Ian Sollom MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Disability Aids: RecyclingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote patient awareness of walking aid return and reuse schemes, (b) promote NHS staff awareness of the possibility of establishing those schemes and (c
Answer: The National Health Service is committed to reducing its environmental impact, and in 2020, published its Delivering a Net Zero NHS strategy, committing to reach net zero by 2045.The NHS recognises that reusing walking aids, such as crutches, frames, and ...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Aids: RecyclingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of compulsory walking aid return and reuse schemes for NHS trusts.
Answer: The National Health Service is committed to reducing its environmental impact, and in 2020, published its Delivering a Net Zero NHS strategy, committing to reach net zero by 2045.The NHS recognises that reusing walking aids, such as crutches, frames, and ...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: CourtsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15843 on Child Maintenance Service: Courts, how many liability orders have been (a) applied for by the Child Maintenance Service and (b) granted by
Answer: In response to question (a) the Child Maintenance Service applied for approximately;17,800 liability orders between October 2023 and September 2024,15,100 liability orders between October 2022 and September 2023, and11,300 liability orders between October...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to improve staffing levels in the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer: As more customers apply to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), demand for the service increases. To allow us to meet this demand and provide an efficient service we continuously look at the resources we have and where we should focus our efforts to get t...
Answered 31 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to prevent transgender women being placed in male population prisons while their cases are reviewed.
Answer: Transgender women that have a history of violent and/or sexual offences, or retain their birth genitalia, are initially allocated to the men’s prison estate. Arrangements are made to keep them and other prisoners safe ahead of risk assessments that consid...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCompulsorily Detained Psychiatric PatientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 14520 on Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients, how many people have been held in Section 136 suites for over 24 hours in the last five years;
Answer: The Department does not hold the information in the format requested. Information on the number of uses of section 136 suites, collected by NHS England, is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistica...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help support people in areas where (a) there is damage to broadband cables and (b) other repairs are required to access to broadband services.
Answer: The Department works with Ofcom and communication providers to ensure broadband services are resilient and reliable. All communication providers have statutory obligations to maintain their networks and services. Ofcom has the power to investigate, rectif...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to speed up the pace of repairs to damaged broadband cables in rural areas.
Answer: The Department works with Ofcom and communication providers to ensure broadband services are resilient and reliable. All communication providers have statutory obligations to maintain their networks and services. Ofcom has the power to investigate, rectif...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMathematics: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) increase awareness and (b) raise the status with (i) universities and (ii) employers of the Level 3 Core Maths qualification.
Answer: High and rising school standards, including in mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best life chances. Our Core Maths suite of qualifications is designed to prepare studen...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMathematics: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging the Joint Council for Qualifications to include the Level 3 Core Maths qualification within the A level and Level 3 results documents to
Answer: High and rising school standards, including in mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best life chances. Our Core Maths suite of qualifications is designed to prepare studen...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSixth Form Colleges: Industrial DisputesDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the education of pupils at non-academised sixth forms in the context of planned industrial action.
Answer: This government recognises the vital role that further education (FE) teachers and providers play in equipping learners with the opportunities and skills that they need to succeed in their education, and will consider workforce sufficiency and what this m...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a review of further education funding, in the context of the pay dispute with teachers at non-academised sixth forms.
Answer: This government recognises the vital role that further education (FE) teachers and providers play in equipping learners with the opportunities and skills that they need to succeed in their education, and will consider workforce sufficiency and what this m...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSixth Form Colleges: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help resolve pay disputes with non-academised sixth forms who were not included in the 5.5% pay award announced for teachers.
Answer: The government does not set or recommend pay in further education (FE) providers, which have the freedom to make their own arrangements in line with their local circumstances. This government recognises the vital role that FE teachers and providers play i...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: Pilot SchemesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will publish an evaluation of the pilot scheme on the use of single-named caseworkers by the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service takes the support of survivors of domestic abuse very seriously. In response to recommendation 4 of Dr Callan’s independent review, the Single Caseworker Team pilot was set up on 23rd January 2024 to deal with complex domesti...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17934More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Establishing the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme in Regulations, published on 23 August 2024, what his planned timetable is to publish the second set
Answer: Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Government is aiming for the second set of Regulations to be in place by 31 March 2025 to support our intention that people who are affected can start receiving payment next year.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS Cambridgeshire and PeterboroughDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to meet regularly with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board; and whether he plans to issue guidance to the Board on the the construction of a town
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to meet regularly with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board, and is not taking any steps to issue guidance to the ICB on the construction of a town hub in Northstowe.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17649More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when applications for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will open to those infected after the cut-off date of 1991.
Answer: The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024, approved by Parliament in October, do not set out hard cut-off dates for determining whether a person is eligible for compensation based on when their infection was acquired. However, the evidence r...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17648More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason he has maintained the cut-off dates for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.
Answer: The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme does not have hard cut-off dates for determining whether a person is eligible for compensation based on when their infection was acquired. However, the evidence requirements will be higher where a person was infected...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMathematics: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for (a) her policies and (b) the labour market of changes in the level of the provision of maths in universities.
Answer: English universities are independent, autonomous institutions and are therefore free to choose which courses they run. Quality is assessed by the Office for Students, the regulator of higher education (HE) providers in England.The factor that makes the bi...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMathematics: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of maths provision in universities as part of the plan to recruit 6,500 new teachers.
Answer: English universities are independent, autonomous institutions and are therefore free to choose which courses they run. Quality is assessed by the Office for Students, the regulator of higher education (HE) providers in England.The factor that makes the bi...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: VATTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17327More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question 14160 on Higher Education: VAT, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling groups of universities to share VAT-exempt costs at contr
Answer: The requirement for groups using the cost sharing exemption to create a separate legal entity is in place to ensure that use of the exemption aligns with normal VAT principles that apply to all taxpayers. The Government keeps all taxes under review as par...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: Pupil ExclusionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were (a) suspended and (b) permanently excluded from secondary schools in England in 2023-24; and what proportion of those pupils were identified as having SEND.
Answer: The department publishes figures from the school census on suspensions and permanent exclusions from state-funded schools in England. The most recent full academic year release, for the 2022/23 academic year, is available at: https://explore-education-sta...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching hours have been missed by persistently absent pupils with SEND in the 2023-24 school year.
Answer: Information on pupil absence, including persistent absence and breakdowns by pupil characteristics, is published in the ‘Pupil absence in schools in England’ statistical release. This can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils had applications to state-funded mainstream schools rejected due to the school being unable to meet their identified SEND requirements in the 2023-24 school year.
Answer: School applications and admissions are handled by the local authority and individual schools’ admission authorities. Therefore, the department does not hold information on the reasons for applications to state-funded schools being refused.All mainstream, ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: Pupil ExclusionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were (a) suspended and (b) permanently excluded from primary schools in England in 2023-24; and what proportion of such pupils were identified as having SEND.
Answer: The department publishes figures from the school census on suspensions and permanent exclusions from state-funded schools in England. The most recent full academic year release, for the 2022/23 academic year, is available at: https://explore-education-sta...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
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