Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions 2025
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Employment: SleepDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a strategy to help reduce the economic impact of sleep deprivation in the workforce.
Answer: We have set out our immediate priorities for reforming employment law in the Plan to Make Work Pay. While the Plan does not include specific measures on implementing a strategy on sleep deprivation, it aims to improve wellbeing by supporting people to bet...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth and Safety: Night-time EconomyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Office for National Statistics' data entitled The night-time economy, UK: 2022, published on 24 January 2023, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the health and s
Answer: Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 all employers have a duty, so far as it is reasonably practicable, to protect the health, safety, and welfare at work of all their employees. Specifically, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regul...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Tagging: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 46823, on Electronic Tagging: Standards, what estimate she has made of the number of offenders who were not tagged because the Probation Service held an incorrect
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost due to data quality issues.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) ethnicity and (b) gender of blood donors turned away during (i) outreach and (ii) prescreening in the latest period for which data is available; and
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT does not hold data on deferrals resulting from an appointment booking call. It is possible that donors mention a reason which then may result in a deferral during the ca...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of blood donors that were turned away during (a) outreach and (b) pre-screening in the latest period for which data is available; and what the ma
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT does not hold data on deferrals resulting from an appointment booking call. It is possible that donors mention a reason which then may result in a deferral during the ca...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children entitled to citizenship and not registered.
Answer: We do not hold estimates on the number of children or adults who may be entitled to British citizenship and have not yet registered or applied for naturalisation.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the administrative cost to her Department is for child citizenship application processing.
Answer: The Home Office publishes the fees charged and the estimated unit cost of processing immigration and nationality applications on GOV.UK. This can be reviewed via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: Working HoursDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) understand and (b) mitigate the negative effects of night shift work on maternal health.
Answer: Reducing ill health at work is an important area of focus for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as outlined in their strategic objectives. One of the ways this is achieved is supporting employers to protect their workers’ health and keep them in the w...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 48518 on Blood: donors, if he will provide a breakdown of this data by gender.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT collects donor’s sex as assigned at birth and their gender identity. A donor’s sex is recorded as the ways in which blood products are donated and processed differ betwe...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 48519 on Blood: Donors, what percentage of female donors who had their donations deferred due to recent travel were white, in the last 12 months.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for blood donation in England. From 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the most recent data available, there were 3,193 deferred female donors due to travel, and 2,186 of which, or 68.5%, were white.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police efforts are adequately resourced to tackle wildlife crime.
Answer: The Home Office is providing £365,000 this financial year to fund the National Wildlife Crime Unit for intelligence, analysis and investigative assistance to forces and other law enforcement agencies across the UK to support them in investigating wildlife...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 48519 on Blood: Donors, what proportion of donors of (a) African heritage, (b) Caribbean heritage, (c) mixed white and African heritage, (d) mixed b
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for blood donation in England. From 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the most recent data available, 23.93% of donors with black African heritage, 18.44% of donors of Black Caribbean heritage, 13.60% of donors of mixe...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 48519 on Blood: Donors, what proportion of donors of (a) African heritage, (b) Caribbean heritage, (c) mixed white and African heritage, (d) mixed b
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for blood donation in England. From 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the most recent data available, 3.87% of donors with black African heritage, 0.67% of donors of Black Caribbean heritage, 0.86% donors of mixed whit...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Tagging: ContractsMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 46825 on Electronic Tagging: Standards, how Serco has performed against the 14 key performance indicators at the most recent performance review.
Answer: Serco has failed to meet its target performance on 11 of 14 of its KPIs. The Department continues to hold Serco to account for its failings and will not hesitate to levy contractual penalties for underperformance.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Tagging: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 46823, on Electronic Tagging: Standards: what recent estimate she has made of the number of offenders not tagged as a result of the Probation Service holding an in
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45856 on Blood: Donors, how many and what proportion of the donors deferred due to the donor’s recent travel to other countries were of (a) Afric
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for blood donation in England. The following table shows the number and proportion of deferrals due to the donor’s recent travel to other countries for those of African, Caribbean, mixed white and African, and mixed...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45856 on Blood: Donors, how many and what proportion of the donors deferred due to low haemoglobin levels were of (a) African, (b) Caribbean, (c)
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for blood donation in England. The following table shows the number and proportion of deferrals due to low haemoglobin levels by those of African, Caribbean, mixed white and African, and mixed white and Caribbean he...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPost OfficeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to launch its consultation on the future of the Post Office.
Answer: We aim to publish a Green Paper later this year which will set out several proposals for discussion on the future direction of the Post Office. As part of this work, Government will be carefully considering what customers, communities and postmasters woul...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: LambethDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Crown Post Office in Brixton on the community.
Answer: In order to create a long-term, sustainable future for post offices in communities across the UK, Post Office is moving to a fully franchised network. All 108 Directly Managed Branches (DMBs) – including Brixton Post Office – are in scope of these changes...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase the (a) role and (b) resources of (i) the National Wildlife Crime Unit and (ii) Border Force to support the (A) protection of wildlife, (B) communities and (C) ecological
Answer: Wildlife crime can have devastating consequences for our natural environments and countryside communities. We are committed to reducing crime and anyone exploiting or deliberately harming British wildlife should face the full force of the law. Recognising...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBone Marrow: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging blood marrow donation when a new blood donor registers online.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation services in England, and also manages the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry, previously the British Bone Marrow Registry, which facilitates the donation of stem cells either via blood or bone m...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBone Marrow: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of blood donor centres that are asking (a) new and (b) returning blood donors to sign up to donate bone marrow.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation services in England, and also manages the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry, previously the British Bone Marrow Registry, which facilitates the donation of stem cells either via blood or bone m...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Tagging: ContractsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what are the performance indicators agreed with Serco as part of the contract to provide electronic monitoring services.
Answer: During the procurement of the Field and Monitoring Service contract, all suppliers were required to provide details of their vetting, staff recruitment, training and retention processes and these were assessed as part of the evaluation process. As with al...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the (a) recruitment and (b) vetting process for people employed to tag offenders.
Answer: During the procurement of the Field and Monitoring Service contract, all suppliers were required to provide details of their vetting, staff recruitment, training and retention processes and these were assessed as part of the evaluation process. As with al...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Tagging: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate she has made of the number of offenders not tagged as a result of the Probation Service holding an incorrect address for the offender.
Answer: To establish the number of people who were not tagged because the probation service held and provided an incorrect address to the EM provider would require a trawl through thousands of individual case records held on prison and probation systems. Such inf...
Answered 1 May 2025
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