Written answers

Wednesday, 24 July 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Medical Equipment: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle equipment waste in the NHS.

    • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve support for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to the letter from the former Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee on the Men's health inquiry to his...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to the letter from the former Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee entitled Future Cancer: inquiry progress...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a strategy on the (a) research, (b) diagnosis and (c) management of cancer.

      Social Services: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to enhance employment protections in the adult social care sector.

      Pancreatic Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve outcomes for patients who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

      Radiotherapy: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase radiotherapy treatment capacity in the NHS.

      Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to roll-out self-sampling cervical cancer tests.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of illegal vaping products that were sold in Staffordshire in each of the last five years.

      Stem Cells: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to (a) raise awareness of and (b) help increase stem cell donation.

      Cancer: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support delivery of (a) blood and (b) other cancer clinical trials.

      Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to (a) review take up levels of vaccinations and (b) raise awareness of the potential benefits of...

      Landfill: Newcastle-under-Lyme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of hydrogen sulphide from landfill sites on the health and wellbeing of people aged...

      Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve healthcare (a) access and (b) outcomes in rural communities.

      Speech and Language Therapy: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many speech and language therapists there were in (a) Trafford and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.

      Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to build a new Queen Elizabeth hospital in King’s Lynn by 2030.

      Whipps Cross Hospital: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of rebuilding Whipps Cross Hospital; and what his expected timetable is for...

      Speech and Language Therapy: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many speech and language therapists there were in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

      Mother and Baby Units

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many standalone midwife-led units are operating in England; and what the names of those units are.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times at accident and emergency departments in (a) Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske, (b)...

      Allergies: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) enhanced diagnostics and (b) treatment for people under the age of 16 who have allergies.

      Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of pancreatic cancer diagnoses; and what steps he plans to take to help...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he expects to conclude negotiations with Mauritius on the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago.

    • Belarus: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to support democratic forces in Belarus.

  • Treasury

    • Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking with the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation to enforce the UK’s sanctions regime.

    • Bank Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a (a) public banking ecosystem and (b) regional development bank in Northern Ireland.

      Pay and Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed alignment of the Retail Prices Index methodology with the Consumer Prices Index,...

      Pensions: Lump Sum Payments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2004 to ensure that people with...

      Energy: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of the investment allowance in the Energy Profits Levy on private investment into...

  • Home Office

    • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Seasonal Agricultural Workers scheme in Northern Ireland to include...

    • Immigration Controls: Customs Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) airports, (b) ports and (c) train terminals had a dedicated Border Force customs team to deal with freight in each year since 2010.

      Migrants: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the No Recourse to Public Funds policy on local authority emergency social service...

      Youth Centres: South Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many youth hubs South Shropshire constituency will receive from the plan to establish a new network of youth hubs.

      Business: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to tackle business fraud.

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a new modern slavery strategy.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Vagrancy Act 1824

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will set out a timeline for the commencement of the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824.

    • Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to regenerate town centres (a) in Chester-le-Street, (b) in Stanley and (c) elsewhere.

      Community Ownership Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for decisions for awards under the Community Ownership Fund Round 4.

      Birmingham City Council: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Birmingham City Council: Commissioner appointment letters,...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Collective Bargaining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, in which sectors his Department plans to introduce sectoral collective bargaining.

    • Trade Union Officials: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to employers of plans to introduce statutory rights for trade union equality representatives.

      Conditions of Employment: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government's plans to legislate on employment law within 100 days, what his planned timetable if for consulting on...

      Trade Agreements: Academic Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to ensure commitments to academic freedom are discussed in the negotiation of trade agreements.

      Small Businesses: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to improve small businesses’ ability to access finance.

      Collective Bargaining: Picketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on whether secondary picketing would apply in sectors subject to sectoral collective bargaining.

      Department for Business and Trade: Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether civil servants in his private office will have the right to switch off on (a) weekends and (b) evenings.

      Trade Unions: Ballots

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to allow workplace voting for trade union ballots; and whether he plans to introduce changes to secret trade union ballots.

      Trade Unions: Electronic Voting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on electronic voting for trade union ballots; and if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of cyber security for...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Medomsley Detention Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman on its planned timetable for the inquiry into abuse at the former Medomsley...

    • Custodial Treatment: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were taken into immediate custody from (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates courts for sentences of (i) less than and (ii) more than six...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Sports: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make additional funding available for grass roots sports clubs.

    • Television Licences: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will undertake a review of the BBC licence fee in the context of changing viewing habits of the public.

      Public Libraries: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Birmingham City Council's consultation entitled Libraries Consultation 2024, published on 4 April 2024, what role...

  • Scotland Office

    • Renewable Energy: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent estimate he has made of the value to the Scottish economy of the renewable energy sector; and what steps he plans to take to support that...

    • Pensioners: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people of pensionable age there are in each constituency in Scotland.

      Shipbuilding: Levenmouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had on supporting continued expansion in activity at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Methil.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Broadband: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) Brsk, (b) Openreach and (c) other broadband providers use existing...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans for the taskforce on child poverty to make an assessment of the potential impact of ending the (a) the two-child benefit...

    • Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the proposed child poverty strategy will examine the potential impact of (a) trends in the use of food bank usage and (b) the No...

      Poverty: St Helens North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of children living in poverty in St Helens North constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2010.

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to increase access to bus services in (a) North Shropshire constituency and (b) other rural areas.

    • A483

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Highways England on the proposed 30mph speed limit on the A483 between Llanymynech and Pant.

      Roads: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to improve road surface quality in rural areas that have heavy load traffic.

      Whitchurch Station: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to provide step-free access at Whitchurch station in Shropshire.

      Gobowen-Oswestry Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's planned timetable is for the reopening of the Oswestry to Gobowen railway line.

  • Department for Education

    • Free Schools: Liverpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure Kings Leadership Academy in Liverpool is ready to accept pupils from September 2025.

    • Schools: St Helens North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of funding state schools in St Helens North constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2010.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on retaining receipts from asset disposals.

    • Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he intends to change delegated spending (a) levels and (b) controls for Front Line Commands.

      Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to introduce new defence regional partnerships.

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable for reaching 2.5% GDP of expenditure on defence on the Astute Class submarine...

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable for reaching 2.5% GDP of expenditure on defence on (a) infrastructure investment...

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable for reaching 2.5% GDP of expenditure on defence on AUKUS.

      Aukus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on AUKUS.

      Aukus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on AUKUS.

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable for reaching 2.5% GDP of expenditure on defence on the replenishment of the...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to adopt a strategy for improving road safety.

    • High Speed 2 Line: Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what monitoring and safeguards are in place to protect aquatic ecosystems and local drinking water sources from chemical waste resulting from the construction of...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Windsor Framework

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper (CP 1021), published on 31 January; and whether they will be implementing all of the...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Supply Chains: Forced Labour

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reports from Sheffield Hallam University In Broad Daylight: Uyghur Forced Labour and Global Solar Supply Chains and...

    • UK Relations with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to achieve a "closer, more mature, more level-headed relationship" with the EU, as outlined by the Secretary of State for...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Scott Rider

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the regulation 28 prevention of future deaths report issued on 12 April by the Senior Coroner for the coroner area of Milton Keynes in...

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