Lorraine Beavers MP: written questions
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Written questions
Metabolic Dysfunction-associated SteatohepatitisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of retiring the OHID Liver Disease Fingertips Profiles on the UK's ability to monitor steatotic liver disease indicators and meet the World Healt
Answer: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) continues to monitor a wide range of indicators relating to steatotic liver disease, an umbrella term that includes a range of conditions where fat accumulates in liver cells causing dysfunction. In...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMetabolic Dysfunction-associated SteatohepatitisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to integrate steatotic liver disease indicators into non-communicable disease policy and frameworks to meet the World Health Assembly resolution on steatotic liv
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of the World Health Assembly’s resolution on steatotic liver disease (SLD), which marks the first time liver disease has been formally recognised as part of the global agenda on noncommunicable diseases.We are taki...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSmokingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a Roadmap to a Smokefree country to ensure that areas like Blackpool and Fleetwood, where smoking rates are higher than the national average, can support every smoker who wants t
Answer: The previous Government’s ambition was to reduce adult smoking prevalence to 5% or less by 2030. We are going even further. Our ambition is to deliver a smoke-free United Kingdom and the landmark Tobacco and Vapes Act will create the first smoke-free gene...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSmokingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether smokefree 2030 remains his Department's target.
Answer: The previous Government’s ambition was to reduce adult smoking prevalence to 5% or less by 2030. We are going even further. Our ambition is to deliver a smoke-free United Kingdom and the landmark Tobacco and Vapes Act will create the first smoke-free gene...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Armed ForcesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of expanding existing NHS England funding for (a) national Armed Forces programmes and (b) staff training programmes on Armed Forces community awaren
Answer: Currently, no such assessment has been made. The National Health Service has several training programmes such as the veteran-aware Trust accreditation scheme, the veteran-friendly GP accreditation scheme and the National Armed Forces Training and Educatio...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Armed ForcesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prepare guidance on applying the Armed Forces Covenant Duty to adult social care.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care fully supports the commitment to extend the Armed Forces Covenant duty to include social care. We are dedicated to working closely with the Ministry of Defence and local authorities to ensure the Covenant’s princip...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the increase in the number of assessors to clear the Access to Work backlog will be funded from the current allocated fund for Access to Work.
Answer: The cost of additional staff recruited to process the backlog of Access to Work applications will be funded from within the Department’s existing budget allocation. It will not be funded from Access to Work allocated budgets.
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to develop the Access to Work Scheme.
Answer: As set out in the Written Statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 19 May (HCWS34), to increase the efficiency and reduce waiting times for the scheme we will recruit an additional 480 case staff to process the higher volume of app...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 900122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve sovereign defence capability.
Answer: We have increased defence spending, we are backing British companies, and we are investing in skills and young people. The £182 million defence industry skills package, launched alongside the Defence Industrial Strategy, encompasses a range of initiatives...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Neurological DiseasesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other progressive neurological conditions received Access to Work support in 2024-25 by provision type.
Answer: Although the Department collects information on the medical condition(s) of Access to Work customers, readily available primary medical condition categories do not allow for the disaggregation of people with multiple sclerosis or other progressive neurolo...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAssistance AnimalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to services for disabled people with assistance dogs.
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 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordFootball: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 908582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase participation in women’s football.
Answer: The Government is determined to drive participation opportunities for women and girls across sport, including football. The Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme will invest £85 million in 2026/27, with 30% of priority slots reserved for women’s and...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a cross-government alcohol strategy.
Answer: The Government recognises that alcohol-related harm has wide ranging impacts across health, crime, productivity, and communities.Commitments to addressing harms from alcohol feature in several of the Government's current strategies and plans. The National...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLiver DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to cease updates to fatty liver disease data on Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Fingertips profiles on trends in th
Answer: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) ceased to update non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) hospital admissions rates and premature deaths, in people aged under 75 years old, on the Fingertips profiles in December 2025. These only ...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department is using data to inform proposals for reform of Access to Work.
Answer: In the Pathways to Work Green Paper, we consulted on the future of Access to Work and how to improve the scheme so that it helps more disabled people in work. We are considering all aspects of the scheme as we develop plans for reform following the conclu...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that digital projects, such as OneLogin, are accessible for deaf people and people with hearing loss who use his Department's services.
Answer: DWP is committed to providing accessible digital services for all our customers in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Within this legislation DWP is working to ensure that se...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Hearing AidsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received funding through an Access to Work grant to purchase hearing aids in the last 12 months.
Answer: Although the Department holds information on the specific types of support for which Access to Work payments are made, data which would allow payments for ‘hearing aids’ to be identified is not readily available. The data is recorded as descriptive free-t...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who use Access to Work for the provision of British Sign Language interpretation receive funding for an additional condition to difficulty in hearing.
Answer: Although the Department collects information on the medical condition(s) of Access to Work customers and the types of support they are awarded and claim payment for, we are unable to link awarded support elements to specific medical conditions without man...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many users of Access to Work received funding for a British Sign Language interpreter in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what was the average cost per person of thos
Answer: Statistics on the number of people in receipt of payment for Access to Work support and average annual payments per person, by support worker type which includes a category for ‘BSL Interpreter’ are published in tables PAY02 and AVG02 of the Access to Wor...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many users of Access to Work who receive funding for British Sign Language interpreters have had their awards expire before their renewal is processed.
Answer: We do not hold this information in a way that can be extracted. Identifying such cases would require a manual review of individual awards, which would incur disproportionate cost. Please find the Official statistics on payments and approvals which are pub...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLiver Diseases: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targeted interventions he plans to introduce to reduce the effects of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in areas with high levels of deprivation.
Answer: Liver disease is a broad term for several conditions affecting the liver and pancreas and the Government is taking decisive action to tackle ill health and shift the focus on diseases such as liver disease from treatment to prevention.The most prevalent c...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLiver Diseases: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking, working with manufacturers of breakthrough treatments for fatty liver disease, to prepare the NHS to deliver such treatments as quickly as possible to eligible pat
Answer: Newly licensed medicines are appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which is the independent body responsible for developing evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a c...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLiver Diseases: BlackpoolDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle health inequalities in liver disease in Blackpool.
Answer: Liver disease is a broad term for several conditions affecting the liver and pancreas and the Government is taking decisive action to tackle ill health and shift the focus on diseases such as liver disease from treatment to prevention.The most prevalent c...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAssistance AnimalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory definition for assistance dogs.
Answer: No one should be refused access to businesses, services or public spaces because they legitimately have an assistance dog.Strong protection already exists in the Equality Act 2010, which places a duty on businesses and service providers to make reasonable...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAssistance AnimalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission a review of the (a) clarity and (b) consistency of legislation relating to disabled people with assistance dogs.
Answer: No one should be refused access to businesses, services or public spaces because they legitimately have an assistance dog.Strong protection already exists in the Equality Act 2010, which places a duty on businesses and service providers to make reasonable...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
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