Jas Athwal MP: written questions
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Written questions
Respiratory DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the NHS Long Term Plan will focus on improving the respiratory health of people in (a) Redbridge, (b) Ilford South constituency and (c) England.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts the National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to improving respiratory...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the average time taken for visa applications to be processed for (a) adults and (b) children.
Answer: Visa processing times are published on the UKVI website at Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).UKVI are currently processing appli...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: WomenHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to designate misogyny as a hate crime.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this Government and we have set out an unprecedented mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.The Government is carefully considering how best to tackle hate crime. We wi...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Greater LondonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of palliative care services available (a) Redbridge and (b) Ilford South constituency.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services that integrated care boards (ICBs), including North East London ICB, which covers Redbridge and Ilford South, must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports com...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: Ilford SouthWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32287More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of closing the gender pay gap for women in Ilford South constituency.
Answer: This Government is committed to transforming the lives of working women across the country, regardless of geographical location; this includes going further and faster to close the gender pay gap. Tackling the gender pay gap will put more money in women’s...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: SalesDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support people to (a) purchase and (b) use electric vehicles.
Answer: The Government will provide £120m of additional funding to extend the Plug-in Van Grant and the Plug in Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant next financial year. Grants for motorcycles, taxis, and trucks are currently available until at least the end of th...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic GovernmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department taking to make government digital services as accessible as possible, including for those without strong digital skills.
Answer: The Government wants to put digital inclusion at the heart of how we deliver better designed, time-saving public services, to ensure as many people as possible can access public services digitally. Our ambition is for everyone in the UK to have the access...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase participation in women’s sport in Ilford South.
Answer: The Government is dedicated to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have access to high quality sport. We want to break down the barriers that exist and prevent women and girls from being a...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide support to victims of sexual and domestic violence.
Answer: This Government has set out an ambition to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) within a decade and will treat it as the national emergency that it is. We will deliver a cross-government, transformative approach, underpinned by a new VAWG Strateg...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of funding levels for research into the (a) detection and (b) treatment of heart diseases.
Answer: The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds research in response to proposals received from scientists rather than allocating funding to specific disease areas. The NIHR continues to wel...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: Ilford SouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential correlation between the number of fast food outlets opening and recent trends in the level of obesity in Ilford South constituency.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment of the potential correlation between the number of fast food outlets opening and recent trends in the level of obesity in the Ilford South constituency. However, children living in the most deprived areas see five...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Expectancy: PovertyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the link between life expectancy and trends in the level of poverty.
Answer: Health inequalities in the United Kingdom are stark, with life expectancy differing dramatically between and within communities. People living in the most deprived areas are likely to die earlier and spend more years in ill health than those living in the...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Ilford SouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the difference in diabetes rates amongst the (a) white and (b) BAME population in Ilford South constituency.
Answer: NHS England has given £3 million of funding to systems to provide clinical leadership to ensure that clinical diabetes metrics, such as the eight key diabetes care processes and treatment targets, are reviewed at an integrated care board level and unwarra...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: Ilford SouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the level of obesity in the (a) richest and (b) poorest areas of Ilford South constituency; and if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his po
Answer: The data is not available in the format requested. Prevalence of obesity for children aged four to five years old and 10 to 11 years old is available from the National Child Measurement Programme. The Department publish breakdowns of obesity prevalence by...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of lifting the onshore wind ban on energy prices.
Answer: The Government is committed to radically scaling up deployment of technologies such as onshore wind, as demonstrated by our lifting of the planning ban earlier this year.A clean power system will protect consumers from global gas prices and fluctuations w...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
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