Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions 2025
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ImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to introduce additional safe and legal routes, in the context of recent changes to its good character caseworker guidance.
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the most vulnerable people in the world and safe and legal routes will continue to play a role in our overall migration system. The government’s priority at present is the resettlement and relocation of those alre...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica and Asia: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the conservation projects it funds in (a) Africa and (b) Asia do not lead to (i) forced evictions and (ii) violent abuses of Indigeno
Answer: Defra aims to take a do no harm approach to aid programming. Official development assistance (ODA) projects are required to undertake risk management and due diligence assessments in order to understand and mitigate programmatic risks, including understan...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: TanzaniaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that its development funding in Tanzania is not implicated in the forced evictions of the Maasai people.
Answer: The UK works hard to uphold human rights around the world and UK Ministers and officials regularly raise human rights concerns with our international partners, including the Government of Tanzania.We have robust measures in place to ensure our aid spendin...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34326More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21018 on UK Relations with EU, which articles of the (a) EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, (b) Northern Ireland protocol, (c) Windsor Framework and (d) EU-UK Trade
Answer: I refer the Hon.Member for Clapham and Brixton Hill, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, to the answer provided to the Question on 20 January 2025 in the House of Lords. The response from The Baroness Twycross can be found here.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOlder People: AdvocacyWomen and EqualitiesTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33987More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a Commissioner for Older People.
Answer: In its recent report into the rights of older people, the Women and Equalities Select Committee raised this matter and other issues. Together with other departments, we are considering those recommendations. More widely, I refer to Minister McGovern’s rec...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRents: InflationTreasuryTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33573More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent trends in the level of rent inflation on economic growth.
Answer: Rental prices are ultimately determined by the total supply of housing, relative to demand. Affordability of housing has fallen drastically, particularly in major cities, as too few homes have been built. This Government is taking meaningful steps to refo...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Carr-Hill formula in allocating funding for GP practices in areas with high levels of deprivation.
Answer: The Carr-Hill formula aims to ensure that resources are directed to general practices (GPs) based on an estimate of their patient workload. It takes into account many factors under two groups, namely 'drivers of workload' and 'unavoidable costs', includin...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the mechanisms in place for ICBs to hold Swift Queue to account for faulty services.
Answer: NHS England has not undertaken a specific assessment of the mechanisms in place for integrated care boards (ICBs) to hold Swift Queue accountable for service performance. However, ICBs, as commissioners of local health services, are responsible for ensuri...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: UnemploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the number of registered GPs not in employment; and whether he is taking steps to reduce the number of unemployed GPs.
Answer: We hugely value the critical role that general practitioners (GPs) play and are determined to address the issues they face by shifting the focus of the National Health Service beyond hospitals and into the community. The Government committed to recruiting...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the planned increase in employer National Insurance contributions on GPs.
Answer: We have made necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ Nati...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
Answer: The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) is subject to annual review as part of the consultation on the GP contract with professional representatives.The consultation on the 2025/26 GP contract has now concluded and the General Practitioners Commi...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs have been employed under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
Answer: Primary care networks have been able to recruit newly qualified general practitioners (GPs) through the scheme since October 2024, with £82 million in funding provided in 2024/25. Information on the number of recently qualified GPs for which primary care ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStem Cells: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the number of haemopoietic stem cell transplants sourced from the UK.
Answer: The Department’s Stem Cell Programme has provided £2.4 million of funding for the period 2022-25. The programme is being delivered by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and Anthony Nolan. It aims to enhance the resilience of the United Kingdom's stem cell s...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStem Cells: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the NHS is of sourcing a haematopoietic stem cell donation from the UK Aligned Stem Cell Registry compared to stem cell donation imports from United States, Germany and Poland; and
Answer: Details on the costs of haematopoietic stem cell transplants are not held centrally by the Department.The UK Aligned Stem Cell Registry supplies stem cells from United Kingdom donors to the National Health Service. It is made up of four partners: Anthony ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStem Cells: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of haemopoietic stem cell transplant performed by the NHS were from UK registered donors between 1 October 2024 to 31 December 24 or the last three months for which data is availabl
Answer: For the third quarter of 2024/25, registered donors in the United Kingdom provided by the Aligned Registry accounted for 23% (n=73) of the total unrelated, allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplants (n=311) for UK patients.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Rheumatoid ArthritisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason rheumatoid arthritis patients are not entitled to free NHS prescriptions; and if he will take steps to review the eligibility for free prescriptions for those patients.
Answer: There are no current plans to review the list of prescription charge exemptions or the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate.There are extensive arrangements in place in England to ensure that prescri...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCycling: WomenDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the safety of female cyclists travelling after dark.
Answer: Everyone should feel safe cycling and harassment and intimidation of women cycling is totally unacceptable. Public sexual harassment is a crime that often leaves victims, who are disproportionately likely to be women, feeling very unsafe. That is why tack...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the emissions reduction potential of nuclear energy for the Clean Power 2030 plan.
Answer: As set out in the Clean Power Action Plan, electricity generated by renewables and nuclear power will form the backbone of a clean electricity system by 2030, supported by low carbon flexible sources of power. EDF has announced extensions to four of its e...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power: CostsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate the Government has made of the cost of nuclear energy relative to renewable sources of power.
Answer: The latest published cost and technical assumptions for power technologies, including renewables and nuclear, can be found in the published Generation Costs series. [1] Renewables and nuclear play different roles in a decarbonising system and full power s...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular Reactors: ConstructionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to subsidise the building of small modular reactors.
Answer: Great British Nuclear (GBN) is driving forward its SMR Technology Selection Process for UK deployment. This is a live, ongoing procurement based on fairness and transparency, and it is important GBN can deliver value for the British taxpayer.Funding and f...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular Reactors: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of small modular reactors needed to power AI data centres across Britain.
Answer: The Government continues to assess future energy requirements, including the potential impact of powering datacentres. Consumption from datacentres has been forecast by NESO to increase and require an uninterrupted supply of electricity. The Government is...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular Reactors: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of storage capabilities of small modular reactors to power AI datacentres.
Answer: Consumption from datacentres has been forecast by NESO to increase and require an uninterrupted supply of electricity. SMRs have potential as a dedicated energy source for datacentres, given their potential to provide a near-constant supply of low-carbon ...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power StationsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of small-scale nuclear production relative to larger plants.
Answer: The Government is clear that nuclear power, including small modular reactors (SMRs), is and will continue to be an important part of the UK energy mix, providing secure, low carbon energy and thousands of skills jobs. Great British Nuclear is pushing forw...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 30234, on British Nationality: Applications, how much of the revenue cited covered administrative costs; how much was profit; and if she will provide
Answer: The Home Office does not make a profit from fees and any income from fees set above the cost of processing is utilised for the purpose of running the Migration and Borders system.Fees transparency data produced by the Department can be accessed at the lin...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Offences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on the number of child sexual assault cases brought forward.
Answer: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced in Parliament on 17 December, will protect children at risk of abuse, stopping vulnerable children falling through cracks in services.To keep children safe, the department plans to improve the sharing ...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
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