Helen Maguire MP: written questions
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LGBT Financial Recognition SchemeMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications under the Financial Recognition Scheme have been submitted by LGBT veterans.
Answer: As of 9 June 2025, the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme (FRS) had received 1,067 applications and 44 veterans had received payments. We have been prioritising payment to the elderly and those with serious health conditions to ensure they receive support ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with local authorities in Surrey on pavement parking powers.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had any discussions with local authorities in Surrey on this matter. The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to the consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the app...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Local Housing Allowance rates in meeting private rental costs in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are reviewed annually, usually at an Autumn fiscal event. Rates are set based on the area of the country a person lives and their bedroom entitlement. The decision to maintain LHA rates at current levels for 2025/26 was...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Furniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with social housing providers on (a) the decent homes standard and (b) the provision of furnished tenancies in social housing to reduce levels of fur
Answer: My Department engages actively with Registered Providers of social housing on all issues facing social housing tenants and with a range of stakeholders on issues facing residents and has engaged with groups such as End Furniture Poverty to understand thei...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Ofwat’s regulatory powers to hold water companies to account for repeated pollution incidents.
Answer: The Government remains clear that regulators must be empowered to hold water companies to account, which is why the Water Special Measures Act delivers on our commitment to put water companies under special measures by strengthening regulation to clean up...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of using private partnerships to build NHS hospitals on public finances.
Answer: There has been no formal assessment on the potential impact of using private partnerships to build National Health Service hospitals. Current HM Treasury policy is that private finance cannot be used. As part of the NHS capital strategy, we are considerin...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average delay is between patient (a) referral and (b) diagnostic testing in Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; and what steps he is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting tim
Answer: There is no complete measure for the average wait time for a patient between a referral and receiving a diagnostic test for all diagnostic tests.The Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity monthly collection, known as DM01, measures the current waiting time...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordThames Water: FinesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that fines levied against Thames Water are used to fund environmental restoration projects on (a) Hogsmill River, (b) River Mole an
Answer: The Water Restoration Fund, which launched in April 2024, is reinvesting funding based on water company environmental fines and penalties into projects to improve the water environment. Funding is based on water company fines and penalties from April 2022...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: 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
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