Liam Conlon MP: written questions 2024
33 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Heart Diseases: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including in his 10 Year Plan offering young people pre-participation cardiac screening within the community.
Answer: No assessment has been made on the potential merits of including community pre-participation cardiac screening into the 10-year plan.This is because the UK National Screening Committee does not recommend offering screening for sudden cardiac death in peop...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBereavement Counselling: Mothers and FamiliesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) to raise awareness of (i) pregnancy and (ii) baby loss and (b) improve bereavement care for (A) mothers and (B) families impacted.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies receive safe, compassionate, and personalised care, particularly when things go wrong. In February 2024, the Department launched the Baby Loss Certificate service. This service is a non-sta...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: Carers' BenefitsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the introduction of the trial kinship carer allowance.
Answer: The department recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children and the role of local authorities to support them.The government has recently announced a £40 million package to trial a new Kin...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship CareDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to help support kinship carers in (a) Beckenham and Penge constituency and (b) other areas.
Answer: The department recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children and the role of local authorities to support them.The government has recently announced a £40 million package to trial a new Kinship ...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship CareDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to increase the availability of peer support groups in (a) Beckenham and Penge constituency and (b) other areas.
Answer: As part of the department’s measures to champion kinship care, the government has extended the delivery of over 140 peer support groups across England, available for all kinship carers to access, where they can come together to share stories, exchange adv...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve dementia care and support for (a) patients and (b) families post-diagnosis in (i) England and (ii) Beckenham and Penge constituency.
Answer: NHS England is committed to delivering high quality care and support for every person with dementia, and central to this is the provision of personalised care and support planning for post diagnostic support.The Department has produced guidance on what to...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFraudHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect (a) people with dementia and Alzheimer's and (b) other vulnerable people from (i) financial abuse, (ii) fraud and (iii) scammers.
Answer: The impact of fraud extends beyond financial losses. It is important that victims of fraud receive the critical support that they are rightly entitled to.Improving support for victims is a key part of the Fraud Strategy and the replacement of Action Fraud...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFraudHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) financial scams and (b) fraud nationally.
Answer: This Government is committed to working with law enforcement, civil society and industry to better protect the public and businesses from this appalling crime.We have committed to completing the outstanding commitments of the Fraud Strategy set out by the...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to end rental bidding wars by landlords and letting agents (a) nationally and (b) in Beckenham and Penge constituency.
Answer: The Renters’ Rights Bill will prohibit rental bidding practices.
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to maternal mental health services.
Answer: People with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they deserve or need, which is why we will fix the system to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health, and that people can be confident in accessing h...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Beckenham and PengeDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve support for children with (a) autism and (b) SEND in mainstream settings in Beckenham and Penge constituency.
Answer: For too long the education and care system has not met the needs of all children, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), with parents struggling to get their children the support they need and deserve. This government’s...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRivers: PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on tackling illegal water pollution in rivers (a) nationally and (b) in Beckenham and Penge constituency.
Answer: In July, we announced swift action to begin resetting the water sector, including ringfencing vital funding for infrastructure investment and placing customers and the environment at the heart of water company objectives. In September, the Government intr...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Community Land TrustsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to work with Community Land Trusts in providing affordable housing as part of the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme.
Answer: Community Land Trusts can apply to our delivery partners Homes England and the Greater London Authority for funding through the Affordable Housing Programme. If the development includes low cost rented tenures, they will also need to be a registered provi...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help tackle climate change.
Answer: The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary focused on action on climate and nature at the UN General Assembly and with Commonwealth leaders at CHOGM. We will send a strong delegation to COP29, including the new the UK Special Representative for Climate....
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to introduce regulatory reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework to help deliver affordable homes in (a) Beckenham and Penge constituency and (b)
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 11383 on 31 October 2024.
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to deliver affordable housing through the Affordable Homes Programme in (a) Beckenham and Penge constituency and (b) England.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 11383 on 31 October 2024.
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGround Rent: Beckenham and PengeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle unaffordable and unfair ground rents in Beckenham and Penge constituency.
Answer: The Government are committed to tackling unregulated and unaffordable existing ground rents. We will set out further details on this in due course.
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: PaymentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help tackle late payments to small and medium-sized businesses.
Answer: Last month we announced a package of new measures to tackle late payments and long payment terms for small businesses and the self-employed. We will legislate in this parliamentary session to require that large companies include payment performance in the...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordElectricity: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress he has made on meeting his target to have a zero carbon electricity system by 2030.
Answer: Since July the Government has taken rapid action towards meeting our mission for clean power by 2030. We’ve ended the onshore wind ban, approved enough solar to power hundreds of thousands of homes, secured a record-breaking 131 renewables projects and se...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: Beckenham and PengeHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve neighbourhood policing in Beckenham and Penge constituency.
Answer: As part of the Government’s Safer Streets mission, the Home Secretary has made a clear commitment to strengthen neighbourhood policing through the introduction of a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee.This includes getting thousands of neighbourhood police p...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSick LeaveDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of people off work due to long term sickness.
Answer: We know that appropriate work is generally good for health and wellbeing. We want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. We want people to avoid poverty, and for this to happen we must ensure that disabled people...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to identify buildings with dangerous cladding.
Answer: The Government has been clear that more must be done to accelerate the pace of remediation of unsafe buildings across the country.After the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government prioritised identifying and providing funding for the highest risk buildings...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support the residents of buildings with unsafe cladding.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer given to Question UIN 8547 on 28 October 2024.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people with (a) learning and (b) other disabilities who are seeking paid employment in Beckenham and Penge constituency.
Answer: In the Beckenham and Penge constituency, we have a dedicated Disability Employment Adviser (DEA) who supports learning disabled and neurodiverse customers alongside partner organisations that we work closely with. We have a range of specialist initiatives...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to help increase public confidence in the safety of AI.
Answer: The Government wants to ensure the safe development of AI models. As set out in the Manifesto, the Government intends to introduce targeted requirements on the handful of companies developing the most powerful AI systems. We will be consulting on these pr...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →