Chris Ward

62100 • Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make SEND training mandatory for (a) Initial Teacher Training and (b) continual learning for qualified teachers.

62101 • Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce educational inequalities in (a) the South East and (b) nationally.

62102 • Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by The Sutton Trust entitled The Opportunity Index, published in May 2025.

57135 • LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on providing payments to LGBTQ+ veterans under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.

43679 • Long Covid: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on clinical support staff of referring patients with long covid to ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome specialist services.

35524 • Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacists.

33767 • Clean Air Zones: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing Clean Air Zones in cities across England.

33768 • Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the World Health Organization's Air Quality Guidelines, whether his Department plans to introduce a Clean Air Bill.

33769 • Exhaust Emissions: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on vehicle emissions in (a) Brighton and (b) other cities in England.

33770 • Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help bring peace and stability to the Democratic Republic of Congo; and what steps he is taking to help ensure the conflict doesn't spread to other countries.

32554 • Dementia: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of dementia training for adult social care staff on improving quality of life for (a) individuals with dementia and (b) their families.

32664 • Hospitals: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making food and nutrition assessments a statutory requirement in discharge care plans for patients leaving hospital.

28364 • Malnutrition: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of food poverty on trends in the level of malnutrition in over 65-year-olds in Sussex in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.

28365 • Malnutrition: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of people aged over-65 who are malnourished in Sussex in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.

28366 • Malnutrition: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of providing treatment for malnutrition to people over 65-years old in Sussex in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.

28406 • Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to enforce taxi and private hire vehicle licensing regulations.

28410 • Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) taxi and (b) private hire journeys either (i) start or (ii) finish within licensed vehicle areas.

12664 • Prostate Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the development of a clinical policy relating to the use of abiraterone acetate as a first-line treatment for men with locally advanced high-risk prostate cancer; and when he expects to take a decision.

901015 • Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the eligibility rules for free school transport.

10567 • Natural Gas: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department issues guidance on handling hazardous materials when developing former gasworks sites.