Jess Brown-Fuller MP: written questions
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Infant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to consider the recommendations from the Competition and Markets Authority's infant formula and follow-on formula market study, published on 14 February 2025
Answer: Infant feeding is critical to a baby’s healthy growth and development. The Government is committed to giving every child the best start in life and that includes helping families to access support to feed their baby. Whilst breastfeeding has significant h...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOrthopaedicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve access to preventative intervention for patients at risk of lower-limb amputation.
Answer: For patients at risk of lower-limb amputation, including those diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) or chronic limb threatening ischaemia (CLTI), timely interventions for revascularisation are crucial, along with preventative measures and earl...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPeripheral Arterial Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current diagnosis and treatment pathways for patients with peripheral arterial disease.
Answer: The Department is working with NHS England to take several steps to improve diagnosis, care and treatment for patients with peripheral arterial disease. For example, in 2022, NHS England commissioned a two-year Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPeripheral Arterial Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) improve diagnosis and care pathways for patients with peripheral arterial disease and (b) improve funding routes for the adoption of innovative technologies that will f
Answer: The Department is working with NHS England to take several steps to improve diagnosis, care and treatment for patients with peripheral arterial disease. For example, in 2022, NHS England commissioned a two-year Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made with the Office for Students on implementing the third category of registration for (a) smaller and (b) specialist providers of (i) Trinity College London level five and si
Answer: The government is fully committed to delivering the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) as set out in the Autumn Budget 2024. From the LLE’s launch in January 2027, the Office for Students (OfS) will regulate all providers offering LLE-funded provision.Th...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with stakeholders to create a proportional route for registration for (a) smaller providers (b) specialist providers, including (i) all such providers and (ii) those that offer Trin
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Chichester to the answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 36314.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant Foods: SugarDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of infant and baby products with high sugar content.
Answer: Data shows that babies and young children are eating too much sugar, and that some commercial baby foods, particularly finger foods, contain added sugar or high sugar ingredients. This does not align with the recommendations from the independent Scientifi...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the potential merits of auto-enrolling all eligible families to the Healthy Start programme.
Answer: The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children under four years old from very low-income households. It can be used to buy, or put towards the cost of, fruit, vegetables, pulses, ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a review of the maintained nursery school supplementary funding formula.
Answer: Additional supplementary funding is provided to local authorities for maintained nursery schools (MNS) in their areas. In the 2025/26 financial year, the initial budget for MNS supplementary funding is £92.6 million, subject to final budget update. The na...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: UkraineDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to create a pathway for Ukrainian refugees to apply to UK universities.
Answer: The government remains committed to giving all Ukrainians in the UK the same access to education as enjoyed by UK citizens. Persons granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, including the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme, have access to higher ed...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: UkraineDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the level of support provided to Ukrainian refugees in applying to UK universities.
Answer: The government remains committed to giving all Ukrainians in the UK the same access to education as enjoyed by UK citizens. Persons granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, including the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme, have access to higher ed...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of safeguarding leads in schools being violence against women and girls accredited.
Answer: Children’s wellbeing and safety, including reducing violence against women and girls, is a key priority for this government. A robust safeguarding framework is in place that schools and colleges must have regard to in the form of keeping children safe in ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make (a) schools and (b) education providers statutory safeguarding partners.
Answer: The involvement of education and childcare agencies is fundamental at all levels of safeguarding arrangements. The department knows that teachers and educators are often the first to spot warning signs of abuse and neglect and are the largest referrer of...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Personal RecordsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing a unique ID for every child to (a) facilitate data sharing between public bodies and (b) identify children not in school or any form of ed
Answer: Implementing a unique ID for every child has been regularly cited as a potential solution to bring together data on children’s interactions with different services. The government’s manifesto for the 2024 election included a commitment to this end (on pag...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Corporal PunishmentDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing the notion of reasonable chastisement.
Answer: Violence towards children and abuse of children are never acceptable. There are laws in place to protect children against this.Wales is in the process of reviewing the impact of removing the defence of reasonable chastisement and the UK Government expects...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOrchestras: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29164More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to orchestral tax relief for International work on the orchestral sector's ability to deliver loss-making activities in the UK.
Answer: The UK provides world-leading support for orchestras: at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government confirmed that from 1 April 2025, the rate of Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) will be set at the generous rate of 45%. From April 2024, qualifying expenditure is expend...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to give local planning authorities further powers to prevent high concentrations of (a) short-term and (b) holiday-let accommodation.
Answer: I refer the hon. Members to the answer to Question UIN 13348 on 18 November 2024.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver age-appropriate (a) care and (b) settings for teenagers and young adults with cancer.
Answer: The Department is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for teenagers and young adults with cancer. We recognise that cancer in teenagers and young people is different to cancer in adults and children, and so age-appropriate care is neces...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWood-burning Stoves: Air PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) Smoke Control Areas and (b) Ecodesign regulations, in the context of the impact of domestic log burners on air quality.
Answer: Since the introduction of Smoke Control Areas in 1956 emissions from domestic combustion have reduced significantly. However, domestic combustion is a major source of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions in the UK, and wood stove ownership is increas...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 19 December 2023 on The Next Stage in Our Long Term Plan for Housing Update, HCWS161, if she will publish (a) the review into the wider
Answer: The Written Ministerial Statement in question was published by the previous government. This government recognises the importance of ensuring the system of statutory consultees delivers effectively. Any announcements regarding the statutory consultee syst...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the conclusions within his Department's Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Englan
Answer: Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the 2018 Regulations), anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets needs to have a valid licence issued by their local authority. Licensees mu...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial protection to victims of (a) financially coercive and (b) other controlling behaviour.
Answer: This Government was elected with a landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. We will use every tool within our power to target perpetrators and address the root causes of abuse and violence, including domestic a...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: InternetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of GP appointments that have been booked through online forms as a result of the Help Us Help you advertising scheme since the inception of that
Answer: To date, no Help Us Help You national advertising activity has promoted the use of online consultation request forms in general practice.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCats: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to regulate cat breeding.
Answer: Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets needs to have a valid licence issued by their local authority. Licensees must meet strict statutor...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: InternetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the FTE staff hours that have been saved (a) in total and (b) per practice as a result of GPs using online forms promoted in the ‘Help Us Help You’ advertising scheme.
Answer: To date, no Help Us Help You national advertising campaign activity has promoted the use of online consultation request forms in general practice.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
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