Andy McDonald MP: written questions
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Written questions
Brain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what health pathways are available for people whose acquired brain injury is identified when they are in the criminal justice system.
Answer: People in prison are entitled to the same range and quality of health services that they would receive in the community. Offender health services are commissioned by NHS England.All people in prison should receive an early health screening within the firs...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordProbation: InjuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of service users of the commissioned probation services for neurodiverse needs have a (a) known and (b) suspected brain injury.
Answer: The requested information is not held centrally. Collating it would involve contacting each of the 108 Probation Delivery Units, which could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordProbation: InjuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support the commissioned probation services for neurodiverse needs provides to people with an acquired brain injury.
Answer: Probation practitioners work in collaboration with the NHS and other relevant agencies, to support anyone under their supervision (including those on community orders or being supervised following release from prison) who has any specific mental health re...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordProbation: InjuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance her Department has issued to probation professionals on the steps they should take if someone under post-custodial supervision is found to have previously had an acquired brain injury.
Answer: Probation practitioners work in collaboration with the NHS and other relevant agencies, to support anyone under their supervision (including those on community orders or being supervised following release from prison) who has any specific mental health re...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Orders: InjuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance her Department has issued to probation professionals on the steps they should take if someone with a community order is found to have previously had an acquired brain injury.
Answer: Probation practitioners work in collaboration with the NHS and other relevant agencies, to support anyone under their supervision (including those on community orders or being supervised following release from prison) who has any specific mental health re...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Orders: InjuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 14 to 17, (b) 18 to 25 and (c) 26 and older who were sentenced to community orders were screened for an acquired brain injury in the most recent period for which fi
Answer: The requested information is not held centrally. Collating it would involve contacting each of the 108 Probation Delivery Units, which could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice CustodyHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on the steps the police should take when someone who enters police custody is found to have had an acquired brain injury.
Answer: Police custody officers should carry out an assessment of the risk and vulnerability of everyone in custody, on an individual basis. This assessment should take into account the person’s behaviour, any signs of illness or injury, their communication, incl...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice CustodyHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 14 to 17, (b) 18 to 25 and (c) 26 and older who were screened for acquired brain injury when they entered police custody were found to have a brain inju
Answer: Police custody officers should carry out an assessment of the risk and vulnerability of everyone in custody, on an individual basis. This assessment should take into account the person’s behaviour, any signs of illness or injury, their communication, incl...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice CustodyHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 14 to 17, (b) 18 to 25 and (c) 26 and older who enter police custody were screened for acquired brain injury in the most recent period for which figures
Answer: Police custody officers should carry out an assessment of the risk and vulnerability of everyone in custody, on an individual basis. This assessment should take into account the person’s behaviour, any signs of illness or injury, their communication, incl...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department collects on the safety outcomes of people in prison who are screened as having a previously acquired brain injury.
Answer: The data requested is not held centrally.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department collects on the health outcomes of people in prison who are screened as having a previously acquired brain injury.
Answer: The data requested is not held centrally.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: InjuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is available for prison officers for dealing with people entering custody found to have a previously acquired brain injury.
Answer: All incoming prisoners must be medically examined to determine whether they have any physical or mental health needs, in order to identify any follow-up action that is needed and to ensure it is taken. This includes making sure that anyone who needs to kn...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is available for healthcare professionals in prisons for dealing with people entering custody found to have a previously acquired brain injury.
Answer: A range of evidence-based neurodevelopmental support and interventions are offered and delivered to people entering custody, according to individual needs. This includes, but is not limited to, interventions for traumatic brain injury.Headway’s Justice Pr...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 14-17, (b) 18-25 and (c) 26 and over who enter prison custody and are assessed for brain injury within seven days are found to have an acquired brain
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. When children and young people between the ages of 14 and 17 years old enter the secure estate, they receive the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) reception assessment within two hours. This is an...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 14-17, (b) 18-25 and (c) 26 and over who enter prison custody and are screened for brain injury within 24 hours are found to have an acquired brain i
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. When children and young people between the ages of 14 and 17 years old enter the secure estate, they receive the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) reception assessment within two hours. This is an...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 14-17, (b) 18-25 and (c) 26 and over who enter prison custody receive an assessment for previously acquired brain injury within seven days.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. When children and young people between the ages of 14 and 17 years old enter the secure estate, they receive the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) reception assessment within two hours. This is an...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 14-17, (b) 18-25 and (c) 26 and over who enter prison custody receive a screening for previously acquired brain injury within 24 hours.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. When children and young people between the ages of 14 and 17 years old enter the secure estate, they receive the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) reception assessment within two hours. This is an...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps with his international counterparts to review Israel's access to the F-35 Global Supply Chain pool.
Answer: The F-35 programme remains under constant review by the F-35 Partner Nations. As set out in the Secretary of State for Business and Trade's statement of 2 September, it is not currently possible for the UK to suspend licensing of F-35 components for use b...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the necessary conditions for (a) safe and (b) effective humanitarian operations by UNRWA in Gaza.
Answer: The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have expressed serious concern at the UNRWA bills passed by Israel's Knesset. This legislation risks making UNRWA's essential work for Palestinians impossible, jeopardising the entire international humanitarian res...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: UNRWAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for the UK government’s support for the UN’s UNRWA mission in Gaza, of the approval by the Israeli Knesset of legi
Answer: The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have expressed serious concern at the UNRWA bills passed by Israel's Knesset. This legislation risks making UNRWA's essential work for Palestinians impossible, jeopardising the entire international humanitarian res...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: Food AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the capability of the UN World Food Programme to deliver food aid to Gaza.
Answer: The situation for humanitarian actors in Gaza is untenable. The United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) remains the backbone of the humanitarian response, which is why the Government announced an additional £7...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17107More
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 on the supply of aid to Gaza of the decision by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to pause
Answer: The situation for humanitarian actors in Gaza is untenable. The United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) remains the backbone of the humanitarian response, which is why the Government announced an additional £7...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to require combined mayoral authorities to publish evaluation reports on individual funding programmes in a standardised format.
Answer: Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) manage a number of different funds including adult skills funding, transport funding and the Mayoral Investment Fund. These are monitored according to the Local Assurance Framework in each place. Combined Authorities ar...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made on developing accountability processes for institutions that secure single funding settlements at the Spending Review.
Answer: Integrated Settlements will be supported by the establishment of a streamlined, overarching, single assurance framework coordinated by MHCLG rather than multiple frameworks administered by different departments. This will build on and will be incorporated...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCombined AuthoritiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to publish outcomes of annual discussions with combined mayoral authorities.
Answer: Outcomes of conversations with Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) are not currently published by government.From 2025/26, we will introduce Integrated Settlements, starting in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. Authorities will be monitored agains...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
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