Andrew Rosindell MP: written questions 2024
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Antidepressants: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to treat people who have (a) post-acute withdrawal syndrome and (b) post-SSRI sexual dysfunction after taking anti-depressant medication.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved product information outlines the details of possible adverse reactions associated with each medicine. Whilst post-acute withdrawal syndrome is not currently recognised as being associ...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAntidepressants: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help treat people who have had adverse reactions to antidepressant medication including to (a) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and (b) serotonin and n
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approved Patient Information Leaflets outline the details of possible adverse reactions associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, a...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAntidepressants: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide funding for medical research into alternatives to antidepressant medication.
Answer: The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds an extensive portfolio of mental health research, including a number of investments focused on alternatives to antidepressant medication. For ...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAntidepressants: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish guidance to GPs on reducing prescriptions for anti-depressant medication.
Answer: Overprescribing can be addressed by taking a shared decision-making approach and optimising a person's medicines, and by ensuring that patients are prescribed the right medicines at the right time, in the right doses.NHS England has published Optimising p...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAntidepressants: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce prescriptions for anti-depressant medication.
Answer: Overprescribing can be addressed by taking a shared decision-making approach and optimising a person's medicines, and by ensuring that patients are prescribed the right medicines at the right time, in the right doses.NHS England has published Optimising p...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: HaveringMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with representatives of the London Borough of Havering on the adequacy of levels of development of new build homes in that borough.
Answer: While the standard method is the basis for establishing total housing need in London, responsibility for its overall distribution lies with the Mayor rather than individual London boroughs.The London Borough of Havering’s local development plan must be in...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4618More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to reduce the number of civil servants.
Answer: Decisions on the future size of the Civil Service will form a key part of the comprehensive Spending Review.
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: British Overseas TerritoriesDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help increase the accessibility of UK university education to British Overseas Territories citizens.
Answer: Since 2007, persons who have settled status in the United Kingdom (UK), and who come to the UK from specified British Overseas Territories, have been eligible for home fee status if they meet the requirement of three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, C...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMontserrat: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of (a) transport and (b) utilities infrastructure in Montserrat.
Answer: The FCDO is funding a £40 million capital investment programme in Montserrat which includes improvements to the road network and airport, as well as funding the new port. The FCDO is working with the Governor and Government of Montserrat on how to improve...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRecreation Spaces: HaveringMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) protect and (b) promote parks and green spaces within the London Borough of Havering.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given in response to Question UIN 2052 on 4 September 2024.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordQueen's Hospital Romford: Hospital BedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase bed capacity in Queen’s Hospital, Romford.
Answer: The provision and configuration of local services, including hospital bed capacity, is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners to consider, to best meet the needs of their local population and patients.The Government has committed to supp...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research on (a) the causes of and (b) treatments for acute myeloid leukaemia.
Answer: The Department invests £1.5 billion per year on health research, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was over £121.8 million for 2022/23, and more is spent on cancer than any other ...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordQueen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Queen’s Hospital, Romford.
Answer: The provision and configuration of local services, including hospital bed capacity, is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners to consider, to best meet the needs of their local population and patients.The Government has committed to supp...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Crown DependenciesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that Crown dependencies are represented in trade negotiations.
Answer: This government understands the Crown Dependencies ambition for coverage in UK trade agreements. We will continue to seek to represent the interests of the Crown Dependencies on UK trade negotiations, and we will not act on their behalf without prior cons...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordData Centres: HaveringDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with Havering Council on the proposed East Havering Data Centre.
Answer: This is exclusively a planning matter for Havering Council, but I welcome any opportunity to discuss the potential for data centres to accelerate innovation, improve consumers’ experience and drive growth - including with local authorities.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordData Centres: HaveringDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will have discussions with Havering Council on the proposed East Havering Data Centre.
Answer: The proposals for the East Havering Data Centre development have the potential to contribute towards our country’s net zero ambitions; it is welcome that the plans include building a district heating network, generation of hydrogen powered energy and batt...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the pub industry.
Answer: Pubs are at the heart of our communities and play a vital role in supporting economic growth across the UK. That’s why it is important for us to act on the challenges that they face, by, for example, reforming business rates to level the playing field for...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: RomfordDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Romford constituency will be impacted by the end of universal winter fuel payments.
Answer: The Pension Credit data that is used is based on the 2010 Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, not 2024, in order to be comparable with the Winter Fuel Payments statistics. It is estimated that around 15,000 people in Romford constituency will be aff...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Sudanese counterpart on the ongoing civil war.
Answer: The UK continues to pursue all diplomatic avenues to end the violence in Sudan. FCDO officials regularly engage the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as well as a wide range of civil society actors to further the UK's objectives ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report by Ipsos MORI entitled Attitudes to animal research in 2018, published by his Department on 24 May 2019, whether he plans to commission updated research on
Answer: The Government last commissioned a survey on public awareness of, and attitudes towards, the use of animals in scientific research in 2018. This survey was the third in a series started in 2014. No decision has been taken on the future of the survey.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when his Department plans to publish the roadmap to phase out the use of animals in testing; who will be involved in development of the roadmap; what the first practical steps of the ro
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the uptake and development of alternative methods to the use of animals in science. The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasin...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans his Department has to replace the use of animals in science.
Answer: The Government has committed to partnering with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the requirements for phasing out of animal testing and discussions on this subject are already underway. It is not yet possible to replace all anima...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to continue the previous Government’s work on accelerating the (a) development, (b) validation and (c) update of (i) technologies and (ii) methods to reduce reliance on
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the uptake and development of alternative methods to the use of animals in science. The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasin...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his policy is on future funding of the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research.
Answer: In our commitment to accelerate the development, validation, and enhancement of technologies and methodologies aimed at reducing reliance on animal testing in scientific research, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is currently investing £50m for investmen...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is his planned timescale for introducing legislation to ban the use of snares in England.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Government will introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation. As outlined in our manifesto, we will bring an end to the use of snare...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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