Andy McDonald MP: written questions
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Universal Credit: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the change in number of recipients of the health element of universal credit in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency as a result of the green paper entitled Pathw
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published alongside the Spring Statement. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper will be developed and undertaken in the coming mont...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the (a) equality and (b) poverty impact analysis were not published with the green paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working.
Answer: The equalities analysis and poverty analysis includes detailed information which would have pre-empted the OBR forecast. That forecast is market sensitive until the Spring Statement. The analysis was published alongside the Spring Statement this week.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are available to applicants to the Afghan civilian resettlement scheme who have evidence of biometric data taken for application where the Home Office (a) did not retain the content of and
Answer: Everyone seeking resettlement under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is required to meet the eligibility requirements published on gov.uk.The window to submit a referral under ACRS Pathway 1 Stage 2: Separated Families was opened on 30 July ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy that an application for family relocation may be pursued under the Afghan civilian resettlement scheme criteria where the Home Office did not (a) retain the conte
Answer: Everyone seeking resettlement under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is required to meet the eligibility requirements published on gov.uk.The window to submit a referral under ACRS Pathway 1 Stage 2: Separated Families was opened on 30 July ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: PayDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Dover Harbour Board has requested an equivalence declaration from P&O Ferries under Section 5 of the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.
Answer: The Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 and Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024 do not require harbour authorities to inform the Secretary of State of requests for declarations, or of responses to requests of declarations from operators.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: PayDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether P&O Ferries has responded to the request for an equivalence declaration from the harbour authority in (a) Larne, (b) Cairnryan, (c) Teesport, (d) Hull, (e) Tilbury and (f) Dover under section 5 of the S
Answer: The Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 and Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024 do not require harbour authorities to inform the Secretary of State of requests for declarations, or of responses to requests of declarations from operators.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: PayDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any harbour authority in the UK has issued a surcharge notification to a ferry operator under the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.
Answer: We have not received any notifications from harbour authorities of surcharge notifications being issued. Given that operators have 3 months from the date of the request of an equivalence declaration to provide a declaration before a surcharge is imposed a...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: PayDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the names of the ferry service operators that have been required to make a declaration under the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.
Answer: The Seafarers' Wages Act and Regulations do not make provision for the publication of requests for declarations under the Act.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: PayDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish which UK harbour authorities have requested declarations from ferry operators under the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.
Answer: The Seafarers' Wages Act and Regulations do not make provision for the publication of requests for declarations under the Act.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount Scheme: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households eligible for the Warm Homes Discount in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency in winter 2025-26.
Answer: The latest published Warm Home Discount statistics are for 2023/4 and use the constituency boundaries operating prior to the 2024 General Election. Most (82%) of the residential premises in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency come from Middlesbro...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount Scheme: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of the Warm Homes Discount in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency.
Answer: The latest published Warm Home Discount statistics are for 2023/4 and use the constituency boundaries operating prior to the 2024 General Election. Most (82%) of the residential premises in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency come from Middlesbro...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Price CapsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring Ofgem to consider average changes to wages in future energy price cap methodology.
Answer: The Government continues to work closely with Ofgem to ensure that the price cap continues to protect consumers from unfair prices.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Price CapsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Ofgem's criteria for conducting future reviews of the energy price cap methodology.
Answer: The Government continues to work closely with Ofgem to ensure that the price cap continues to protect consumers from unfair prices.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Price CapsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the rate of earnings before interest and tax allowance in OFGEM's energy price cap methodology.
Answer: The setting of the energy price cap is a matter for the independent regulator Ofgem. The earnings before tax and interest (EBIT) allowance allows energy suppliers to make a reasonable profit that ensures long-term investment, while limiting excess profits...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsraeli Settlements: ExportsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of UK companies involved in (a) producing and (b) otherwise developing (i) weapons, (ii) surveill
Answer: The UK Government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from tariff and trade preferences under the UK's current trade agreements with the Palestinian Authority an...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsraeli SettlementsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of taking steps to prohibit UK-based investments in Israeli (a) companies and (b) banks that ar
Answer: The UK Government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from tariff and trade preferences under the UK's current trade agreements with the Palestinian Authority an...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsraeli Settlements: Import ControlsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing tracking systems and (b) taking other steps to prohibit UK trade in goods from Israel
Answer: The UK Government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from tariff and trade preferences under the UK's current trade agreements with the Palestinian Authority an...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsraeli SettlementsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) bringing forward legislative proposals and (b) taking other steps to prohibit UK (i) nationals, (
Answer: The UK Government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from tariff and trade preferences under the UK's current trade agreements with the Palestinian Authority an...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NHS England to publish a national ADHD data improvement plan.
Answer: NHS England is currently working on the national ADHD data improvement plan, and is engaging with system and stakeholder partners to quality assure this work with a view to publication once it has been through NHS England’s internal assurance and governan...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment waiting list times.
Answer: There is, at present, no single, established dataset that can be used to monitor waiting times for the assessment and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) nationally or for individual organisations or geographies in England. Althou...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for (a) children and (b) adults to have an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment in Middlesbrough & Thornaby East constituency.
Answer: There is, at present, no single, established dataset that can be used to monitor waiting times for the assessment and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) nationally or for individual organisations or geographies in England. Althou...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) children and (b) adults are waiting for an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment in Middlesbrough & Thornaby East constituency.
Answer: There is, at present, no single, established dataset that can be used to monitor waiting times for the assessment and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) nationally or for individual organisations or geographies in England. Althou...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools she plans for each regional improvement for standards and excellence team to support in (a) the North East and (b) each region, per year.
Answer: The department expects regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) teams to have worked with around 600 schools by March 2026. RISE teams will focus their efforts on schools which are stuck and have not had a change of structure since their l...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding will be made available for the schools supported by a regional improvement for standards and excellence team.
Answer: Support delivered by regional improvement for standards and excellence teams has been backed by an over £20 million investment. They will draw up, working with high quality organisations, bespoke improvement plans with eligible schools, with the departmen...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria will be used by regional improvement for standards and excellence teams to identify the schools it will be engaging with to deliver improvement in standards.
Answer: The department has introduced its new regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) teams to help drive high and rising standards. In advance of Ofsted school report cards being introduced later this year, schools will be eligible to receive be...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
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