Abtisam Mohamed MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Housing: BricksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that critical cavity nesting bird habitats are mandated in new housing developments.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 22080 on 15 January 2025.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the School Attendance Order process in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on local authority staff time.
Answer: The department is legislating through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to make School Attendance Orders a more efficient remedy to ensure that children are in receipt of suitable education. This includes making it an offence for parents to withdr...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many School Attendance Orders were issued by each local authority in England for each of the last five years.
Answer: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill introduces a duty on local authorities to maintain registers of children who are not in school, and a duty on parents to provide certain information for those registers. Parents must only provide details of their ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Children Not in School Registers: regulatory impact assessment for the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, if she will publish the statistics on School Attendance Order fin
Answer: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill introduces a duty on local authorities to maintain registers of children who are not in school, and a duty on parents to provide certain information for those registers. Parents must only provide details of their ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Children Not in School Registers: regulatory impact assessment for the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, published on 30 January 2025, for what reason (a) higher and (b)
Answer: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill introduces a duty on local authorities to maintain registers of children who are not in school, and a duty on parents to provide certain information for those registers. Parents must only provide details of their ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren's Wellbeing and Schools BillDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the further impact assessments for the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill will be added to the main bill page.
Answer: The full suite of impact assessments of the measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-bill-impact-assessments.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren's Wellbeing and Schools BillDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the New Burdens Assessment will be completed before the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill receives Royal Assent.
Answer: The department has conducted initial new burdens impact assessments, in line with normal practice, for measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Once the new burdens assessments have been finalised, where it is assessed there is a new burden ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when draft guidance on the Children Not In School measures in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill will be published for consultation.
Answer: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill introduces a duty on local authorities to maintain registers of children who are not in school, and a duty on parents to provide certain information for those registers. Parents must only provide details of their ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether home educating parents will have to update the local authority within 15 days each time there is a change to the arrangements on record.
Answer: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill introduces a duty on local authorities to maintain registers of children who are not in school, and a duty on parents to provide certain information for those registers. Parents must only provide details of their ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Education: Local GovernmentDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of local authority employees working with home educating families that are only employed during school term time; and whether she has made an assessment of th
Answer: The department does not hold information on the number of local authority employees working with home-educating families that are only employed during term time. Local authorities determine their own approaches to staffing.Additional local authority resou...
Answered 22 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeprivation of Liberty SafeguardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard applications are processed within 21 days.
Answer: Processing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS) applications is the responsibility of local authorities. There is considerable variation in how local authorities process and complete their DoLS applications with some areas successfully processing appli...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Companies: ChinaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the same sustainability standards are applied (a) Temu, (b) Shein and (c) other Chinese low-cost suppliers as to suppliers in the UK.
Answer: All businesses operating in the UK, regardless of where they are owned, are required to comply with UK sustainability regulations and standards. This includes the Modern Slavery Act 2015.The government will continue to monitor and assess the effectiveness...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordParcels: Import DutiesTreasuryTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30535More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of phasing out the exemption on customs duties that is allowed for parcels under £135.
Answer: The Government recognises that the increasing popularity of overseas retailers and use of the customs duty relief for imports valued below £135 has caused concern for some stakeholders.The purpose of the customs duty relief is to prevent disproportionate ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUnited Nations: Older PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support a UN Convention on the rights of Older Persons.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to equality and opportunity for all, with a particular focus on those most likely to be marginalised and discriminated against, including on the grounds of their age. We are open in principle to the idea of a multilateral in...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBasic 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
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