Melanie Onn MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 47692 on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, if she will to publish the data on therapy service costs by region.
Answer: The data requested is in the table below.Number of applications* approved in the 2024/25 financial year with therapy service costs totalled by region*: RegionTotal application value less than £3,000 Total application value between £3,000 and £5,000East Mi...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and Storage: Yorkshire and the HumberDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Humber's Viking carbon capture project on levels of investment in the area.
Answer: A strong UK CCUS sector will support well paid, highly-skilled jobs across the UK, with DESNZ analysis showing CCUS has the potential to generate £4-5 billion GVA per year and support up to 50,000 jobs in the 2030s across the CCUS industry as the sector m...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: LincolnshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any funding his Department has provided for Greater Lincolnshire devolution is ringfenced for net zero initiatives.
Answer: The Government recognises the important role of local places, including Greater Lincolnshire, in driving action to help realise our national net zero targets. The English Devolution Whitepaper sets out the Departments approach to English Devolution.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on reporting requirements for net zero targets.
Answer: The Government recognises the important role of local places in driving action to support net zero targets. Whilst we do not require Local Government to report on their net zero work, we run a Local Net Zero Delivery Group to discuss key net zero policy a...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were awarded where (a) local authorities and (b) regional adoption agencies were required to match-fund the application due to an exce
Answer: The available information is detailed in the tables below.Number of applications* approved in the 2024/25 financial year with therapy service costs totalled by placement type:Placement typeLess than £3,000Between £3,000 and £5,000i. Adoption (Domestic and...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were awarded for specialist assessments of children in the financial year 2024–25.
Answer: The available information is detailed in the tables below.Number of applications* approved in the 2024/25 financial year with therapy service costs totalled by placement type:Placement typeLess than £3,000Between £3,000 and £5,000i. Adoption (Domestic and...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were awarded for therapy support costing (a) less than £3,000 per year per child and (b) between £3,000 and £5,000 per year per child
Answer: The available information is detailed in the tables below.Number of applications* approved in the 2024/25 financial year with therapy service costs totalled by placement type:Placement typeLess than £3,000Between £3,000 and £5,000i. Adoption (Domestic and...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordJuries: AllowancesMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that individuals carrying out jury duty do not experience financial hardship.
Answer: Jury service is a vital civic duty, and the Government is committed to ensuring jurors feel supported throughout their service. Jurors can claim subsistence and travel expenses, as well as a loss of earnings allowance from the court. The jury summoning pr...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation TrustDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential need for Commissioner intervention in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, in the context of the absence of senior leadersh
Answer: There are currently temporary senior leadership arrangements in place at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and NHS England’s North East and Yorkshire Regional Team continue to provide on...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: LeadershipDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on when the absence of senior leadership may necessitate intervention by a commissioner in an integrated care board.
Answer: Integrated care board (ICB) chairs are appointed by NHS England subject to the approval of my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in line with NHS England’s guidance, where the ICB chair position has become vacant before a s...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Humber and North YorkshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on whether the (a) Chair and (b) Chief Executive of Humber and North Yorkshire integrated care board remain in post.
Answer: The Chair of the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) resigned from the post on 12 March 2025. The ICB is currently identifying a Non-Executive Member to act as Chair for a short period. The Chief Executive is currently taking a leave of...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: Great Grimsby and CleethorpesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to involve young people in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency in the development of the National Youth Strategy.
Answer: The Secretary of State was pleased to announce the new National Youth Strategy, stating the Department’s commitment to delivering a strategy by and for young people through the most ambitious listening exercise in a generation. We have launched our nation...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Death CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of GPs undertaking medical examinations on GP workloads.
Answer: We are determined to 'bulldoze bureaucracy' and cut red tape, ensuring general practitioners (GPs) spend less time filling in forms and more time caring for patients. We recognise it is vital for roles to be satisfying, rewarding and sustainable so that o...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Examiners: Death CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the medical examiner process on (a) bereaved relatives and (b) the time it takes for families to arrange funerals.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Early data since the introduction of the reforms indicates the median time taken to register a death appeared to have risen by one...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Examiners: Death CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of assessments undertaken by medical examiners to establish causes of death.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Medical examiner offices are staffed at a trust level with oversight and guidance from the National Medical Examiner based in NHS ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty Property: Urban AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to help tackle empty shops on high streets.
Answer: Vacancy is a blight that we see too often in our towns.We are supporting areas with new powers to help fill empty premises including High Street Rental Auctions and a new ‘right to buy’ to help prevent the loss of valued assets by bringing them into commu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to retain doctors trained in the UK in the NHS.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that doctors trained in the United Kingdom remain within the National Health Service through a structured, data-driven approach to workforce retention, and to improving the working conditions of all resident doctors, including...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Higher EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of medical school places.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need, including doctors, to ensure that patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it. We have launched the 10-Year Health Plan which will set out a bold agenda to reform and repair...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: 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
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