Gill Furniss MP: written questions
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Written questions
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59475More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England will be formally appointed.
Answer: The House of Commons leads on the recruitment of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner. We expect that the formal appointment will be made shortly.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual and Reproductive Health: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support for women in making informed choices about (a) hormonal and (b) non-hormonal treatment options for (i) menstrual and (ii) reproduc
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of women and girls being able to access adequate information and care for menstrual health conditions and reproductive health.The women’s health area on the National Health Service website brings together over 100 ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce the sex and gender gap in participants for (i) healthcare research and (ii) clinical trials and (b) ensure that sex and gender dimensions are accounted for in
Answer: The Department funds health and care research primarily through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR has made research inclusion a condition of its funding. Applicants to domestic research programmes are required to demonst...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help raise awareness of cervical cancer; and whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs to help raise awaren
Answer: NHS England runs Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms and address barriers to acting on them, to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of sympt...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitaid: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of UK funding for UNITAID on the cost of HPV testing in (a) low and (b) middle-income countries.
Answer: Unitaid are a leading funder of innovative tools to find and treat cervical cancer in low- and middle-income countries, with HPV tests the most accurate way to identify if a woman is at higher risk of developing cervical cancer. Together with partners, Un...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) protect natural habitats and (b) promote biodiversity net gain.
Answer: In England we are committed to nature protection and recovery. This includes delivering our legally binding biodiversity target to restore or create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat by 2042. We will create, restore and connect wildlife-...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help increase the uptake of home solar panel installations.
Answer: Future standards this year will set new homes and buildings on a path that moves away from relying on volatile fossil fuel markets and ensures they are fit for a net zero future. As part of the Warm Homes Plan, the Government is considering the role that ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that women with spinal cord injuries receive adequate (a) breast feeding assistance, (b) breast feeding assistance and (c) other postnatal support.
Answer: The Government will prioritise women’s health, placing women’s equality at the heart of our agenda and ensuring women’s health is never again neglected. Spinal cord injury centres provide life-long services and support, providing ongoing advice and manage...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to (a) preventative care, (b) diagnosis and (c) long term management strategies for women with spinal cord injury who are at increased risk of (i) uterine
Answer: The Government will prioritise women’s health, placing women’s equality at the heart of our agenda and ensuring women’s health is never again neglected. Symptoms of uterine prolapse can usually be improved with pelvic floor exercises and lifestyle changes...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to (a) comprehensive healthcare guidance and (b) specialised gynaecological support for people with spinal cord injury including (i) management of menstruat
Answer: NHS England Specialised Commissioning has a Clinical Reference Group (CRG) for specialised women’s services that provides clinical advice and leadership for complex obstetrics and maternity, and complex gynaecology and fertility preservation services. Spe...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: SheffieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Start for Life services in Sheffield; and if he will make it his policy to extend funding beyond 1 April 2025.
Answer: The Family Hubs and Start for Life programme is central to the Government’s commitments to give every baby the best start in life, and to deliver the healthiest generation of children ever.Sheffield is one of 75 local authorities the Government is funding...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure greater accessibility to healthcare for deaf people.
Answer: Under the Equality Act 2010, health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers are re...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure greater accessibility to healthcare (a) information and (b) communication for people with sensory impairments.
Answer: National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers a required to adhere to the Accessible Information Standard (AIS), to meet the communication needs of patients and carers with a disability, impairment, or sensory loss. The A...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of healthcare (a) information and (b) communication for deaf patients using British Sign Language.
Answer: Under the Equality Act (2010), health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers are ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to revise the Accessible Information Standard to improve accessibility to healthcare for deaf people.
Answer: Under the Equality Act 2010, health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers are re...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish the sixth stage of the Accessible Information Standard.
Answer: A revised Accessible Information Standard (AIS) is being reviewed with a view to publication, and will include the sixth stage. The sixth stage requires consistent and regular reviews of people’s information and communication needs in patient or service u...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: LGBTQ+ PeopleHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support LGBT people seeking asylum.
Answer: All asylum and human rights claims admitted to the UK system, including those based on sexual orientation and gender identity, are considered in accordance with our obligations under the Refugee Convention and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). W...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPolitics and Government: GeorgiaHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to section 80AA(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing Georgia from the list of safe states for the p
Answer: Section 80AA of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (as amended and inserted by section 59 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023) provides for a list of generally safe states for whom asylum and human rights claims would be declared inadmissible;...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCats: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to tackle (a) unethical cat breeding and (b) kitten farming.
Answer: Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets needs to have a valid licence issued by their local authority. Licensees must meet strict statutor...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a call to evidence for the NHS 10-Year Plan.
Answer: The use of data and evidence is embedded throughout our development of the 10-Year Health Plan and we will undertake intensive engagement with the public and workforce to gain insights into experiences, priorities and ideas for change.We will invite stake...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotorcyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations on motorcycles towing trailers; and whether she plans to (a) review and (b) amend those regulations.
Answer: There has not been a recent assessment of the adequacy of regulations on towing of trailers by motorcycles, and there are no plans to review or amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations in relation to these matters. Nothing has been ident...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
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