Iqbal Mohamed MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Palestinians: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has cooperated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; whether his Department plans to cooperate with this organisation; and whether it is his policy th
Answer: The UK has not cooperated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. We have been clear that we will not cooperate with any aid delivery mechanism that does not fully respect humanitarian principles. In a joint statement on 19 May with 26 partners, we highlig...
Answered 7 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand the provision of (a) palliative and (b) end-of-life care in the community.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life.Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more con...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the 10-Year Plan for Health enables equitable access to (a) palliative and (b) end-of-life care.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifica...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAI Security InstituteDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the AI Security Institute will be given statutory powers to (a) carry out audits, (b) approve the training of powerful AI models and (c) shut down unsafe systems.
Answer: Artificial intelligence is the defining opportunity of our generation, and the Government is taking action to harness its economic benefits for UK citizens. As set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan, we believe most AI systems should be regulated at ...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAI Security InstituteDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to give statutory powers to the AI Security Institute.
Answer: Artificial intelligence is the defining opportunity of our generation, and the Government is taking action to harness its economic benefits for UK citizens. As set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan, we believe most AI systems should be regulated at ...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to amend the regulatory framework for waste (a) carriers, (b) brokers and (c) dealers to help reduce criminal activity in the sector.
Answer: The Government recently announced plans to tighten up the regulation of those who transport and manage waste services, moving them from a light-touch registration system into environmental permitting. This will give the Environment Agency a greater range ...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of waste crime and illegal waste exports on the economy in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Environmental Services Association (ESA) estimated in 2021 that waste crime costs the economy in England about £1 billion per year. The ESA estimate that of that cost illegal waste exports amount to at least £42 million per year. (see here: ESA_Cost_o...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Home EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) SEND advocacy organisations and (b) special school leaders on (i) attendance, (ii) attainment and (iii) wellbeing for students with SEND who spend part of their e
Answer: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and I continue to engage with special educational needs and disabilities charities, stakeholders and parents and carers on a wide variety of issues, including through weekly engagement sessions via...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support structured partnerships between mainstream schools and specialist SEND education providers.
Answer: The government has committed to enhancing the capability of mainstream schools to better support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).We are encouraged by emerging examples of effective collaboration, where special schools are wor...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: InnovationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the review of the early access to medicines system will include Early Access Programmes of the type used for Givinostat; and what steps he is taking to (a) help tackle geographic variations
Answer: The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out improving access to specialist care, treatments, and drugs as a priority, and health equity as a cross-cutting theme. The Department understands the importance of rapid patient access to new medicines for patients w...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: InnovationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered providing (a) funding and (b) other support to NHS Trusts to participate in early access programmes for (i) Givinostat for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and (ii)
Answer: The Department understands the importance of rapid patient access to new medicines for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and has worked with NHS England to consider the issues raised by the givinostat early access programme. The first National In...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: SanctionsTreasuryTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65045More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of HMRC’s capacity to monitor the importation of goods from (a) countries and (b) territories subject to (i) arms embargoes, (ii) trade sanctions and (iii) other trade re
Answer: HMRC operates a risk-based model for customs compliance which is designed to support the flow of compliant international trade, while maintaining effective controls to collect revenue, protect the UK economy and wider society from harm and uphold the UK’s...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndia: PakistanForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) is taking to (i) persuade and (ii) pressure the Indian government to reinstate the INDUS water treaty with Pakistan.
Answer: It is critical for all actors and international partners to work to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Indus River system. The UK Government stands ready to offer its support to India and Pakistan in their efforts to ensure the sustainable and eq...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndia: PakistanForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) is taking to help ensure that the Indian Government takes a full part in the post-ceasefire peace negotiations with Pakistan.
Answer: The agreement to cease further military action reached on 10 May was hugely welcome. Risks remain and it is important that steps are taken to build regional stability. The Foreign Secretary visited Islamabad on 16 May and Delhi on 7 June and continues to ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Dewsbury and BatleyDepartment for EducationTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are on the SEND waiting list in Dewsbury and Batley constituency.
Answer: The department collects information from local authorities on the number of requests for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment, the number of EHC needs assessments carried out and the number of EHC plans issued on a calendar year basis. The...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLeisure Centres: ConcreteMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) grants and (b) other sources of funding are available for the repair of sports centres with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
Answer: The issues with RAAC are longstanding and well known. All building owners are responsible for managing building safety and performance risks of all kinds in their buildings, including RAAC, in a proportionate, risk-based, and evidence-based manner, and ac...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: DeathDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to means test the winter fuel payment on the number of excess deaths in winter 2024-25.
Answer: Targeting Winter Fuel Payments was a difficult decision, but the right decision given the challenging public finances. The Government is, however, protecting pensioners on the lowest incomes. Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner hous...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the additional number of benefits recipients who will be subject to eligibility verification notices under the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill as a resu
Answer: The reforms in the Green Paper are still the subject of consultation and will undergo further development once responses have been considered.
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: West BankForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Israel on the rights of residents in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.
Answer: The Government condemns settler violence, and we are clear that the Israeli government must crack down on settler violence, stop settlement expansion, halt demolitions of Palestinian homes and reject annexation of the West Bank. The Foreign Secretary cont...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish algorithmic transparency records for (a) the Universal Credit Advances model and (b) other decision making algorithms used by her Department on the Algorithmic Transparency Rep
Answer: We are working with colleagues in The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to finalise the publication of algorithmic transparency records for existing tools as well as tools being considered for future deployment in the DWP.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Dewsbury and BatleyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is to process a Personal Independence Payment appeal in Dewsbury and Batley constituency.
Answer: The average time to process a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal for all PIP appeals registered in the Dewsbury and Batley constituency since PIP was introduced can be found below. Mean appeal processing time (weeks)Median appeal processing time (...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to support vulnerable claimants through upcoming changes to the Personal Independence Payment assessment process.
Answer: There will be no immediate changes. Our intention is that the new eligibility requirement in Personal Independence Payment in which people must score a minimum of four points in one daily living activity in to be eligible for the daily living component, w...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Dewsbury and BatleyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Personal Independence Payments on disabled people in the Dewsbury and Batley constituency.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course with some information published this week alongside the Spring Statement. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green P...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDewsbury Sports Centre: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to help fund the repair and reopening of Dewsbury Sports Centre.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities which are great spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities. The ongoing responsibility of providing ac...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLeisure Centres: DewsburyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to take steps to help fund the repair and reopening of Dewsbury Sports Centre.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities which are great spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities. The ongoing responsibility of providing ac...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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