Chi Onwurah MP: written questions
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Health: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 905342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle health inequalities in the North East.
Answer: This government is working to stamp out this country’s stark health inequalities. The North East has had the lowest healthy life expectancy for over ten years, which is unacceptable.The Government has put tackling these inequalities at the heart of the 10...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Illnesses: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the 10 Year Health Plan supports people with (a) arthritis and (b) other long-term conditions.
Answer: The three shifts outlined in the 10-Year Health Plan will support people with long-term conditions, including those with arthritis, to better manage their condition and access services closer to home. For example, it will empower them to access their medi...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArthritis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve care for people with arthritis.
Answer: Services for those with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, including arthritis, are commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs). The Department expects MSK services to be fully incorporated into integrated care system planning and decision-making...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Newcastle upon TyneDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to help tackle pavement parking in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Answer: The Department held a consultation on pavement parking in 2020 and has been considering all the views expressed in response to the consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. We will annou...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordKnee ReplacementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) clinical impact of the Zimmer Biomet NexGen Legacy Posterior Stabilized (LPS) knee replacement system on the NHS.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued a field safety notice (FSN) in December 2022 about some devices in the NexGen family of knee implants. The FSN was issued following notification by the National Joint Registry (NJR) Imp...
Answered 8 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: ElswickHome OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Safer Streets Summer Blitz on crime levels in Elswick.
Answer: The Safer Streets Summer Initiative will see a drive to reduce town centre criminality, shop theft, street crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) across England and Wales.Running from 30 June to the end of September, it is focused on preventing crime and A...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: IndustryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the importance of industrial heritage to the culture of historically industrial (a) cities and (b) towns.
Answer: DCMS has not made a formal assessment of the importance of industrial heritage to the culture of historically industrial cities and towns. However, this government is dedicated to supporting Britain's industrial heritage. Historic England, the government'...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: IndustryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department are working on (a) promoting and (b) preserving Britain's industrial heritage; and if she will make it her policy to publish a strategy on th
Answer: Historic England, the government's statutory adviser on the historic environment, is responsible for managing and protecting heritage, including industrial heritage, across the country. As well as funding Historic England, the government announced new, ad...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: IndustryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support Britain's industrial heritage.
Answer: DCMS has not made a formal assessment of the importance of industrial heritage to the culture of historically industrial cities and towns. However, this government is dedicated to supporting Britain's industrial heritage. Historic England, the government'...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: IndustryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available to support the refurbishment of (a) the Swing Bridge in Newcastle and (b) other British industrial heritage.
Answer: Newcastle’s Swing Bridge is a Scheduled Monument and Grade II* listed structure. Support for the refurbishment of the bridge and other industrial heritage may be available through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Arms-Length Bodies.Historic E...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: ICTDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) availability and (b) portability of (i) digital infrastructure and (ii) IT services at Jobcentre Plus locations, in the context of support for (A)
Answer: We are reforming Jobcentre Plus and creating a new service across Great Britain that will enable everyone to access support to find good, meaningful work, and support to help them to progress in work, including through an enhanced focus on skills and care...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Situation: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67330More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will request that the Office for Budget Responsibility model an AI-accelerated productivity scenario alongside potential fiscal risks for (a) climate change, (b) demographic and (c) other trends.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government's official independent forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook. All judgements underpinning these forecasts, including estimates of the impacts of Artificial Inte...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Situation: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67329More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has requested that the Office for Budget Responsibility assess the potential fiscal impacts of artificial intelligence.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government's official independent forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook. All judgements underpinning these forecasts, including estimates of the impacts of Artificial Inte...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Situation: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67328More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has produced internal modelling on the potential fiscal impacts of artificial intelligence.
Answer: The OBR is the government's official forecaster and is responsible for assessing the UK’s economic and fiscal outlook. Its annual publication of its Fiscal Risks and Sustainability (FRS) report includes biennial long-term projections and analysis of major...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67327More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how her Department plans to quantify the (a) costs and (b) savings associated with the adoption of artificial intelligence in (i) health, (ii) defence, (iii) education and (iv) other public services; and whether she
Answer: The government has committed to invest in upgrading essential digital infrastructure, modernise public services and drive a major overhaul in government productivity and efficiency by harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Spending Revi...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67326More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the levels of resilience in the UK tax system of a shift from labour-intensive to capital-intensive economic models.
Answer: It is vital the tax system supports our growth mission. The Government is focused on unleashing the potential of people across all nations and regions of the UK, with an ambition of an 80 per cent employment rate. The Government continues to keep all elem...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFiscal Policy: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67325More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department's long-term fiscal modelling includes assumptions on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on levels of productivity.
Answer: The OBR is the government's official forecaster and is responsible for assessing the UK’s economic and fiscal outlook. Its annual publication of its Fiscal Risks and Sustainability (FRS) report includes biennial long-term projections and analysis of major...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Policy: ICTTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67324More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has issued guidance to the Office for Budget Responsibility on the potential inclusion of (a) technological disruption and (b) artificial intelligence in its long-term economic modelling.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government's official independent forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook. All judgements underpinning these forecasts, including estimates of the impacts of Artificial Inte...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Young PeopleTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67323More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on levels of youth employment in the North East.
Answer: A detailed assessment of the policy has been published by HMRC in their Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN). The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on individuals, businesses, an...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: AccessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish further details on plans to expand the provision of (a) palliative and (b) end of life care in community settings as outlined in the 10-Year Plan for Health.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life.Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more con...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: AccessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the 10-Year Plan for Health delivers equitable access to (a) palliative and (b) end of life care across all communities.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifica...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: North EastDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on strategies for reducing child obesity in the North East.
Answer: As part of our Health Mission, the Government is committed to ensuring that people live well for longer. This includes tackling the determinants that underpin stark health inequalities to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and po...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordScience and Discovery Centres: STEM SubjectsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the contribution of science and discovery centres to (a) UK STEM education, skills and career pathways, (b) inclusion and (c) public understanding of science.
Answer: The department has no formal relationship with science and discovery centres and has therefore not made an assessment of their impact on education. We know many schools work with partners to enrich and supplement students’ core curriculum.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support universities in (a) meeting student recruitment and (b) space targets in the context of current immigration policies.
Answer: The government has been clear that we welcome international students who meet the requirements to study in the UK. Higher education (HE) providers in the UK hosted 732,285 international students in the 2023/24 academic year, who come from all over the wor...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government’s free breakfast club early adopter programme on children’s (a) welfare and (b) educational outcomes.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering on its pledge to provide a free breakfast club in every state-funded school with primary-aged children.Breakfast clubs offer much more than just food, serving as a welcoming space for children, providing valuable ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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