Afzal Khan MP: written questions
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ADHD: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) eligibility requirements for NHS ADHD medication.
Answer: NHS England has established an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) taskforce which is working to bring together those with lived experience with experts from the National Health Service, education, charity, and justice sectors. The taskforce i...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSickle Cell Diseases: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of levels of research and development funding for sickle cell disorder.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 4th April to Question 42203.
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Small BusinessesTreasuryTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43517More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to support the growth of small and micro businesses in the hospitality sector.
Answer: Small businesses are vital to our high streets and communities. The Government is committed to supporting the hospitality sector and we recognise the significant contribution they make to the UK economy.The Government will introduce permanently lower tax ...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle disparities in prostate cancer outcomes for Black men.
Answer: The Government understands that more needs to be done to improve outcomes for all people with prostate cancer, including for black men.To address disparities and find ways to better detect prostate cancer earlier, we have invested £16 million in the Unite...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes Plan: Low IncomesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the Warm Homes Plan reaches low-income households.
Answer: As part of the Warm Homes Plan, the Government has committed an initial £3.4 billion over the next 3 years towards heat decarbonisation and household energy efficiency, including £1.8 billion to support fuel poverty schemes. There are multiple targeted sc...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Safety and StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the benefit of including measures to repair (a) poor-quality and (b) unsafe unsafe existing housing stock in the upcoming housing strategy,.
Answer: The government intends to publish a long-term housing strategy later this year.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas StudentsDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the graduate route in promoting the UK as an international study destination.
Answer: The UK has a world-class higher education sector, with four universities in the world university rankings top 10 and 15 in the top 100, alongside a wide array of leading institutions which can offer a fulfilling and enjoyable experience to international s...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBicycles: Antidumping DutiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with representatives from (a) the cycle manufacturing industry and (b) cycle manufacturing industries outside the UK on anti-dumping duties on (i) e-bikes, (ii) bicycles
Answer: On 6 February, the Secretary of State extended anti-dumping and countervailing measures on Chinese folding e-bikes and removed non-folding e-bikes from the measures. This followed evidence-based transition reviews from the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA). ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: Antidumping DutiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the recent European Commission decision to extend anti-dumping duties on e-bikes from China for another five years.
Answer: On 6 February, the Secretary of State decided to extend anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of Chinese folding e-bikes, and revoke these measures on non-folding e-bikes. This followed evidence-based transition reviews from the Trade Remedi...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Transfusion Services: InnovationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to invest in new technologies and innovations to enhance the efficiency and resilience of the UK’s blood supply chain.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood services in England. The baseline price charged by NHSBT to hospitals for the blood they use is negotiated annually between NHSBT, NHS England, and the Department. This reflects the investments tha...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Transfusion Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has made available to improve the UK's whole blood processing and plasma collection capacities.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood services in England. The baseline price charged by NHSBT to hospitals for the blood they use is negotiated annually between NHSBT, NHS England, and the Department. This reflects the investments tha...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBloodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has conducted a risk assessment on the potential impact of (a) future pandemics and (b) geopolitical disruption to the UK's blood stocks; and what contingency plans are in place for thes
Answer: There are four blood services within the United Kingdom, namely the Welsh Blood Service, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, the Northern Ireland Blood Service, and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). In England, NHSBT moves blood around the co...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the total cost to the public purse of local authorities providing crisis support to families affected by No Recourse to Public Funds conditions.
Answer: The majority of funding in the local government finance settlement is unringfenced, recognising that local leaders are best placed to identify local priorities. It is at the discretion of each local authority as to how much is allocated to the packages of...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on local authority budgets of providing crisis support to families impacted by No Recourse to Public Funds conditions.
Answer: The majority of funding in the local government finance settlement is unringfenced, recognising that local leaders are best placed to identify local priorities. It is at the discretion of each local authority as to how much is allocated to the packages of...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ICTHome OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's planned timetable is for the completion of the migration of casework operations to the new ATLAS system.
Answer: Since mid-2024, Atlas has been the primary caseworking system for operational teams across Migration & Borders with the legacy CID (Case Information Database) caseworking system only being used for very small volume case types. Work to migrate legacy ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeposit Return Schemes: WalesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on aligning the UK-wide bottle return scheme with the planned scheme for Wales.
Answer: The Government is committed to deliver a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England in October 2027 and to realise its benefits of reducing litter, increasing recycling, and creating high quality recyclate that will support the transition to a circular econom...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGlass: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing extended producer responsibility collection targets for glass bottles to 90%.
Answer: Collection targets are not a feature of the extended producer responsibility scheme for packaging (pEPR). However, the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, which implement pEPR, set challenging, but achieva...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Manchester: InnovationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the work produced by the University of Manchester’s Unit M initiative.
Answer: Officials from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have met the University of Manchester to understand how its new Unit M functions, and intends to help the university to support the region’s innovation economy. We look forward to learni...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCurriculum: DonorsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to make (a) blood, (b) plasma, (c) platelet, (d) organ, (e) stem cell and (f) tissue donation a mandatory part of the curriculum for primary and secondary school children.
Answer: The teaching of blood, tissue and organs is covered in the biology national curriculum at key stage 3, so is taught to pupils aged 11 to 14. While organ donation is not specifically mentioned, schools may choose to cover it here.At primary level, schools ...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProtective Clothing: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will promote the use of (a) sustainable and (b) reusable medical garments in the NHS.
Answer: The National Health Service has committed to reaching net zero by 2045 for the emissions it influences through the goods and services it buys from its partners and suppliers. This includes a greater focus on procuring and using sustainable and reusable me...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTextiles: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to provide financial incentives for businesses engaged in (a) upcycling and (b) the sustainable production of textiles.
Answer: The Secretary of State has asked his department to convene a taskforce of experts from across the Government, industry, academia and relevant non-governmental organisations. The Taskforce will help to develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England and a ...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) France, (b) Germany and (c) Sweden on reducing plastic waste.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not held discussions on plastic waste with his counterparts in France, Germany, and Sweden. However, officials have had discussions with their counterparts in other countries to learn lessons on tackling waste, including plastic...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing teachers in sixth form colleges with the same pay increases as those agreed with school teachers.
Answer: The government does not set or recommend pay in further education (FE), including in sixth form colleges. The pay and conditions of FE staff remains the responsibility of individual colleges and providers who are free to implement pay arrangements in line...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVocational Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce whether her Department will provide funding for (a) BTEC and (b) Alternative Technical Qualification courses in the (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27 academic year.
Answer: In July 2024, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced a short pause to the defunding of qualifications to enable a review of post-16 qualification reforms at Level 3 and below. This was followed by a Written Ministerial Statem...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are being held under Imprisonment for the Public Protection sentences in HMP (a) Buckley Hall, (b) Forest Bank, (c) Hindley and (d) Manchester.
Answer: The number of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) in HMP Buckley, HMP Hindley, HMP Forest Bank and HMP Manchester, as at 30 June 2024, are set out in the table below.PrisonNumber of IPP PrisonersBuckley Ha...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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