Ayoub Khan MP: written questions
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Funeral PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to assess the adequacy of the clarity of the application process for the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment for bereaved applicants.
Answer: The eligibility criteria for a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment are designed to ensure the scheme is fair for taxpayers, while supporting the most vulnerable with these costs. We continue to keep the Funeral Expenses Payment scheme under review to ens...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFuneral Payments: ScotlandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the eligibility criteria for the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment in line with the Scottish Government’s Funeral Su
Answer: The eligibility criteria for a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment are designed to ensure the scheme is fair for taxpayers, while supporting the most vulnerable with these costs. We continue to keep the Funeral Expenses Payment scheme under review to ens...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFuneral PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of simplifying the eligibility criteria for the Funeral Expenses Payment on (a) application processing times and (b) the administrat
Answer: The eligibility criteria for a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment are designed to ensure the scheme is fair for taxpayers, while supporting the most vulnerable with these costs. We continue to keep the Funeral Expenses Payment scheme under review to ens...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making all NHS-provided emergency asthma inhalers free of charge.
Answer: There are no current plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate.Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the community in England, and there are a wide ra...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential benefits of amending the Human Medicines (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 to require (a) colleges, (b) nurseries, and (c) universi
Answer: There are no plans to amend these regulations to require colleges and universities to hold emergency inhalers. These are not controlled environments like schools, which require parents to inform them if their children need an inhaler. Colleges and univers...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AsthmaDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential benefits of requiring schools to hold emergency asthma inhalers.
Answer: Schools are permitted to buy salbutamol inhalers, without a prescription, for use in emergencies. An emergency salbutamol inhaler should only be used by children who have either been diagnosed with asthma and prescribed an inhaler, or who have been prescr...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating the installation of dosage counters in all NHS-provided emergency asthma inhalers.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) understands the term “emergency asthma inhalers” in this context to refer to reliever inhalers containing short-acting beta agonist (SABA) licensed for the rapid relief of symptoms during acut...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Birmingham Perry BarrDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people with asthma in Birmingham Perry Barr constituency.
Answer: The Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System (BSol ICS) is working to enhance asthma care, which includes access to diagnostics in the community, across the city and the borough. Improved rates of diagnosis will allow early intervention and preventi...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael Defense Forces: British Nationals AbroadMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on UK-Israeli dual nationals serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
Answer: The UK recognises the right of British dual nationals to serve in the legitimately recognised armed forces of the country of their other nationality. We do not track the number of dual nationals that choose to take up this right. The Secretary of State fo...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aid: British Nationals AbroadMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether procedures are in place to identify (a) UK citizens and (b) other dual nationals among foreign military personnel receiving UK military training.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence does not routinely monitor whether those serving in foreign armed forces receiving training from the UK Armed Forces are UK citizens. The provision of any training to a foreign military is assessed on a case-by-case basis. The UK r...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aid: British Nationals AbroadMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on providing military training to people with UK citizenship serving in foreign armed forces.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence does not routinely monitor whether those serving in foreign armed forces receiving training from the UK Armed Forces are UK citizens. The provision of any training to a foreign military is assessed on a case-by-case basis. The UK r...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael Defense Forces: British Nationals AbroadMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department monitors the involvement of UK-Israeli dual nationals serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
Answer: The UK recognises the right of British dual nationals to serve in the legitimately recognised armed forces of the country of their other nationality. We do not track the number of dual nationals that choose to take up this right. The Secretary of State fo...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any dual UK-Israeli nationals have received training from the armed forces in the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not track whether those receiving training from the UK are dual nationals, as the provision of training is based on the country the training is being provided to. Fewer than five Israel Defence Forces personnel are curre...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the Winter Fuel Allowance before the winter 2025-26.
Answer: The Government wants to expand eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments, recognising the goals of supporting these pensioners, meeting need and of sustainable public finances. Any change will be announced to Parliament in the normal way.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOlder People: AbuseHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken with police forces to ensure the accurate collection of data on the abuse of older people.
Answer: The Home Office is continuingly working with police forces to improve the quality of police recorded crime data collected.However, the safeguarding of vulnerable adults from abuse or neglect is a statutory duty for Local Authorities with Adult Social Serv...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWills: ReformMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the proposals in Law Commission’s report entitled Modernising Wills Law, published on 15 May 2025.
Answer: The Government has welcomed the Law Commission’s comprehensive report on the law of making a will and will be giving the report careful consideration.This is the first major review of the law on making wills since the Wills Act 1837, and the reforms propo...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: MenopauseDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that employers are supporting women managing menopause in the workplace.
Answer: On 18th October 2024 the Secretary of State for DWP appointed Mariella Frostrup as the new Menopause Employment Ambassador. The Menopause Employment Ambassador will work closely with employers across the country to improve workplace support for women expe...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFlexible WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that employers are providing support for women in the workplace with flexible working.
Answer: The Government knows how important flexible working can be to help women with caring responsibilities manage their work and personal commitments. It can also be equally important for carers of vulnerable adults as well as employees with long-term physical...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the period for which driving theory test certificates are valid.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The average waiting time in April 2025 for a car practical driving test at Birmingham...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to consumers from (a) fraud, (b) unfair trading and (c) unsafe goods in the secondary driving test market in each of the last five years.
Answer: It is not illegal to resell a practical driving test appointment. But to ensure fairness for everyone wanting to book a driving test, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continues to work hard to combat the unscrupulous practice of reselling te...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Birmingham Perry BarrDepartment for TransportTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test examiners have (a) been onboarded and (b) left the DVSA in Birmingham Perry Barr constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The average waiting time in April 2025 for a car practical driving test at Birmingham...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Birmingham Perry BarrDepartment for TransportTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests have been cancelled in Birmingham Perry Barr constituency due to examiner (a) sickness and (b) annual leave in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The average waiting time in April 2025 for a car practical driving test at Birmingham...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many eligible (a) managers and (b) administrative staff will be deployed as driving test examiners in (i) Birmingham and (ii) Birmingham (Kingstanding) Test Centre through the DVSA Additional Testing Award
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The average waiting time in April 2025 for a car practical driving test at Birmingham...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional driving test examiner trainers will be deployed in (a) Birmingham and (b) Birmingham (Kingstanding) Test Centre through the DVSA Additional Testing Award Scheme.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The average waiting time in April 2025 for a car practical driving test at Birmingham...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Birmingham Perry BarrDepartment for TransportTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q44 of the oral evidence given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the Transport Select Committee on 4 December 2024, HC 437, what the average waiting time for driving tests is in
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The average waiting time in April 2025 for a car practical driving test at Birmingham...
Answered 15 May 2025
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