Marsha De Cordova MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Gaza: GenocideForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made any (a) formal or (b) informal assessment of the potential risk of genocide in Gaza.
Answer: The UK's long-standing policy is that any formal determination as to whether genocide has occurred is a matter for a competent national or international court, rather than for governments or non-judicial bodies. It should be decided after consideration of...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEyesight: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the autologous serum eyedrop service will continue following the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority, and is responsible for blood donation in England and organ transplantation services in the United Kingdom. It is also responsible for stem cell transplants, tissue, and eye services.Autologou...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Ethnic GroupsHome OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Border Force collects data on the ethnicity of people (a) held or (b) delayed in excess of 30 minutes at the UK border.
Answer: Border Force does not collect ethnicity data.
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: EU NationalsHome OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects data on the ethnicity of applicants for (a) settled and (b) pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Answer: A detailed breakdown of the EU Settlement Scheme statistics is available to the public via GOV.UK. Within the latest published statistics, Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK, a list of data fields sets out what data is collected, as part o...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quality controls her Department has put in place to help ensure that people accessing their digital immigration status receive accurate information.
Answer: eVisas are a key part of delivering a border and immigration system which will be more digital and streamlined, a change that will enhance the applicant’s experience and increase the immigration system’s security and efficiency.The transition to eVisas ha...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of medical equipment shortages on (a) hospital discharges and (b) patients in community care settings.
Answer: At the 2024 Autumn Budget, the Government announced a £22.6 billion increase in day-to-day health spending and a £3.1 billion increase in the capital budget over the financial years 2024/2025 and 2025/2026. Departmental budgets beyond 2025/26 will be set ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: HospitalsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Israeli government on the bombing of the European Hospital in Khan Younis on 13 May 2025.
Answer: The recent attacks on the European Hospital in Khan Younis are deeply concerning. As the Foreign Secretary outlined in his statement on the 20th of May, Israel has repeatedly struck hospitals, and these have rendered the European hospital non-functional. ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgnes WanjiruMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure accountability for the killing of Agnes Wanjiru.
Answer: The Secretary of State visited Kenya in April to meet with the family of Agnes Wanjiru, and reaffirmed his personal commitment to securing justice following her tragic death over 13 years ago. The jurisdiction for this investigation lies with the National...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: SoftwareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will consult with blind and partially sighted patients on potential accessibility improvements to the NHS App.
Answer: We are working to improve access to digital services, outcomes, and experiences for the widest range of people, based on their preferences. Patients unable to use digital channels can continue to access services via telephone and through traditional face ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: Visual ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help tackle barriers to the safe use of medical devices for the management of diabetes among partially sighted and blind people.
Answer: The Department and the National Health Service work with suppliers and manufacturers to help improve the accessibility and safe use of medical devices for the management of diabetes among partially sighted and blind people. It is recommended to suppliers ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Visual ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in reviewing (a) guidance and (b) regulations for the (i) licen
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) already has provision in the current Human Medicines Regulations 2012 No 1916 legislation, to ensure the licensing and packaging of medicines are safe for use by blind and partially sighted pe...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 32209 on Health and Care Act 2022, when he expects the Accessible Information Standard to (a) be published and (b) become mandatory.
Answer: NHS England is working to support implementation of the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) with awareness raising, communication and engagement, and a review of the current e-learning modules on the AIS. The intention is to ensure that staff and organi...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help support leaseholders living in buildings under 11 meters with cladding remediation works.
Answer: The responsibility for fixing historical cladding fire safety defects should rest with building owners. They should not pass these costs on to leaseholders but should seek to recover costs from those who were responsible for building unsafe homes. The dep...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Bank: Culture and Educational InstitutionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March to Question 34309, what steps his Department has taken to promote accountability for attacks on schools in the Occupied Palestinian Territo
Answer: Education is a human right. It expands choices and enables children to live lives that they value. The vital work of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in ensuring that Palestinians have access to edu...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Educational InstitutionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March to Question 34309, when he last raised the destruction of (a) schools and (b) higher education facilities in Gaza with his Israeli counterp
Answer: The Foreign Secretary continues to raise concern at continued Israeli operations in Gaza, including the need for protection of schools and higher education facilities, with his Israeli counterparts. Children's access to education must continue uninterrupt...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: DisabledDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the cross-government Health Mission Board plans to take to help tackle the impact of poverty on the health of disabled people.
Answer: We have established a Health Mission Board to oversee and drive the delivery of the Health Mission. Mission Boards are Cabinet Committees. It is a long-established precedent that information about the proceedings of the Cabinet or of any committee of the ...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: LibrariesDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of state primary schools with an onsite library.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Battersea, to the answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 27959.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: LibrariesDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding data collection on libraries in schools to the school census.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Battersea, to the answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 27959.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ReadingDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage children to read for pleasure.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Battersea, to the answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35717.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Disability Confident scheme employers employing at least one disabled person.
Answer: Employers at level 2 and level 3 of the Disability Confident scheme are asked if they employ disabled people at the point of applying for or renewing their membership at these levels. Organisations applying for or renewing at level 2 have only been asked ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: EmploymentWomen and EqualitiesTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43928More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of assessing employers' compliance with the (a) recruitment and (b) employment of disabled people duties of the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: The Government is fully committed to the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), which protects disabled people from discrimination in the workplace. The Act prohibits direct and indirect disability discrimination and requires employers to make reasonable adjustment...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43927More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of including information on the Access to Work scheme in correspondence from HMRC to employers.
Answer: We want to support more disabled people into work and to stay in work. In doing so, we need to get the balance right between supporting employers to understand and provide reasonable adjustments as part of their legal duties, and interventions that go bey...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Careers Service: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including specific provision for blind and partially sighted young people in the National Careers Service.
Answer: The National Careers Service is a free, universal, government-funded careers information, advice and guidance service for everyone aged 13 and above in England.All young people aged 13 to 18 can access information and advice through the webchat and teleph...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Voluntary WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of helping blind and partially sighted people by extending the Access to Work scheme to formal volunteering placements.
Answer: Access to Work is a demand-led, personalised discretionary grant which supports the recruitment and retention of disabled people in paid employment. We recognise the important role that volunteering, and other programmes can play in securing employment, a...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing sight loss training for (a) Access to Work advisors and (b) Jobcentre Plus staff.
Answer: As part of staff on-boarding and induction into DWP, staff complete learning for customers with sight loss. The learning provides the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010, and an overview of the support available to customers including the...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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