements on local authorities following Tribunal judgments, for example to publish regular summaries of judgments made against them. We are currently considering all consultation feedback and will publish final proposals in due course.
The Ministry of Justice publishes information about the number of SEND Tribunal cases, including the number of cases conceded, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of Education, Health and Care Plan appeals conceded immediately prior to SEND Tribunal hearings; and if she will publish data on the number of such cases and the average length of time children waited for provision before concessions were made.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
The department holds local authorities to account in delivering their responsibilities on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Where failure is persistent, the department may intervene directly, using statutory powers and improvement partners to support service improvement.
Area SEND inspections also help make sure local services are meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND. There will be a full consultation on proposed changes to the Area SEND inspection framework too, looking at changes to inspection as a result of changes to roles, responsibilities and statutory duties of local area partners and wider SEND reforms.
In our âSEND Reform: Putting children and young people firstâ consultation, we proposed measures to improve local authoritiesâ future decision-making and transparency around Tribunal outcomes. This included proposals to publish an annual SEND Tribunal outcomes dashboard and introduce new requirements on local authorities following Tribunal judgments, for example to publish regular summaries of judgments made against them. We are currently considering all consultation feedback and will publish final proposals in due course.
The Ministry of Justice publishes information about the number of SEND Tribunal cases, including the number of cases conceded, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of rail journeys between Kemble and London Paddington are made using Advance tickets rather than regulated fare products.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department does not centrally hold information on how many, or what proportion of, rail journeys between Kemble and London Paddington were made on Advance tickets rather than regulated products. While detailed fares data exist within industry systems, the Department does not routinely compile journeyâbyâjourney comparisons and producing this information would require bespoke analysis.