Manuela Perteghella MP: written questions
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ADHD: Patient Choice SchemesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that ADHD patients' Right to Choose is protected.
Answer: The Government is committed to patients having the right to choose their provider when referred to consultant-led treatment, or to a mental health professional, for their first appointment as an outpatient. A patients right to choose is set out in legisla...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a Cancer Care Plan for (a) children and (b) young people.
Answer: We are committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster, so that more children and young people survive, and we will improve the experience of young cancer patients across the system.That’s why on 4 Februar...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: WarwickshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce delays in accessing cancer treatment in South Warwickshire.
Answer: The Department is committed to reducing waiting times for cancer treatment and improving access to treatment across England, including in South Warwickshire. We will achieve this by delivering an extra 40,000 operations, scans, and appointments each week,...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordReligion: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) reintroduce a Subject Knowledge Enhancement Grant for Religious Education (RE) and (b) increase recruitment of teachers of RE more broadly.
Answer: The below tables show the number of candidates who received a religious education (RE) subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) grant in each month since October 2022.The previous government took the decision to cut funding for RE SKEs from April 2024 alongsid...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordReligion: Secondary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the successful applicants to secondary teacher training for Religious Education received a Subject Knowledge Enhancement grant in each month since September 2022 .
Answer: The below tables show the number of candidates who received a religious education (RE) subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) grant in each month since October 2022.The previous government took the decision to cut funding for RE SKEs from April 2024 alongsid...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32536More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to issue guidance on the tax treatment of payments received under the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme; and what progress the joint working group has made on that issue.
Answer: The Government has established the joint HMT/HMRC working group with industry representatives to identify solutions that provide clarity on the tax treatment of ecosystem service markets, including the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme. The work of the group i...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32456More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to provide interim guidance on the tax treatment of payments received under the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme.
Answer: The Government has established the joint HMT/HMRC working group with industry representatives to identify solutions that provide clarity on the tax treatment of ecosystem service markets, including the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme. The work of the group i...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32454More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has plans to issue guidance on the tax treatment of payments received under the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme.
Answer: The Government has established the joint HMT/HMRC working group with industry representatives to identify solutions that provide clarity on the tax treatment of ecosystem service markets, including the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme. The work of the group i...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32453More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress her Department's joint working group with HMRC has made on clarifying the tax treatment of payments received under the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme.
Answer: The Government has established the joint HMT/HMRC working group with industry representatives to identify solutions that provide clarity on the tax treatment of ecosystem service markets, including the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme. The work of the group i...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will issue guidance to (a) GP practices and (b) Integrated Care Boards on shared care agreements for ADHD patients diagnosed privately in line with NICE guidelines.
Answer: General practitioners (GPs) are independent contractors that provide services within the National Health Service. The General Medical Council (GMC) has published the guidance, Good practice in proposing, prescribing, providing and managing medicines and d...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to ensure that individuals diagnosed with ADHD by private specialists can access NHS treatment.
Answer: General practitioners (GPs) are independent contractors that provide services within the National Health Service. The General Medical Council (GMC) has published the guidance, Good practice in proposing, prescribing, providing and managing medicines and d...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) reduce the number of unnecessary Education, Health and Care panels and (b) speed up the production of Education, Health and Care Plans.
Answer: This government is committed to strengthening the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system for all children and young people to ensure they receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Parents ha...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: Young PeopleDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of graduated driving licences on levels of deaths of young drivers.
Answer: Whilst we are not considering Graduated Driving Licences, the Government treats road safety with the utmost seriousness, and we are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. We absolutely recognise that young people are d...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNatural History: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on the introduction of a Natural History GCSE.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon to the answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18517.
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether income from increases in firearms licensing fees will be used by police forces to fully recover the costs of administering those licences.
Answer: On 5 February 2025, increased fees came into effect to provide full-cost recovery for firearms licensing applications processed by police forces. This gave effect to a commitment in the Government’s manifesto.The fees were previously increased in 2015 and...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of small training airfields on (a) local rural economies and (b) the availability of aviation training.
Answer: We recognise the role small airfields play in General Aviation as a gateway for individuals to develop their career aspirations in the aviation sector. Ministers do not routinely intervene in local planning and any consideration of directions to modify lo...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase in employers National Insurance contributions on private suppliers providing local authority-funded home-to-school transport t
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon to the answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 26397.
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: ReadingDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to encourage students with low literacy rates to develop a love of reading.
Answer: High and rising school standards, with excellent foundations in reading, writing and mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life.The department knows that read...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of reported assaults on NHS staff have resulted in prosecution in the last 12 months.
Answer: Assaults can be prosecuted under a range of offences such as common assault, actual bodily harm (ABH) or grievous bodily harm (GBH). The Ministry of Justice does not, however, collate data on the profession of the victim. To do so could only be obtained a...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of measures in place to prevent violence against NHS staff.
Answer: Individual employers are responsible for the health and safety of their staff, and they put in place many measures to ensure their health and safety, including appropriate security, training, and emotional support for staff affected by violence.To support...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: EU CountriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to secure a UK-EU defence and security agreement.
Answer: European security is this Government’s foreign and defence policy priority, and whilst NATO remains the cornerstone of Europe’s collective defence, we recognise the important role the EU plays in the security and prosperity of Europe. At the informal Euro...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce child poverty in Stratford-on-Avon constituency.
Answer: Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change. The Strategy will look at levers across ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the adequacy of the support they received for holding local elections in May 2025.
Answer: The Government continues to engage with local authorities, following on from the sustained engagement and support provided ahead of last year’s elections. The Government takes care to understand the needs of Electoral Registration Officers and Returning O...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to support more employers to provide technical apprenticeships.
Answer: The government’s first mission is to kickstart economic growth. Across the country skills gaps are holding back business growth and the government has committed to widening the apprenticeships offer into a levy-funded growth and skills offer.Our levy-fund...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to require local authorities to use the same licensing regulations for (a) private hire vehicles and (b) taxis.
Answer: The Government is responsible for setting the regulatory structure within which licensing authorities in England administer the taxi and private hire vehicle licensing regime. Under this system licensing authorities have the flexibility to set standards t...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
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