Charlotte Nichols MP: written questions
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Asbestos: Ovarian CancerDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61211 on Asbestos: Ovarian Cancer, if she will direct the Health and Safety Executive to collect data on asbestos-related ovarian cancer cases.
Answer: Collecting data on individual cases of asbestos-related ovarian cancer is not feasible due to difficulties attributing them to historic exposure with confidence. Significant resource would be needed to produce estimates based on epidemiological evidence. ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the impact of (a) diamorphine assisted therapy, (b) safe consumption rooms and (c) needle and syringe exchange services on rates of skin and soft tissue inf
Answer: The Department does not collect information on the impact of diamorphine assisted therapy (DAT), safe consumption rooms and needle and exchange services on rates of soft skin tissue infections (SSTI). The Department is aware of the dangers of SSTI to peop...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: Night SheltersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to provide free menstrual products to homelessness shelters.
Answer: The Government does not directly commission homelessness shelters or services. In 2025/26 the Government is investing £1 billion in homelessness services, an increase of £233 million on the previous year. Local authorities can use this funding to provide ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that publicly-funded medical trials (a) must be balanced by sex and (b) results must be sex-disaggregated.
Answer: Medical trials, wherever possible, should always be balanced by sex, however, certain clinical trials are designed to investigate conditions that are only specific to one sex, so enforcing a balance would not make sense on those occasions.The Department c...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: SalesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that (a) all cars sold in the UK must have had safety tests undertaken on them that include specifically-female crash dummies in both the driver and passenger seats and
Answer: The latest international vehicle regulations covering frontal impact protection developed under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) currently use a crash test dummy representative of a female occupant in the front passenger seat. The...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: GenderDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with Artificial Intelligence developers to ensure they do not introduce gender bias in their algorithms.
Answer: It is crucial that AI systems are developed and deployed in a fair, inclusive and responsible way. That is why we have designated AI assurance as a key pillar of support for meeting the commitments made in government’s response to the AI Opportunities Act...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsbestos: Ovarian CancerDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will require the Health and Safety Executive to collect data on asbestos-related ovarian cancer cases.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for collection of data of workplace injury and illness. Under Regulation 9 of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR), it requires the responsible person ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: DegreesDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to add pharmacy to the list of degree courses that will be funded if an applicant already has a degree.
Answer: Under the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, additional entitlement may be available for priority subjects or longer courses in addition to an individual’s core 4-year entitlement. Details of these additional entitlements will be announced in due course.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSign Language: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on the implementation of a GCSE in British Sign Language.
Answer: The new British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE is a key feature of our commitment to enhancing the status of BSL in education and society.The department published subject content for the BSL GCSE in December 2023.As is the usual process for introducing a qualif...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of applications to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were successful at (a) first application and (b) appeal since 2020.
Answer: Between 1 January 2020 and 6 June 2025, data from the NHS Business Services Authority, the administrators of the scheme, shows that 205 claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were successful at a first application. This equates to 1.5% of the claims ...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrous Oxide: SalesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to identify the point of sale.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given by the Home Office on 9 May 2025 to PQ 49048.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to help make it easier for (a) tenants and (b) leaseholders to install heat pumps.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help upgrade homes across the country, including those occupied by tenants and leaseholders, by making them cleaner and cheaper to run, from installing new insulation to rolling out solar and heat pumps. The Government is helping ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with (a) Adoption UK and (b) other representative organisations to discuss the adoption and special guardianship support fund.
Answer: In my role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, I have recently met with Adoption UK and other representative organisations to discuss the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) and other issues during the a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the adoption and special guardianship support fund permanent.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the member for Warrington North, to my written statement of 22 April 2025, which is available here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-04-22/hcws589.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw ReportingMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress her Department is making on reducing the (a) cost and (b) time to taken to produce court transcripts for victims who request them.
Answer: Bereaved families of victims of murder, manslaughter and fatal road offences can request a free transcript of the judge’s sentencing remarks. On 22 May we announced that, following the conclusion of a one-year pilot at the end of May, we are continuing th...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw ReportingMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average price quoted was for court transcripts for victims in each of the last five years.
Answer: Management information held about transcript requests is limited, and the information requested is not held centrally.Victims usually request the judge’s sentencing remarks, which summarise the case against the defendant made at trial, the impact on victi...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw ReportingMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much income her Department has received from the sale of court transcripts to victims in each of the last five years.
Answer: HM Courts and Tribunals Service receives no income from the sale of court transcripts to victims. The service is provided under contract and suppliers provide court transcripts for a fee.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrous Oxide: SalesHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require the introduction of traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to track the point of sale.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the updated response issued to PQ 49048.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrous Oxide: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to allow the authorities to know the point of sale.
Answer: With apologies for the previous answer, nitrous oxide is controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and it is an offence to produce, supply, offer to supply, possess, possess with intent to supply, import and export nitrous oxide, wh...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: HIV/AIDSForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Lancet entitled Impact of an international HIV funding crisis on H
Answer: The UK takes note of the current context for international HIV funding. We remain committed to our long-standing support to global health organisations at the core of the response to HIV and AIDS, and we continue to support efforts to end AIDS as a public...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to encourage (a) the private sector and (b) other donors to increase funding for global HIV prevention and treatment.
Answer: As the co-host with South Africa of the 8th replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the UK is actively engaging with both international counterparts and private sector partners to advocate for maintaining or increasing fu...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica: Overseas AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to help tackle the potential impact of aid cuts on (a) South Africa, (b) Kenya, (c) Nigeria and (d) other countries of strategic im
Answer: The Government remains fully committed to the UK playing a globally significant role on development; it is both in our national interest and in the interest of our partners.The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on d...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Preventive MedicineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support the scale up of the provision of long-acting HIV prevention medicines now entering the market.
Answer: The UK remains committed to sustainable development goal 3.3 in ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030. Long-acting technologies have the potential to be game-changers in the global response to HIV, but only if they reach the countries and communiti...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps with (a) G7 and (b) European donors to return to previous levels of Official Development Assistance.
Answer: The Government remains committed to returning Official Development Assistance to 0.7 per cent of gross national income when the fiscal circumstances allow. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals requires collective action, and the UK will cont...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: CostsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the levelised cost of energy for communicating the true cost of energy production to consumers.
Answer: The Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) provides a simple, high-level metric to compare the cost of building and operating different generation technologies. While valuable for comparing the relative cost of technologies to each other, LCOE does not incl...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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