Marsha De Cordova MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Work Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 August 2024 to Question 1798 on Work Capability Assessment, what steps she is taking to (a) reform or (b) replace the Work Capability Assessment.
Answer: The government is committed to reforming or replacing the Work Capability Assessment, alongside putting in place a proper plan to support disabled people into work. We will say more about this in due course. We will continue to engage with stakeholders to...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Cost of LivingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Personal Independence Payments at supporting disabled claimants with the additional costs of disability.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provides a contribution to the extra costs that may arise from a disability or health condition. There is no objective way of deciding what an adequate level of PIP should be, as everyone has different requirements refl...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability: Cost of LivingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Scope report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, published in September 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of extra costs incurred by
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provides a contribution to the extra costs that may arise from a disability or health condition. There is no objective way of deciding what an adequate level of PIP should be, as everyone has different requirements refl...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability: CostsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Scope report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, what steps she is taking to support disabled households with extra costs.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provides a contribution to the extra costs that may arise from a disability or health condition. There is no objective way of deciding what an adequate level of PIP should be, as everyone has different requirements refl...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to announce stations that have been selected for Access for All Control Period 7 funding.
Answer: We are carefully considering the best approach to the Access for All programme. This Government is committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognises the social and economic benefits this brings to communities.
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all NHS information systems can print information in accessible formats.
Answer: Under the Accessible Information Standard, services should verify that where a patient needs to access information on a website, it is accessible to them. If not, services should make the information available in another way, for instance as a paper copy,...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTennisDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) tennis and (b) padel on physical activity levels amongst (i) older people, (ii) disabled people and (iii) women and girls.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to sports and physical activity for everyone, including disabled people, older people and women and girls. Sport and physical activity is central to achieving our health and opportunity manifesto missions, w...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the role of indoor and covered tennis facilities in the provision of visually impaired tennis in Britain.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to sports and physical activity for everyone, including disabled people, older people and women and girls. Sport and physical activity is central to achieving our health and opportunity manifesto missions, w...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has plans to fund covered tennis facilities for the provision of disability tennis.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to sports and physical activity for everyone, including disabled people, older people and women and girls. Sport and physical activity is central to achieving our health and opportunity manifesto missions, w...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of funding covered tennis facilities.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to sports and physical activity for everyone, including disabled people, older people and women and girls. Sport and physical activity is central to achieving our health and opportunity manifesto missions, w...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
Answer: HMG Ministers and officials at the British Embassy in Cairo continue to raise Mr Alaa Abd El-Fattah's case with the Egyptian government at the highest levels. They have been consistently clear in calling for his release and continue to press for urgent co...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1339 on Accessible Information Standard, for what reason NHS England cannot provide a specific date for publication.
Answer: NHS England is unable to provide an exact date for the publication of the Accessible Information Standard (AIS), due to their internal assurance and governance process. In addition, the AIS can only be published once the accessible versions are in place, ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS England is complying with the Accessible Information Standard.
Answer: NHS England remains committed to implementing the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) effectively, and this remains a priority for the People and Communities division. NHS England has identified a number of ways to support the standard, including throug...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of implementing the Accessible Information Standard.
Answer: NHS England is committed to implementing the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) effectively. NHS England has identified a number of ways to support the standard, including through a self-assessment framework, and has committed to reviewing the efficacy...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the barriers faced by patients who wish to access information in an alternative format.
Answer: Under the Equality Act (2010), health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers must comply with the...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all NHS providers are producing information in format that is in line with the Accessible Information Standard.
Answer: Under the Equality Act (2010), health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers must comply with the...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of people accessing NHS services who did not receive information in an accessible format.
Answer: The requested data is not held centrally.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NHS England to publish the updated Accessible Information Standard.
Answer: The Accessible Information Standard (AIS) review has been completed, and the updated standard and supporting documents are in the process of being transferred to web copy. NHS England is working on ensuring accessible versions are available for publicatio...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPigs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of farrowing crates; and if he will commission a consultation on such a ban.
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 farrowing crates for pigs is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordFurs: TradeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation entitled 'The Fur Market in Great Britain', which closed on 31 May 2021.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 23 July 2024 to the Rt Hon Member for Islington North, PQ 592.
Answered 25 Jul 2024
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