Charlie Maynard MP: written questions
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Jagtar Singh JohalForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date his last discussion with representatives of the Indian Government took place on the detention of Jagtar Singh Johal.
Answer: The UK Government remains absolutely committed to pushing the Government of India for a faster resolution to Jagtar Singh Johal's case. The Foreign Secretary continues to raise concerns with the Government of India, most recently with Indian External Affa...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: OxfordshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for (a) diagnosis and (b) beginning treatment for patients with Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis in West Oxfordshire.
Answer: No formal assessment has been made. Patients have been let down for too long whilst they wait for the care they need. Tackling waiting lists, including in respiratory medicine, is a key part of our Health Mission. We have delivered almost 2.2 million extr...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of specialist care for people with Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis for people in West Oxfordshire.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of interstitial lung disease (ILD) services and funds the anti-fibrotic treatments that are part of the treatment pathway for ILD.No assessment of the West Oxfordshire service has been made. However, the na...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include policies on (a) identifying and (b) treating brain tumours.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has announced that a National Cancer Plan for England will be published this year. The Prime Minister’s Health Mission sets the objective of building a National Health Service fit for t...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: OxfordshireDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) children and (b) young people who are on the waiting list for an education, health and care plan in Oxfordshire; and how many and what proportion of th
Answer: The department collects information on the number of requests for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment, the number of EHC needs assessments carried out, and the number of EHC plans issued on a calendar year basis. The latest figures we hol...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Health and DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help support health and disability benefit recipients to respond to her Department's forthcoming consultation on proposed changes to these benefits.
Answer: To ensure that our consultation is accessible, we intend to produce a range of accessible formats of the Green Paper. Additionally, throughout the consultation period, we will continue to listen to and work with disabled people and their representatives t...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Animal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using technologies such as (a) organ-on-a-chip and (b) computer modelling to reduce the number of animals used in medical research
Answer: Phasing out animal testing where possible is a clear goal of this government and innovative technologies, such as organ-on-a-chip, are essential to delivering this ambition.The Government invests £10m annually in The National Centre for the Replacement, R...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward a ban on the use of snare traps.
Answer: This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Government will introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation. As outlined in our manifesto, we will bring an end to the use of snar...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway on level of use of cages for farmed animals.
Answer: We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway has made grants available to improve the health and welfare of livestock....
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: Migrant WorkersDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to reduce overall and upfront immigration costs for researchers.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has regular discussions with the Home Office, and with other government departments, to ensure that the UK’s world-class science, research, technology and innovation sectors are supported by a competit...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Ofwat on trends in the level of water bills.
Answer: Minister and officials speak regularly with Ofwat on a range of issues. Under the Conservatives, our sewerage system crumbled. They irresponsibly let water companies divert customers' money to line the pockets of their bosses and shareholders.The public a...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy that Carbon Capture and Storage plans are assessed under principle H of schedule B of the Subsidy Control Act 2022.
Answer: Where a subsidy relates to the decarbonisation of emissions linked to industrial activities in the United Kingdom, My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State is required by the Subsidy Control Act 2022 to consider Principle H – it is not a question of poli...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordA40: OxfordshireDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of (a) trends in the level of congestion on the Witney-Oxfordshire section of the A40 and (b) the potential impact of increased housebuilding in West Oxfordshire on conge
Answer: Any assessment on congestion levels on this section of the A40 would be a matter for the local highway authority, in this case Oxfordshire County Council. Government has committed over £160 million of investment to the A40 West of Oxford, this would allow...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDiagnosis and Dental Services: WitneyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet the hon. Member for Witney to discuss the availability of (a) NHS dentistry and (b) diagnostic testing in Witney constituency.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: OfwatDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of Ofwat since July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministerial meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course. Officials meet a variety of external stakeholders, inc...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with campaigners on water regulation since July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministerial meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course. Officials meet a variety of external stakeholders, inc...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Water CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of water and sewerage companies since July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministerial meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course. Officials meet a variety of external stakeholders, inc...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCarterton Community College and Special Educational Needs: OxfordshireDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with the hon. Member for Witney to discuss (a) the condition of Carterton Community College and (b) SEND further education provision in West Oxfordshire.
Answer: As the Minister responsible for school and college capital funding, the hon. Member for Witney can contact my office to arrange a meeting to discuss these matters.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: OxfordshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS dental services in (a) Witney constituency and (b) West Oxfordshire.
Answer: Dental Statistics - England 2023-24, published by NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available from the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324The data for Bucking...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of adding a QR code to the NHS App on the (a) speed and (b) safety of the processing of patients (i) in vaccination clinics and (ii) generally.
Answer: There are no firm plans to incorporate Quick Response (QR) codes into the vaccination user experience, for example, in invitations, booking confirmations, at the point of care more generally, or in the NHS App specifically.Work for the QR code feature is ...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps with Ofwat to place Thames Water in special administration.
Answer: The Government and Ofwat – the financial regulator for the water sector – are carefully monitoring the situation, and Ofwat continues to engage with Thames Water. The company remains stable, and it would be inappropriate to comment in detail on hypothetic...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWater CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy that water companies in breach of their operating licence are able to continue to operate with no material sanction.
Answer: Ofwat, as the independent economic regulator, carries out its work in the manner it considers best meets its duties, including its duty to secure that water companies properly carry out their functions. Where companies have failed to meet statutory or lic...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordThames Water: InsolvencyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will appoint a special administrator for Thames Water; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision by Moody's to downgrade Thames Water's credit rat
Answer: The company remains stable and we are closely monitoring the situation. It would be irresponsible to comment on hypotheticals.
Answered 5 Aug 2024
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