Charlotte Nichols MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
First AidDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps under the NHS 10-Year Plan to improve public access to first aid (a) training and (b) equipment to help (i) increase the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival ra
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will consider the change needed to meet the three health mission goals of; a fairer system where everyone lives well for longer: a National Health Service that is there when people need it; and fewer lives lost to the biggest kille...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: RegistrationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department requires recipients of the Community Automated External Defibrillator Fund to register their automated external defibrillators onto The Circuit national defibrillator network
Answer: The Department does not hold data on automated external defibrillators (AEDs) installed on Government buildings, or whether those AEDs are registered on the Circuit. The Circuit is a national defibrillator and ambulance service database, operated independ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: RegistrationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage community organisations in (a) Warrington and (b) the rest of England to register their automated external defibrillators onto The Circuit nation
Answer: The Department does not hold data on automated external defibrillators (AEDs) installed on Government buildings, or whether those AEDs are registered on the Circuit. The Circuit is a national defibrillator and ambulance service database, operated independ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: Government DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether automated external defibrillators installed on Government buildings are registered onto The Circuit national defibrillator network.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on automated external defibrillators (AEDs) installed on Government buildings, or whether those AEDs are registered on the Circuit. The Circuit is a national defibrillator and ambulance service database, operated independ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to develop volunteering as a route to an NHS career; and what support his Department provides to (a) NHS Cadets and (b) other programmes to help support a (i) di
Answer: NHS England has been working in partnership with Helpforce, St John Ambulance, and Barnardos on a range of initiatives to better support volunteers to take the next step into a career in the National Health Service. With Helpforce, this has included suppo...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long-Term Workforce plan, what steps his Department plans to take to recognise the clinical capability of volunteers in enhancing NHS resilience and delivering NHS Career
Answer: The Department and NHS England value the excellent contribution that clinically trained volunteers make in supporting the National Health Service, from the thousands of trained Community First Responders across the ambulance service, to volunteers from pa...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Voluntary OrganisationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to enable Integrated Care Boards to draw on surge capacity from auxiliary organisations such as St John Ambulance to help support NHS emergency preparedness.
Answer: The independent investigation into National Health Service performance, published on 12 September, is helping to inform a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the NHS and build a health service that is more resilient and fit for the future.It is for local integr...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve how NHS England works with clinically trained volunteers.
Answer: NHS England does not directly manage volunteers, with volunteering services being managed and delivered by National Health Service organisations and commissioned partners.The 2023 NHS Volunteering Taskforce report highlighted the untapped potential of vol...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHSDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of Lord Darzi's Independent investigation of the NHS in England, published on 12 September 2024, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen NHS resilience; and
Answer: The independent investigation into National Health Service performance, published on 12 September, is helping to inform a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the NHS and build a health service that is more resilient and fit for the future.It is for local integr...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish National (Overseas): Diplomatic ServiceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Hongkongers who have (a) arrived in the UK under the BN(O) scheme and (b) will be naturalised as British citizens have access to UK (i)
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provides consular assistance to British nationals abroad. This includes British Nationals (Overseas) who, under the Memoranda to the Joint Declaration, are eligible for consular assistance in third c...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHong Kong: TravelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to communicate the risks associated with travel to Hong Kong to Hongkongers who have (a) arrived in the UK under the BN(O) scheme and a
Answer: FCDO's Travel Advice for Hong Kong explains that Hong Kong does not recognise dual nationality and anyone born in China to a Chinese national parent would be considered by authorities to be of Chinese nationality and treated as a Chinese citizen. Anyone w...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdvisory Council on the Misuse of DrugsHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings she has had with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention met the Chair of the ACMD, Professor Owen Bowden-Jones on the 29th October 2024, as part of this Government’s wider work on tackling the harms associated with drug misuse.Regular meetings with the ACMD ...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdvisory Council on the Misuse of DrugsHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has not published an annual report since 2019; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the Advisory Coun
Answer: The Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention met the Chair of the ACMD, Professor Owen Bowden-Jones on the 29th October 2024, as part of this Government’s wider work on tackling the harms associated with drug misuse.Regular meetings with the ACMD ...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies on tackling drug-related harms of all of the recommendations made by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs between 2010 and 20
Answer: The Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention met the Chair of the ACMD, Professor Owen Bowden-Jones on the 29th October 2024, as part of this Government’s wider work on tackling the harms associated with drug misuse.Regular meetings with the ACMD ...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9953More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to end the duty stamps scheme.
Answer: The government will set out plans for the future of Alcohol Duty Stamps in due course.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9952More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ask the Office for Budget Responsibility to review its (a) price elasticity of demand and (b) other forecasting methodology for alcohol duty revenues.
Answer: The OBR regularly reviews its forecasting methodology. Its forecast is informed by economic factors including real household consumption and underlying trends in alcohol consumption.The OBR published updated price elasticities for alcohol in July 2024.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: FiresHome OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of fires that have been caused by the batteries of (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Home Office collects data on incidents attended by Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs), with this data including the cause of the fire and the source of ignition. This data is published in a variety of publications, available here: Fire statistics - GOV.U...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Mental Health Bill will (a) protect and (b) enhance the rights of (i) children and (ii) young people who are (A) detained in and (B) admitted informally t
Answer: The forthcoming Mental Health Bill will strengthen the rights of children and young people, to ensure they are involved in decisions about their care, that they can challenge these decisions and, above all, ensure that they are only detained for treatment...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for the children's mental health to (a) reduce waiting times for and (b) increase access to support.
Answer: It is unacceptable that too many children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are far too long. That is why we will recruit 8,500 additional mental health workers across bo...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEducational Institutions: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to embed a Whole Education Approach to mental health and wellbeing in all education settings.
Answer: The government is committed to improving mental health outcomes for all children and young people, as this is critical to breaking down barriers to opportunity and learning.The department, along with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, pr...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on reviewing the fairness of PIP assessments.
Answer: The Department is not currently undertaking a review of the fairness of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments. PIP is designed to treat all claimants fairly, focusing on the needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability, rather t...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMenopause: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers are supporting women managing menopause.
Answer: The Government believes in the vital importance of equality of opportunity and of treatment in the workplace. The plan to Make Work Pay includes clear action to place equality, diversity and inclusion issues on a statutory footing. This includes requiring...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFlexible Working: WomenDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support women with flexible working.
Answer: Through the recently introduced Employment Rights Bill, we are amending existing legislation to ensure employers accept flexible working requests, except where they are not reasonably feasible. These changes will support employees to access flexible worki...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle low pay in the further education sector.
Answer: The government does not set or recommend pay in further education (FE). This remains the responsibility of individual colleges who are free to implement pay arrangements in line with their local needs.The government recognises the vital role that FE teach...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTGI Fridays: ClosuresDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with D&D London on the closure of 35 TGI Fridays branches.
Answer: We understand that this will be a concerning time for workers at TGI Fridays, and we stand ready to support those impacted. Affected employees will be able to access Government support, including Universal Credit and Job Centre Plus to help them find new ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
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