Helen Maguire MP: written questions
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Computer Misuse Act 1990Home OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the consultation entitled Review of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, which closed on 6 April 2023.
Answer: The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) plays a vital role in ensuring that the UK has the right legislative framework to allow us to tackle cyber harms. The Government is committed to ensuring the CMA remains up to date and effective to tackle criminality.As part ...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability: Cost of LivingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of increases in the cost of living on disabled people.
Answer: The extra costs disability benefits are not means–tested, paid regardless of any income or savings and worth up to £9,580 a year, tax free.They were uprated by 6.7 per cent from April and will be uprated by 1.7 per cent from next April subject to Parliame...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPostal Services: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with Ofcom on the future of Royal Mail's delivery of the Articles for the Blind service.
Answer: Section 31 of the Postal Services Act 2011 outlines the minimum requirements of the universal postal service and includes the requirement that free-of-charge postal services are provided to people who are blind or partially sighted. Earlier this year, I m...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: ChildrenDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the eligibility criteria for the Blue Badge scheme to include children under three requiring bulky mobility aids.
Answer: There are already specific criteria in place to assess the need for a Blue Badge for children under three years old who require the use of bulky mobility aids. The Department has no plans to amend the current eligibility criteria.
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the planned 10% cut to his Department's headcount on military capability.
Answer: We are currently reviewing the civil service workforce required to deliver Defence’s strategy, and to align with the Chancellor’s announcement on public spending and the recent budget. We are committed to having an agile and sustainable workforce with the...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Mental Health Services and Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the (a) mental health and (b) social needs of kidney patients.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for assessing individuals’ care and support needs, including kidney patients, and where eligible, for meeting those needs. Where individuals do not meet the eligibility threshold, they can get support from their local aut...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIncontinence and Urology: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) urology and (b) continence services.
Answer: NHS England published the Excellence in Continence Care on 23 July 2018, bringing together evidence-based resources and research for guidance for commissioners, providers, and health and social care staff, and which is available at the following link:http...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOrgans: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage more people to become organ donors.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for organ donation across the United Kingdom. The Department works closely with NHSBT to identify opportunities to encourage people to record their wishes on the Organ Donor Register, as we know that approxi...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle health inequality caused by childhood poverty.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity, and its commitment to raising the healthiest generation of children in history.The Department is working closely with the Child Poverty Taskforce to ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) pre-school, (b) primary school and (c) secondary school-aged children living in poverty other than through the provision of free school meals.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances for every child. For too many children, living in poverty robs them of the opportunity to learn and to prosper.The Minist...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRivers: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his department is taking to help protect chalk streams from (a) pollution and (b) overextraction.
Answer: The Government is committed to the protection and restoration of our cherished chalk streams. We have taken immediate action to clean up our waterways, including a new Water (Special Measures) Bill to ban the payment of unfair bonuses to polluting water b...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Mental Health ServicesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were referred to mental health services in 2023.
Answer: 3,444 UK Armed Forces personnel had an initial assessment at a Ministry of Defence Department of Community Mental Health centre between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of (a) mould, (b) fire, and (c) flooding were recorded in military service personnel housing in each month in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
Answer: The number of reported incidents of damp and mould, fire, and flooding in Service Family Accommodation (SFA) in each month in 2022 and 2023 is detailed in the tables below: Damp and Mould reported in SFA:2022Number of incidents2023Number of incidentsJan-2...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: FirearmsMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department’s firearms were (a) lost and (b) stolen in each month in 2023.
Answer: The security of firearms is taken very seriously within the Ministry of Defence (MOD), and we have robust procedures in place to deter and prevent loss and theft. All losses and thefts of firearms and ammunition are fully and rigorously investigated.The b...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: CharitiesMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds the Government has committed to veterans charities in each of the last two years; and how much each such charity has received.
Answer: The information is not held in the format requested. Information held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not differentiate between veterans’ charities; charities that generally support the Armed Forces community including veterans; and charities that h...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: ICTMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's (a) computers, (b) laptops, (c) phones and (d) USB sticks were (i) lost and (ii) stolen in each month in 2023.
Answer: The table below shows the number of computers, laptops, phones and USB sticks which were either lost or stolen in each month in 2023.DateComputersLaptopsUSBsPhonesJan-2301329Feb-2301003Mar-23038210Apr-2301003May-230828Jun-23010112Jul-230968Aug-2305139Sep-...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the proportionate change in (a) spending on service personnel in (i) real and (ii) cash terms and (b) the number of frontline service personnel in each financial year between 2015-1
Answer: The information you have requested is set out in the table below. The figures for financial year 2024-25 will be available once the accounts have been closed and audited. All personnel numbers are as at 1 April of the relevant financial year. Financial Ye...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSouth Western RailwayDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with South Western Railway on the accessibility of their fleet.
Answer: Department officials have regular conversations with the operator seeking to improve accessibility across South Western Railway’s fleet. Improvements include the new fleet of Class 701s with fully accessible toilets replacing the Class 455s which do not h...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of maintaining real-term levels of funding for the Holiday Activities and Food programme beyond March 2025.
Answer: Now that the department has been given its overall budget, we are working through the details of the budget settlement. Departmental budgets for 2025/26 will be confirmed in due course, including the exact funding available to support children, young peop...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that youth homelessness is included in the cross-government strategy to end homelessness.
Answer: The Government recognises that homelessness levels are far too high and this can have a devastating impact on those affected, including young people. We will consider youth homelessness as we develop our long-term cross-government strategy, working with m...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolitics and GovernmentCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901650More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving public engagement with politics.
Answer: Following the general election, the Prime Minister was clear that he wanted national renewal and a return of politics to public service. The Government is committed to ensuring the public has diverse opportunities to take part in our vibrant democracy. Th...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMilitary BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which constituencies are each (a) base, (b) garrison and (c) barracks located for each of the armed forces in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland; and which of those bases are des
Answer: The information required to answer the hon. Member’s question is not held centrally. Officials are working to produce a consolidated response. I will write to her by late December 2024, and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNATOMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of NATO's readiness, in the context of potential changes in policy from the incoming United States administration.
Answer: NATO is the world’s most successful alliance. It represents 50 per cent of the world’s military capability, with 500,000 troops now on high readiness As NATO allies, the UK-US special relationship is built on a foundation of our deep security partnership ...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will make an estimate of planned defence spending in the next two years as a share of GDP using NATO's definition of defence expenditure.
Answer: Based on the OBR's latest GDP projections, defence spending is currently expected to be 2.29% of GDP in financial year (FY) 2024-25 and 2.30% in 2025-26. Future FYs' figures are subject to the outcome of the second phase of the Spending Review.
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the number of armed forces veterans who will no longer be eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment as a result of proposed changes to eligibility criteria.
Answer: We have made no such estimate and are not able to do so as we do not collect specific data on veterans over pension age receiving benefits and pensions. Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension C...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
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