Laura Kyrke-Smith MP: written questions
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Written questions
Hinduism: Hate CrimeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle anti-Hindu hatred in Aylesbury constituency.
Answer: No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partners to monitor and combat this. This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely pr...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHinduism: AylesburyDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) teachers are given training in and (b) schools have high-quality resources to support teaching on Hinduism in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Aylesbury cons
Answer: Religious education (RE) is an important subject that should provide pupils with an opportunity to learn about a wide range of religious and non-religious beliefs. RE should help pupils to better understand the values and traditions of different religious...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHinduism: AylesburyDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Hinduism is taught in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Aylesbury constituency.
Answer: Religious education (RE) is an important subject that should provide pupils with an opportunity to learn about a wide range of religious and non-religious beliefs. RE should help pupils to better understand the values and traditions of different religious...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle violence against women and girls in the asylum system.
Answer: The health and safety of asylum seekers is of paramount importance to the Home Office. We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is gender sensitive – building on the wider Government strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. All de...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Ownership FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to process Community Ownership Fund round 4 applications.
Answer: This Government was elected on a manifesto that stressed its commitment to the communities' sector and community ownership through empowering communities to own and run those local assets which mean the most to them.Communities will rightly be seeking cla...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Eating DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of care available for Type 1 diabetics with diabulimia; and if he will take steps to improve such provision.
Answer: Type 1 Disordered Eating (T1DE), also referred to as diabulimia, is a relatively newly acknowledged condition. NHS England has provided funding for T1DE services across the National Health Services’ regions over the last five years, to help develop servic...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: Freedom of ReligionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bangladeshi counterpart on the right to freedom of religion in that country.
Answer: The UK is committed to Freedom of Religion or Belief for all, as guaranteed under international human rights law and promoting respect and tolerance between different religious and non-religious communities. In July, the Foreign Secretary and I expressed ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDementia: AylesburyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve dementia care in Aylesbury constituency.
Answer: Buckinghamshire Council have stood up a new Dementia Strategic Oversight Board to deliver on local priorities that span across the Well Pathway for Dementia. These priorities include raising awareness of dementia, building up the support available in the ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGuide DogsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that guide dog owners are not refused access to (a) businesses and (b) other services.
Answer: The Equality Act 2010 places a general duty on businesses and service providers to make reasonable adjustments to allow disabled people, including people with assistance dogs, access to goods and services so they are not placed at a substantial disadvanta...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTenants: PetsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to prevent discrimination against prospective tenants with pets.
Answer: The Renters' Rights Bill requires landlords not to unreasonably withhold consent when a tenant requests to have a pet in their home, with the tenant able to challenge a decision. The government will issue detailed guidance in due course to help landlords ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTenants: PetsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the clarity of guidance on what justifies a landlord refusing a pet request.
Answer: The Renters' Rights Bill requires landlords not to unreasonably withhold consent when a tenant requests to have a pet in their home, with the tenant able to challenge a decision. The government will issue detailed guidance in due course to help landlords ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to end the use of cages in farming.
Answer: We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages for farmed animals is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed Two: Cost EffectivenessDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure HS2 Ltd delivers value for money.
Answer: We are carefully reviewing the position the government has inherited on rail infrastructure, including how to best support economic growth as well as addressing delivery and capacity challenges. We are looking at ways to improve HS2 Ltd's delivery and HMG...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that local authorities provide timely education, health and care plan assessments.
Answer: The department knows that parents have struggled to get the right support for their children, particularly through long and difficult education, health and care plan processes. The department is committed to taking a community-wide approach to support the...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Buckinghamshire Council on the adequacy of SEND provision in Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department is continuing to support and challenge Buckinghamshire to improve its delivery of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services.The last local area SEND inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for Buckinghams...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the current set of questions on the Disability Living Allowance for children claim form.
Answer: There are currently no plans to review the Disability Living Allowance claim form (DLA1). The questions on the claim form are intended to gather sufficient information from parents/guardians to accurately award children and young people the appropriate Di...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a digital version of the Disability Living Allowance for Children claim form that can be submitted online.
Answer: DLA Child is currently undergoing transformation as part of DWP’s Service Modernisation Programme. Work is underway to explore options including how to apply, with the aim of providing a sustainable, simplified and accessible service and the ability for c...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLGBT+ People: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the school curriculum is LGBTQIA+ inclusive.
Answer: Within a broad framework, set out in subject specific programmes of study, schools have flexibility to organise the content and delivery of the curriculum to meet the needs of their pupils.To prepare children for life in modern Britain, pupils need to und...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for appointments at NHS gender identity clinics.
Answer: NHS England has published a two-year action plan, which sets out how it will continue to transform and improve children and young people’s gender services. Investment in children and young people’s gender services in 2024/25 has more than doubled compared...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordConversion TherapyWomen and EqualitiesTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7363More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it is her policy to ban conversion therapy for (a) asexual, (b) bisexual, (c) intersex and (d) nonbinary people.
Answer: This Government’s position is that conversion practices are abuse. Such practices have no place in society and must be stopped. Through the development of the Conversion Practices Bill, this Government will deliver on our manifesto commitment to bring for...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTransgender People: Hate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle hate crime against transgender people.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling hate crime and is determined to root out hatred in all its forms.We have committed to protect LGBT+ and disabled people by making all existing strands of hate crime an aggravated offence. We will set out next steps ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSexuality: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7361More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including asexuality as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: We have no plans for including asexuality as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010. The Equality Act 2010 covers discrimination in employment, the provision of goods, services, and public functions, housing, premises, education, transport, o...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-teaching Staff: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide additional funding for pay increases for administrative staff in schools in Buckinghamshire.
Answer: This government recognises the vital role that support staff play in children’s education and we are committed to reinstating the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. This reform will ensure that schools can recruit and retain the staff needed to delive...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: AylesburyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide funding to cover basic costs for low-income care home users in Aylesbury constituency.
Answer: Charging, under the Care Act 2014, is based on several principles including that people should not be charged more than it is reasonably practicable for them to pay. Local authorities have discretion to implement charging policies which best meet the need...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMuhammed BharForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Israeli counterpart on the death of Muhammed Bhar.
Answer: Whilst we have not raised this case specifically, the government does raise International Humanitarian Law compliance regularly with Israel. The Foreign Secretary last spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Katz on 02 October. This Government is clear that I...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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