Julia Buckley MP: written questions
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Written questions
Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle unpaid child maintenance.
Answer: The Department plans to bring forward changes to allow the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to make an administrative liability order against a person who has failed to pay child maintenance and is in arrears. The administrative liability order will replac...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in collecting arrears payments.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) always encourages paying parents to pay their maintenance on time, to avoid accrual of arrears. Where a paying parent fails to pay on time or in full, the CMS aims to take immediate action to recover the debt and re-est...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value of child maintenance arrears was on 30 August 2024.
Answer: The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the Child Maintenance Service and the latest statistics are available up to March 2024. The next release covering the statistics to June 2024 is scheduled for Tuesday 24th September 2024 at 09:30am. The to...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure gender equality in the work of the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to provide a high-quality service to all its customers. The CMS treats parents equally as individuals based on their roles within the scheme and makes no reference to gender. The Department has a specific duty to a...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSkills England: Chambers of CommerceDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to include the Chambers of Commerce in the Skills England programme.
Answer: The department has set out its plan and ambitions for Skills England. Work is now underway to develop how it will deliver, and the department has already been clear that working with a wide range of stakeholders will be central to this. This includes the ...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with local authorities on reducing processing times for blue badge applications.
Answer: The Department for Transport sets the legislation that governs the Blue Badge scheme and provides guidance for local authorities who are solely responsible for administering the scheme, including issuing the badges. There are no timescales set for adminis...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ShropshireDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with Shropshire Council on the adequacy of (a) funding for and (b) delivery of SEND services.
Answer: Departmental officials are in regular contact with Shropshire Local Area Partnership to ensure children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families are provided with positive experiences and outcomes, helping to fos...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpikingHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Ninth Report of Session 2021–22 of the Home Affairs Select Committee entitled Spiking, HC967, whether her Department plans to follow the recommendations of that report.
Answer: The Home Office has already implemented a number of the recommendations, or is in the process of doing so. This includes:- The rollout of an online spiking reporting and advice tool across the UK to encourage more and better reporting of spiking, includin...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: ShrewsburyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to increase the flood resilience of the river Severn in the Shrewsbury area.
Answer: Protecting communities around the country from flooding and coastal erosion is one of the new Secretary of State’s five core priorities. This Government will improve resilience and preparation across central government, local authorities, local communitie...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to update the National AI Strategy.
Answer: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. We will be ensuring that AI is used t...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordParking: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to reintroduce a statutory Private Parking Code of Practice.
Answer: The Government will set out its plans for regulation of the private parking industry in due course.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMarriageMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to publish a response to the Law Commission report entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published in July 2022.
Answer: We are aware that the Law Commission made recommendations for wholesale change of weddings law in July 2022. We will take the time as a new Government to properly consider this issue. We will set out our next steps on our manifesto commitment to strengthe...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: Chronic IllnessesDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of making lifetime Blue Badge awards to people with lifelong conditions.
Answer: As a general principle, Blue Badge eligibility is based on mobility. Reapplying for a badge every three years gives local authorities the opportunity to reassess badge holders when their badges expire, ensuring that they continue to meet the criteria whic...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what date people must submit a pension credit claim by to qualify for the 2024 winter fuel allowance.
Answer: A claim for Pension Credit can be backdated by up to three months, as long as the conditions of entitlement are met during that period. This means that any claim made by 21 December and successfully backdated can qualify for this year’s Winter Fuel Paymen...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Information SharingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the lack of shared IT systems between primary, secondary and mental healthcare on (a) patients and (b) healthcare prof
Answer: No specific assessment has been made. Shared care records are in place in all integrated care boards, allowing information from general practice and acute settings to be shared for direct care.The Frontline Digitisation programme is working to improve the...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: LeaseholdDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of NHS England underwriting leases for GP practices.
Answer: Under the GP Contracts, premises liabilities are the responsibility of the contractor. Overall contractual payments reflect this arrangement, with the National Health Service also reimbursing direct premises costs including rent, business rates, water, an...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding arrangements for hospices.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care, including at end of life. We understand that, financially, times are difficult for many voluntary and charitable organisations, including hospices, due to the increased cost o...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 900034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for hospices.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care, including at the end of their life. I know that hospices provide fantastic services to many people. The government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospita...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
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