Ellie Chowns MP: written questions
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Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to women that are more likely to live with a musculoskeletal condition.
Answer: The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health, and women’s equality will be at the heart of our missions. Women’s health hubs have a key role in shifting care out of hospitals and reducing gynaecology waiting lists. As of December 2024, 39 ou...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMusculoskeletal Disorders: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to publish a plan for improving outcomes for people living with musculoskeletal conditions.
Answer: Over 17 million people in England live with a musculoskeletal (MSK) condition, and improving their health and work outcomes will help deliver the Government's missions to build a National Health Service fit for the future and kickstart economic growth.The...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional funding she plans to provide to local authorities in rural areas for road repairs.
Answer: This Government takes the condition of our country’s roads very seriously and is committed to supporting both rural and urban authorities in maintaining and renewing their highway networks. We have announced a £500 million highway maintenance funding upli...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional funding she plans to provide to local authorities in rural areas to improve road safety.
Answer: We have awarded local authorities £185.8 million of funding between 2017 and 2024 through the Safer Roads Fund to improve the safety of England's most high risk 'A' roads. To date, it has funded 445.3 miles of rural roads which make up 62.4% of all funded...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: North HerefordshireDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve road safety in North Herefordshire constituency in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Local authorities often use Integrated Transport Block funding for road safety improvements: the Department hopes to announce ITB allocations for 2025/26 for Herefordshire and other authorities shortly. This will allow Herefordshire County Council to deci...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the BBC Board on the broadcasting of public information films to promote public health.
Answer: Ministers engage regularly with a variety of stakeholders to discuss a range of topics, including but not limited to the promotion of public health. A partnership between the Department and the BBC promotes physical activity through the Couch to 5K app. S...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLearning Disability: HerefordshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the document by NHS England entitled 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance, published on 30 January 2025, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of t
Answer: The NHS Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance for 2025-26 addresses the urgent challenges facing the NHS, as highlighted by the Darzi investigation. My Rt. Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, recently announced a series o...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: HerefordshireDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the frequency and reliability of rail services to stations in Herefordshire.
Answer: The Department works with all its Train Operating Companies on the frequency and reliability of services, including those in Herefordshire, where it also liaises with Transport for Wales on its services through the county. We are aware that West Midlands ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction AgreementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 24912 on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, whether the measures to implement the provisions needed to
Answer: The Government is completely committed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement,...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 17264 on Children: Epilespy, what steps her Department is taking with governing bodies to ensure that all schools (a) develop a policy for supporting pupils
Answer: Governing bodies must ensure that the arrangements they put in place are sufficient to meet their statutory responsibilities and that policies, plans, procedures and systems are properly and effectively implemented. This includes the duty under Section 10...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on ending badger culling.
Answer: The Government has started work on a comprehensive new bovine TB strategy, to continue to drive down disease rates to save cattle and farmers’ livelihoods and to end the badger cull by the end of this parliament. The previous government was taking decisio...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordKiribati: Nuclear WeaponsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK's nuclear testing on the (a) medical, (b) public and (c) genetic health of the population in Kiribati.
Answer: The UK has arranged several assessments of the impacts of nuclear testing in the Pacific region and it has been the UK Government's position since 2008 that any remediation work required due to UK nuclear tests in Kiribati has been completed. There are no...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017, whether his Department is (a) committed to achieve good ecological status for
Answer: The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 transposed the European Union’s Water Framework Directive (WFD) into law in England and Wales and were retained in UK law after EU exit. In the Government’s response to...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Gulf Cooperation CouncilDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the prospective free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council on the climate.
Answer: The UK is a global leader on climate action, and we have been discussing a range of environment and climate issues with GCC partners under the trade agreement negotiations.The UK - GCC Strategic Approach published on 22nd June 2022 on GOV.UK contains a ch...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Gulf Cooperation CouncilDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to amend the policy paper entitled UK-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement: The UK’s Strategic Approach, published in June 2022.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade published the UK's Strategic Approach for the UK-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement ahead of launching negotiations. The Strategic Approach was based on public consultation with stakeholders and has informe...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordZambia: DebtsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the number of (a) non-bond and (b) other private creditors have reached debt restructuring agr
Answer: Zambia has now reached agreement on restructurings with its official creditors and private bondholders, though progress was slow initially. Good faith negotiations continue with remaining commercial creditors. The UK has been clear that private creditors ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices on global climate action of (a) the US Executive Order entitled Putting America First in Internation
Answer: The UK notes the US Executive Order entitled Putting America First in International Climate Agreements and other climate-related policy steps, these are a matter for the US. The UK will continue to work with all countries and partners to tackle the urgenc...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIndigenous Peoples: Human RightsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to recommendation 13 in the Fifth Special Report of the Environmental Audit Committee of Session 2023-24 entitled The UK’s contribution to tackling global deforestation:
Answer: We recognise the need to take action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation and we will set out our approach to addressing this in due course.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLand: ContaminationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the implementation of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to assess its effectiveness at tackling pollution from contaminated land.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that the Environmental Protection Act 1990 continues to be a robust and effective legislative framework for managing and mitigating pollution from contaminated land. The department is always assessing the effectiven...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Identity CardsMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to consult with (a) veteran communities and (b) service organisations to inform the (i) design, (ii) implementation, (iii) data security, (iv) data governance and (v) access re
Answer: To ensure the privacy and protection of Veteran's personal information, the implementation of the Digital Veteran Card system will be developed in collaboration with Government Digital Services and Office for Veterans’ Affairs. It will comply with the Gen...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Identity CardsMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the implementation of the Digital Veteran Card system on the data protection of veterans (a) with sensitive service histories and (b) who served
Answer: To ensure the privacy and protection of Veteran's personal information, the implementation of the Digital Veteran Card system will be developed in collaboration with Government Digital Services and Office for Veterans’ Affairs. It will comply with the Gen...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: CeasefiresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he has made an assessment of the potential impact of statements on Gaza by President Trump on 4 February 2025 on the temporary Gaza ceasefire deal.
Answer: The government's objective remans a negotiated two-state solution, with a sovereign Palestinian state, which includes the West Bank and Gaza, alongside a safe and secure Israel. In order to deliver this, it is clear that Palestinian civilians must be perm...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her predecessor's oral contribution of 18 November 2024, Official Report, column 49, when she plans to make a decision on concessionary bus travel for young people; and what criteria she plans
Answer: Bus services are predominantly run on a commercial basis, where private operators decide on the level at which fares are set. Many bus operators offer reduced fares for young people, and the Department for Transport’s latest concessionary travel statistic...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to automatically publish her Department's (a) internal process review statistics on an annual basis and (b) all internal process reviews.
Answer: For the last two operational years the department has reported on the Internal Process Reviews it undertakes in its Annual Report and Accounts. This is alongside reporting on the wider activities of its Advanced Customer Support Teams (available here: DWP...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: ManureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to bring the statutory guidance entitled Applying the farming rules for water, updated 16 June 2022, on the application of manure, in line with The Reduct
Answer: We have heard concerns regarding the statutory guidance, issued under the previous Government, on the Farming Rules for Water. In response, the Secretary of State have instructed officials to conduct a review to ensure that it is fit for purpose and effec...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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