Marsha De Cordova MP: written questions
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Immigration: WomenHome OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Earned Settlement proposals on migrant women experiencing (a) domestic abuse and (b) coercive control.
Answer: The Government’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including settlement and asylum.Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway t...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: WomenHome OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that her earned settlement proposals support migrant women.
Answer: The Government’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including settlement and asylum.Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway t...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: WomenHome OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Earned Settlement proposals on women.
Answer: The Government’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including settlement and asylum.Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway t...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Equality Impact Assessment prepared in connection with A Fairer Pathway to Settlement: Statement and Accompanying Consultation on Earned Settlement will be published prior to final policy decis
Answer: The Government’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including settlement and asylum.Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway t...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of people waiting for glaucoma follow-up appointments and (b) length of waiting time for such appointments.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on either the number of people waiting for a glaucoma follow-up appointment or the length of waiting time for any such glaucoma follow-up appointment. Therefore, no current estimate has been made.Data is published on opht...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver increased glaucoma services in the community.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population, and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services, to meet them. This can already include the commissioning of community-based glaucoma services, ...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of basing eligibility for cladding remediation support on fire safety risk.
Answer: The Government provides funding to address fire risks associated with cladding on residential buildings over 11 metres in height, in England. The building must have an intolerable risk to life as assessed in a Fire Risk Appraisal of the External Walls, an...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFlats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of fast tracking urgent cases with Homes England where residents in buildings under 11 metres face financial hardship du
Answer: The Department is committed to protecting residential leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediating historic fire safety-related cladding defects and offering support to both residents and leaseholders. Building owners and landlords for buildings und...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFlats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support leaseholders in residential buildings under 11 metres who face costs as a result of fire safety issues.
Answer: The Department is committed to protecting residential leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediating historic fire safety-related cladding defects and offering support to both residents and leaseholders. Building owners and landlords for buildings und...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFlats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans publish the eligibility criteria used by Homes England to determine when a building under 11 metres qualifies as an exceptional case for targeted fun
Answer: The Department is committed to protecting residential leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediating historic fire safety-related cladding defects and offering support to both residents and leaseholders. Building owners and landlords for buildings und...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSaeid Mansour AbdulraziqForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2026 to PQ 106498, when she last raised the detention of Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq with her Egyptian counterpart; and what steps she is ta
Answer: The UK champions freedom of religion or belief for all and, where appropriate, will raise these issues with the Egyptian authorities.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Social Services: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals holding pre settled status work in the health and social care sector.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on the occupations of people granted pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNurses: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Internationally Educated Nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council have lived in the UK for over five but fewer than ten years.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the length of residence in the United Kingdom of internationally educated nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).The NMC publishes statistics as part of its biannual registration data rep...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of retrospective changes to settlement requirements on health care workers and the wider health care system.
Answer: The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026. Contributions will now be analysed, and the findings will support the development of t...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: Health HazardsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether guidance on screen use will include recommendations on preventing eye conditions such as myopia and dry eye associated with excessive screen use.
Answer: The department and the Department of Health and Social Care are jointly working to produce and publish new practical, evidence-informed guidance on screen time for early years. An early years screen time advisory group of child health and development spec...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: Health HazardsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether guidance on screen time and social media use will include the potential impact of excessive use of screens on sight loss.
Answer: The department and the Department of Health and Social Care are jointly working to produce and publish new practical, evidence-informed guidance on screen time for early years. An early years screen time advisory group of child health and development spec...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCommonwealth: DisabilityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support disabled people across the Commonwealth.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has funded disability inclusion activities in the Commonwealth through the Commonwealth Disabled People's Forum (CDPF) since 2019, and provided around £2 million to support disabled people's organisa...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses to determine the distribution of UK aid funding.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has funded disability inclusion activities in the Commonwealth through the Commonwealth Disabled People's Forum (CDPF) since 2019, and provided around £2 million to support disabled people's organisa...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: DisabilityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken any impact assessment ahead of the proposed reduction in financial support in the upcoming financial year to organisations providing dis
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has funded disability inclusion activities in the Commonwealth through the Commonwealth Disabled People's Forum (CDPF) since 2019, and provided around £2 million to support disabled people's organisa...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: DisabilityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of UK aid is allocated to support disabled people globally.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has funded disability inclusion activities in the Commonwealth through the Commonwealth Disabled People's Forum (CDPF) since 2019, and provided around £2 million to support disabled people's organisa...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCommonwealth: DisabilityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce disability discrimination across the Commonwealth.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has funded disability inclusion activities in the Commonwealth through the Commonwealth Disabled People's Forum (CDPF) since 2019, and provided around £2 million to support disabled people's organisa...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordKazakhstan: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of abuse of young Christian women, raids on churches and allegations of bribery of past
Answer: The UK is committed to standing up for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) globally. No one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. We will work to uphold the right to Freedom of Religious Belief through our position at the UN, ...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: DisabilityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 907378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK's level of participation in global disability rights and inclusion activities.
Answer: The UK has been a long-standing supporter of disability rights around the world, and our global programmes are supporting disability inclusion in health, education and employment, as well as access to innovative assistive technology.As well as building di...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEducation: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what definition of inclusive education her Department uses.
Answer: The department believes every child in our country deserves an education that meets their needs - one that is academically stretching, where every child feels like they belong, and that sets them up for life and work. We want to drive a consistent and inc...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of encouraging more businesses to become certified B corporations.
Answer: Purpose-driven businesses, including B Corporations, have a unique and powerful ability to innovate and scale solutions to the big social and environmental challenges that we face as a country. The Government recently launched the Office for Impact Econom...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
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