Melanie Onn MP: written questions
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Written questions
Doctors: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help recently graduated medical students to find employment in the NHS.
Answer: Following completion of a medical degree, United Kingdom medical graduates must complete the Foundation Programme, a two-year work-based programme, to practise as a doctor in the National Health Service. We are committed to ensuring that the number of Fou...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry on (a) job creation and (b) economic growth in the Humberside region.
Answer: Building a UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry represents a significant economic opportunity which can bring good, high-skilled jobs to regions like the Humberside. We are putting £63 million into the Advanced Fuels Fund in 2025/2026 to help suppo...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to accelerate the introduction of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Revenue Certainty Mechanism) Bill.
Answer: Building a UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry represents a significant economic opportunity which can bring good, high-skilled jobs to regions like the Humberside. We are putting £63 million into the Advanced Fuels Fund in 2025/2026 to help suppo...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Family HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of family hubs on early (a) intervention and (b) support for families and children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Answer: In November 2023, the government published the ‘Evaluation of family hubs’ report, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-family-hubs. Five local authorities were involved in the project with all research activit...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of demand for SEND provision in schools to help support the transition of pupils with special educational needs from primary to secondary school.
Answer: Successful transitions must be well-planned. Poor support for and around transitions was a clear theme in the issues raised when the previous government consulted on the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision Green Pap...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis of and (b) training for foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in schools.
Answer: The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.All teachers are teachers of pupils with SEND, and the depart...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including criteria for evaluating the inclusivity of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision in schools within Ofsted inspec
Answer: Criteria for evaluating inclusivity in mainstream, special and alternative provision schools are a key part of the proposals set out in the consultation ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’, which runs until 28 April 2025.
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued on the (a) criteria and (b) number of students needed for a school to have a dedicated Special Educational Needs Coordinator position.
Answer: All mainstream schools, including academies and free schools, must have a special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO). The SENCO must be a qualified teacher, or the head teacher, working at the school.SENCOs play a vital role in setting the direction f...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that every school has a dedicated Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO).
Answer: All mainstream schools, including academies and free schools, must have a special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO). The SENCO must be a qualified teacher, or the head teacher, working at the school.SENCOs play a vital role in setting the direction f...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Community Interest CompaniesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of community interest companies that are no longer able to offer free mental health support due to financial constraints on th
Answer: It is for individual local commissioners to allocate funding to children and young people’s mental health services to meet the needs of their local populations and this information is not collected centrally. Integrated care boards are expected to continu...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Community Interest CompaniesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community interest companies that are mental health providers.
Answer: It is for individual local commissioners to allocate funding to children and young people’s mental health services to meet the needs of their local populations and this information is not collected centrally. Integrated care boards are expected to continu...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that special guardianship and kinship carers receive adequate financial support.
Answer: The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children. Kinship carers often take on this role at a time when they were least expecting to raise a family and we recognise the challenges the...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on improving dementia care.
Answer: To improve care for patients with dementia, including those with Alzheimer’s disease, NHS England's RightCare team has refreshed the RightCare Dementia Scenario. The scenario works through the Dementia Well Pathway journey, from diagnosing well through to...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Society: VATTreasuryTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25687More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing VAT exemptions for (a) small charities and (b) volunteer organisations.
Answer: VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. VAT is the UK’s second largest tax forecast to raise £171 billion in 2024/25. Taxation is a vital source of revenue that helps to fund vital publ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSeafood: Trade PromotionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with organisations such as the UK Seafood Federation to (a) advocate and (b) promote seafood.
Answer: I welcome the creation of the UK Seafood Federation, and I am pleased that Defra officials attended the launch on 15 January 2025. UK seafood businesses play an important role in boosting the growth of local economies by providing jobs, and are a vital pa...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: CleethorpesDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on discussions to establish a direct rail link between London and Cleethorpes.
Answer: The Secretary of State knows the introduction of a direct train to London from Cleethorpes and Grimsby has been a longstanding local ambition. We are working with industry to understand the timetabling, financial, operational and infrastructure issues tha...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads : FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made with National Highways on the next round of RIS3 funding: and whether the A180 will be included in this funding stream.
Answer: The multi-year Spending Review, concluding in late spring, will help frame the 5-year RIS3 funding envelope that National Highways has to operate, maintain, renew and improve the strategic road network in the next road period starting in 2026. Once the le...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when it was decided that community interest companies should be ineligible for capital funding provided to NHS mental health trusts in the 2024-25 financial year; and whether he plans to make an as
Answer: Government capital funding is provided for specific purposes, and for the National Health Service is for NHS organisations to manage their assets and provide NHS services. Community interest companies (CICs) are therefore outside the remit of most of this...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 12940 on Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Regulation, whether he has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of rectifying
Answer: We have made no estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of rectifying complications relating to cosmetic procedures.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMeta: StandardsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with Meta on the potential impact of (a) the adequacy of its customer support team and (b) accounts being temporarily disabled on UK businesses; and if he wi
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular meetings with Meta on a range of issues, including their support for UK businesses. The Online Safety Act (OSA), enacted in October 2023, requires in-scope platforms to have clear and accessible terms of service settin...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: InternetDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential importance of business support functionalities by online platforms such as META.
Answer: Adoption of digital technologies, including social media such as META's Facebook and Instagram platforms, can significantly increase business productivity. The Department is working with the SME Digital Adoption Taskforce and the Cross-government Review o...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to protect the accounts of online businesses business from being erroneously temporarily disabled.
Answer: The Government acknowledges the impact of disabled accounts on businesses and that tech platforms need robust complaints systems. The Online Safety Act (OSA) requires in-scope services to have clear and accessible terms of service setting out the kinds of...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: GrimsbyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had discussions with the Post Office on the potential closure of the post office in Victoria Street, Grimsby; and if he will take steps to prohibit the closure of this and ot
Answer: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has had no discussion with Post Office Limited on the potential closure of the post office in Victoria Street, Grimsby. However the Secretary of State and I have met with the Post Office Chair, Nigel Railton, ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: GrimsbyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department withdrew the NHS contract from the Waltham Dentist Practice; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that withdrawal on the provision of NHS dental
Answer: The decision to terminate the contract for the provision of National Health Service dental services with Waltham Dentist Practice was taken by NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) as a contractual matter. We cannot comment further du...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care and Foster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoptions, last updated 14 November 2024, how many children that were looked after in (a) relative and
Answer: The latest figures on children looked after who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement by age, gender and ethnicity and at local authority level are shown in the attached tables. The department does not hold the data broken down separatel...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
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