Helen Maguire MP: written questions 2025
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Railways: TicketsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing return tickets on disabled people.
Answer: We will carefully consider and give due to regard to any equality considerations as we move to improve fares and ticketing for passengers. To ensure disabled passengers are not disadvantaged, they can get a one third discount on their fares with a Disable...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the Child Maintenance Service threshold for assessing (a) inheritance and (b) other non-earned income.
Answer: Information about the paying parent's gross income is taken directly from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for the latest tax year available. This allows calculations to be made quickly and accurately. Any income subject to income tax, including bonuses and ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSecurity Guards: ContractsHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is available for councils contracting private security firms to patrol town centres.
Answer: The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is a Home Office arm’s length body established by the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (PSIA) as the regulator of the private security industry.The SIA publishes guidance for buyers of private security which is avai...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: ComplaintsHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support people with the police complaints process.
Answer: The statutory police complaints process allows members of the public to raise concerns or express dissatisfaction with the police. They can do so directly to their local police force or via the online portal on the website of the Independent Office for Po...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: ShippingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to expand the designation of vessels considered part of Russia’s shadow fleet.
Answer: The Prime Minister has been clear that we must strengthen economic pressure on the Kremlin. The UK has led international efforts to disrupt Russia's shadow fleet, which it spent over $10 billion to purchase. We have sanctioned 129 oil tankers under this g...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: ExportsTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47568More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a requirement for maritime insurers to verify with bank statements whether the oil price for Russian exports was paid below the price cap.
Answer: The UK, alongside G7+ Oil Price Cap (OPC) Coalition partners, keeps the efficacy of the OPC under constant review, whilst working closely with industry to aid compliance and ensure that any changes to the measure are implementable – as evidenced by the Fe...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: ExportsTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47567More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of lowering the Oil Price Cap on Russia’s revenue generation through seaborne oil exports.
Answer: The UK is committed to maintaining the efficacy of the price cap and to adapting it as necessary and practicable, subject to thorough impact assessments and alongside our international partners, to further our objectives of constraining Russian oil revenu...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ExplosivesMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is conducting or plans to commission research into the long-term health impacts of explosive exposure for military personnel.
Answer: 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 military personnel exposed to explosive ordnance. This is a complex scienti...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's policy on the call-out time for reservists has changed in the last six months; and what the minimum notice period is before deployment.
Answer: In developing and maintaining our Reserves mobilisation policy, ensuring that the process is optimal for Defence, the Employer and the Reservist continue to be at the forefront of our thinking. The Ministry of Defence’s Reserves mobilisation policy has no...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 27962 on Police: Workplace Pensions, whether she plans to calculate the cost of allowing police survivors who (a) remarry and (b) cohabit after l
Answer: The 1987 Police Pension Scheme provides a pension for the widow, widower or civil partner of a police officer who dies. In common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, these benefits cease to be payable where the widow, widower or c...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: Charitable DonationsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the merits of reintroducing the requirement for companies to report their charitable donations.
Answer: The requirement for companies to disclose charitable donations in their annual reports was removed in 2013. This decision followed a consultation in which two-thirds of respondents supported its removal, after an impact assessment found no evidence that t...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting Vehicles: StandardsMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) Challenger 2, (b) Warrior, (c) Boxer and (d) protected patrol vehicles were (i) fit for service and (ii) not fit for service in each year since 2015.
Answer: We do not routinely disclose a breakdown of total capability fleets in the interests of security and operational effectiveness. However, the total fleet figures of Challenger 2, Warrior and Protected Mobility Vehicles since 2016 can be found in the annual...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Epsom and EwellDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions to the level of the Personal Independence Payment on people in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: No estimate has yet been made.Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reformin...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Thames: SewageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with Thames Water on the adequacy of the time it takes to stop sewage overflows.
Answer: My officials and I have regular conversations with Thames Water and other water companies to discuss a range of activities, including the reduction of sewage discharges. I am also meeting with the boards of all water companies, including Thames Water, to ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Labour TurnoverMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of months are between a service person enlisting and leaving the (a) Navy, (b) RAF and (c) Army; what the 2015 average number of months was between a service person enlisting and leaving t
Answer: It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's Question. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT Veterans Independent ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which recommendations of the Etherton Report have yet to be implemented; and what his planned timeline is for the implementation of those outstanding recommendations.
Answer: As of 1 April 2025, 42 of the 49 recommendations have been implemented, with work to implement the outstanding seven recommendations underway, demonstrating our commitment to supporting the LGBT veteran community. Of the seven remaining recommendations, t...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFrigatesMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) type 23 Duke Class, (b) type 31 Inspiration Class and (c) type 26 City Class frigates the UK navy has; how many of each of those types are currently not fit for purpose; and for each frigate currentl
Answer: The Royal Navy operates eight Type 23 Frigates, and as of 2 April 2025, six Type 23 frigates are at readiness and available for operations. Each ship follows a normal operating cycle, going through different readiness levels based on their schedules and m...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSabotage: RussiaDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many cables his Department has recorded as damaged or suspected of being damaged by Russian ships in (a) the North Sea, (b) the English Channel, (c) the Irish Sea and (d) the North
Answer: Accidental cable damage from industrial maritime activity is part of the cable operating ecosystem. There are 65 cables systems connecting to the UK, with 45 of those cables connecting internationally. The large continental shelf and busy maritime sector ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: ShippingMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of Russian military activity in (a) the North Sea, (b) the English Channel, (c) the Irish Sea and (d) the North Atlantic his Department has recorded per month for the last 24 months.
Answer: The Royal Navy continuously monitors UK waters and stands ready to respond to the presence of Russian vessels. For reasons of national security, we cannot disclose the specific number of incidents of Russian military activity recorded during any given per...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: Supply ChainsMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to protect British supply chains from Russian interference and sabotage.
Answer: We closely monitor the impact of global conflicts including the extent of Russian content in our critical programmes and the supply chains that support them, with the aim of identifying and managing emergent issues. The Department is actively engaged in a...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations: StandardsMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Professor Alice Sullivan's review entitled Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender, published on 19 March 2025, if he will bring forward legislative proposals t
Answer: The 2019 Review of the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations (RFCAs) was published on 24 March 2020 and placed in the Library of the House. The Review recommended that the Council of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations (CRFCA) and the 13 RFCAs sho...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: SportsgroundsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes his Department undertook in its impact assessment into proposals for the Care Quality Commission to regulate sporting and cultural events; and if he will publish that work.
Answer: The Manchester Arena Inquiry Volume Two report recommended that the Government make changes to the law to enable the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to regulate event healthcare at sporting venues and gymnasiums and at temporary sporting and cultural events...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase research into the causes of prostate cancer in men of sub-Saharan African ancestry.
Answer: The Department funded National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funds research and research infrastructure, which supports patients and the public to participate in high-quality research, including clinical research on prostate cancer. NIHR r...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of implementing nurse-led mobile PSA blood testing clinics in deprived communities on (a) costs to and (b) staff productivity in the
Answer: Tackling health inequalities is a priority for the Government. Men aged 50 years old or over can ask their general practitioner for a Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test, even if they do not have symptoms. This applies to anyone aged 50 years old or over...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of providing mobile PSA blood testing clinics in deprived communities on rates of early prostate cancer detection.
Answer: Tackling health inequalities is a priority for the Government. Men aged 50 years old or over can ask their general practitioner for a Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test, even if they do not have symptoms. This applies to anyone aged 50 years old or over...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
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