Anneliese Midgley MP: written questions
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Water ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure affordable water supply for households.
Answer: As the independent economic regulator, Ofwat independently scrutinises water company business plans and ensure the prices water companies charge their customers are fair and proportionate. All water companies have measures in place for people who struggle...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring water companies to implement pollution incident reduction plans.
Answer: The Water (Special Measures) Bill will introduce a statutory duty for all water companies in England and Wales to publish annual Pollution Incident Reduction Plans. Water companies will be required to use these plans to set out the actions they intend to ...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSewers: Property DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating sustainable drainage systems in all new developments.
Answer: The Government is strongly committed to requiring standardised Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in new developments. These should be to designs that cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits, reduc...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: InfrastructureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve water infrastructure.
Answer: The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 transposed the European Union’s Water Framework Directive (WFD) into law in England and Wales and were retained in UK law after EU exit. In the Government’s response to...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to strengthen the powers of water regulators.
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues. The AI (artificial intelligence) Opportunities Action Plan sets out how we will achieve our AI ambitions by laying the foundations for growth, driving adoption an...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimodos: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will complete its consideration of the recommendations of the Commission on Human Medicines on the findings of the Danielsson et al on p
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), together with wider Government, has committed to reviewing any new scientific evidence which comes to light.The new publication by Danielsson et al has been reviewed by the MHRA, and advice h...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimodos: KnowsleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support people affected by Primodos in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: While the Government is sympathetic to the families who believe that they have suffered because of using Hormone Pregnancy Tests, the currently available scientific evidence does not support a causal association between the use of Hormone Pregnancy Tests ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department had allocated to the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific funding allocation for preparing the National Cancer Plan. Further funding for cancer services will be considered as part of the upcoming spending review.The National Cancer Plan will have patients at its heart and w...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: LiteracyDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the proportion of pupils meeting the expected standard in the year one phonics screening check in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: High and rising school standards, with excellent foundations in reading, writing and mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. Through the Plan for Change, we will give children the best start in life...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce rates of secondary school absenteeism in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: This government is determined to tackle the generational challenge of school absence, which is a fundamental barrier to learning and life chances. Missing school regularly is harmful to a child’s attainment, safety and physical and mental health, which li...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the rate of absenteeism in primary schools in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: This government is determined to tackle the generational challenge of school absence, which is a fundamental barrier to learning and life chances. Missing school regularly is harmful to a child’s attainment, safety and physical and mental health, which li...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Sector Council: MembershipDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the selection criteria is for membership to the Hospitality Sector Council.
Answer: The Hospitality Sector Council’s Terms of Reference is publicly available, outlining that membership is by invitation only and is subject to final agreement by DBT Ministers in consultation with the joint chairs. Members are selected to provide a breadth ...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth ServicesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure a minimum level of provision for youth services across the country.
Answer: Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people. In September 2023 DCMS published updated statutory guidance to support l...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: KnowsleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for access to specialist speech and language therapy services in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving timely access to Knowsley Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy. There are currently 115 children and young people awaiting their first appointment in Knowsley. 94% of these are within the 18-wee...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: KnowsleyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of young people out of work in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: In November 2024 the number of 16 to 24 year olds in Knowsley was 655. The claimant count series counts the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance plus those who claim Universal Credit and are required to seek work and be available for work. Live...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPostal Workers: Health and SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of banning low level letter boxes on levels of injuries in postal workers.
Answer: I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 19554 on 18 December 2024.My hon Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich has also agreed to meet with my hon Friend to discuss this matter.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPostal Workers: Health and SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with postal workers on the potential impact of low-level letter boxes on health and safety at work.
Answer: I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 19554 on 18 December 2024.My hon Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich has also agreed to meet with my hon Friend to discuss this matter.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArthritis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve care for people living with arthritis.
Answer: Services for those with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, including arthritis, are commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs). The Department expects MSK services to be fully incorporated into integrated care system planning and decision-making...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: MerseysideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to specialist speech and language therapy services for children in (a) Merseyside and (b) Knowsley constituency.
Answer: The Department regularly monitors waiting lists for community services, including speech and language therapy, and is committed to reducing long waits and improving timely access to community health services, including for speech and language therapy serv...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of knife crime in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: Halving national levels of knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s mission to ensure the safety of our streets.We will continue to support police forces, agencies and those who share our ambition to halve knife crime, to take ac...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: KnowsleyHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to improve neighbourhood policing in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: As part of our Safer Streets Mission we will restore neighbourhood policing, with 13,000 additional police officers, PCSOs and special constables in neighbourhood policing roles across England and Wales. Every part of the country needs to benefit from thi...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: KnowsleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce health inequalities in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: The United Kingdom faces significant health inequalities, with life expectancy varying widely across and within communities. The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain by tackling the structural inequalities that contribute to poor health, p...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: KnowsleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the level of health inequalities in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: The United Kingdom faces significant health inequalities, with life expectancy varying widely across and within communities. The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain by tackling the structural inequalities that contribute to poor health, p...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: KnowsleyDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase access to educational opportunities in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: This government has a driving mission to break down the barriers to opportunity and end the link between background and success. Education is at the heart of this mission, ensuring all young people get the best start in life and are set-up to achieve and ...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGCE A-level: KnowsleyDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve GCE A-level provision in Knowsley constituency.
Answer: This government is determined to break down barriers to opportunity for all young people, essential to which is ensuring every young person has access to high-quality post-16 pathways.It is vital that all young people have access to a range of post-16 edu...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
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