Helen Maguire MP: written questions 2025
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Ukraine: Guided WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the statement given by the German Chancellor on the removal of range restrictions for weapons delivered to Ukraine; and what whethe
Answer: The UK supports other countries providing long-range fires, but I hope the hon. Member will understand that we will not be drawn on details about UK gifted long-range missiles. It risks operational security, and the only person who benefits from public de...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOppression: Emergency CallsHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of her Department's guidelines to call 101 or 999 when reporting transnational crimes as her Department does not have a working definition of transna
Answer: As recommended by the Defending Democracy Taskforce's review of transnational repression (TNR), the UK recognises TNR as a term used to describe certain foreign state-directed crimes against individuals, ranging from threat-to-life to online harassment. T...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish National (Overseas): OppressionHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department (a) has consulted and (b) plans to consult with members of the Hong Kong community living in the UK on the Transnational Repression review.
Answer: The TNR Review engaged with civil society organisations on behalf of communities they consider to be at risk of TNR, as well as with victims of TNR, community leaders and academics. Further engagement, including with victims of TNR and civil society organ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish National (Overseas): OppressionHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's review on the UK's response to Transnational Repression, whether she had discussions with the 10 bountied Hong Kongers residing in the UK.
Answer: The safety and security of Hong Kongers in the UK is, and always will be, a priority. Owing to the sensitive nature of this topic and the need to protect individuals who may be at threat, it would be inappropriate to provide further detail of any specific...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: PayMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered the potential merits of increasing funding to local authorities to support higher hourly rates for care staff to (a) attract and (b)retain care workers
Answer: We have delivered a Settlement that begins to fix the foundations of local government by providing significant investment redirecting funding towards the services and places that need it most. The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion fo...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance to local authorities to ensure (a) fair and (b) consistent access for young people to homelessness support services.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected, including young people. Youth homelessness will be considered as part of our long-term, cross-government strategy to get us back on track to ending homelessness fo...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) army service personnel, (b) navy service personnel, (c) RAF service personnel and (d) veterans have had an initial assessment at a Ministry of Defence Department of Community Mental Health centre in
Answer: Between 1 January 2025 and 31 March 2025 (latest data available), 757 UK Armed Forces personnel had an initial assessment at a Ministry of Defence (MOD) Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH). The following table provides the number of UK Armed Forc...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlutonium and Uranium;USAMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) plutonium has been exported to the United States and (b) highly enriched uranium has been imported from the United States under The Agreement between the UK and the USA for Cooperation in the Uses of
Answer: The 1958 Mutual Defense Agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States underpins defence nuclear co-operation and has been, and continues to be, of considerable mutual benefit to both nations. I am withholding the information requested as rele...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals there have been to (a) Operation Courage and (b) Operation Restore in each year since 2016; and how many of those referrals were reviewed by multi-disciplinary teams within 8 wee
Answer: On 13 March 2025, it was announced that NHS England will be brought into the Department to form a new joint centre. We are assessing the full range of current functions across both organisations and options for future allocation. At this stage, it is too ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the allocated budget was for (a) Operation Courage and (b) Operation Restore in each financial year between 2020-21 and 2024-25; and how much funding has been allocated to each programme in th
Answer: On 13 March 2025, it was announced that NHS England will be brought into the Department to form a new joint centre. We are assessing the full range of current functions across both organisations and options for future allocation. At this stage, it is too ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who Operation (a) Courage and (b) Restore will be (i) managed and (ii) funded by after the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: On 13 March 2025, it was announced that NHS England will be brought into the Department to form a new joint centre. We are assessing the full range of current functions across both organisations and options for future allocation. At this stage, it is too ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS staff (a) working conditions and (b) wellbeing.
Answer: The Government inherited a broken National Health Service with an overworked and demoralised workforce.We hugely value all NHS staff and are committed to improving working conditions, so we can keep staff healthy, motivated, and retain valuable skills. Th...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what are the retention rates for NHS staff for each year since 2020.
Answer: NHS England publishes quarterly information on the turnover of National Health Service staff within their NHS Workforce Statistics publication, with further information available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publicatio...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Treatment: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require the Environment Agency to revise environmental permits to enforce compliance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations 1994.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) enforces the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (UWWTR) through environmental permits. These set discharge limits, nutrient removal standards, and monitoring and reporting requirements, based on population size and receivi...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMicroplastics: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce microplastic pollution from combined sewer outflows.
Answer: Tackling marine litter and plastic pollution is a priority for the UK Government, which is why we are working domestically and internationally to implement measures that will prevent macro-sized plastic litter which are sources of microplastics from reach...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed welfare reforms on the capacity of the Household Support Fund.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Gree...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, on (a) benefits adviso
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Gree...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing flexibility within Universal Credit to enable greater labour market engagement.
Answer: This Government committed in its manifesto to review Universal Credit, to reduce poverty and make work pay. We believe that work continues to be the best way out of poverty, and growing the economy and driving up living standards across the country is thi...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGas Fired Power StationsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of improving the efficiency of existing Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power stations on wholesale electricity prices.
Answer: No direct assessment has been made of the impact of more efficient CCGTs on wholesale electricity prices, nor of the efficiency of CCGTs versus small modular reactors. An efficient electricity system needs a range of technologies to ensure that we reach o...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGas Fired Power Stations and Small Modular Reactors: InvestmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the comparative efficiency and (b) cost-effectiveness of (i) improving the thermal efficiency of existing Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power stations an
Answer: No direct assessment has been made of the impact of more efficient CCGTs on wholesale electricity prices, nor of the efficiency of CCGTs versus small modular reactors. An efficient electricity system needs a range of technologies to ensure that we reach o...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many meetings his Department has had with (a) representatives of commercial nuclear manufacturers, (b) power utilities interested in building a new nuclear plant and (c) non-governmental
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of introducing fixed recoverable costs in lower-value clinical negligence cases on patients’ access to legal expertise.
Answer: Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on a wide range of matters relating to clinical negligence reform, and we will announce our position in due course.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the Claimant’s legal costs paid by the NHS in all clinical negligence claims under £25,000 in 2023-24 were expert fees.
Answer: NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the national Health Service in England. The following table shows the total legal costs paid for claimants due to clinical negligence claims closed in the financial year 2023/24, w...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the Claimant’s costs paid by the NHS in all clinical negligence claims under £25,000 in 2023-24 were (a) legal costs, (b) disbursements and (c) VAT.
Answer: NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the national Health Service in England. The following table shows the total legal costs paid for claimants due to clinical negligence claims closed in the financial year 2023/24, w...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data is held by NHS Resolution on the breakdown of Claimant costs in clinical negligence claims under £25,000.
Answer: NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the national Health Service in England. The following table shows the total legal costs paid for claimants due to clinical negligence claims closed in the financial year 2023/24, w...
Answered 16 May 2025
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