Helen Hayes MP: written questions
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Personal Independence Payment: Dulwich and West NorwoodDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households in receipt of Personal Independence Payments in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is an individual-based benefit and therefore DWP does not hold household-level information on its administrative systems. However, some limited household-level information is available on the DWP’s Family Resources Surv...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support prospective students training to become Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons with the costs of dual degree qualifications.
Answer: A qualification in both medicine and dentistry is required to become an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon.If studying medicine or dentistry as a first degree, domestic students can access student loans from Student Finance England (SFE) from years one to fou...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the existing Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon training pathway.
Answer: No assessment has been made. To become an oral maxillofacial surgeon, surgeons will need to meet the requirements of both the General Medical Council and General Dental Council, who are responsible for the standard of training for doctors and dentists res...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan to reduce vacancy rates for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the vacancy rate for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon training posts or consultant positions.We will publish a refreshed workforce plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade,...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the vacancy rate of (a) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon training posts and (b) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon consultants.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the vacancy rate for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon training posts or consultant positions.We will publish a refreshed workforce plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade,...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase capacity building within the African Union to tackle human rights violations.
Answer: The UK is committed to supporting the African Union's capacity to tackle human rights violations across Africa. This includes support to African Union-led efforts on conflict resolution, governance and security, which help to reduce the factors that often...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTigray: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed funding reductions to (a) Overseas Development Assistance and (b) USAID on the rebuilding of Tigray following
Answer: Women and girls are a priority focus of UK aid across Ethiopia. UK aid is providing safe spaces for women and girls as well as support across health, social and legal services.Detailed decisions on how the future Official Development Assistance budget wil...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTigray: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what development aid his Department is providing to Tigray in Ethiopia to help (a) support the victims of sexual violence and (b) tackle violence against women and girls.
Answer: Women and girls are a priority focus of UK aid across Ethiopia. UK aid is providing safe spaces for women and girls as well as support across health, social and legal services.Detailed decisions on how the future Official Development Assistance budget wil...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTigray: Peacekeeping OperationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent a breakdown of the peace agreement in Tigray.
Answer: The UK is working with partners to prevent a return to conflict in the region by supporting implementation of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement. On 13 March, the UK issued a joint statement with the European Union and 23 other countries emphasising o...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Future of Work Cabinet Committee on (a) employment support and (b) paid employment leave for kinship carers.
Answer: The department recognises the challenge that many kinship carers face in continuing to work alongside the pressures of taking in and raising a child.‘Kinship Carers in the Workplace: Guidance for Employers’ sets out best practice for supporting kinship ca...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority areas have been selected to take part in the kinship allowance trial scheme.
Answer: The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children.In October 2024, we announced a £40 million package to trial a kinship allowance in up to ten local authorities. The pilot will provid...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to assess the outcomes of the kinship allowance trial scheme.
Answer: The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children.In October 2024, we announced a £40 million package to trial a kinship allowance in up to ten local authorities. The pilot will provid...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for launching the kinship allowance trial scheme; and if she will make a statement.
Answer: The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children.In October 2024, we announced a £40 million package to trial a kinship allowance in up to ten local authorities. The pilot will provid...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: DisabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department has withdrawn funding for non-specialist disabled students' allowance software.
Answer: The department made the decision to remove non-specialist spelling and grammar software from the disabled students’ allowance (DSA) funding on the grounds that there are now free-to-access versions available with the required functionality to meet student...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: DisabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an equality impact assessment prior to the decision to withdraw funding for non-specialist disabled students' allowance software.
Answer: The department made the decision to remove non-specialist spelling and grammar software from the disabled students’ allowance (DSA) funding on the grounds that there are now free-to-access versions available with the required functionality to meet student...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on increasing the use of symptomatic FIT for patients with suspected bowel cancer symptoms within General Practice.
Answer: The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening program currently invites people aged 56 to 74 years old for a screening every two years. However, this age cohort is being expanded to people aged 50 to 74 years old in 2025, with the use of Faecal Immunochemical Test kits ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make the data on the use of symptomatic FIT for patients with suspected bowel cancer symptoms across each ICB publicly available.
Answer: The Department does not hold the data at an integrated care board level, however, data for the number of lower gastrointestinal referrals, at a practice level, with a Faecal Immunochemical Test attached, is publicly available through the Investment and Im...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: GrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to confirm the future of the Support for Families with Disabilities grant scheme for future financial years.
Answer: Each year, the Support for Families with Disabled Children programme provides individual grants to approximately 60,000 low-income families raising a disabled or seriously ill child. The department is currently running a business planning exercise which w...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: GrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of families unable to access the Support for Families with Disabilities grant scheme due to oversubscription in 2024-25.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all families with children and young people with disabilities receive the right support, regardless of socio-economic background. The Supporting Families with Disabled Children programme provides individual grants to aro...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCare leavers and Children in Care: Family Rights GroupDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Lifelong Links on (a) children and young people in care and (b) care leavers.
Answer: Stable support networks and loving relationships are crucial to supporting children in care and helping care leavers to thrive.The department launched the family finding, befriending and mentoring programme in 2023. It is testing a range of programmes tha...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Social ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will extend funding for (a) family finding, (b) befriending and (c) mentoring programmes to 2025-26.
Answer: Stable support networks and loving relationships are crucial to supporting children in care and helping care leavers to thrive.The department launched the family finding, befriending and mentoring programme in 2023. It is testing a range of programmes tha...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Social ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) family finding, (b) befriending and (c) mentoring programmes.
Answer: Stable support networks and loving relationships are crucial to supporting children in care and helping care leavers to thrive.The department launched the family finding, befriending and mentoring programme in 2023. It is testing a range of programmes tha...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ReadingDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) support the Summer Reading Challenge and (b) help increase the number of children reading for pleasure.
Answer: High and rising school standards, with excellent foundations in reading, writing and mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life. We know that reading for plea...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: MisconductHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to review regulations allowing police forces to remove officers suspected of gross misconduct.
Answer: In October last year, the Home Secretary announced a package of reforms to strengthen police misconduct.That included a presumption of dismissal for proven gross misconduct, specified criminal offences automatically amounting to gross misconduct, and a pr...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for future teacher pay increases.
Answer: This government is committed to supporting schools to deliver on the opportunity mission, as shown by the funding increases seen in the core schools budget grant for 2024/25 and at the Autumn Budget 2024, in the context of a challenging fiscal picture. Pl...
Answered 22 Mar 2025
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