Marsha De Cordova MP: written questions
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Written questions
Middle East: Fire and Rescue ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Israeli authorities to help protect rescue workers in the Middle East.
Answer: We continue to press Israel to do more to protect civilians, aid and health workers in Gaza. Israel must comply with international law. We call on Israel to co-operate fully with humanitarian agencies, to make provisions for humanitarians to carry out the...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme and (b) potential impact of that scheme on local cultural heritage in areas of low economic acti
Answer: The Department continues to monitor the Listed Places of Worship grant scheme through the regular reporting of the grant administrator, EMB. Since 2010, the Government has returned over £350 million to listed churches, synagogues, mosques and temples thro...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: Ticket OfficesDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to ticket office opening hours at Southeastern railway stations on commuters; and what steps her Department is taking to increase accessibility to
Answer: Southeastern ticket office changes were agreed under the previous Government. The Department is now examining these plans to ensure passengers remain supported.We recognise the vital role ticket offices play in the journeys of people with disabilities, an...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2469 on Health Services: Disability, when he expects NHS England's review of the Accessible Information Standard to be published.
Answer: We understand how vital it is to ensure that the communication needs of patients and carers with a disability, impairment or sensory loss are met by health services. A revised AIS is being reviewed with a view to publication once it has been through NHS E...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to raise the default minimum accessibility requirement to the M4(2) Accessible and Adaptable standard for all new residential buildings.
Answer: I understand that accessibility in new homes, and accessibility standards for buildings in general, are an important concern. Housing is one of this Government’s top priorities, everyone deserves to live in a decent home in which they feel safe. We will s...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: GazaHome OfficeTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) creating a Gaza Family visa scheme modelled on the Ukraine Family Scheme visa and (b) deferring biometric requirements for those eligible
Answer: The Government is determined to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and rapidly increase aid, ensuring humanitarian support is reaching people there. The government is keeping existing visa pathways under review in response to events. Palestinian nationals who wis...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: DebtsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a help to repay scheme for energy debt.
Answer: The Government recognises that consumer energy debt is a large and increasing issue, and it expects energy suppliers to do everything they can to support customers who are struggling with bills, especially vulnerable customers. It is important that anyone...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Social TariffsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing a discounted energy social tariff for disabled households, in the context of Scope's report entitled Disability Price Tag 20
Answer: The Government has no plans to introduce an energy social tariff this winter. However, we are committed to ensuring vulnerable households are supported with their energy bills and we are looking at all options on how to support these households. The Gover...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount Scheme: EligibilityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount Scheme to include people in receipt of (a) Personal Independence Payment
Answer: The Warm Home Discount Scheme is currently focused to support those on lowest incomes who receive means-tested benefits and are living in a property we have estimated to be relatively high cost to heat. This winter’s scheme has been launched today, 14 Oct...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Social TariffsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Scope's report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024: Living with the extra cost of disability, published in September 2024, what steps he is taking with providers to help ensu
Answer: The Government believes that the only way to permanently protect billpayers, including disabled households, is to speed up the transition towards homegrown clean energy and reduce our reliance on volatile international fossil fuel markets. Whilst we make ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve employment support for disabled Universal Credit claimants.
Answer: As part of the get Britain working plan, more disabled people and those with health conditions will be supported to enter and stay in work, by devolving more power to local areas so they can shape a joined-up work, health, and skills offer that suits the ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the health element of Universal Credit in providing support to people with the cost of disability, in the context of Scope's report entitled Disability Pr
Answer: No such assessment has been made. We are committed to reviewing Universal Credit, to ensure it is doing the job we need it to.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to collaborate with (a) disabled people and (b) disabled people's organisations to help improve disabled people's interactions with the benefits system.
Answer: This Government is committed to championing the rights of disabled people and to the principle of working with them, so that their views and voices will be at the heart of all that we do. The Health Transformation Programme (HTP) is modernising health and...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWork 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
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