Abtisam Mohamed MP: written questions
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Written questions
Public Transport: CarersDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of free travel for carers on (a) improving access to essential services and (b) promoting inclusivity for (i) disabled people and (ii) peopl
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statuto...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers: Public TransportDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing carers to accompany those they care for to travel free of charge on public transport.
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statuto...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Papua: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in West Papua.
Answer: The UK recognises there are significant challenges in the region, including human rights concerns, sporadic violence, and the security situation in some areas. The UK regularly raises our concerns, both with the Indonesian Embassy in London and directly w...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: Social TariffsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a single social tariff for water bills.
Answer: The Government is committed to taking action to address water poverty and help vulnerable customers including older people. All water companies have measures in place for people who struggle to pay for their water and wastewater services, including measur...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEgypt: Overseas TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is negotiating a new UK-Egypt Association Agreement.
Answer: The UK and Egypt are not negotiating a new Association Agreement. The UK and Egypt have a strong bilateral trade relationship under the existing UK-Egypt Association Agreement. There are multiple mechanisms contained in the Agreement which will allow the ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Medical TreatmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for how many evacuations of Palestinians in Gaza with (a) pre-determination and (b) biometric excuse decisions his Department has sought permission from the Israeli authoriti
Answer: The UK Government has helped 505 people to leave Gaza since October 2023. 306 are British nationals and their Palestinian dependants; 38 are Palestinian nationals who qualified for assistance under the extended eligibility criteria for Gaza published on 1...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Medical TreatmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for how many evacuations to the UK of Palestinians in Gaza with visas that are valid for more than six months his Department has sought permission from the Israeli authoritie
Answer: The UK Government has helped 505 people to leave Gaza since October 2023. 306 are British nationals and their Palestinian dependants; 38 are Palestinian nationals who qualified for assistance under the extended eligibility criteria for Gaza published on 1...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Medical TreatmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many medical evacuations to the UK of Palestinians in Gaza who are non-British nationals there have been since 7 October 2023.
Answer: We regularly press Israel at senior levels to re-open safe, regular medical evacuation routes, and to protect healthcare facilities and staff. It is unacceptable that north Gaza now has no functioning hospitals and that medical personnel are being detaine...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Medical TreatmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for how many medical evacuations to the UK of Palestinians in Gaza who are non-British nationals his Department has sought permission from the Israeli authorities since 7 Oct
Answer: We regularly press Israel at senior levels to re-open safe, regular medical evacuation routes, and to protect healthcare facilities and staff. It is unacceptable that north Gaza now has no functioning hospitals and that medical personnel are being detaine...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: RefugeesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many evacuations from Gaza to the UK of (a) British nationals including dual Palestinian and British nationals, (b) their immediate family members, (c) UK visa holders wh
Answer: The UK Government has helped 505 people to leave Gaza since October 2023. 306 are British nationals and their Palestinian dependants; 38 are Palestinian nationals who qualified for assistance under the extended eligibility criteria for Gaza published on 1...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislation to make all hate crime an aggravated offence.
Answer: This Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime. We have committed to changing hate crime legislation to bring parity of protection for LGBT+ and disabled people under the aggravated offences and we are currently considering how best to im...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordQualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference page 36 of the publication entitled Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, published on 5 December 2024, what level of qualification will be considered higher-level.
Answer: The Plan for Change sets out the government’s long-term plan to improve the lives of working people and deliver a decade renewal across our country through ambitious, but achievable, milestones by the end of this Parliament. As part of the Plan for Change...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to improve national oversight of local commissioning of (a) specialist led-by and (b) domestic abuse services.
Answer: Local authorities have a duty to commission services under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The statutory guidance is clear that local authorities must assess the needs of all victims, including those requiring specialist support, and ensure suffici...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBaby Care UnitsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England next plans to update its publication entitled Health Building Note 09-03: Neonatal units, first published in March 2013.
Answer: Guidance related to the National Health Service Estate is reviewed, prioritised and updated to reflect changing legislative, regulatory, technological and policy requirements. As part of the three-year delivery plan and subsequent for maternity and neonat...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildbirth and Infant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15960 on Neonatal Inequalities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) monitoring and (b) reporting on (i) pre-term birth
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. I am urgently considering the immediate action needed across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and address ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking consult stakeholders during her Department's review of universal credit; and what plans she has for the format of such consultation.
Answer: We are committed to reviewing Universal Credit to make sure it is doing the job we want it to, to make work pay and tackle poverty. We have already begun this work with the announcement of the Fair Repayment Rate in the Budget, giving 1.2m of the poorest...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: Working ConditionsDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with representatives of private hire companies on the working conditions of drivers.
Answer: The Department for Transport discusses a range of issues with representatives from the taxi and private hire vehicle sector. Employment law and working practice policy, including working conditions, is outside of my Department’s remit and is owned by the ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: Working ConditionsDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations on the working conditions of drivers in the private hire industry.
Answer: The Department for Transport discusses a range of issues with representatives from the taxi and private hire vehicle sector. Employment law and working practice policy, including working conditions, is outside of my Department’s remit and is owned by the ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: PalestiniansHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of Palestinians in Gaza seeking to make a UK visa application enrolling their biometrics in a Visa Application Centre in (a) Ramallah a
Answer: Biometrics underpin the UK immigration system to support identity assurance and suitability checks on foreign nationals who are subject to immigration control. In most circumstances, foreign nationals who are required to apply for entry clearance to come ...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: JournalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department uses journalistic reporting from Palestinian journalists in Gaza when conducting assessments into (a) the humanitarian situation and (b) Israeli milita
Answer: Our assessments are supported by a wide ranging and detailed evidence base. This includes relevant regional media reporting, including from Palestinian journalists, open-source material, analysis of the conflict by international bodies, NGOs and partner c...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Committee to Protect Journalists press release entitled, Journalist casualties in the Israel
Answer: Earlier this month, the Foreign Secretary, together with his French and German counterparts, wrote to the Israeli government to urge action on the unacceptable situation in Gaza. The UK has been clear that Israel must act in accordance with International ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: Journalism and Press FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect (a) journalists and (b) media workers (i) based and (ii) operating in Gaza.
Answer: Earlier this month, the Foreign Secretary, together with his French and German counterparts, wrote to the Israeli government to urge action on the unacceptable situation in Gaza. The UK has been clear that Israel must act in accordance with International ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for when cancer sites will have recurrence data collection mandated to align with the collection of breast cancer recurrence data.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS), part of NHS England, collects patient data on cancer as well as congenital anomalies and rare diseases. The NDRS has been collecting recurrence data for non-primary cancers via data submissions as part of ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take ensure there is sufficient provision of (a) rehabilitation and (b) prehabilitation for cancer patients across all cancer alliances.
Answer: National Health Service trusts and cancer alliances are responsible for ensuring that plans are in place to meet the needs of patients in their localities. Therefore, the Department does not have additional plans to ensure there is provision of rehabilita...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer and General Practitioners: Yorkshire and the HumberDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve (a) access to GP appointments and (b) rates of early-stage cancer diagnosis in areas of socio-economic deprivation in Yorkshire.
Answer: We know that patients are struggling to access general practices (GPs), and that these struggles can be particularly acute for patients living in deprived areas. We will support equitable access to GP services, and we have already committed to recruiting ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
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