Kirith Entwistle MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Health Services: FathersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) create a pathway for (i) expectant and (ii) new fathers and (b) ensure that NHS staff are trained to (A) engage with and (B) provide (1) information and (
Answer: Listening and responding to all women and families, including expectant and new fathers, is an essential part of providing safe and high-quality care. There are multiple actions in place that recognise and involve new and expectant fathers. These include:...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FathersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) mental and (b) physical health of (i) fathers and (ii) their (A) partners and (B) families in the perinatal period.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the support available to mothers, fathers, and partners who experience mental health difficulties, including postnatal depression, during the perinatal period.Fathers and partners of women accessing specialist peri...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 903975More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates in cases of violence against women and girls.
Answer: This Government was elected with a landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. A key part of this will be delivering effective prosecutions, and we continue to see improvements in the prosecution of VAWG offences.As Solicitor G...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle health inequalities linked to the (a) diagnosis and (b) management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the NHS Greater Manchester Integrat
Answer: Respiratory disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is a clinical priority and the National Health Service is investing in the provision of more and better rehabilitation services for respiratory patients. This has the objective o...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in (a) Greater Manchester ICB and (b) England are waiting for an appointment with a specialist respiratory clinician following a referral from their GP.
Answer: The number of cases where patients on a consultant-led referral to treatment pathway were waiting for a first appointment under the Respiratory Medicine or Paediatric Respiratory Medicine treatment functions as of 20 April 2025 in the Greater Manchester I...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Greater Manchester ICB to increase the speed of access to diagnostic tests for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Answer: Data on the number of people waiting to receive a spirometry test for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (ICB) is not held centrally.The Government is committed to putting patients first, including...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are waiting to receive a spirometry test for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Greater Manchester integrated care board.
Answer: Data on the number of people waiting to receive a spirometry test for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (ICB) is not held centrally.The Government is committed to putting patients first, including...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGazaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet Colleagues and (b) his Israeli counterpart on ending hostilities in Gaza.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has raised the Israeli operations in Gaza with his Israeli counterparts. On 15 April, the Foreign Secretary met with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa'ar in London. During the conversation, he pressed Israel to restore humanitarian a...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that aid can reach people in Gaza.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary met with Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar on 15 April to press Israel to restore the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza and raise concerns about the safety of aid workers in the region. On 21 March, the UK issued a joint statement with...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGazaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to secure an end to the violence in Gaza.
Answer: In recent weeks, the Foreign Secretary has spoken to Secretary Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, EU High Representative Kallas and the UN emergency relief co-ordin...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of abolishing NHS England on the ongoing programme of work on accessible health and care information.
Answer: We understand how vital it is to ensure that the communication needs of patients and carers with a disability, impairment, or sensory loss are met by health services.Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the to...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTelemedicine: Voice over Internet ProtocolDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that meeting patients' communications needs is included in the 10 year plan objective to shift from analogue to digital.
Answer: We have committed to develop a 10 Year Plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. While it is too soon to say exactly what will be in the plan, digital services will support and complement face to face care and will help meet patients’ ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to review platform categorisation regulations under the Online Safety Act 2023.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, all user-to-user services – including small but high-risk services – must have measures in place to proactively tackle certain types of illegal content, including content which assists suicide and several offences which dispro...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will commission a report into real-world harms associated with smaller online forums that encourage (a) self-harm, (b) suicide and (c) misogyny.
Answer: The Online Safety Act requires such services to risk assess for illegal content and have measures in place to tackle it. Ofcom have already launched an enforcement programme which includes asking small but high-risk services for their risk assessments by ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that small but high-risk platforms promoting (a) suicide encouragement and (b) misogyny are subject to the fullest range of duties under the Online Saf
Answer: The Online Safety Act requires such services to risk assess for illegal content and have measures in place to tackle it. Ofcom have already launched an enforcement programme which includes asking small but high-risk services for their risk assessments by ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to equalise the importance of (a) the nature of the content and (b) the size of the platform when determining platform categorisation under the Online Safety Act.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, all user-to-user services – including small but high-risk services – must have measures in place to proactively tackle certain types of illegal content, including content which assists suicide and several offences which dispro...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will review the criteria used to determine platform categorisation under the Online Safety Act to ensure that small but high-risk platforms hosting (a) suicide-related and (b) mis
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, all user-to-user services – including small but high-risk services – must have measures in place to proactively tackle certain types of illegal content, including content which assists suicide and several offences which dispro...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 41317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Minister for Postal Affairs plans to respond to the hon. Member for Bolton North East on the future funding of Bradshaw Post Office following their meeting of 4 December 2024.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to equalise the statutory limitation periods for prosecution in (a) section 66B(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, (b) clause 141 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill and (c) section 127(1) of the
Answer: We have tabled a Government amendment to the offence of creating a purported intimate image at clause 135 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill. This will extend the time limit in a similar way to the offence at section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003, ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 41310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason the Minister for Postal Affairs has not responded to the correspondence of 27 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Bolton North East.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordIntimate Image Abuse: ProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending time limits for prosecuting summary-only offences involving the taking of intimate images without consent to be brought into line with thos
Answer: We have tabled a Government amendment to the offence of creating a purported intimate image at clause 135 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill. This will extend the time limit in a similar way to the offence at section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003, ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIntimate Image AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of harmonising the time within which an offence can be tried in court after it has been committed for (a) taking and (b) creating intimate images without conse
Answer: We have tabled a Government amendment to the offence of creating a purported intimate image at clause 135 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill. This will extend the time limit in a similar way to the offence at section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003, ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: BoltonDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 40905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Minister for Postal Affairs plans to respond to the hon. Member for Bolton North East on the potential closure of Bradshaw Post Office.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordEnergy: ProfitsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to prevent energy companies profiting from price increases.
Answer: Under the default tariff cap, Ofgem has capped the profits of energy suppliers in the retail market to ensure they do not make excessive profits. Since August 2023, the Earnings Before Interest and Tax allowance means that the percentage that energy suppl...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40784More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to provide support to small businesses to offset increases to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: The Government has taken difficult but necessary decisions to deliver long-term growth. Fixing the public finances is critical to creating long-term stability in which businesses can invest and thrive. The Government decided to protect the smallest busine...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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