Edward Argar MP: written questions 2024
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NHS: WeatherDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he has met NHS England's (a) National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care and (b) Deputy Chief Operating Officer on NHS winter preparedness.
Answer: Ministers in the Department engage with NHS England regularly on a variety of issues, including, but not limited to, winter preparedness.
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding was allocated to promote the update of the influenza vaccine in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.
Answer: The annual winter vaccination communications campaign supports the uptake of seasonal vaccinations for influenza and COVID-19 amongst eligible cohorts. This is an integrated campaign, so spend cannot be separated out by vaccine. The budget for the marketi...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS (a) 111 and (b) 999 call handlers there were on (i) 1 September, (ii) 1 October, (iii) 1 November and (iv) 1 December 2024.
Answer: This information is not available. While NHS England collects information on the number of call handlers working in NHS 111 and 999 services, this information has not been centrally validated.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of patients waited longer than four hours in A&E in (a) September, (b) October and (c) November 2024.
Answer: The following table shows the percentage of patients in England who waited longer than four hours in accident and emergency, in September, October, and November of 2023 and 2024:Month and yearPercentage of patients who waited longer than four hoursSeptemb...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulances were in use in the NHS in (a) September, (b) October and (c) November 2024.
Answer: This information requested is not held centrally by the Department.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: DischargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of patients who (a) were medically fit to be discharged and (b) were not discharged from hospital on 1 December 2024.
Answer: The number of patients who were medically fit to be discharged, those who no longer met the criteria to reside, in England on 1 December 2024 was 17,646, compared to 25,896 in December 2023. The number of patients who no longer met the criteria to reside ...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBluetongue DiseaseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) economic impact of the bluetongue restrictions on affected farmers and (b) animal health impact of the bluetongue restriction.
Answer: Government recognises that keepers and businesses can be affected not only by the impacts of bluetongue disease on animals, but also by disease control measures. That is why Defra seeks to minimise these burdens as far as practically possible, easing them...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAcute Beds: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional inpatient beds in acute settings he has funded NHS England to commission for (a) November 2024, (b) December 2024, (c) January 2025 and (d) February 2025 above the total number
Answer: NHS England’s 2024/25 Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance set out that, with the additional funding in 2023/24 made recurrent in 2024/25, systems should maintain General and Acute beds at the level funded and agreed through the operating plans in...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of (a) ordinary and (b) named day written questions were responded to by his Department within required timescales between 5 July and 22 November 2024.
Answer: The Department had a total of 2,270 written questions from the House of Commons due for answer between 5 July and 22 November 2024, the most received by any Government department in that period. These consisted of 1,761 ordinary written questions and 509 ...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of (a) ordinary and (b) named day written questions received a holding response from his Department in the first instance between 5 July 2024 and 22 November 2024.
Answer: The Department had a total of 2,270 written questions from the House of Commons due for answer between 5 July and 22 November 2024, the most received by any Government department in that period. These consisted of 1,761 ordinary written questions and 509 ...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the last of the prisoners who were released in error in September 2024 under the SDS40 early release scheme returned to prison.
Answer: All of the 37 people released in error, because of being incorrectly sentenced for breaching restraining orders under outdated legislation, were returned to custody.The last of the 37 prisoners was returned to custody on 28 September 2024.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution on 10 September 2024, Official Report, column 690, whether probation directors have contracted hotel accommodation for prisoners released under the SDS40 scheme since 10 Se
Answer: Data on SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication.The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice confirmed to the House on 10 September that Probation Directors could arrange for the temporary use of hotels, where requi...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Written QuestionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of her Department's (a) ordinary and (b) named day written parliamentary questions were answered within the required timeframes between 12 July and 12 September 2024.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of Written Parliamentary Questions (PQs) and the Department remains committed to providing the highest level of service.During the period requested, the Ministry of Jus...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of the total numbers of prisoners released early under the SDS40 release scheme have not had accommodation to go to on day of release since 10 September 2024.
Answer: Data on SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication.The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice confirmed to the House on 10 September that Probation Directors could arrange for the temporary use of hotels, where requi...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of the prisoners released at the 40 percent of sentence point under her SDS40 early release scheme, have subsequently been accused of committing a further offence since 20 September 2
Answer: On 25 July, the Lord Chancellor announced that around 5,500 offenders will be released, in two tranches, in September and October. Further detail is set out in the Impact Assessment.Data on further offences of SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intende...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released at 40% of sentence point under her Department's early release scheme have been recalled to prison since 10 September 2024.
Answer: Data on SDS40 releases, including number of recalls, forms a subset of data intended for future publication.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released with 40% of sentence served under her Department's early release scheme since 10 September 2024.
Answer: On 25 July, the Lord Chancellor announced that around 5,500 offenders will be released, in two tranches, in September and October. Further detail is set out in the Impact Assessment.Data on further offences of SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intende...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error under her Department's early release scheme since 10 September 2024.
Answer: All of the 37 people released in error because of being incorrectly sentenced for breaching restraining orders under outdated legislation are now back in custody.Data on releases in error since 10 September 2024 forms a subset of data intended for future ...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: LeicestershireDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vacant state secondary school places there were in (a) Leicestershire County Council LA area, (b) Melton Borough and (c) Melton and Syston constituency on 6 September 2024.
Answer: The department does not hold data on places vacant on 6 September 2024.Information on unfilled state secondary school places, as at May 2023, is published in the School Capacity statistics publication at the following link: https://explore-education-stati...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of prison places made available in the adult male estate as a result of the prisoner early release scheme.
Answer: The modelled estimates for the number of prison places made available in the adult male estate as a result of this change were published in the Impact Assessment for the Statutory Instrument to Amend the Standard Determinate Sentence Automatic Release Poi...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Ownership FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to reopen the next round of the Community Ownership Fund for applications.
Answer: The Chancellor’s July ‘Public Spending: Inheritance’ speech set out the state of the UK’s spending inheritance from the previous Government. In this context, the Chancellor has set out a path to confirming plans for this year and next at the forthcoming B...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHorse RacingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the value to the UK economy of the horse racing industry.
Answer: The Government recognises the important role that horseracing makes to British culture and its important contribution to the economy, particularly in rural areas.According to the British Horseracing Authority, the industry is worth over £4 billion to the ...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: LeicestershireDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which state secondary schools in Leicestershire county council area have no school places available.
Answer: The department does not hold data on places currently available.Information on unfilled state secondary school places, as at May 2023, is published in the School Capacity statistics publication at the following link: https://explore-education-statistics.s...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordYoung Offender Institutions: Pepper SprayMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Ministers in her Department have had discussions with the Prison Officers' Association on the issuing of PAVA spray to prison officers in the youth estate since the general election.
Answer: Whether PAVA spray should be made available to officers in the youth estate was one of the matters discussed when the Secretary of State and the Minister for Prisons met representatives of the Prison Officers Association in July. We are considering all av...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent changes to the prisoner early release scheme on demand for housing from local authorities.
Answer: Individuals released through the Standard Determinate Sentence changes, known as SDS40, and at risk of homelessness can be referred to HMPPS’s Community Accommodation Service, which can provide up to 12-weeks temporary accommodation.The Chief Probation Of...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
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