Helen Maguire MP: written questions
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Eutrophication: Inland WaterwaysDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent eutrophication in waterways.
Answer: Eutrophication from excess nutrient pollution is a key pressure affecting our rivers, lakes, and seas. As part of Price Review 24 final determinations, Ofwat has allowed £4.795 billion of investment to improve water quality by reducing phosphorus pollutio...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Carers: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Carer's Trust press release entitled Carers Trust launches landmark young carers covenant to transform the lives of over one million children, published on 13 March 2024, what assessment h
Answer: The government is committed to helping all young people, including young carers, thrive in education. We continue to work closely across government to strengthen the visibility and support of young carers both at home and in educational settings.Young car...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces Compensation SchemeMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) have there been in each year since 2015; and how many were successful for each year.
Answer: In financial year 2023-24, 9,545 initial injury/illness claims were registered under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS). Of which, 2,454 have been awarded either a lump sum payment or a lump sum payment and a guaranteed income payment as at 31 Ma...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces Compensation SchemeMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations of the Quinquennial Review of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme 2023.
Answer: The Department continues to work to implement the accepted Quinquennial Review recommendations. A progress update will be published over the course of the year.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Work Capability AssessmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of the replacement of the Work Capability Assessment with a new system based on Personal Independence Payme
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are the lead Department regarding welfare reform. DWP and Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials continue to work closely to ensure that where DWP benefits interface with the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: DischargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the current number of hospital beds occupied by patients who are medically fit for discharge.
Answer: Data collections that monitor the number of patients who are medically fit for discharge but who are not discharged are available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/discharge-delays/acute-discharge-situation...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to Personal Independence Payment on households with (a) one and (b) more than one young carer.
Answer: 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: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timeline is for reviewing her proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment assessment process.
Answer: In the Pathways to Work Green Paper we announced plans to launch a review of the PIP assessment, which I shall lead. To make sure we get this right, we will bring together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how b...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: 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
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