Kate Osamor MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Nutrition: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) parents and (b) caregivers in making informed nutritional choices for children.
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influence many aspects of wellbeing in later life. The Government has published voluntary industry baby food guidelines as part of our comprehensive strategy to gi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant Foods: MarketingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of commercial baby foods being marketed for infants under six months on baby health.
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influence many aspects of wellbeing in later life. The Government has published voluntary industry baby food guidelines as part of our comprehensive strategy to gi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) cartoon characters on baby food packaging and (b) other child-directed imagery on baby health.
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influence many aspects of wellbeing in later life. The Government has published voluntary industry baby food guidelines as part of our comprehensive strategy to gi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant Foods: SugarDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of sugar in snacks for children under two.
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influence many aspects of wellbeing in later life. The Government has published voluntary industry baby food guidelines as part of our comprehensive strategy to gi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: Subject Access RequestsHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service on the time taken to process Subject Access Requests.
Answer: Compliance with data protection obligations, including the handling of Subject Access Requests (SARs), is the responsibility of individual police forces. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) produces guidance for organisations on how to comply with...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGangs: DatabasesHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Metropolitan Police has made on abolishing the Gangs Matrix Database.
Answer: The Metropolitan Police confirmed on their website that they discontinued the Gangs Matrix on 13th February 2024.Data was retained for 12 months to ensure the force could serve any Right of Access requests and the data was deleted on 13th February 2025.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has met with representatives of the Motorcycle Action Group to discuss the role of motorcycling in national transport policy.
Answer: The department will publish the Integrated National Transport Strategy later this year and set the long-term vision for transport across England, putting people and the journeys they make at the heart of how transport is planned, built and operated. We ha...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support the transition of motorcyclists from petrol and diesel vehicles to zero-emission alternative.
Answer: The Government supports the transition of L-category vehicles to zero emission and has been helping people transition to zero emission motorcycles. The Plug-in Motorcycle Grant helps bridge the price gap between zero emission and petrol motorcycles and wi...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve road safety for motorcyclists.
Answer: Improving road safety is a key priority of this Government. For road users who choose to travel by motorcycle, the Department remains committed to ensuring that they are equipped with the specialist skills necessary to stay safe on the road. Too many peop...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether motorcycling will be included in the Integrated National Transport Strategy.
Answer: Later this year, the department will publish the Integrated National Transport Strategy (INTS) and set the long-term vision for transport across England, placing people at the heart of how we plan, build, and operate transport. The Strategy will aim to ad...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVideo GamesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking in response to publishers disabling video games that have already been sold.
Answer: The Government is aware of the Stop Killing Games campaign and concerns relating to the continued access to video games, including licensed, online-only video games, and we appreciate the frustrations of players of some games that have been discontinued. ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeingDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps with international aviation regulators to oversee Boeing’s (a) manufacturing and (b) safety practices.
Answer: The Department for Transport (DfT) and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regularly engage with international counterparts on safety issues. The primary responsibility for Boeing aircraft is through the Type Certificate Holder and their certificating a...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to instruct the Civil Aviation Authority to conduct an investigation into the safety of Boeing aircraft models that are in service in the UK.
Answer: No. The UK Civil Aviation Authority, as the UK’s aviation safety regulator, are responsible for regulatory oversight of UK airlines and operations. It is for them to assess whether further action is required within the UK. At this time they have ruled out...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including specialist dementia nurses as part of the Neighbourhood Health Service.
Answer: The Neighbourhood Health Service will bring together teams of professionals, closer to people’s homes, to work together to provide comprehensive care in the community. We expect neighbourhood teams and services to be designed in a way that reflects the sp...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: FamineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Defense for Children International – Palestine's report entitled Starving a generation: Is
Answer: We are appalled by the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where famine is now unfolding, as confirmed by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on 29 July. This is unacceptable. While the Israeli Defence Forces' "tactical pauses"...
Answered 22 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the absence of service standards on all applications under the (a) family and (b) private life routes on applicants accessing (i) wor
Answer: Family and private life applications based on exceptionality are not subject to a service standard, however we do update GOV.UK with our average processing times and information is available in the published transparency data around consideration times.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to introduce service standards for all applications for settlement made under the (a) family and (b) private life route.
Answer: Applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain based on Family or Private life will be decided within six months.Full details of current service standards can be found here:Settlement: customer service standards - GOV.UK
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosis: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the availability of tuberculosis medication.
Answer: Medicine supply chains are complex, global, and highly regulated, and there are a number of reasons why supply can be disrupted, many of which are not specific to the United Kingdom and are outside of Government control, including manufacturing difficulti...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosis: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the availability of tuberculosis medication on the provision of healthcare in London.
Answer: Medicine supply chains are complex, global, and highly regulated, and there are a number of reasons why supply can be disrupted, many of which are not specific to the United Kingdom and are outside of Government control, including manufacturing difficulti...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNaloxoneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase public awareness of the role of naloxone in preventing opioid-related deaths.
Answer: The Government has amended the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to expand access to naloxone. The legislation means more services and professionals can supply this medication without prescription, which in turn means easier access to it for people at risk...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: DatabasesHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to use data from the eVisa system to aid immigration enforcement operations.
Answer: Immigration Enforcement already uses information contained in relevant visa applications and interactions when taking enforcement action against suspected immigration offenders – this will continue to be the case with eVisas.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency measures are in place for people who are unable to access their eVisa due to (a) technical issues and (b) administrative errors.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that the transition to eVisas is as smooth as possible for all status holders. The Home Office has a significant support model in place to facilitate the transition to eVisas.Our online immigration status services are designed...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMaladministration: CompensationTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55002More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on consistency across Government in the treatment of people affected by (a) current and (b) historical maladministration .
Answer: Although schemes to redress the treatment of people affected by maladministration (for instance: Windrush, Post Office, Infected Blood) have department leads, the government's response is always made through a process of collective agreement, via write-ro...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55001More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason her Department will not review the decision to provide full compensation to victims of the Equitable Life.
Answer: The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016 and there are no plans to reopen any decisions relating to the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. Further guidance on the st...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's report entitled Triggers to claiming personal independence payment, published on 2 May 2025, whether she plans to revise the proposed changes to Personal Independence
Answer: This government is committed to protecting the most vulnerable and giving everyone a better future, and that is at the heart of our welfare reforms. We are ensuring that our welfare state is there for people who need it now, and can be there for those who...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
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