Calvin Bailey MP: written questions
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Visas: PalestiniansHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to help facilitate access to the UK for Palestinian family members of UK nationals in (a) Egypt and (b) Gaza.
Answer: Immediate family members of British citizens, and those settled in the UK, who wish to come and live in the UK and do not have a current UK visa can apply under one of the existing family visa routes. There are no plans to create a bespoke family reunion ...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
Answer: Yes, we will announce the outcomes of the Business Planning process, including any implications for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme soon.
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSick PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Trade Union Congress report entitled Sick pay that works, published February 2021, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) current Statutory Sick Pay
Answer: The pandemic exposed how precarious work and life is for those on low incomes, with many forced to choose between their health and financial hardship. This is why, through the Employment Rights Bill, we are removing the Lower Earnings Limit so that up to ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpace Technology: Small BusinessesDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) clarity, (b) consistency and (c) timeliness of licensing assessments of launch and return activities for experimental satellites and spacecraft
Answer: The length of time that the Civil Aviation Authority, the independent regulator, takes for a licence application assessment is predicated on the heritage and maturity of the technology, and the quality of information provided by the applicant. The Governm...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpace Technology: Small BusinessesDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's report entitled Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space Technologies, published on 25 April 2024, what steps her Dep
Answer: We are working closely with Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT), who we understand have met with the Regulatory Horizons Council (RHC) on their report published in April 2024. A formal response will be sent to the RHC in the new year...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSixth Form CollegesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support sixth-form colleges.
Answer: This government is committed to driving economic growth and supporting opportunity for all, and further education (FE) is central to this.My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £300 million in 2025/26 for FE at the Autumn Budget 2...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCadetsDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve the (a) employment, (b) training and (c) educational opportunities available for young people participating in cadet programmes.
Answer: The government, through the Ministry of Defence, provides in the region of £180 million to support cadets schemes. The Cadet Expansion Programme will receive £3.6 million in government funding for this academic year and through to the 2033/2034 financial ...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCadetsDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing 16-18 scholarships for young people participating in cadet programmes.
Answer: The government, through the Ministry of Defence, provides in the region of £180 million to support cadets schemes. The Cadet Expansion Programme will receive £3.6 million in government funding for this academic year and through to the 2033/2034 financial ...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBBC World Service: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the resources available to the BBC World Service.
Answer: In a time where the world faces huge challenges, the Government is fully committed to a successful BBC World Service that continues to provide essential, impartial and accurate news coverage and programming reaching millions of people across the globe.Gov...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInformation WarfareMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Joint Concept Note 2/18 entitled Information Advantage, published by his Department in November 2018, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the level
Answer: Joint Concept Note (JCN) 2/18, Information Advantage, sets out proposals for how Defence could use information differently, it is not Government policy. The BBC World Service is not part of Defence and therefore its funding is not a matter for the Ministr...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWhipps Cross Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) business case status and (b) RIBA stage is for the scheme to rebuild Whipps Cross University Hospital as part of the New Hospitals Programme.
Answer: The standard process confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the New Hospital Programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to suppor...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWhipps Cross Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding had been allocated for (a) the scheme to rebuild Whipps Cross University Hospital and (b) the New Hospital Programme by 2 July 2024.
Answer: The standard process confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the New Hospital Programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to suppor...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWhipps Cross Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the scheme to rebuild Whipps Cross University Hospital has received up to the end of the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: The standard process confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the New Hospital Programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to suppor...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWhipps Cross Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of the scheme to rebuild Whipps Cross University Hospital.
Answer: The standard process confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the New Hospital Programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to suppor...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to hold discussions with (a) parents of children with SEND and (b) specialist charities that support parents on reforms to the SEND system.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that co-production with parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and with the specialist charities that support them is a priority. The department has two contracts which...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) take steps to (i) improve accountability processes for and (ii) simplify complaint routes for the parents of children that access SEND provision in schools and (b) continue the SEND Cha
Answer: Ofsted and Care Quality Commission commenced a strengthened local inspection framework in January 2023, which places a greater emphasis on the outcomes being achieved for children and young people. It is the primary tool to maintain a focus on high standa...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of changes in the level of (a) humanitarian access, (b) protection of humanitarian facilities and pers
Answer: As set out in the Foreign Secretary's statement to the House on 2 September, it is the assessment of this Government that Israel could reasonably do more to ensure that life-saving food and medical supplies reach civilians in Gaza. I raised this concern w...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on compliance with (a) the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Answer: The Government is concerned by credible claims of mistreatment of detainees, which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) cannot investigate, having been denied access to places of detention. The treatment of detainees was a factor taken int...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on (a) escalating violence, (b) compliance with international humanitarian law by Israeli forces and (c) ac
Answer: We continue to call on Israeli authorities to exercise restraint, adhere to international law, and clamp down on the actions of those who seek to inflame tensions. The Government is deeply concerned by the ongoing IDF military operation in the occupied We...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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