Caroline Johnson MP: written questions
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Hospital Wards: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that biological women can access single-sex healthcare provision in NHS hospital wards.
Answer: We have always supported the protection of single-sex spaces based on biological sex. The Supreme Court ruling about the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Acy 2010 case has provided much needed confidence and clarity to service providers.The National Healt...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: GirlsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department plans to provide to schools on ensuring that biological girls have access to female-only (a) spaces, (b) sports and (c) facilities.
Answer: Single-sex spaces based on biological sex are protected in law and will always be protected by this government.The department is currently reviewing the draft non-statutory guidance for schools and colleges on gender questioning children, in addition to r...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWomenHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to update guidance to public bodies on the lawful provision of single-sex services for biological women.
Answer: Along with all other public sector organisations, we are considering what the implications for the Home Office and policing will be of the Supreme Court ruling. It is important that our next steps are properly considered and aligned with legal advice and ...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWomenHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the (a) safety and (b) privacy of biological women in single-sex spaces.
Answer: Along with all other public sector organisations, we are considering what the implications for the Home Office and policing will be of the Supreme Court ruling. It is important that our next steps are properly considered and aligned with legal advice and ...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of uncollected rubbish on the risk of fire in Birmingham.
Answer: The Government has been supporting Birmingham City Council (BCC) in its efforts to address the backlog of waste that had been building up on the city’s streets. MHCLG has worked with a number of key Government Departments to provide support to BCC includi...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeaslesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential correlation between (a) age, (b) sex, (c) vaccine status, (d) ethnicity and (e) upper tier local authority area and trends in the level of (i) all peopl
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors trends in measles epidemiology and publishes a monthly report of laboratory confirmed cases of measles by age, region, and upper-tier local authority, available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/govern...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeaslesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy for all patients with suspected measles to be sent an oral fluid kit.
Answer: In the UK, an appropriate test to confirm or discard cases is essential. As per the guidelines, all suspected measles cases reported to Health Protection Teams are sent an oral fluid kit for testing at the Virus Reference Department at UKHSA Colindale.The...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeasles: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of measles vaccination.
Answer: The Department is working alongside its partners to increase vaccine uptake and coverage across all childhood vaccination programmes, including the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) programme.The National Health Service and general practices (GPs) have be...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had to discuss the potential spread of leptospirosis, in the context of the bin strikes in Birmingham.
Answer: The Government has been supporting Birmingham City Council (BCC) in its efforts to address the backlog of waste that had been building up on the city’s streets. MHCLG has worked with a number of key Government Departments to provide support to BCC includi...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLeptospirosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent meetings (a) he has had and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had on leptospirosis.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and ministers have had no recent meetings on leptospirosis. The UK Health Security Agency undertakes routine surveillance for leptospirosis infections in humans and publishes a quarterly...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeaslesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025WithdrawnUIN 45753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on measles.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordTuberculosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent meetings (a) he has had and (b) Ministers in his Department have had on the prevention of tuberculosis.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) met with the previous Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention in February 2025 to discuss tuberculosis (TB).UKHSA and NHS England’s joint plan, Tuberculosis action plan for England, 202...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosis: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of the risks of tuberculosis infection.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England’s joint Tuberculosis (TB) Action Plan for England 2021 to 2026 contains actions to encourage the use of new tools to raise awareness of TB in at risk populations and the healthcare workforce. Full deta...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosis: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) vaccination status, (b) ethnicity, (c) travel history, (d) source of infection and (d) eligibility for NHS vaccine before infection diagnosed of chi
Answer: Children are identified as a specific population group requiring actions in the joint UK Health Security Agency and NHS England plan, Tuberculosis (TB): action plan for England, 2021 to 2026, but there are no high-level indicators to report relating to TB...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of cases of tuberculosis in Non-UK born individuals (a) visiting and (b) migrating to the UK.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England’s collaborative Tuberculosis (TB): action plan for England, 2021 to 2026 aims to reduce the numbers of cases of TB in non-United Kingdom born individuals migrating to the UK. The plan is available at t...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosis: Antimicrobial ResistanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of tuberculosis cases show evidence of (a) multi drug resistance and (b) rifampicin resistance.
Answer: Detailed analysis on drug resistance is published in the annual Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Microbiology England reports, with the most recent being from 2023. Rifampicin-resistant (RR) and multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) is reported in a singl...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to the meet the World Health Organisation's target to end tuberculosis by 2035.
Answer: In September 2023, the United Kingdom reconfirmed its commitment to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), including to World Health Organization’s (WHO) elimination targets, at the United Nations high-level meeting on TB.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHS...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood TestsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to extend opt out (a) HIV, (b) Hepatitis B and (c) Hepatitis C testing to all patients requiring a blood test in all NHS accident and emergency departments that do not currently o
Answer: Emergency department opt out testing is currently being offered to all extremely high and high HIV prevalence areas in England until 2026/27. A detailed list of specific sites offering opt-out HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C testing is in the attached t...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood TestsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the NHS accident and emergency departments currently not offering an opt out of (a) HIV, (b) Hepatitis B and (c) Hepatitis C testing to all patients requiring a blood test.
Answer: Emergency department opt out testing is currently being offered to all extremely high and high HIV prevalence areas in England until 2026/27. A detailed list of specific sites offering opt-out HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C testing is in the attached t...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood TestsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the NHS accident and emergency departments currently offering an opt out of (a) HIV, (b) Hepatitis B and (c) Hepatitis C testing to all patients requiring a blood test.
Answer: Emergency department opt out testing is currently being offered to all extremely high and high HIV prevalence areas in England until 2026/27. A detailed list of specific sites offering opt-out HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C testing is in the attached t...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVetting: FraudHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the (a) number and (b) proportion of Disclosure and Barring Service certificates provided to employers which are (i) fake and (ii) falsified.
Answer: The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent from the Home Office and neither Home Office or DBS holds estimates on either the number or proportion of DBS certificates which are fake or falsified. However, the DBS does publish gui...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 41472 on Childcare: Fees and Charges whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the £100k cut off for free childcare provision on (a) overa
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham to the answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 41472.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: Proof of IdentityHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a person's passport can be used to prove their (a) biological sex, (b) genetic sex, (c) sex at birth and (d) sex as legally defined.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave her on 31 March to question 41234.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of uncollected rubbish in Birmingham on (a) public health and (b) levels of Weil’s disease.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is closely monitoring the situation in Birmingham.Birmingham City Council is conducting a risk assessment on the potential public health impacts of uncollected waste. The assessment is...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLeptospirosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the number of cases of leptospirosis and (b) the epidemiology of those cases.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) undertakes routine surveillance for leptospirosis infections in humans and publishes a quarterly report on the common animal-associated infections, with further information available at the following link:https://www....
Answered 24 Apr 2025
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