Helen Maguire MP: written questions 2025
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Army Foundation CollegeMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of army recruits participating in the long course at the Army Foundation College left the army before completing the course in 2024.
Answer: Of the 707 Junior Entry trainees that were due to complete training in 2024 as a result of starting the long course at the Army Foundation College in 2023, 198 left and discharged from training prior to completing the course. This equated to 28% of the to...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour and NoiseHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) the police and (b) local authorities to effectively respond to (i) noise nuisance and (ii) other forms of anti-social behaviour.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour and Noise: Epsom and EwellHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) anti-social behaviour and (b) noise disturbances in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordThames Water: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has put a contingency plan in place in the event that Thames Water becomes financially unsustainable.
Answer: The Government and Ofwat – the financial regulator for the water sector – are carefully monitoring the situation with Thames Water, and Ofwat continues to engage with Thames Water to support it in improving its resilience within the context of its licence...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) repair hospitals and (b) improve patient safety.
Answer: The safety of National Health Service staff and patients is a top priority for the Government.The NHS was provided with £4.1 billion in operational capital in 2024/25, enabling systems to allocate funding according to local priorities, including hospital ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: InflationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of inflation for food products; and what steps she is taking to help support people with the cost of
Answer: We are committed to tackling food poverty and reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Economic factors including the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis have resulted in record levels of need for food banks. This issue is being dis...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the National Youth Strategy provides sufficient funding to youth services.
Answer: The Government will publish the National Youth Strategy this summer. The detail and scale of the funding commitments included in the Strategy will be shaped by engagement with young people and the youth sector and will be dependent on Spending Review deci...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Electric ScootersHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the illegal modification of e-bikes and e-scooters.
Answer: The police have powers available to them to tackle the illegal use of e-scooters and e-bikes and we expect police to deploy them appropriately.The Home Office has also established a taskforce, which includes representatives from across Government, Policin...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time permanent MOD staff have worked on coordinating Operation Interflex in each year since 2002.
Answer: The table below is based on those who have been involved in co-ordinating Operation INTERFLEX for each of the six Tranches, which to date have delivered more than 51,000 trained Ukrainians. The table includes those assigned to INTERFLEX HQ, the training d...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he has provided for Operation Interflex in each year since its launch in July 2022.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence's spending figures on training in support of Ukraine are £115 million for financial year 2022-23 and £200 million for financial year 2023-24. Figures for the current financial year will be released in due course.
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to extend training programme for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel throughout 2025, published on 6 September 2024, if he will make it his policy to exte
Answer: In late 2024 the Secretary of State extended Op INTERFLEX into 2025. We continually assess how we can improve our training offer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Operation INTERFLEX remains our main training effort in support of Ukraine and, together with ...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordJoint Expeditionary ForceMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 24080 on Joint Expeditionary Force, how many full-time permanent employees are employed by the Joint Expeditionary Force HQ.
Answer: 11 personnel are engaged on the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) on a full-time basis at the Standing Joint Force Headquarters, the JEF HQ.
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Assets: FloodsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of flooding on (a) football pitches and (b) other local community assets; and if he will ensure that water companies com
Answer: Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five core priorities. As part of the Government’s Plan for Change, a record £2.65 billion will be invested over two years in better protecting 52,000 properties by ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the regulatory framework for prescribing cannabis-based medicinal products to allow GPs to prescribe those treatments.
Answer: General practitioners (GPs) can only prescribe unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use if under the direction of a specialist.These medicines are not first-line treatments and patients will be at a stage in their treatment pathway where they ...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis rates for (a) leukaemia and (b) other non-stageable cancers; and whether he plans to introduce measures in the National Cancer Strateg
Answer: We are determined to take all the necessary steps to improve early diagnosis for all cancers, including leukaemia and other non-stageable cancers. To accomplish this, the National Health Service is implementing non symptom specific pathways for patients w...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: Clinical Trials and Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to clinical trials and innovative treatments for leukaemia patients.
Answer: The Department aims to ensure that all patients have access to cutting-edge clinical research and innovative, lifesaving treatments. The Department funded National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) funds research and research infrastructure, wh...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: Epsom and EwellDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to increase youth services provision in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: Local authorities hold the statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people. In September 2023 DCMS published updated statutory guidance to support...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: FamiliesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure councils have the resources needed to provide safe, stable housing for homeless families.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected. The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to deliver the long-term solutions we need to get us back on track to ending all forms of homelessness. ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: Voluntary OrganisationsTreasuryTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30414More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of fee-less community bank accounts being closed and replaced with fee-paying business accounts on (a) allotment societies and (b) other small voluntary organisa
Answer: The provision of banking services is a commercial decision taken by the banking sector. In response to feedback from community account holders about difficulties in securing and maintaining suitable current accounts, UK Finance launched a website in July ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Treatment: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle underperforming wastewater treatment plants.
Answer: The Government has taken immediate and substantial action to address the performance of water companies who are not delivering for the environment or their customers. The Water (Special Measures) Bill will provide the most significant increase in enforcem...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the findings from the National Child Mortality Database, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals to mandate local authorities to provide cots
Answer: These statistics are shocking. Homelessness levels are far too high and we are taking action to fix the current system that has left too many families without security or stability.The Homelessness Code of Guidance is clear that temporary accommodation sh...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will issue additional guidance to Integrated Care Boards on determining appropriate levels of funding for hospices to ensure equitable access to palliative care services across di
Answer: In England, palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. To supp...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children with severe epilepsy can access second-generation cannabis-based medicines through the NHS.
Answer: The law allows United Kingdom specialist doctors to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs). Cannabis-based medicines licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are routinely available on the National He...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) maintenance grants and (b) other policies to help improve the level of participation of disadvantaged students in higher education.
Answer: The department is committed to supporting the aspiration of every person who meets the requirements and wants to go to university, regardless of their background.The government continues to provide means-tested non-repayable grants to low income full time...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional short term funding to hospitals who are the (a) second and (b) third phase of the New Hospital Programme to
Answer: The safety of National Health Service staff and patients is of vital importance to the Government. That is why repairing and rebuilding our hospital estate is a key part of our ambition to create an NHS that is fit for the future through our 10-Year Healt...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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