Lorraine Beavers MP: written questions

Written questions

• Access to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29840More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking with the Department of Health and Social Care to assess how changes to the Access to Work programme’s policy, implementation and claimant interactions could improve h

  Answer: No published answer in this record yet.

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• Disability: Departmental CoordinationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29838More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cross-government working between the Disability Policy Unit, the Department of Health and Social Care and other relevant departments in improving outc

  Answer: No published answer in this record yet.

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• Liver Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29758More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce health inequalities in (a) liver disease and (b) liver cancer outcomes.

  Answer: No published answer in this record yet.

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• Health Services: Liver DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27776More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Liver Transformation Programme on reducing the impact of liver disease on health inequalities, mortality rates and variations

  Answer: Further to the answer provided on 20 July in response to Question 17757, NHS England’s Liver Disease Programme has moved into the next phase of delivery, focused on a targeted set of priorities designed to build on the strongest areas of impact and provid...

  Answered 18 Sept 2026

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• Health Services: Liver DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27775More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding her Department plans to allocate to the Liver Transformation Programme.

  Answer: Further to the answer provided on 20 July in response to Question 17757, NHS England’s Liver Disease Programme has moved into the next phase of delivery, focused on a targeted set of priorities designed to build on the strongest areas of impact and provid...

  Answered 18 Sept 2026

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• Sodium Valproate: CompensationTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26306More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commit to introducing an interim redress scheme for victims of the Sodium Valproate scandal, as recommended in the Hughes Report.

  Answer: The Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care are in regular contact on a range of issues, including health and social care policy.As previously set out, the Government extends its sincere and heartfelt sympathies to all those affec...

  Answered 9 Sept 2026

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• Pupils: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17178More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the under-achievement of persistently disadvantaged pupils.

  Answer: The department is determined to do more to improve the life chances of our most disadvantaged children and to break the link between background and future success.The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ Schools White Paper establishes the departments pla...

  Answered 17 Jul 2026

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