Esther McVey MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Coronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 11248 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what discussions the MHRA has had with industry safety regulators on the potential implications of the Pfize
Answer: The study abstract has been reviewed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), as part of its continuous post approval safety monitoring procedures for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (Comirnaty). The abstract is available at...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrimodos: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2024 to Question 4203 on Primodos: Research, when he expects the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to complete that review; and what steps h
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), together with the wider Government, are committed to reviewing any new scientific evidence since the conclusions of the 2017 independent Expert Working Group, convened by the Commission on Hu...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6194 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, whether the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has made an assessment of the potential impli
Answer: The study abstract has been reviewed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), as part of its continuous post approval safety monitoring procedures for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (Comirnaty). The abstract is available at...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTidal PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to produce a feasibility study on tidal power.
Answer: The UK possesses tremendous tidal resource and could play a role in balancing the intermittency of wind and solar generation as we transition towards clean power. The UK remains the world leader in tidal stream generation technologies, with around half of...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTidal Power: InvestmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to invest in tidal power.
Answer: The UK possesses tremendous tidal resource and could play a role in balancing the intermittency of wind and solar generation as we transition towards a carbon-neutral power sector. The UK remains the world leader in tidal stream generation technologies, w...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Public AppointmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on allowing people with financial interests in the private healthcare sector to be (a) employed in and (b) non executive directors at his Department.
Answer: All Department employees are subject to the Department’s policy on the Declaration and Management of Outside Interests. The policy is in alignment with the model Cabinet Office guidance in this area for Civil Servants, published on the GOV.UK website, whi...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAlan MilburnDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what dates Alan Milburn has attended Departmental meetings.
Answer: Central Government Corporate Transparency Commitments require Government Departments to publish details of Ministers and Senior Officials meetings with external individuals or organisations on a quarterly basis. We will be publishing the meetings that Ala...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Envoy on Freedom of Religion or BeliefForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to establish a Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief on a statutory footing.
Answer: The Government will champion freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. No one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. Envoy roles will be decided upon in due course. There are currently no plans to legislate on Envoy r...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSub-Saharan Africa: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is his policy to support the establishment of an international commission of inquiry by the UN on religious persecution in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Answer: The UK continues to champion freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all, including in Sub-Saharan Africa. No one should live in fear because of what they do, or do not believe in. We work to uphold the right to FoRB multilaterally, including through our...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSub-Saharan Africa: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of calls to establish an international commission of inquiry into religious persecution and violence in (a)
Answer: The UK continues to champion freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all, including in Sub-Saharan Africa. No one should live in fear because of what they do, or do not believe in. We work to uphold the right to FoRB multilaterally, including through our...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAEA Group: PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking in response to concerns of former employees of Atomic Energy Agency Technology regarding a redress of their pension.
Answer: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a report on the AEAT Pension case in June 2023, which made several recommendations for the government. This work was halted due to the general election and the new government will now consider it.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the study entitled Risk of all-cause and cardiac-related mortality after vaccination against COVID-19: A meta-ana
Answer: All vaccines used in the United Kingdom are only authorised once they have met the robust standards of effectiveness, safety, and quality set by the UK’s independent regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).The monitoring ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Child Maintenance Service enforces parent (a) compliance and (b) payment.
Answer: Where a paying parent fails to pay on time or in full, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to take immediate action to recover the debt and re-establish compliance. If this is unsuccessful and the paying parent is employed, the CMS will use a Deducti...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the cost to the public purse for hospital food in each of the last five years.
Answer: The following table shows the cost of inpatient food services, as well as other patient food services, in England over the last five years:YearInpatient food service costsOther patient food service costs2022/23£750,600,000£126,000,0002021/22£660,200,000£8...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the legal advice upon which he relied to block arms exports to Israel.
Answer: The Government has published a summary of the international humanitarian law (IHL) process, used to assess and review Israel's compliance with IHL. This summary was informed by legal advice, and alongside the Foreign Secretary's Oral Statement, it outline...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: TattonDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Tatton constituency will lose entitlement to winter fuel payments as a result of the proposed changes.
Answer: To be comparable with the Winter Fuel Payment statistics, the Pension Credit data that has been used is based on the 2010 Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, not 2024. It is estimated that around 18,200 pensioners in Tatton constituency (2010 bounda...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFood and Cosmetics: PollutantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 2887 on Food and Cosmetics: Pollutants, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the International Agency for Resea
Answer: The International Agency for Research on Cancer conducts hazard assessments on substances in all applications. The Joint WHO/FAO Expert Committee on Food Additives as risk assessors looked at the safety of substances when used as a food additive, and foun...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrimodos: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister in response to the question from the hon. Member Bolton South and Walkden of 4 September 2024, Official Report, which new Primodos scie
Answer: We remain hugely sympathetic to the families who believe that they have suffered due to the use of hormone pregnancy tests (HPTs). The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), together with the wider Government, have committed to review...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFood and Cosmetics: PollutantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential risk of titanium dioxide in (a) food and (b) cosmetics.
Answer: The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) and the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment have assessed the safety of titanium dioxide. The COT has concluded t...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy: Job CreationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what types of jobs Great British Energy will create; and where those jobs will be (a) in the North west and (b) nationally.
Answer: Great British Energy will create thousands of jobs and build supply chains across the UK, including at its future head office in Scotland. Its investments will support companies across the energy industry, providing opportunities for high quality, well-pa...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to help reduce household energy bills; and when those plans will come into effect.
Answer: The Government believes that the only way to guarantee our energy security and protect billpayers permanently is to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels and towards homegrown clean energy. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to har...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changing the eligibility criteria for the winter fuel payment on the health of pensioners.
Answer: This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the governme...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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