David Baines MP: written questions
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Written questions
Palestinians: Recognition of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will take steps to recognise the state of Palestine as part of its efforts to seek (a) peace and (b) a lasting two state solution in the region.
Answer: The UK commitment to a two-state solution is unwavering. We are committed to recognising a Palestinian state at a time that has the most impact in achieving this reality and is most conducive to long-term prospects for peace. We are clear that does not ne...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMerseyside PoliceHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the adequacy of the number of police officers in Merseyside police.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring police forces are supported to effectively tackle crime. We are clear that visible policing is essential to restoring public confidence in the police.As was set out in the Police Funding Settlement for 2025/26 Merse...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle child poverty in St Helens North constituency.
Answer: In St Helens North, there were 6,670 children in UC households in November 2024. There are 7,634 pupils (28.3%) known to be eligible for free school meals in St Helens. In 2023/24, there were 7,096 (33.8%) children in in relative low income after housing ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: DyslexiaDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) help children with dyslexia and (b) improve the availability of early screening.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for St Helens North to the answer of 1 August 2025 to Question 61402.
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens Local Authority, (c) the Liverpool City Region and (d) nationally.
Answer: The proportion of working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work can be found in the table below. Table 1: Working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work Percentage in workSt Helens North Parliamentar...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase capacity on children's heart units and (b) ensure that children requiring treatment receive it in a timely manner.
Answer: Patients have been let down for too long whilst they wait for the care they need, including children awaiting specialist cardiac input.As set out in the Plan for Change, we will return to the National Health Service’s constitutional standard that 92% of p...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Speech and Language DisordersDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) providing funding for speech and language interventions earlier than reception age and (b) help ensure that Family Hubs can support families within
Answer: Early language is a part of the best start in life pillar of the Opportunity Mission, where we have set an ambitious milestone of a record number of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development in the early years foundation stage assessment by 2028...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Capital InvestmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) financial incentives and (b) other support for (i) farmers and (ii) the wider agricultural sector for investment in (A) mac
Answer: We are committed to supporting all farming sectors to increase levels of productivity whilst increasing their sustainability and resilience. We are looking carefully at how to position further investment and support to enable the delivery of this Governme...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to help support the growth of small businesses.
Answer: Small businesses are the beating heart of our high streets, our communities, and essential to our economic success. The Government will boost small business growth and productivity by delivering upon the commitments within Labour's nine-point Plan for Sma...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled You could get Pension Credit – Week of Action to drive take up, published on 1 September 2024, whether she has made an assessment of the impact
Answer: The department has secured funding to support increased staffing and fund our communications strategy to support our programme of activity to drive up Pension Credit claims. The latest data available shows we have received around 38,500 Pension Credit cla...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMineworkers' Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) review the surplus arrangements and (b) transfer the investment reserve fund to members of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme.
Answer: Our Manifesto committed to reviewing the surplus sharing arrangements and transferring the Investment Reserve back to scheme members. We are committed to ending the injustice of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme and work on delivering these commitments is a...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCurriculum: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 900337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reform the national curriculum.
Answer: The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE.The review will seek to refresh the curriculum to ensure it is cutting edge, fit for purpose and meeting the need...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBroadband: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) Brsk, (b) Openreach and (c) other broadband providers use existing infrastructure wherever possible when installing new broadband provisi
Answer: We fully understand people’s concerns about the excessive deployment of telegraph poles, and are urgently considering options to address this. Obviously, telegraph poles can play an important role in delivering connectivity to communities and competition ...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPoverty: St Helens NorthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of children living in poverty in St Helens North constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2010.
Answer: Statistics on the number of Children living in absolute and relative poverty per constituency are published annually in the “Children in low income families: local area statistics” publication and can be found in tabs “6_Absolute_ParlC” and “5_Relative_Pa...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: St Helens NorthDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of funding state schools in St Helens North constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2010.
Answer: The department cannot provide comparable funding for St Helens North constituency back to 2010, due to the changes in the funding system since that time. Therefore, the scope of the funding in 2010 and 2024 are not directly comparable. In particular, in 2...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
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