Mary Glindon MP: written questions 2025
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Medomsley Detention CentreMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman on its planned timetable to publish the report on its special investigation into Medomsley Detention Centre.
Answer: I have the deepest sympathy for victims and survivors of abuse suffered at Medomsley Detention Centre. The previous Government, after years of campaigning by victims and survivors, commissioned the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) in October 2023 to ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: PricesDepartment for TransportTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the affordability of electric vehicles for low-income households.
Answer: The Government offers Plug-in Vehicle Grants for eligible vans, trucks, taxis, motorcycles, and wheelchair accessible vehicles. These grants help to lower upfront vehicle costs and make zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) more accessible to consumers. ZEVs also...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: AutismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve the inclusivity of public services for autistic people.
Answer: From 1 July 2022, service providers registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are required to ensure their staff receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role, as set out in the Health and Care Act 2022. To support this...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBingo and GamingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) adult gaming centres and (b) bingo clubs on communities.
Answer: The Minister for Gambling met with representatives of Bacta, a trade association which represents the adult gaming centre sector, at the Bingo Association Annual General Meeting on 1 May 2025, where she also met with other representatives from the land-ba...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGamingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings she has held with the land based adult gaming sector.
Answer: The Minister for Gambling met with representatives of Bacta, a trade association which represents the adult gaming centre sector, at the Bingo Association Annual General Meeting on 1 May 2025, where she also met with other representatives from the land-ba...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging local authorities to adopt the HAF Plus model of delivering the Holiday Activities and Food programme for 13-16 year olds.
Answer: The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme supports disadvantaged children and their families during the school holidays, offering enriching activities and healthy food to support their health, development and wellbeing. The department was very pleas...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: StudentsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Department for Health and Social Care on (a) medical student finance and (b) the adequacy of total financial support during NHS Bursary funded years of st
Answer: The department works closely with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) on a wide range of matters to ensure the education system is supporting healthcare students, including student funding.The government needs to ensure that the student fundi...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: StudentsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling medical students to receive their student loan provision at the same rate as previous years alongside the NHS Bursary in their final years
Answer: The department works closely with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) on a wide range of matters to ensure the education system is supporting healthcare students, including student funding.The government needs to ensure that the student fundi...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Higher EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on (a) medical student finance and (b) the adequacy of total financial support during NHS Bursary funded years of study.
Answer: The Department works closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters to ensure the education system is supporting healthcare students, including student funding.For the 2025-26 academic year, the Government will increase the NHS Bursa...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the effectiveness of the NHS bursary scheme.
Answer: The Department works closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters to ensure the education system is supporting healthcare students, including student funding.For the 2025-26 academic year, the Government will increase the NHS Bursa...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Higher EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of transitioning from Student Finance England support to the NHS bursary on the finances of medical students in their final years of study
Answer: The Department works closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters to ensure the education system is supporting healthcare students, including student funding.For the 2025-26 academic year, the Government will increase the NHS Bursa...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Support Allowance: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of Employment and Support Allowance claimants who have not moved to Universal Credit after the deadline day set out in their migration notice in (a) N
Answer: Monthly statistics for the number of People and Households sent a Migration Notice for Move to Universal Credit in Great Britain by geography including by Westminster Parliamentary Constituency and by legacy benefit type are published quarterly on Stat-Xp...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published in March 2025, what role the (a) voluntary and (b)
Answer: We strongly value the input of disabled people and people with health conditions, in addition to representative organisations that support them, and that is why we have brought forward this Green Paper and the consultation.The consultation welcomes the vi...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure all eligible recipients are registered for their NHS Healthy Start entitlement.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Those eligible for Healthy Start must apply to the NHSBSA to receive Healthy Start payments.All applicants, where they meet the eligibility criteri...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Free School Meals and Healthy Start SchemeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Universal Credit system to automatically register eligible households for (a) free school meals and (b) the NHS Healthy Start sche
Answer: No such assessment has been made. The Universal Credit system permits Department of Health and Social Care to check a citizen’s entitlement to Healthy Start vouchers, and Department for Education to check eligibility for Free School Meals.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timeline is for the implementation of recorded assessments as standard for Personal Independence Payments.
Answer: We announced our intention to record assessments as standard in the Pathways to Work Green Paper as a valuable tool to improve people’s trust in the health assessment process. We are developing our plans to implement this measure and will set out further ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNeuroendocrine Cancer: RadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43451 on Neuroendocrine Cancer: Radiotherapy, what recent discussions his Department has had with Integrated Care Boards on the commissioning of s
Answer: NHS England commissions selective internal radiation therapy for chemotherapy refractory / intolerant metastatic colorectal cancer in adults in accordance with criteria which is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Departmental ResponsibilitiesHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) charities, (b) asylum seekers and (c) refugees are included in the development of her Department's (i) policy and (ii) procedures.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and other stakeholders.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: InterviewsHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses artificial intelligence to transcribe asylum interviews.
Answer: No.
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: InterviewsHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of substantive asylum interview appointments that were cancelled due to an inability to secure a translator in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
Answer: The number of substantive interviews completed per month is published in tab ASY_05(M) of the Immigration and Protection dataset: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q4-2024.The requested information on cancelled app...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension Scheme: Climate ChangeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the level of turnover of Local Government Pension Scheme trustees on an understanding of the duty to consider climat
Answer: Administering authorities are already required to consider factors that are financially material to the performance of their investments, including environmental considerations such as climate risks.The government has consulted on proposals to ensure that...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Funds: Climate ChangeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the University of Exeter report entitled Planetary Solvency, published on
Answer: Trustees of pension schemes in scope of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) are required to undertake scenario analysis to assess the resilience of their investment strategy against climate-related risks and opportunities. Truste...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTrusts: Climate ChangeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using proposed biennial governance reviews of administering authorities to ensure that trustees regularly review science-
Answer: Administering authorities are already required to consider factors that are financially material to the performance of their investments, including environmental considerations such as climate risks.The government has consulted on proposals to ensure that...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Funds: Climate ChangeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that newly appointed pension fund trustees are aware of the responsibility to consider climate risks in investments.
Answer: There are a range of governance and reporting requirements that trustees, including new trustees, must meet. For trustees in scope, this includes disclosing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies in the Statement of Investment Principles (SIP...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Funds: Risk AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that fiduciary duty explicitly places a duty on pension fund trustees to consider system risks.
Answer: Trustees have a range of duties set out in governing provisions of the scheme, common law and relevant statutory provisions. These include duties to make investment decisions in the best interests of members of the pension scheme. The Law Commission concl...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
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