Caroline Dinenage MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Veterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, what the minimum recordable level of radiation dose is for establishing radiation exposure.
Answer: Exposure to a measurable level of ionising radiation is determined by a radiological dosimetry specialist report. Specialist reports are obtained from Defence Radiation and Protection Services and Atomic Weapons Establishment as they hold the relevant rec...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordContinuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he will provide towards NHS continuing healthcare checklists over the next five years.
Answer: No funding has ever been specifically allocated for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) checklists, and as such, we do not hold this information. NHS England provides funding to integrated care boards (ICBs) to fulfil their core duty to commission high-qualit...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordContinuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he is providing to ICBs to ensure consistent interpretation of NHS continuing healthcare checklist guidance.
Answer: The Department published national guidance, the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care, intended to ensure the consistent delivery of National Health Service continuing healthcare (CHC) by integrated care boards (ICBs...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the level of support that unpaid carers can access once they have undertaken a Carer’s Assessment in England.
Answer: All unpaid carers are entitled to a carer’s assessment. Local authorities have duties to support people caring for their family and friends. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are required to undertake carer’s assessments to support people caring ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of funding for local authorities to support unpaid carers who have requested a Carer's Assessment in the last 12 months.
Answer: Local authorities have duties to support people caring for their family and friends. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are required to undertake carer’s assessments to support people caring for their family and friends who appear to have a need f...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of unpaid carers (a) are given practical support and (b) are signposted to information and advice following a Carer’s Assessment.
Answer: Local authorities (LAs) have duties to support people caring for their family and friends. Under the Care Act 2014, they are required to undertake Carer’s Assessments to support people caring for their family and friends who appear to have a need for supp...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of access to adult social care services in England on unpaid carers’ ability to participate in paid employment.
Answer: Adult social care has a role to play in helping unpaid carers to participate and stay in paid employment. The Government recognises the challenges facing the adult social care system. That is why the Government is launching an independent commission into ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, England, 2023-24, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that families have the support they need. Local authorities have duties to support people caring for their family and friends. The Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable, hig...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's publication entitled JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination in 2025 and spring 2026, updated on 14 November 2024, what the evidential basis was for accepting the
Answer: The independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises the Department on the approach to vaccination and immunisation programmes. The aim of the COVID-19 vaccination programme is to prevent serious disease, leading to hospitalisati...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recommendations of his Department's publication entitled JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination in 2025 and spring 2026, updated on 14 Nov
Answer: The independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises the Department on the approach to vaccination and immunisation programmes. The aim of the COVID-19 vaccination programme is to prevent serious disease, leading to hospitalisati...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government's decision not to implement the recommendations of the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s
Answer: The basis for the Government’s decision has been set out by the Secretary of State, deposited in the House of Commons library and is available here: Government response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's investigation into Women's State P...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: RefugeesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safe return of refugees to their homes in Northeast Syria.
Answer: The security situation in Northeast Syria remains unstable and we are concerned about the impact that current tensions may have on the civilian population and on civilian infrastructure. Northeast Syria also faces an ongoing humanitarian crisis, with 82 p...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWar Pensions: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce barriers to application to the War Pensions Scheme for British Nuclear Test Veterans.
Answer: Nuclear Test Veterans who believe they have suffered ill health due to service have the right to apply for no-fault compensation under the War Pension Scheme (WPS) and have the same access to the scheme as any other veteran, with each application being as...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations in the report entitled Addressing the UK’s heritage skills crisis: why we must act now, published
Answer: The department supports vocational education and training programmes that include heritage conservation skills. This includes funding for courses at further education colleges and specialist training providers. A wide range of government-funded programmes...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: IndustryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits for business and academic research of requiring the Office for National Statistics to publish statistical releases using 4-digit Standard Indu
Answer: The Office for National Statistics is independent of ministers, who are therefore unable to require publication of any particular breakdowns, including statistics at 4-digit Standard Industrial Classification codes. DCMS has a strong working relationship ...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Artificial Intelligence and CopyrightDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Government’s preferred option in its consultation on copyright and AI on growth in the creative industries.
Answer: The government’s consultation on Copyright and AI, launched 17 December and closing 25 February, was published alongside an accompanying options assessment. The consultation seeks to gather further evidence on the potential impact on the creative industri...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural HeritageDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings in the report entitled Addressing the UK’s heritage skills crisis: why we must act now, published by
Answer: The government recognises the risk to the repair, maintenance and retrofit of older buildings arising from possible skills shortages. DCMS and Historic England are working across government and with sector partners to ensure the necessary workforce is in ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Private Finance InitiativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to increase the evidence base on the impacts of merger and acquisition-led FDI projects in the creative industries.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is cognisant of the increasing levels of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) driven Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), as highlighted in the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre's (PEC) recent "FDI...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to extend the eligibility criteria for the Holiday activities and food programme.
Answer: The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme is aimed at children in receipt of benefits-related free school meals. However, local authorities have discretion to go beyond this as set out in the HAF guidance: “While the majority of funding that local a...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will announce funding for a multi-year extension to the Holiday activities and food programme.
Answer: The government recently announced over £200 million funding for the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme for 2025/26.The HAF programme has been delivered nationally by local authorities in England since 2022, to provide healthy meals, enriching act...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with local councils on the future funding of the Holiday Activities and Food programme.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Gosport to the answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 17058.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing regulation of the fertility industry.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) published Modernising Fertility Law in November 2023, its recommendations for updating the regulatory framework in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary o...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to update existing regulations in the fertility industry.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) published Modernising Fertility Law in November 2023, its recommendations for updating the regulatory framework in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary o...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordApricity Fertility: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Agency on the closure of the Apricity business.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) advised the Department about the closure of the on-line service for fertility patients, Apricity, on 24 December 2024. The Apricity service did not fall under the HFEA’s current regulatory remit as i...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHelp to Grow Schemes: UniversitiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the next phase of Help to Grow Management Programme funds will be available to universities.
Answer: In the Autumn Budget, 2024 the Chancellor demonstrated the government’s commitment to continue the Help to Grow: Management Course throughout 2025-26, maintaining its existing scale and reach as part of our growth strategy. Help to Grow: Management will c...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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