Clive Efford MP: written questions
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Written questions
Hospitals: PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had NHS England on the future (a) oversight and (b) regulation of (i) specialist pharmacies and (ii) aseptic services within hospitals.
Answer: The Department has asked NHS England to continue to progress work on the Infusions and Special Medicines Programme, which is tasked with the implementation of Lord Carter’ 2020 report, Transforming Pharmacy Aseptic Services in England. The work included p...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the (a) oversight and (b) regulation of (i) specialist pharmacies and (ii) aseptic services within hospitals.
Answer: The Department has asked NHS England to continue to progress work on the Infusions and Special Medicines Programme, which is tasked with the implementation of Lord Carter’ 2020 report, Transforming Pharmacy Aseptic Services in England. The work included p...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51790More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry on 7 May 2025, whether he intends to review (a) the compensation regulations and (b) the tariffs.
Answer: As I said in my oral evidence to the Inquiry, I am open to considering a number of areas of the Scheme where doing so does not cause undue delay to the delivery of compensation. The Inquiry will be producing a further report and the Government will respon...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51789More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, if he will review the supplementary route for people for whom the impact of their viruses and their treatments are not fully captured by the core route t
Answer: The Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group provided advice on the design of infection severity bands for the core route. They considered the health impacts and treatments that applicants are likely to have experienced. This includes many side effect...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: ContaminationCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51788More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the tariffs for people infected with Hepatitis C through contaminated blood products.
Answer: The impact of a Hepatitis infection can range from very mild to very severe, including liver failure and death as a direct result of the infection. In its second interim report, the Infected Blood Inquiry recommended that the compensation scheme should re...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51787More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the commitments he made when giving evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry on 7 May 2025, when he plans to respond to the five areas of compensation regulations following his review.
Answer: As I said in my oral evidence to the Inquiry, I am open to considering a number of areas of the Scheme where doing so does not cause undue delay to the delivery of compensation. The Inquiry will be producing a further report and the Government will respon...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: FinesDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to fine utility companies for inconvenience caused when their roadworks overrun.
Answer: Utility companies are already incentivised to complete works on time with charges of up to £10,000 per day for works that overrun. We have announced that these charges will apply to weekends and bank holidays. We are also doubling fixed penalty notices fo...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad WorksDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to incentivise utility companies to not overrun on roadworks.
Answer: Utility companies are already incentivised to complete works on time with charges of up to £10,000 per day for works that overrun. We have announced that these charges will apply to weekends and bank holidays. We are also doubling fixed penalty notices fo...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPress: RegulationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to implement the recommendations made by the Leveson Inquiry on independent press regulation.
Answer: The Government has clearly laid out its priorities in the manifesto and in the King’s speech, and the second part of Leveson is not among them. There are no current plans for further legislation.
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to update the technology required to read (a) diacritical characters and (b) accents marks in the biographical information of UK passport holders.
Answer: British passports meet the standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). While these standards permit the use of either diacritic marks or their transliteration, the number of countries that have adopted use of diacritics in their...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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