Joe Robertson MP: written questions
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Mental Health Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to mental health services in (a) England, (b) areas with fewer mental health services and (c) rural areas.
Answer: Waiting lists for those referred for support are too high all across England, especially in areas with fewer mental health services, including for those in rural communities. People with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they deserv...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking the reduce the time taken for people to receive urgent mental health care.
Answer: It is unacceptable that too many people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are far too long. We are determined to change that.As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that increased funding for mental health services is (a) improving patient outcomes and (b) reducing waiting times.
Answer: All integrated care boards met the Mental Health Investment Standard for 2023/24, meaning that their investment in mental health services increased in line with their overall increase in funding for the year. Information for 2024/25 is expected to become ...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on meeting the Mental Health Investment Standard; and how this is reflected in the funding allocated to mental health services in the NHS.
Answer: All integrated care boards met the Mental Health Investment Standard for 2023/24, meaning that their investment in mental health services increased in line with their overall increase in funding for the year. Information for 2024/25 is expected to become ...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20098 on Environment Agency: Motor Vehicles, what colour wheel lug nuts are standard for vehicles purchased by the Environment Ag
Answer: The Environment Agency does not specify a colour for wheel lug nuts on its vehicles and does not cosmetically alter them. All wheel nuts on the Environment Agency’s commercial vehicles have plastic wheel nut indicators attached, which act as a safety feat...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20097 on Environment Agency: Motor Vehicles, whether livery expenditures are classified as (a) essential and (b) non-essential mo
Answer: The Environment Agency does not specify a colour for wheel lug nuts on its vehicles and does not cosmetically alter them. All wheel nuts on the Environment Agency’s commercial vehicles have plastic wheel nut indicators attached, which act as a safety feat...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20098 on Environment Agency: Motor Vehicles, whether wheel lug nuts on Environment Agency vehicles are (a) painted and (b) otherw
Answer: The Environment Agency does not specify a colour for wheel lug nuts on its vehicles and does not cosmetically alter them. All wheel nuts on the Environment Agency’s commercial vehicles have plastic wheel nut indicators attached, which act as a safety feat...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20097, on road Environment Agency: Motor Vehicles, how much the Environment Agency has spent on vehicle livery broken down by (a)
Answer: The Environment Agency does not specify a colour for wheel lug nuts on its vehicles and does not cosmetically alter them. All wheel nuts on the Environment Agency’s commercial vehicles have plastic wheel nut indicators attached, which act as a safety feat...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: CharitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representation not-for-profit social care providers will receive on the proposed Adult Social Care Negotiating Body.
Answer: As currently drafted, the Employment Rights Bill requires that membership of the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body must include, “officials of one or more trade unions that represent the interests of social care workers” and “persons representing the int...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: CharitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that fees paid by commissioners take into account changes in the costs faced by not-for-profit social care providers.
Answer: Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all local people. This in...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Public ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 16662 on NHS: Public Consultation, what the total budget is for deliberative engagement in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: Following an invitation to tender competition process, we appointed Thinks Insight, Kaleidoscope Health and Care, and IPPR to support us to run the 10-Year Health Plan engagement exercise. The awarded value of the contract is up to £2.96 million, and incl...
Answered 31 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the refreshed NHS workforce plan will include policies on the palliative care sector.
Answer: The refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan will deliver the transformed health service that we will build over the next decade and will ensure that patients get the treatment they need, when and where they need it, including those at the end of their lives. I...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-year health plan will include policies on palliative care.
Answer: We have committed to developing a 10-year plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. We will carefully be considering policies, including those that impact people with palliative and end of life care needs, with input from the public, p...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 14178 on Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the minimum r
Answer: Local authorities are already legally required to deliver waste collection services to all households in their area. Simpler Recycling in England will go further by mandating weekly food waste collections under the Environment Act 2021. Local authorities ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Motor Vehicles and StaffDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the ratio of staff to road vehicles in the Environment Agency (a) is and (b) was in each of the last three years.
Answer: A breakdown of how much the Environment Agency spent on its commercial fleet’s maintenance by vehicle type and fuel type in the last three financial years is shown in the table below. This does not include leased vehicles as maintenance costs are included...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency has spent on custom wheel lug nuts for Agency vehicles in each of the last three years; and for what purpose.
Answer: A breakdown of how much the Environment Agency spent on its commercial fleet’s maintenance by vehicle type and fuel type in the last three financial years is shown in the table below. This does not include leased vehicles as maintenance costs are included...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on road vehicle fleet maintenance by (a) vehicle type, (b) fuel type and (c) non-essential modifications in each of the last three financial years
Answer: A breakdown of how much the Environment Agency spent on its commercial fleet’s maintenance by vehicle type and fuel type in the last three financial years is shown in the table below. This does not include leased vehicles as maintenance costs are included...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) his Department’s policy is and (b) what guidance has been given to local authorities on the use of microchips in household wheelie bins.
Answer: No, the department has not outlined a policy relating the use of microchips in household wheelie bins and has not issued guidance to local authorities in relation to this topic.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance has been produced by his Department on the issuing of fines by local authorities on householders who leave items by the curtilage of their property to be given away and r
Answer: The department has not produced guidance for local authorities on issuing fixed penalty notices for householders who leave items by the curtilage of their property to be given away and re-used. The principles of the Regulators’ Code applies, however, to e...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWaste: Codes of PracticeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024, to Question HL2390, on Waste: Codes of Practice, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on making the Code of Practice a s
Answer: The Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse is already a statutory document, and Local Councils must have regard to it when carrying out their duty to keep relevant land clear of litter and refuse. Separate guidance on enforcement was published in 2019 and ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information (a) his Department and (b) its agencies holds on the number of household receptacles required for rubbish and recycling collections by each local waste collection auth
Answer: Defra and the Environment Agency do not routinely collect data on the number of containers required for waste and recycling collections by each waste collection authority.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the frequency of household residual bin collections by local waste collection authorities.
Answer: Defra does not routinely collect data on the frequency of household residual bin collections by waste collection authorities.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any (a) grant scheme, (b) core departmental and (c) other funding for local authorities is linked to their recycling rates of household waste.
Answer: From 1 January 2025, the Producer Responsibility (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, alongside simpler recycling and the deposit return scheme, will deliver transformational change, creating thousands of new jobs, helping communities to clea...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the frequency of residual waste household collections on (a) public health and (b) local amenities.
Answer: Under section 89 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, there is a duty on local authorities to keep land and highways clear of litter. We recognise that as recycling services are expanded and improved under Simpler Recycling in England, local authorit...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding (a) his Department and (b) NHS England has provided for the Global Majority Fellowship Programme in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer: There is no such thing as the Global Majority Fellowship Programme. The NHS Global Fellowship programme offers volunteer reciprocal leadership development opportunities for clinical and non-clinical staff to experience health systems across the globe.NHS ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
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