Helen Maguire MP: written questions 2025
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Hospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of aging hospital infrastructure on clinical outcomes.
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 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Thames Water on its financial viability.
Answer: Since July the Defra Secretary of State has met with water company Chief Executives and chairs, including Thames Water.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new firearms licence certificates have been granted in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of new firearms licence certificates that have been granted in the statistical publication on firearm and shotgun certificates. The latest available data is for the year ending 31 M...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (a) value of unclaimed armed forces (i) preserved and (ii) deferred pensions; and what steps he is taking to pass those pensions to beneficiaries.
Answer: The answer to this question could only be provided at disproportionate cost as all Armed Forces’ pensions would require review and a forecast conducted to confirm they are payable and to give a value. However, it may be helpful to know that with regards t...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 on the (a) effectiveness and (b) operational capabilities of UK defence.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence operates within the Computer Misuse Act 1990, and we ensure that our activities are legally covered. We do not comment on details for security reasons. The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) plays a vital role in ensuring that the UK has th...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) increase the role of the private sector within the defence sector and (b) allow industry partners to carry out essential cyber defence activities.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) works with multiple industry partners to carry out essential cyber defence activities. The Department works in a collaborative and integrated way across the technology and security sectors to deliver defensive cyber capabilit...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new firearms licence certificates have been granted in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of new firearms licence certificates that have been granted in the Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates publication. The latest available data is for the year ending 31 Ma...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHouseholds: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to support households with one-off unexpected costs including boiler repairs.
Answer: Budgeting Advances help Universal Credit customers meet intermittent miscellaneous expenses, such as buying essential items like furniture or household equipment. These advances ensure that low-income families that have an emergency financial need and do ...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Living AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide financial support for families during the three-month waiting period before applying for Disability Living Allowance; and if she will make an assessment of the potent
Answer: The three month qualifying period is not a waiting period. Its purpose is to help establish that the disability or health condition, and the resulting care, supervision or mobility needs are of a long-standing nature. This ensures that disability benefits...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a national strategy to make properties built before 1920 more energy efficient.
Answer: The UK has the oldest housing stock in Europe and the government recognises that there is no “one-size-fits-all" approach to tackle the UK’s diverse building stock, and the need to ensure more historic buildings are able to achieve Net Zero. The Depa...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAlmshouses: LicensingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of exempting alms-houses from Selective Licensing charges.
Answer: Registered providers of social housing are exempt from selective licensing. Almshouses are able to register as providers of social housing, and this exemption will apply for those that do.Local authorities are responsible for selective licensing schemes i...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Written QuestionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 16652 on Military Bases, if his Department will now provide a response.
Answer: I’d like to thank the hon. Member for her question. As she will understand collating this data is a considerable exercise but I’m pleased to confirm that I wrote to her on 27 January 2025 and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Equipment: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20117 on Defence Equipment Expenditure, when his Department plans to send that letter.
Answer: The response to Question 20117 on Defence Equipment Expenditure is in the process of being finalised and will be sent shortly.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Recognition of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 902156 on Palestinians: Sovereignty, whether he has a planned timetable for recognising a Palestinian state.
Answer: The ceasefire marks the first step in ensuring long-term peace and security for Israelis, Palestinians and the wider region, bringing much-needed stability. Our attention must turn to how we secure a permanently better future for the Israeli and Palestini...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on recruitment consultants in each year since 2016; and how many personnel have been recruited to the (a) RAF, (b) Army, (c) Navy and (d) Marines in each year since 2016.
Answer: Since entering Government, we have taken immediate action to stop all non-essential Ministry of Defence consultancy spending. The information requested specifically on external recruitment consultants is not centrally held and could be provided only at di...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGreenland: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Denmark on the US interest in Greenland.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary and I have repeatedly and publicly made clear that Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and that the future of their constitutional arrangements is a matter for the people and government of Greenland, and the Kingdom of Denmar...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWarships: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of days and (b) proportion of expected lifespans that naval vessels spend in maintenance.
Answer: All Royal Navy ships rotate through planned operating cycles involving maintenance, upgrades, repair, training and deployment. This results in individual ships being at various levels of readiness at any one time in accordance with the Long-Term Operation...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordJoint Expeditionary ForceMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) UK and (b) other personnel were in the Joint Expeditionary Force in each year since 2016; and how much the UK has contributed to the Joint Expeditionary Force in the same period.
Answer: The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) HQ is operated through the UK Standing Joint Force Headquarters, which undertakes several commitments. Depending on the activity, the HQ can routinely provide up to 82 people from across 10 nations, with further augment...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish National (Overseas): English LanguageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to local authorities for English language tuition for (a) British National (Overseas) visa holders and (b) their families.
Answer: As part of MHCLG's Hong Kong British National (Overseas) [BN(O)] Welcome Programme, we fund local authorities in England up to £850 per adult BN(O) visa holder to support access to English language classes. This funding aims to help BN(O) visa holders and...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish National (Overseas): PensionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2170 on British National (Overseas): Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with other banks on access to (a)
Answer: We are aware that individuals who have chosen to take up the BN(O) visa route face difficulties in the early drawing down of their savings. This government is in regular contact with banks on a range of issues. Documentary requirements for withdrawing fun...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: British National (Overseas)Department for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing domestic fee status for the children of British National (Overseas) visa holders in the UK.
Answer: Generally, to qualify for higher education (HE) student support and home fee status in England, a person must have settled status and have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for the three years preceding the f...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with individual police forces on ensuring a timely administration of the Immediate Choice Police pension group to receive their McCloud remedy pension payments.
Answer: While the Home Office has responsibility for overarching policy and legislative changes to the police pension regulations, the police pension scheme is locally administered by individual police forces.It is for each Chief Constable, in their role as schem...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNutrition: Low IncomesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to make healthy food options affordable to low-income families.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to nutritious, affordable food. The Government’s recently launched Food Strategy will ensure that access to healthy food is affordable and accessible to all. The Government has also committe...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSewage: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with water companies on upgrading infrastructure to ensure the sewage system can accommodate heavy rainfall without overflowing sewage into wate
Answer: For too long, water companies have discharged record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Bill, which will strengthen regulation, including...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Epsom and EwellDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for Emergency Care in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises the pressures on the National Health Service during the winter period and the impact this is having on waiting times for emergency care, including in Epsom and Ewell.We are committed to supporting the NHS to improve performance a...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
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