Abtisam Mohamed MP: written questions
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Written questions
Basic Income: Pilot SchemesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of rolling out Universal Basic Income pilots.
Answer: We are not considering rolling out Universal Basic Income pilots.
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing and Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) increase the availability of emergency housing and (b) build more social rent homes.
Answer: This government is taking action to tackle the root causes of homelessness, including delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. We have committed £500m to the third round of the Local Authority Housing Fund to...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating more funding to build social rent homes as part of the Spending Review.
Answer: We will set out details of new investment to succeed the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme at the Spending Review. This new investment will deliver a mix of homes for sub-market rent and homeownership, with a particular focus on delivering homes for Soci...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce speech and language therapy workforce shortages.
Answer: We want to remove the barriers to training as a speech and language therapist (SLT), which is why eligible SLT students can get a non-repayable grant of £5,000 a year through the NHS Learning Support Fund. Further financial support is also available for c...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with NHS England and the Department for Education to reduce speech and language therapy waiting lists.
Answer: Community health services, including speech and language therapy, are locally commissioned to enable systems to best meet the needs of their communities.We recognise the impact that long waits to access speech and language therapy can have on the individu...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis to help improve health outcomes for people with pulmonary fibrosis.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of services for interstitial lung disease and funds the cost of anti-fibrotic treatments to treat this disease. Access to these treatments has recently been expanded to patients with non-idiopathic pulmonar...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve diagnosis times for people with pulmonary fibrosis.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of services for interstitial lung disease and funds the cost of anti-fibrotic treatments to treat this disease. Access to these treatments has recently been expanded to patients with non-idiopathic pulmonar...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to pulmonary fibrosis treatment in England.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of services for interstitial lung disease and funds the cost of anti-fibrotic treatments to treat this disease. Access to these treatments has recently been expanded to patients with non-idiopathic pulmonar...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with medical suppliers on the availability of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy.
Answer: The Department continues to engage with all suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) to boost production to mitigate the supply issue. Suppliers have managed to secure additional pharmaceutical ingredient resulting in expected increased v...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the supply of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy.
Answer: The Department continues to engage with all suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) to boost production to mitigate the supply issue. Suppliers have managed to secure additional pharmaceutical ingredient resulting in expected increased v...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFoie Gras: Overseas TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to include foie gras in it's trade strategy.
Answer: The trade strategy will set out how we can achieve long-term sustainable, inclusive, and resilient growth through trade. The development of the strategy will consider the Government’s commitment to uphold our high environmental protection, animal welfare ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people eligible for housing legal aid.
Answer: Legal aid is available for possession, evictions, homelessness and housing disrepair claims (when there is a serious risk of illness or injury) subject to a financial means test. Anyone in this situation should contact the Civil Legal Aid telephone helpli...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on (a) compliance with international humanitarian law and (b) Palestinians’ rights to self-determination.
Answer: The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary look forward to working with President Trump, to continue our shared mission to ensure the prosperity and security of our two great nations. We will continue to work with the new US administration to ensure regiona...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Internally Displaced PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will condemn President Trump’s statement on moving Palestinians in Gaza to neighbouring Arab states.
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary has said, for the people of Gaza, so many of whom have lost lives, homes or loved ones, the last 14 months of conflict have been a living nightmare. The UK is clear that Palestinian civilians must be permitted to return to their c...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Internally Displaced PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is his policy to oppose efforts to move Palestinians in Gaza to neighbouring Arab states.
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary has said, for the people of Gaza, so many of whom have lost lives, homes or loved ones, the last 14 months of conflict have been a living nightmare. The UK is clear that Palestinian civilians must be permitted to return to their c...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBaby Care Units and Maternity Services: ReviewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Maternity and Neonatal Estates Review.
Answer: NHS England will publish the findings of the National Health Service maternity and neonatal estates survey, which examined compliance against the current standards for estates, including the requirements of neonatal parental accommodation. The Government’...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his planned timetable is to publish the Government's new human rights strategy.
Answer: On 10 December 2024, the Foreign Secretary and Lord Collins, Minister for Human Rights, set out their five priorities for promoting and protecting human rights, rule of law and democratic governance: 1) defending civic space; 2) upholding the rule of law;...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIncineratorsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government to crack down on waste incinerators with stricter standards for new builds, published on 30 December 2024, whether
Answer: Over the last 14 years, England has seen recycling rates stall, meaning too much waste is dealt with through incineration or thrown in landfill. Under new plans, published alongside Defra’s Residual Waste Infrastructure Capacity Note, the government makes...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to review the maximum penalties for committing wildlife offences.
Answer: Defra has no current plans to review the maximum penalties for committing wildlife offences.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPakistan: OppressionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on transnational repression.
Answer: The UK strongly supports individuals' rights to expression without censorship, intimidation or unnecessary restriction, both in the UK and overseas. During my visit to Pakistan in November, I raised the importance of upholding civil and political rights w...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Mobility Scheme: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26869More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on a UK-EU youth mobility scheme.
Answer: The Government set out clear priorities for the reset with the EU in the manifesto. There are no plans for a Youth Mobility Scheme.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department considers Afghanistan to be a safe country for asylum returns.
Answer: Our assessment of the general situation in Afghanistan is set out in the relevant country policy and information notes, which are available on the GOV.UK website.All asylum and human rights claims from Afghan nationals are carefully considered on their in...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims from Afghans were refused in 2024.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on initial decisions on asylum claims by nationality is published in table Asy_D02 the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detaile...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPeatlands: Controlled BurningDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to enforce the ban on peat burning in England.
Answer: Defra takes any allegations of breaches of The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 seriously and has developed a robust triage and assessment process with the support of Natural England and Defra’s Counter Fraud and Investigations (C...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including Band 2 NHS workers in pay progression policies.
Answer: As part of the 2023 Agenda for Change pay deal between the Government, employers, and trade unions, there was a mutual agreement to uplift the value of the bottom pay point of band two to the same value as the top pay point, and this position was ratified...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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