Elsie Blundell MP: written questions 2025
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Parking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Mayor of Greater Manchester on pavement parking.
Answer: In 2020, the Department undertook a public consultation on options for changing the way pavement parking is managed outside London. When the Government has decided its preferred way forward this will be announced along with publication of a formal respons...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with local authorities on the potential merits of including provisions to help tackle pavement parking in the English Devolution Bill.
Answer: In 2020, the Department undertook a public consultation on options for changing the way pavement parking is managed outside London. When the Government has decided its preferred way forward this will be announced along with publication of a formal respons...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase the UKs (a) manufacturing and (b) refining capacity for sustainable aviation fuel.
Answer: Building a UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry represents a significant economic opportunity which can bring good, high-skilled jobs across the UK. The SAF Mandate, which is the UK’s key policy to decarbonise jet fuel, secures demand for SAF by ob...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: MouldMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that housing associations take swift action on remediating mould and damp issues across their housing stock.
Answer: The government is committed to working with social housing providers to ensure that homes are safe, decent, warm, and free from damp and mould. The Deputy Prime Minister made a Written Ministerial Statement on 6 February (HCWS423) confirming that the gove...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Greater ManchesterHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to tackle the flow of illicit drugs in Greater Manchester.
Answer: Tackling the criminals running drug supply chains is a priority for this government as part of our mission to reduce serious violence and exploitation. Key to achieving our aim of halving knife crime is targeting the drug gangs which drive serious violenc...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Health: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the integration of oral health education across primary schools.
Answer: All state funded schools are required to teach about good oral hygiene as part of statutory health education. Pupils should know about dental health and the benefits of good oral hygiene and dental flossing, including regular check-ups at the dentist.Depa...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that potential reform of the national contract for dentists considers the views of dentists practicing in Greater Manchester.
Answer: To rebuild dentistry in the long term and increase access to National Health Service dental care, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists.There are no perfect payment systems and careful co...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the factors that contribute to people being unable to access NHS dentists in Greater Manchester.
Answer: To rebuild dentistry in the long term and increase access to National Health Service dental care, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists.There are no perfect payment systems and careful co...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: RochdaleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to increase the number of adults that have visited a dentist in Rochdale Borough in the last two years.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: RochdaleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of adults that visit a dentist in Rochdale Borough, compared to the last two years.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to support people suffering with Endometriosis in Greater Manchester across regional healthcare settings.
Answer: The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health and improving the care that those suffering from gynaecological conditions, including endometriosis, receive. We have taken urgent action to tackle gynaecology waiting lists through the Elective R...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to improve working conditions for people living with endometriosis.
Answer: The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health. Tackling the barriers that women face in the workplace, including those around managing their health and wellbeing, is at the heart of the growth mission. As part of the Employment Rights Bill, w...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Criminal ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to reduce the amount of time taken for cases related to perpetrators of domestic abuse to reach court in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Rochdale Borough.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this Government and our manifesto included the mission to halve levels of these crimes in a decade.Most domestic abuse cases are heard in magistrates’ courts, where cases move more swiftly th...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Courts: Pilot SchemesMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Pathfinder family court scheme being rolled out in (a) Wales, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Greater Manchester.
Answer: The Pathfinder pilot started in February 2022 in Dorset and North Wales. It was expanded to Southeast Wales and Birmingham in 2024. On 3 February this year we announced it will start in Mid and West Wales on 3 March and in West Yorkshire on 3 June.Data pu...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Courts: Greater ManchesterMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce backlogs in family courts in (a) Greater Manchester Combined Authority and (b) Rochdale Borough Council.
Answer: Delays in the court process can have a significant impact on children and families. We are committed to improving timeliness and reducing the outstanding caseload.The Family Justice Board agreed system-wide national targets for reducing delay in 2024/25. ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on intellectual property rights in the creative industries.
Answer: Both artificial intelligence (AI) and the creative industries are central to this government’s driving mission on economic growth. AI may foster innovation and efficiency but may also risk creators losing a portion of their existing income due to AI's sub...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: WomenDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with transport industry representatives on (a) increasing the levels of participation and (b) the career advancement of women in the transport sector.
Answer: We are working closely with industry experts to ensure that women are represented within all levels of the transport system. This includes supporting the Generation Logistics campaign. Led by the industry, this initiative aims to raise awareness and enhan...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBorder Security CommandHome OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) funding for and (b) resourcing of Border Security Command.
Answer: The Border Security Command (BSC) is enabling a step-change in how our full range of capabilities are coordinated, maximised and targeted on organised immigration crime and reducing irregular migration including through the investment of £150 million to p...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Transport PoliceDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) funding for and (b) resourcing of the British Transport Police.
Answer: The British Transport Police’s (BTP) budget is set by the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA). It is the executive non-departmental public body that oversees the Force and is their employer. BTPA sets the BTP’s budget annually following proposals fr...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse Protection Orders: Greater ManchesterHome OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Domestic Abuse Protection Order pilot scheme on the resources of Greater Manchester Police.
Answer: Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs) are the first order to cover all forms of domestic abuse including economic abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour and are the first cross-jurisdictional order available in the family, civil and criminal courts ...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to expedite responses to claimants with (a) terminal cancer and (b) other life-limiting conditions.
Answer: The primary way the Department supports people nearing the end of life is through special benefit rules which are known as the Special Rules for End of Life (SREL). These enable people who are nearing the end of their lives to get faster, easier access to...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the time it takes for Personal Independence (a) claims and (b) re-applications to be processed by her Department.
Answer: Managing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the department and we are working constantly to improve our service. Our aim is to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all the available ...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for recipients of Personal Independence Payment to speak to an advisor over the telephone.
Answer: Prior to January 2025, wait times on the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) enquiry lines were stable and consistent. During November the average wait time for customers making an enquiry about their new claim was less than 7 minutes, and for customers m...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness and PregnancyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with (a) local authorities and (b) Cabinet colleagues to provide homeless and pregnant women with (i) housing, (ii) healthcare and wellbeing and (iii) fi
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected. We have already taken the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLandfill: BuryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) local residents and (b) the Environment Agency on the proposed additional landfill site near the Pilsworth South landfill site.
Answer: Valencia Waste Management has applied to the Environment Agency (EA) for a new Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) at the Pilsworth South Landfill Site. This activity requires a variation to the existing landfill permit. The variation has been subject to p...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
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