Helen Whately MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Accident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings the Minister for Health (Secondary Care) has attended on (a) A&E performance and (b) flow through the emergency care system.
Answer: I have attended regular winter preparedness meetings since 26 September 2024. Urgent and emergency care performance is a standing agenda item within these meetings.In addition, I have meetings most days to discuss the reform and improvement of the health ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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NHS: WeatherDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he has attended to discuss winter preparedness.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has chaired eight meetings on winter preparedness since 2 December 2024.
Answered 31 Jan 2025
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Hospitals: Domestic VisitsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital visits the Minister for Health (Secondary Care) has made in the last six months; and which hospitals she visited.
Answer: Since 14 July 2024, I have engaged in a total of nine visits, of which the following five were hospitals:Red Kite View;Southmead Hospital;Leeds General Infirmary;Newham Hospital; andMusgrove Park Hospital.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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Medical Certificates: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish a summary of findings from the call for evidence on fit note reform.
Answer: The call for evidence was launched under the previous government to seek views on how the current fit note process works and the support required to facilitate meaningful work and health conversations. It closed on the 8 July 2024 and received around 1,90...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 20687 on Employment, when she expects the Labour Market Advisory Board to finish their work.
Answer: The Labour Market Advisory Board, announced on the 23 July 2024, ensures that we listen and engage with a wide range of external views to design and deliver reforms to help drive the Government’s growth mission. The Board, chaired by Paul Gregg (former Di...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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Household Support Fund: PensionersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is collecting data about use of the Household Support Fund to support pensioners who are no longer in receipt of the winter fuel payment.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions publishes management information on the Household Support Fund, including details of the proportion of funding spent on households with pensioners, as well as the proportion spent on energy and water. The latest manage...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
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Employment SchemesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many more people she expects to be in employment as a result of proposals in the Get Britain Working White Paper.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11th December to question number PQ 17573.
Answered 17 Jan 2025
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Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the next Pension Credit applications and awards dataset will be published.
Answer: The next publication of Pension Credit application statistics is due around the end of February 2025 and will cover the data up to week commencing 10 February 2025.
Answered 17 Jan 2025
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