Kirith Entwistle MP: written questions
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Written questions
Health 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
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Written QuestionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to respond to (a) Question 34399 on Legal Costs: Low Incomes and (b) Question 34403 on Sentencing: Legal Costs, tabled on 27 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answers given to PQs 34399 and 34403 on 7 March 2025 by the Minister for Courts and Legal Services.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencing: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the number of defendants pleading guilty because of unaffordable legal costs.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: AcquittalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the availability of costs recovery to defendants when the Crown Prosecution Service withdraws a case on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: AcquittalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of costs recovery available to people found not guilty after a criminal trial.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Low IncomesMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the level of the cap on legal aid rates on defendants on a low income.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Costs: Low IncomesMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the lower tier of the evidence provision fee in covering the legal costs of defendants on a low income.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle domestic abuse.
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling domestic abuse in all its forms. We have unveiled a series of bold measures designed to strengthen the police response to domestic abuse, protect victims and hold perpetrators to account.From early 2025, under a ne...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: HealthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of loneliness on the (a) mental and (b) physical health of (i) elderly and (ii) vulnerable people.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) assesses multiple sources of evidence on loneliness including research on the impact of loneliness on physical and mental health across a range of demographic groups, including elderly and vulnerable popu...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIntimate Image AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to (a) align the definition of intimate image with existing offences, (b) mandate the removal of non-consensual intimate images from perpetrators' devices after conviction and
Answer: Further to our announcement on 7 January that we would introduce legislation to tackle the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, the Government will table an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill that will criminalise intentionally creating an in...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) ensure that new offences are consent-based without requiring proof of motive, (b) clarify the status of nudify apps in (i) creating and (ii) solic
Answer: Further to our announcement on 7 January that we would introduce legislation to tackle the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, the Government will table an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill that will criminalise intentionally creating an in...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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