Josh Babarinde MP: written questions 2025
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HMP Latchmere House: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department’s policies of rehabilitation practices in HMP Latchmere House.
Answer: HMP Latchmere House is no longer operational.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse (Aggravated Offences) BillMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to support the Domestic Abuse (Aggravated Offences) Bill.
Answer: This Government was elected on a landmark pledge to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade. Tackling domestic abuse is a core part of this mission. As discussed during the recent Adjournment Debate on Domestic Abuse Offences, the Gove...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSheep Meat: Import ControlsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of placing a ban on the import of lamb produced on farms that carry out mulesing without pain relief.
Answer: The Government is firmly committed to upholding our animal welfare standards and to promoting robust standards internationally. The independent Trade and Agriculture Commission considered, in the context of its report on the UK-Australia FTA, the issue of...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to produce an animal protection strategy detailing steps to (a) increase animal welfare standards and (b) end the use of cages for farm animals.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Department has initiated a series of meetings with key stakeholders as part of the development of an overarching approach to anim...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSerco: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value is of penalty charges imposed on Serco for underperformance in relation to its electronic tagging contract since November 2023.
Answer: Serco’s performance is not good enough, and last year’s backlog of outstanding visits has been substantially reduced. We will continue to hold Serco to account and will not hesitate to impose further contract penalties, where necessary, to drive performan...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve early diagnosis and (b) access to effective treatments for people with brain tumours.
Answer: We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer, including cancerous brain tumours, earlier, and treating it faster, so more patients survive, and we will improve patients’ experience across the system. To do this, we will address the challenges...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Illnesses: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help raise awareness of (a) endometriosis and (b) other women's health issues; and what steps he is taking to help (i) reduce waiting times for diagnosis, (ii) increase a
Answer: The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health and improving the care received by those suffering from gynaecological conditions, including endometriosis.The Department and the National Health Service created a women’s health area on the NHS w...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: EastbourneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed within Eastbourne constituency in the most recent year that data are available.
Answer: Data on cancer incidence, including for prostate cancer, are available at the level of England, former Government office regions, Cancer Alliances and integrated care boards, rather than by constituency. The data, which also provides an interactive tool f...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Diagnosis and Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve early diagnosis rates and (b) support the (i) development and (ii) availability of treatments for dementia.
Answer: The Government is committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the National Health Service to increase diagnostic capacity to meet the demand for diagnostic services through investment in new capacity, including magnetic resonance imagin...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) the Government Actuary Department and (b) fire service pension providers have adequate tools to calculate pension entitlements for retired fire s
Answer: The Home Office works closely with the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) to ensure that all actuarial advice, guidance and tools provided to Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) actively reflect changes to the firefighters’ pension schemes and regulatio...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with representatives from the agricultural industry on (a) animal welfare and (b) ending the use of cages for farm animals; and if he will take steps to pub
Answer: We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently c...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of dispensing PIP payments on a weekly basis.
Answer: Payments of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are made every four weeks in arrears, other than SREL (Special Rules, End of Life) cases, which are paid weekly in advance. These are set out in legislation.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: TrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban animal snares in England.
Answer: The Government will introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation. As outlined in our manifesto, we will bring an end to the use of snare traps in England. We are considering the most effective way to deliver this commitment an...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction AgreementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's timetable is for ratifying the United Nations Global Ocean Treaty.
Answer: The Government is completely committed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement,...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlan for Neighbourhoods: Swimming PoolsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether investment in local swimming facilities is accommodated in the pre-approved interventions for the Plan for Neighbourhoods.
Answer: The new £1.5 billion Plan for Neighbourhoods will deliver up to £20 million of funding and support over the next decade into 75 communities across the UK, laying the foundations to kickstart local growth and drive-up living standards. We are putting power...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to consult claimants before making any future changes to (a) Personal Independence Payments, (b) Work Capability Assessments and (c) the Disability Living Allowance.
Answer: We are working to develop proposals for health and disability reform in the months ahead and will set them out in a Green Paper ahead of the Spring Statement later this year. This will launch a public consultation on the proposals. This Government is comm...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Rights: Older PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the development of a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Older Persons.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to equality and opportunity for all, with a particular focus on those most likely to be marginalised and discriminated against, including on the grounds of their age. We are open in principle to the idea of a multilateral in...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will reverse the Government’s decision not to provide pension compensation to women who were born in the 1950s and 1960s.
Answer: We carefully considered the Ombudsman’s findings to ensure our decision was fair and based on the evidence.We have accepted the Ombudsman’s finding that there was a 28-month delay in sending out letters and for this we have apologised. However, we do not ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to support SEND transport services following the increase to employers National Insurance contributions.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Eastbourne to the answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 26397.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to provide funding for social rented housing.
Answer: In October 2024, the government announced £500 million in new in-year funding for the Affordable Homes Programme. As a result of significant demand from housing providers across the country, that additional funding is already oversubscribed. In February 2...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking (a) to protect the right to peaceful protest and (b) to prevent politically motivated prosecutions against peaceful protesters.
Answer: Peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to gather and to demonstrate their views, provided that they do so within the law. This Government is committed to protecting and prese...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSafelineMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to provide funding for the Safeline counselling service for male survivors of sexual abuse after March 2025.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund (RASASF) was recommissioned in 2023, under Government Commercial Function processes. Grant awards were made to successful applicants following an open competition. Grant amounts were dependent o...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the accessibility of NHS hospital services for the elderly and (b) reduce the social stigma associated with seeking medical help.
Answer: As part of the Government’s Health Mission, our goal is to create a more equitable healthcare system that leaves no person or community behind. The Government has introduced ambitious reforms aimed at enhancing patient access to services, such as the Elec...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIncontinence: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure consistency of waiting times for pessary ring treatment for prolapsed bladders in (a) East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, (b) Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Tr
Answer: We have committed to return to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients, including those waiting for pessary ring treatment for bladder prolapse, wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment (RTT) by March 2029. As a first step, we ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillatorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to Automated External Defibrillators in residential areas.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life saving devices. Following the depletion of the existing AED fund, launched in in September 2023,...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
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