Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions 2025
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Blood TransfusionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients with (a) leukaemia and lymphoma, (b) myeloma, (c) other cancers, (d) myelodysplastic syndromes, (e) aplastic anemia, (f) thalassemia, (g) bleeding disorders and (h) other conditio
Answer: Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) is the United Kingdom’s independent, professionally led haemovigilance scheme. SHOT collects and analyses information on adverse events and reactions in blood transfusion from all healthcare organisations that are inv...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSickle Cell Diseases: HaemolysisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sickle cell patients who had complications due to sickle cell listed as their cause of death experienced haemolysis in the period before their death in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information. NHS England does not hold or have access to data that would accurately represent the number of sickle cell patients that have died due to complications due to sickle cell in the last 12 months, or how many of...
Answered 30 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSickle Cell Diseases: DeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sickle cell patients whose cause of death was listed as complications due to sickle cell have had an inquest into their death.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information as we would only be made aware of inquests that result in the Department receiving a Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) Report. Not all inquests result in a PFD report, only where the coroner believes that acti...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: CoronersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is NHS policy to carry out an inquest if a patient dies within 48 hours of being admitted to hospital.
Answer: Inquests are not NHS policy but are instead a matter for coroners. All deaths in England (and Wales) that are not referred to a coroner are considered by an independent Medical Examiner. Where there are any concerns about healthcare provided to the deceas...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSickle Cell Diseases: DeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sickle cell patients have died due to complications due to sickle cell in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care does not hold this information. NHS England does not hold or have access to data that would accurately represent the number of sickle cell patients that have died due to complications due to sickle cell disorder (S...
Answered 30 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSickle Cell Diseases: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, , how many sickle cell patients have developed haemolysis due to receiving a blood transfusion with unmatched blood during the last 12 months.
Answer: Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) is the United Kingdom’s independent, professionally led haemovigilance scheme. SHOT collects and analyses information on adverse events and reactions in blood transfusion from all healthcare organisations that are inv...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSickle Cell Diseases: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the NHS on its policy of informing Sickle Cell patients when they are not given Ro matched blood.
Answer: DHSC are working in partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS England and the National Blood Transfusion Committee to deliver on the recommendations detailed in the infected blood inquiry, which includes improving digital patient records and communic...
Answered 29 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: GazaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that (a) prioritisation for medical evacuation and treatment of children from Gaza is based solely on clinical urgency and medical need and (b) it is not contingent on the availab
Answer: The Government is working urgently to get some of the critically ill and injured children medically evacuated from Gaza.The United Kingdom is partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO), which works on the ground and plays a critical role in suppo...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: PalestiniansHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of critically injured Palestinian children that are permitted into the UK for life-saving medical treatment.
Answer: The Prime Minister announced at the end of July that the UK will medically evacuate Gazan children for treatment in the UK. A cross-government taskforce is working urgently to get some of these sick and injured children out of Gaza, so that they can recei...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to waive biometric requirements for children medically evacuated from Gaza to the UK.
Answer: Individuals who enter the UK as part of this cohort will be subject to robust security checks ahead of travel. Individuals will be required to submit their biometrics prior to travel to the UK, and we are doing everything we can to support their safe exit...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment are accompanied by appropriate family members.
Answer: The Prime Minister announced at the end of July that the UK will medically evacuate Gazan children for treatment in the UK. A cross-government taskforce is working urgently to get some of these sick and injured children out of Gaza, so that they can recei...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure that children medically evacuated from Gaza will not be subject to forced return to (a) Gaza or (b) an unsafe country following treatment in the UK.
Answer: The Prime Minister announced at the end of July that the UK will medically evacuate Gazan children for treatment in the UK. A cross-government taskforce is working urgently to get some of these sick and injured children out of Gaza, so that they can recei...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTirzepatideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the wholesale price increase of Mounjaro on patients managing (a) obesity and (b) type 2 diabetes.
Answer: As we shift the focus from treatment to prevention through our 10 Year Health Plan, we are determined to bring revolutionary modern treatments to everyone who needs them, not just those who can afford to pay.NHS England has worked with Eli Lilly to ensure...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Supported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of young people in supported accommodation who have (a) reduced working hours and (b) turned down employment opportunities due to the tapering
Answer: The department does not routinely collect management information on reports of customers limiting working hours or turning down employment opportunities but we do have anecdotal evidence of this occurring. This is why it remains the department’s priority ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Supported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the housing benefits earnings disregard threshold for individuals in supported accommodation.
Answer: The department does not routinely collect management information on reports of customers limiting working hours or turning down employment opportunities but we do have anecdotal evidence of this occurring. This is why it remains the department’s priority ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Supported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on aligning the Housing Benefit taper rate with the Universal Credit taper rate for young people in supported accommodation
Answer: The department does not routinely collect management information on reports of customers limiting working hours or turning down employment opportunities but we do have anecdotal evidence of this occurring. This is why it remains the department’s priority ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCo-operative Group: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of Co-Op's Project Lunar proposals.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has the policy lead for regulation of workplace health and safety in Great Britain. The primary responsibility for managing risk to health and safety lies with employers. An employer is the person or organisation that...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71093More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of tapering the introduction of changes to unused pension funds and death benefits into scope of Inheritance Tax from 6 April 2027.
Answer: From 6 April 2027 most unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax purposes. This change was announced on 30 October 2024 and will only impact those who die on or after 6 April 2027. T...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: Falun GongForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on the rights of Falun Gong practitioners in Russia.
Answer: The Government champions freedom of religion or belief for all abroad and regularly condemns the Kremlin's dire domestic human rights record in international fora. On 31 July, the UK condemned the Russian authorities' repression of internal political oppo...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider increasing the value of Healthy Start vouchers for children from birth to one year old to meet the average cost of baby formula.
Answer: Healthy Start is a demand-led, statutory scheme and aims to support those in greatest need. An assessment was recently made of the adequacy of the value of Healthy Start funding and it was announced in Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan that we will ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the value of Healthy Start vouchers.
Answer: Healthy Start is a demand-led, statutory scheme and aims to support those in greatest need. An assessment was recently made of the adequacy of the value of Healthy Start funding and it was announced in Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan that we will ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Services: CostsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will conduct a formal review of the regulation of veterinary prices.
Answer: The Competition and Market Authority is conducting a market investigation into the provision of veterinary services for household pets. Defra will consider any remedies they propose in due course.
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary ServicesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department offers to (a) independent and (b) not-for-profit veterinary practices.
Answer: Veterinary practices are private entities and therefore not directly supported by Defra. The Competition and Market Authority is conducting a market investigation into the provision of veterinary services for household pets. Defra will consider any remedi...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Services: CostsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing pricing guidance to veterinary practices to increase transparency around service costs.
Answer: The Competition and Market Authority is conducting a market investigation into the provision of veterinary services for household pets. Defra will consider any remedies they propose in due course.
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Services: CostsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the prevalence of corporate veterinary chains on average vet costs.
Answer: The Competition and Market Authority is conducting a market investigation into the provision of veterinary services for household pets. Defra will consider any remedies they propose in due course.
Answered 19 Sept 2025
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