Helen Maguire MP: written questions 2025
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Health Professions: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking improve training pathways for medical professionals.
Answer: In February this year, NHS England launched an extensive engagement and listening exercise to help shape the future of postgraduate medical training. The review will hear about best practice, listen to concerns, including issues around training pathways a...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: SewageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of untreated sewage overflows on levels of (a) microplastic, (b) nano plastic and (c) macro plastic pollution in rivers.
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 plastic and other litter from reaching rivers and ocean in the first pla...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department monitors levels of furniture poverty.
Answer: My Department engages actively with a range of stakeholders on issues facing residents and has engaged with groups such as End Furniture Poverty to understand their research on this issue.People in need may be able to get support from their local authorit...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBoiler Upgrade SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Government's response to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme Regulations consultation, published in March 2024, whether the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
Answer: Following the conclusion of the first phase of the Spending Review on 30 October 2024, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme has a committed budget of £295 million for this financial year (2025/26). The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is a critical element of the Government’s ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department has made on developing an online consumer advice service for retrofit.
Answer: The Government is working to enhance our existing digital consumer advice offer on gov.uk by streamlining services into a single access point for all domestic consumers (homeowners, landlords and tenants. This will simplify the user experience and enable ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with energy companies on policy cost rebalancing on energy bills to incentivise the uptake of low-carbon technologies.
Answer: Details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: ConservationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of energy efficiency measures were funded by the (a) Energy Company Obligation, (b) Great British Insulation Scheme, (c) Home Upgrade Grant, (d) Warm Homes: Local Grant and (e
Answer: The Department publishes Household Energy Efficiency Statistics reports which provide detailed breakdowns of measures installed under various government support schemes. Statistics for 2023 are available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to continue the Energy Company Obligation after April 2026.
Answer: We are committed to meeting fuel poverty and Net Zero targets, and we are currently considering what policy mix will best achieve that, including what role energy company obligations should play post-2026. We will ensure that lessons learned from the Ener...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ManagersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's implementation of the recommendations on stronger clinical leadership and management roles outlined in the paper entitled High Qual
Answer: There are no current plans to assess implementation of the 2008 High Quality Care for All report.The Government recognises the importance of ensuring that the National Health Service has strong and effective leadership in place. As Lord Darzi stated in hi...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication entitled Working together in 2025/26 to lay the foundations for reform, published on 1 April 2025, if he will extend the time in which ICBs have to respond to the
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a critical role to play as strategic commissioners, improving population health, reducing inequalities, and ensuring access to high quality care. NHS England has circulated a draft of The Model ICB - blueprint document t...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming ArtsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with the Office for Students on introducing greater flexibility for specialist conservatoire-style performing arts institutions.
Answer: All registered providers are expected to meet the same conditions of registration. It is important that all students benefit from the same level of protection, no matter where or how they choose to study. The Office for Students (OfS) takes a provider’s c...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Level 6 Trinity Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre will be in scope of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement when it is introduced.
Answer: The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) will transform the post-18 student finance system to create a single funding system.The LLE will replace higher education student finance loans and eventually replace the Advanced Learner Loan (ALL) scheme for level...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDance and Drama: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is considering replacing the Dance and Drama Awards scheme with the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.
Answer: The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) will not be replacing the Dance and Drama Awards (DaDA) grant scheme. The LLE will provide individuals with a loan entitlement to the equivalent of four years’ post-18 education to use over their working lives (£38,...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total number of hours was by which the 48 hours target for call outs for urgent repairs for standard family accommodation was exceeded in each month since January 2024.
Answer: The Future Defence Infrastructure Services Accommodation Contracts stipulate that the average time to undertake an urgent repair should be within 48 hours. Both Amey and VIVO are delivering against this performance measure. This allows for more complex wo...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total number of hours was by which the 48 hours target for call outs for urgent repairs for standard family accommodation was exceeded in the week commencing 5 May 2025.
Answer: The average resolution time for urgent repairs to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) for week commencing 5 May 2025, will not be available until mid-June 2025. Information on the total number of hours by which the 48-hour target for call outs for urgent r...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many and what proportion of cases did call outs for urgent repairs for standard family accommodation exceed the 48-hour target in each month since January 2024.
Answer: The Future Defence Infrastructure Services Accommodation Contracts stipulate that the average time to undertake an urgent repair should be within 48 hours. Both Amey and VIVO are delivering against this performance measure. This allows for more complex wo...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many and what proportion of cases did call outs for urgent repairs for standard family accommodation exceed the 48-hour target in the week-commencing 5 May 2025.
Answer: The average resolution time for urgent repairs to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) for week commencing 5 May 2025, will not be available until mid-June 2025. Information on the total number of hours by which the 48-hour target for call outs for urgent r...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent repairs were requested for standard family accommodation in each month since January 2024.
Answer: The Future Defence Infrastructure Services Accommodation Contracts stipulate that the average time to undertake an urgent repair should be within 48 hours. Both Amey and VIVO are delivering against this performance measure. This allows for more complex wo...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent repairs were requested for standard family accommodation in the week commencing 5 May 2025.
Answer: 442 urgent repairs were requested for Service Family Accommodation properties as at noon on 9 May 2025.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timeline is for (a) consultation and (b) implementation of the updated Decent Homes Standard.
Answer: The government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of consumer protections for billpayers of water services where the agreed environmental standards have not been met.
Answer: This Government is strengthening consumer protections by bringing forward secondary legislation to introduce new and increased compensation - double the previous amounts or more - which will be compulsory for water companies to pay customers for poor serv...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) improve work coach support and (b) provide tailored employment support for jobseekers.
Answer: As set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper, we are reforming Jobcentre Plus and creating a new service across Great Britain that will enable everyone to access support to find good, meaningful work, and support to help them to progress in work. In ...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will add young carers to the Daily Attendance reporting programme.
Answer: This government is committed to breaking down barriers of opportunity for all young people, including young carers who provide a critical role caring for their loved ones.Young carers were added to the school census in the 2022/23 academic year. This ...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ScreeningMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of Health and Social Care on introducing regular health screening programmes for military personnel involved in handling explosive ordnance.
Answer: As the hon. Member will know from my recent answer to Question 47566, Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials reviewed with interest the recent British Journal of Urology International research letter on a potentially increased risk of bladder cancer in milit...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Bladder CancerMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the research paper entitled Occupational Incidence of Bladder Cancer Amongst Veteran Ammunition Technicians of the Briti
Answer: As the hon. Member will know from my recent answer to Question 47566, Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials reviewed with interest the recent British Journal of Urology International research letter on a potentially increased risk of bladder cancer in milit...
Answered 13 May 2025
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