Angus MacDonald MP: written questions
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Eating DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the British Medical Association on medical students receiving less than two hours of teaching on eating disorders throughout their undergraduate trainin
Answer: The Department has not had conversations with the British Medical Association about the amount of teaching on eating disorders in undergraduate medical training. The standard of training for doctors is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GM...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Supported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of working more than one hour per week on the Housing Benefit receipt for young people in supported accommodation.
Answer: It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Education: Testicular CancerDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education on teaching the importance of early detection of testicular cancer to young people.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.It is important to educate people about the causes and symptoms of cancer and the department is supportive of efforts to do this at an early age.The revised relatio...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Education: Breast CancerDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education on teaching the importance of early detection of breast cancer to young people.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.It is important to educate people about the causes and symptoms of cancer and the department is supportive of efforts to do this at an early age.The revised relatio...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTesticular Cancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Health Minister on the importance of early detection of testicular cancer in young people.
Answer: Policy for cancer care is a devolved matter in Scotland, and is therefore the responsibility of the Scottish administration.The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier in England so that more patients survi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Health Minister on the importance of early detection of breast cancer in young people.
Answer: Policy for cancer care is a devolved matter in Scotland, and is therefore the responsibility of the Scottish administration.The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier in England so that more patients survi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of the Highlands and Islands: Student NumbersDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education on the allocated number of domestic places at the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Answer: Education and training is a devolved matter. This means that the Scottish Government set education and training policy in Scotland, including the policy to limit the number of publicly funded undergraduate places available to Scottish-domiciled students. ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Aberdeen: Student NumbersDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education on the allocated number of domestic places at the University of Aberdeen.
Answer: Education and training is a devolved matter. This means that the Scottish Government set education and training policy in Scotland, including the policy to limit the number of publicly funded undergraduate places available to Scottish-domiciled students. ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Stirling: Student NumbersDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education on the allocated number of domestic places at the University of Stirling.
Answer: Education and training is a devolved matter. This means that the Scottish Government set education and training policy in Scotland, including the policy to limit the number of publicly funded undergraduate places available to Scottish-domiciled students. ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of St Andrews: Student NumbersDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education on the allocated number of domestic places at the University of St. Andrews.
Answer: Education and training is a devolved matter. This means that the Scottish Government set education and training policy in Scotland, including the policy to limit the number of publicly funded undergraduate places available to Scottish-domiciled students. ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Glasgow: Student NumbersDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education on the allocated number of domestic places at the University of Glasgow.
Answer: Education and training is a devolved matter. This means that the Scottish Government set education and training policy in Scotland, including the policy to limit the number of publicly funded undergraduate places available to Scottish-domiciled students. ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Edinburgh: Student NumbersDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education on the allocated number of domestic places at the University of Edinburgh.
Answer: Education and training is a devolved matter. This means that the Scottish Government set education and training policy in Scotland, including the policy to limit the number of publicly funded undergraduate places available to Scottish-domiciled students. ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFriedreich's Ataxia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve healthcare provision for people with Friedreich’s Ataxia.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as Friedreich’s ataxia. The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities collaboratively developed with the rare disease community. These are: getting a fin...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Diseases: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing new NICE criteria for rare conditions that do not meet the 300 patient threshold for the Highly Specialised Technology appraisal sy
Answer: Decisions on whether medicines should be evaluated through the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) highly specialised technologies (HST) programme are taken by NICE itself against a set of published criteria that have been developed...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the level of Israeli compliance with international humanitarian law in the context of the war in Gaza; and if he will suspend the provision of training to Israeli Defence Force personnel in the
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the lead Government Department for assessing international partners’ compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The Ministry of Defence (MOD) works closely with the FCDO to ensure we ar...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: SecurityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71749More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a first school as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
Answer: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in the Payment Services Regulations 2017 sets out the requirements which firms must follow when customers are accessing their payment accounts online, including the use of two-factor authentication to verify a customer...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: SecurityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71748More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a pet’s name as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
Answer: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in the Payment Services Regulations 2017 sets out the requirements which firms must follow when customers are accessing their payment accounts online, including the use of two-factor authentication to verify a customer...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: SecurityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71747More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a birthplace as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
Answer: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in the Payment Services Regulations 2017 sets out the requirements which firms must follow when customers are accessing their payment accounts online, including the use of two-factor authentication to verify a customer...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEating DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with other specified feeding and eating disorder.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAvoidant/Restrictive Food Intake DisorderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBulimiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with bulimia.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnorexiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with anorexia.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordData ProtectionHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) Apple, (b) Microsoft and (c) Google on the safeguarding of data under the Investigatory Powers Act.
Answer: Home Office Ministers and senior officials regularly meet with key stakeholders, including technology companies, on a range of policies and issues.It would not be appropriate to comment on the specifics of any discussions about the Investigatory Powers Ac...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: SecurityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71719More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had discussions with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a mother’s maiden name as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
Answer: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in the Payment Services Regulations 2017 sets out the requirements which firms must follow when customers are accessing their payment accounts online, including the use of two-factor authentication to verify a customer...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDrax Power Station: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of biomass generation at Drax Power Station on the environment.
Answer: The Government published an impact assessment in early 2024 as part of the consultation on proposed support options for large scale biomass generators, including Drax. This assessment was consistent with the views of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
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