Marsha De Cordova MP: written questions
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Artificial Intelligence: CopyrightDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken to protect creatives from copyright infringements by Artificial Intelligence developers.
Answer: Copying protected material in the UK will infringe copyright unless it is licensed, or an exception to copyright applies.The Government recently consulted on several topics relating to the interaction between copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), in...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael Defence Forces: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of suspending military training to members of the Israeli Defence Forces.
Answer: The UK has a long history of providing assistance to other nations in the security and justice fields and continues to do so around the world. The Ministry of Defence’s provision of such assistance is assessed carefully on a case-by-case basis. Fewer than...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: WomenCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56877More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps Government Departments have taken to comply with the Supreme Court's ruling on For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
Answer: We will review and update policy wherever necessary to ensure it complies with the latest legal requirements.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: GirlsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of black girls participating in sport.
Answer: The Government believes that opportunities to play sport and get physically active should be available to everyone.We recognise that there are barriers which prevent some people from getting active with women and girls and those from ethnically diverse co...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Homes England allocate appropriate funding for developments that provide new wheelchair accessible homes.
Answer: Capital funding guidance for the Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26 sets out that certain categories of supported housing for older and disabled people should be built to be wheelchair accessible. In July 2024, the government published targets for the 202...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: ComponentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of steps taken by his Department to (a) track the final destination of F-35 components and (b) ensure F-35 components are not used by the Israeli military.
Answer: Once parts are exported from the UK to the global F-35 programme, the UK does not have access to information about the movement of individual components, and does not have control over whether components in the global spares pool or aircraft assembly faci...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: CarersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment in the her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Suppor
Answer: No assessment has been made on this basis. The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts.This government is committed to supporting unpaid ca...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55525More
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 Battersea constituency.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing work to publish its strategy as soon as possible. We are exploring all available levers to drive forward ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: 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
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