Luke Taylor MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Blood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of cases of late diagnoses of blood cancers in emergency NHS settings.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancer, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve outcomes.The Department is committing to this by improving waiting ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of non-specific symptom pathways in diagnosing blood cancers in each of the last three years.
Answer: We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster, including blood cancer. This is supported by NHS England’s key ambition on cancer, to meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard, which sets a target of 28 days from urgent ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHong Kong: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong on human rights violations in that region.
Answer: I met Regina Ip on 31 October in London. Human rights were raised as part of the discussion. The UK will continue to speak often and candidly with Hong Kong authorities across both areas of contention as well as areas for cooperation. Engagement with repr...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFamily HubsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a 2024 progress report for the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the programme continues to support (a) (i) perinatal
Answer: Launched in August 2022, the three-year Family Hubs and Start for Life programme provides approximately £300 million to 75 local authorities in England with high levels of deprivation. The joint Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Educ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDemocratic Republic of Congo: Peace NegotiationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what humanitarian steps he is taking to (a) support peace and (b) protect vulnerable communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Answer: The UK is delivering a three-year humanitarian programme in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), providing life-saving emergency assistance and increasing the resilience of crisis-affected communities affected by the conflict. During hi...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordStalking: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve support to victims of stalking.
Answer: This Government is fully committed to tackling stalking as part of our ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.Achieving this will require a dramatic improvement in the policing and criminal justice response to these crimes, includi...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordStalkingHome OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure police officers are more able to (a) identify and (b) respond to stalking crimes.
Answer: This Government is fully committed to tackling stalking as part of our ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.Achieving this will require a dramatic improvement in the policing and criminal justice response to these crimes, includi...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Mayor of London on levels of noise pollution on the London Underground.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had discussions with the Mayor of London specifically on levels of noise pollution on the London Underground. Ministers and officials have regular conversations with Transport for London on a variety of issues. However, tran...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Young CarersDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle school absences among young carers.
Answer: The department wants to ensure that young carers have the best life chances by supporting them in their education. The department recognises that absence from school is almost always a symptom of wider needs and barriers that a family are facing. It is of...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Motorcycles: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle (a) moped and (b) illegal e-bike related crimes.
Answer: This government is determined to crack down on snatch theft and other crimes, including those facilitated by mopeds and e-bikes, that make people feel unsafe in our communities.We are committed to strengthening neighbourhood policing, recruiting and putti...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVitiligo: RuxolitinibDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's decision not to recommend Ruxolitinib for use within NHS England for the treatment of vitiligo.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing guidance for the National Health Service on whether ruxolitinib should be routinely funded by the NHS, based on an assessment of its costs and benefits.The NICE was unfor...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Greater LondonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average change in (a) stroke and (b) heart attack ambulance waiting times as a result of the London drop and go ambulance policy.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested. Category 2 ambulance calls are emergency responses, which can include serious time-sensitive incidents such as strokes and heart attacks. The following table shows the national and London Ambulance S...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Euston StationDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to extend the HS2 terminus from Old Oak Common to London Euston.
Answer: The government is reviewing the position it has inherited on HS2 and will set out detailed plans in due course.
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a comparative assessment of the (a) tuition fee status and (b) student financing arrangements for students under the (i) Ukraine and (ii) Afghanistan humanitarian visa schemes and (iii) the Bri
Answer: Generally, to qualify for higher education (HE) student support and home fee status in England, a person must have settled status and have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for the three years preceding the first day of the first academic yea...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: Hong KongDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting Home Fee status to Hong Kongers under the British National (Overseas) Visa Scheme after three years’ residency in the UK before the start of th
Answer: Generally, to qualify for higher education (HE) student support and home fee status in England, a person must have settled status and have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for the three years preceding the first day of the first academic yea...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBlood CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations made in the UK Blood Cancer Action Plan, published by Blood Cancer UK on 4 September 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Liverpool Walton to question 4539 on 19 September 2024.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBeer and Cider: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8299More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will reduce the level of duty on (a) beer and (b) cider served in pubs.
Answer: The current alcohol duty system supports pubs through Draught Relief, which ensures eligible products served on draught pay less duty. Draught Relief helps to level the playing field between pubs and supermarkets, allowing pubs and brewers to price their ...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8298More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will extend the 75% business rates relief for pubs beyond March 2025 in the Autumn Budget.
Answer: Any decisions on future tax policy will be announced by the Chancellor at a fiscal event.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a consultation on banning the use of (a) cages and (b) close confinement systems in animal 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 and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue we will want to fully consi...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make palliative care training mandatory for health and social care workers.
Answer: The training of health care professionals is the responsibility of independent statutory health care regulatory bodies such as the General Medical Council (GMC), the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and the Health and Care Professions Council. The training ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish independently-verified projections of future demand for the palliative and end of life care workforce at least every two years; and if he will take steps to ensure a properly res
Answer: At this time, there are no plans to publish independently verified projections of future demand for the palliative and end of life care workforce. We will want to assure ourselves, and the National Health Service, that the current plan will deliver the re...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to medicines for patients receiving (a) palliative and (b) end of life care.
Answer: Local integrated care boards (ICBs) can commission out-of-hours dispensing locally if there is a need for patients to access medicines outside of the core pharmacy hours, including as part of any palliative and end of life arrangements that the ICB is req...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 900490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the timeframe within which the renationalisation of rail franchises will result in improvements to rail services.
Answer: Public ownership will end the failed franchising system, allowing operators to serve the interests of passengers, not shareholders. The failures of the past three decades cannot be fixed overnight, and bringing train operations into public ownership is on...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take with local authorities to encourage pensioners to check their eligibility for Pension Credit.
Answer: The Government wants everyone eligible for Pension Credit but not currently claiming it to receive the benefits they are entitled to. The Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to all local authorities on 20th August....
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWarm Spaces: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to community warm banks in winter 2024-25.
Answer: Warm banks are locally led initiatives run by local authorities, charities and voluntary and community organisations.The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 made available up to £64.7 billion, the majority of which is un-ringfenced in re...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
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