Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include the voices of patients in the ongoing NHS England consultation on ADHD assessments; and if he will ensure all patients have the Right to Choose.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Earlier in 2025, NHS England ran a consultation on the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme. This consultation was not specific to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessment services, but some concerns were raised about a perceived potential impact on ADHD services, particularly in respect of the impact on the right to choose. No changes to the legal right to choose were proposed as part of this. Following consultation, the original proposals have not been implemented.

NHS England has established an ADHD taskforce which is bringing together those with lived experience with experts from the National Health Service, education, charity, and justice sectors, to get a better understanding of the challenges affecting those with ADHD, including timely and equitable access to services and support, with the report expected in summer 2025.

The Government is also committed to patients’ legal right to choose their provider when referred to consultant-led treatment, or to a mental health professional, for their first appointment as an outpatient. This commitment is reflected in the NHS Constitution for England and the NHS Standing Rules, and is explained in the NHS Choice Framework. In addition to this, NHS England has regulatory oversight responsibilities to ensure patient choice operates effectively in the NHS.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the terms of the Creative Foundations Fund will be; and who will be eligible to apply.

Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The new Creative Foundations Fund will invest £85 million to support arts and cultural organisations across England to resolve urgent issues with their estates. This will ensure their buildings and infrastructure will provide improved user experience for visitors and will ensure they can be enjoyed by visitors for many years to come. Eligible organisations must be not-for-profit and show that their primary aims are cultural and their activities fall within the remit of ACE. They must have delivered cultural activity in the last 12 months and be able to demonstrate that the investment is business-critical to delivering creative or cultural activity. Full eligibility details in the guidance can be found on ACE’s website.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will include (a) solar panels and (b) other net zero solutions on the salary sacrifice list.

Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

This government is committed to improving the quality and sustainability of our housing stock, through improvements such as low carbon heating, insulation, solar panels and batteries. We are funding the Warm Homes Plan with a total of £13.2 billion across the Parliament, including Barnett consequentials and £5 billion of financial transactions.

Installations of qualifying energy-saving materials, including solar panels, in residential accommodation and buildings used solely for a charitable purpose benefit from a temporary VAT zero rate until March 2027, after which they will revert to the reduced rate of VAT at five per cent. This support is worth over £1 billion.

From April 2017 the tax and employer National Insurance advantages of optional remuneration arrangements (OpRAs) have been removed, with a handful of exemptions.

Extending the list of exemptions would have a fiscal cost and would be of greatest benefit to those paying higher rates of tax while low-earning individuals with income below the Personal Allowance or the higher rate threshold would benefit less or not at all.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of her Department taking over the sponsorship of migrant care staff visas from employers.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May, announced proposed reforms in a number of areas ,including social care visas and visa sponsorship, further details of which will be set out in due course.

UK Government recognition of the state of Palestine

Found: Morgan VIII: Clive Jones IX: Clive Jones X: Kirith Entwistle, Jas Athwal, Gurinder Singh Josan, Warinder Juss

Found: Warinder Juss: I am the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West.

Found: Warinder Juss: I am the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West.

Found: Warinder Juss: I am the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West.

Found: Warinder Juss: I am the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West.

Found: Allison Gardner Jen Craft Abtisam Mohamed Tom Hayes Adam Jogee Peter Prinsley Antonia Bance Warinder Juss

Found: Allison Gardner Jen Craft Abtisam Mohamed Tom Hayes Adam Jogee Peter Prinsley Antonia Bance Warinder Juss

Found: _10 Sam Carling Lizzi Collinge Bambos Charalambous Sam Rushworth Warinder Juss Peter Lamb Rachel

Found: _10 Sam Carling Lizzi Collinge Bambos Charalambous Sam Rushworth Warinder Juss Peter Lamb Rachel

Found: _10 Sam Carling Lizzi Collinge Bambos Charalambous Sam Rushworth Warinder Juss Peter Lamb Helen

Found: Blundell Kirsteen Sullivan Dr Marie Tidball Yasmin Qureshi Rachael Maskell Antonia Bance Warinder Juss

Found: Amanda Hack Pam Cox Natalie Fleet Calum Miller Luke Murphy Victoria Collins Steve Race Warinder Juss

Found: Sollom Dr Marie Tidball Natalie Fleet Calum Miller Luke Murphy Victoria Collins Steve Race Warinder Juss

University APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Warinder Juss MP (Labour) raised the prospect of establishing a statutory duty of care on higher education