Esther McVey MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Vaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13773 on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, how much his Department spent on legal fees defending against appeals.
Answer: Between 1 November 2021 and 1 December 2024, the total spent by the NHS Business Services Authority on behalf of the Department on legal fees to defend against appeals within the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme was £50,608.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13773 on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, how many claims have waited over a year for a decision; and what support his Department provides t
Answer: As of 1 December 2024, 1,107 claims have been waiting over a year for a resolution. All claims are managed on a case-by-case basis and there are several factors that may impact processing times. This includes time spent awaiting medical records from healt...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13773 on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, how many people were (a) assessed and (b) successful in each of those financial years; and what th
Answer: In the financial year (FY) 2022/23, 1,298 applications were assessed, and 72 applications were successful. In the FY 2023/24, 3,806 applications were assessed, and 99 applications were successful. In the FY 2024/25, 4,664 applications have been assessed, ...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAviation: CrewDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12927 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the hazard ratios for heart-related conditions reported in Pfize
Answer: The data in the Pfizer report does not support the assertion that vaccination causes a clinically significant increase in the risk of any conditions that could prevent a safety-critical worker from undertaking their work. Pilots continue to undergo regula...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationalities are of immigrants accommodated in the Cresta Court Hotel in Altrincham.
Answer: For the safety, security and wellbeing of staff and those being accommodated, the Home Office does not comment publicly on individual accommodation sites.When a person claims asylum, the Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks. Biograp...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken background checks on the asylum seekers accommodated at the Cresta Court Hotel in Altrincham.
Answer: For the safety, security and wellbeing of staff and those being accommodated, the Home Office does not comment publicly on individual accommodation sites.When a person claims asylum, the Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks. Biograp...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on (a) reviewing applications to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme and (b) reviewing cases where a patient has challenged a decision in each of the last 5 years.
Answer: The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) in November 2021. We cannot provide any costings for the scheme during the period in which it was operated by the Depar...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular Diseases: Emergency CallsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 4.2 of NHS key statistics: England, HC 07281, published on 25 October 2024, (a) what assessment he has made of the causes of the increase in life threatening ambulance cal
Answer: The rise in category 1 incidents reflects an increase in the proportion of patients’ ambulance services that have been determined to require an immediate face-to-face response. This may reflect a long-term trend of rising pressures on the health services ...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAlan MilburnDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2024 to Question 9445 on Department of Health and Social Care: Public Appointments, what interests Alan Milburn has declared since being appointed as a Lead Non
Answer: The usual process of declarations of interest and agreement of appropriate mitigations for non-executive board member (NEBM) appointments was carried out, overseen by the Permanent Secretary. He is content that the process has been carried out, that appro...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBudget October 2024TreasuryTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13424More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what businesses have made representations to her about the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: Ahead of the Autumn Budget, the Treasury received 633 written representations from stakeholders. Ministers and officials also met with a broad range of businesses and representative bodies. This includes meetings that the Chancellor and Financial Secretar...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: 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
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