Kate Osborne MP: written questions
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Written questions
General Practitioners: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the legal costs of implementing the EHRC’s proposed Code of Practise for GPs.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the cost, including any associated legal costs, of implementing the Code of Practice. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently consulting on text for an updated statutory Code of Practice. The English language v...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care Networks: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the legal costs of implementing the EHRC’s proposed Code of Practise for Primary Care Networks.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the cost, including any associated legal costs, of implementing the Code of Practice. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently consulting on text for an updated statutory Code of Practice. The English language v...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of implementing the Equality and Human Rights Commission proposed code of practice for services, public functions and associations, published on 20 M
Answer: No assessment has been made of the cost, including any associated legal costs, of implementing the Code of Practice. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently consulting on text for an updated statutory Code of Practice. The English language v...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Equality and Human RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the potential costs of implementing the Equality and Human Rights Commission proposed code of practice for services, public functions and associatio
Answer: We have not yet made an assessment of the cost and impact on local authorities of implementing the proposed updates to the Equality and Human Rights Commission Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, which is still open for consu...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Equality and Human RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the Equality and Human Rights Commission proposed code of practice for services, public functions and associations, publishe
Answer: We have not yet made an assessment of the cost and impact on local authorities of implementing the proposed updates to the Equality and Human Rights Commission Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, which is still open for consu...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the report by the Taskforce for Lung Health entitled A National Five Year Plan for Lung Health.
Answer: The taskforce’s Five Year Plan was published in 2018, and the taskforce has subsequently published a reflection on the progress of the missions within the taskforce plan, which is available at the following link:https://www.taskforceforlunghealth.org.uk/p...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational AssistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of (a) co-operatives and (b) co-operation in the UK's apporach to international development.
Answer: The Government recognises the important contribution cooperatives have made in serving local communities around the world. Cooperatives are a tried-and-tested model in international development, that can enable citizens and producers to access services or...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Society and Private Sector: WomenWomen and EqualitiesTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52679More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with (a) charities, (b) private sector organisations and (c) other non-government organisations on the implementation of changes to practice following the Supreme Court judgment on
Answer: The Government has set out our expectation that organisations follow the clarity the Supreme Court ruling provides. The EHRC has already committed to supporting organisations with its updated statutory Code of Practice which they are consulting on. We wil...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking support veterans with fluctuating physical and mental health conditions, in the context of the proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment eligibility criteria in the
Answer: The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment considers the needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability, not the health condition or disability itself. The impact in each case will depend on an individual’s circumstances. For those ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment eligibility criteria on veterans with service-related (a) mental and (b) physical
Answer: The Department does not centrally record the veteran status of PIP claimants.In our recent Pathways to Work Green Paper, published on the 18 March 2025, we announced a broad package of reforms to the health and disability benefit and support system. No ch...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Personal Independence PaymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the criteria for Armed Forces Independence Payments to include veterans with service-related mental health conditions who may be impacted by chan
Answer: Veterans with service-related mental health conditions may, depending on the severity of their condition, already be eligible for Armed Forces Independence Payments. Officials in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Ministry of Defence continue ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeans-tested Benefits: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 38671 on Means-tested Benefits: Veterans, whether her Department has considered requiring local authorities to disregard payments from the (a) Armed F
Answer: Housing Benefit regulations permit local authorities to disregard beyond the standard disregard of £10 a week the whole or part of any war disablement pensions, war widow’s pensions, war widower’s pensions and guaranteed income payments under the Armed Fo...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39109 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, what estimate she has made of the number of people who will no longer be in receipt of (a) PIP and (b)
Answer: No estimate has yet been made.Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, with some information published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming B...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals within the Pathways to Work Green Paper on the level of regional disparities in access to (a) out-of-work and (b) in-work disabili
Answer: The are no regional disparities in access to disability benefits.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMeans-tested Benefits: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of treating military compensation for injury in the same way as civil compensation for the purposes of means testing for benefits.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer we gave on 3 March 2025 to question UIN 32275.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that Overseas Territories adopt open and public registers of beneficial ownership.
Answer: Work is ongoing to improve beneficial ownership transparency in the Overseas Territories. At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November 2024, the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena committed to join Montserrat and Gibraltar in implementing fully publi...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the levels of compliance by overseas territories on providing public registers of beneficial ownership.
Answer: At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November 2024, the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena committed to join Montserrat and Gibraltar in implementing fully public registers by April 2025. The British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Anguilla a...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Q33 of the oral evidence she gave to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on 10 December 2024, HC 330, what assessment she has made of the (a) demand for women's and girl's fo
Answer: The Government is dedicated to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have access to high quality sport. High-quality, inclusive facilities help clubs to get more people active and by backing...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was allocated to grass roots football in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and if she will take steps to continue this funding in 2025-26.
Answer: Grassroots sports clubs are at the heart of communities up and down the country. We know just how important they are, which is why we are committed to supporting high-quality, inclusive facilities to get more people active, including through the Multi-Spo...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on a long-term funding settlement for women and girls' football facilities.
Answer: The Government is dedicated to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have access to high quality sport. High-quality, inclusive facilities help clubs to get more people active and by backing...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLionesses Futures FundDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to ensure the continuation of the Lionesses Future Fund.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have access to high quality sport, including football.The department is working with the Football Foundation to embed standard criteria t...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMcClure Solicitors: InsolvencyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to identify all people impacted by the collapse of McClure solicitors.
Answer: The legal profession in England and Wales operates independently of government. The responsibility for regulating the sector sits with the approved regulators, overseen by the Legal Services Board. It would therefore not be appropriate for the Ministry of...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase uptake of free school meals among eligible children in areas with high levels of (a) child obesity and (b) household food insecurity.
Answer: There are currently around 2.1 million pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals (FSM). The department recognises the vital role played by FSM in supporting disadvantaged children and families and encourages all those who are eligible to take up ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) measure and (b) ensure improvements in the quality of life of people living with HIV.
Answer: The UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) provides key surveillance and data for HIV, including annual official HIV statistics and reports. Their recently published HIV Action Plan Monitoring and Evaluation Framework 2024 report provides key indicators of...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role the voluntary sector will play in the new HIV Action Plan; and what steps he will take to support that role.
Answer: HIV is a priority for the Government, and we have commissioned a new HIV Action Plan to end new HIV transmissions within England by 2030. Integration of services and strengthening the delivery of HIV prevention and care will be key objectives of the plan,...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
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