Catherine Atkinson MP: written questions
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Written questions
Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her proposed reforms to PIP on people who (a) travel to work and (b) require (i) practical and (ii) mental health support at work.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here: Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. We are consulting on how best to support those who are affe...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Chronic Illnesses and DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to enable the employment of (a) disabled people and (b) people with long-term health conditions.
Answer: Good work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. Disabled people and people with health conditions are a diverse group so access to the right work and health...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her proposed reforms to PIP on (a) employment and (b) health and care needs of disabled people.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here: Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. A further programme of analysis to support development of t...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to co-produce reforms to the welfare system with (a) disabled people and (b) their carers.
Answer: This government values the input of disabled people and people with health conditions, in addition to representative organisations that support them. That is why we opened a public consultation that ran until 30 June 2025, for a full 12 weeks after a full...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department has taken to consult (a) disabled people and (b) their carers on reforms to the welfare system.
Answer: This government values the input of disabled people and people with health conditions, in addition to representative organisations that support them. That is why we opened a public consultation that ran until 30 June 2025, for a full 12 weeks after a full...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to review taxi and private hire vehicle licensing.
Answer: The Department for Transport will legislate to address the important issues raised in Baroness Casey’s report, tackling the inconsistent standards of taxi and private hire vehicle driver licensing. We will work as quickly as possible and consider all opti...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVictim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Health and Social Care and (b) Justice on the potential impact of (i) court backlogs, (ii) waiting lists for NHS services and (iii) lev
Answer: It is unacceptable that victims requiring support are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for NHS mental health services are far too long. As part of the Government’s mission to build an NHS fit for the future, the Depar...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 903948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacies.
Answer: After years of neglect, this Government has agreed with the sector a record uplift to 3.1 billion pounds for 25/26. Pharmacy is an important front door to NHS services in the heart their communities, we are committed to support and growing their role as ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of NHS England's revision of the Accessible Information Standard on compliance among NHS organisations.
Answer: National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers are expected to meet the Accessible Information Standard (AIS), which details the approach to supporting the information and communication support needs of patients and carers...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of NHS organisations that do not have adequate IT systems in place to support the delivery of the Accessible Information Standard.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the adequacy of IT systems to support specifically the delivery of the Accessible Information Standard. NHS England publishes criteria for how organisations can assess their compliance with the Accessible Inform...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of NHS patients who have registered to have adjustments made to their patient record under the Accessible Information Standard.
Answer: Under the Equality Act 2010, public sector organisations are required to make changes in their approach or provision to ensure that services are accessible to disabled people, as well as to everybody else, by making reasonable adjustments.National Health ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of provision for 14 to 16-year-olds in further education colleges on (a) student (i) enrollment and (ii) attendance and (b) students in non-mainst
Answer: The department wants to ensure that all young people receive the education that is right for them. For over a decade now, colleges have been able to apply to directly enrol 14 to 16-year-olds in full time programmes, to enable students who wish it to unde...
Answered 23 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Flood ControlMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the installation of (a) flood doors, (b) flood barriers and (c) automatic air bricks on new build p
Answer: The government is committed to building the homes the country needs while ensuring they are safe from flooding.The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 is clear that development should be directed to areas with the lowe...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services.
Answer: We are determined to rebuild dentistry for the long term.We will deliver an additional 700,000 urgent dental appointments; reform the dental contract; and introduce supervised toothbrushing for three- to five-year-olds in the most deprived communities.We ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAssistance AnimalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to tackle illegal access refusals.
Answer: No one deserves to be held back or treated unfairly because of their disability. We are determined to tackle barriers and work with disabled people to ensure they have equal access to every opportunity. The Equality Act 2010 protects everyone against disc...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRivers: WalkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on the designation of new national river walks in England.
Answer: The Department is progressing plans to designate nine new National River Walks across England, one in each region, to enhance access to nature. This is a priority for us, and we are currently considering several delivery options, as well as reviewing wher...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 900340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with early years stronger practice hubs on funding.
Answer: The department has offered all Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs further funding until 31 March 2025 so they can continue providing early years educators with support to improve practice, supporting our mission to break down barriers to opportunity by gi...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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