Mohammad Yasin MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Chronic Illnesses: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of fragmented care pathways on (a) patient outcomes and (b) NHS resource use; and what steps he is taking to improve care coordination for patien
Answer: The Neighbourhood Health Service will embody our new preventative principle that care should happen as locally as it can: digitally by default, in a patient’s home, if possible, in a neighbourhood health centre when needed, and only in a hospital if neces...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure full interoperability between NHS IT systems.
Answer: The Health and Social Care Act 2022, the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and the Health and Social Care Information Standards (Procedure) Regulations 2025, establish a new legislative framework for setting mandatory information standards for public and pri...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what service standards the DVLA is working to; and what steps her Department is taking to hold them accountable for meeting them.
Answer: My department keeps governance and assurance procedures under review. The department measures the performance of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency against their Key Performance Indicators as set out in their Business Plan, together with regular meet...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog for medical driving licence assessments.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aims to process all applications as quickly as possible. Driving licence applications where a medical condition(s) must be investigated before a licence can be issued can take longer as the DVLA is often reli...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: LGBT+ PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance has been provided to court staff on the treatment of (a) trans and (b) non-binary people, following the update to the Equal Treatment Bench Book.
Answer: No guidance has been provided to court staff on the treatment of (a) trans and (b) non-binary people, following the update to the Equal Treatment Bench Book. HMCTS is waiting for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to publish their updated statutory ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to protect the (a) safety, (b) dignity and (c) privacy of transgender people participating in the criminal justice process.
Answer: Agencies across the criminal justice system are governed by the provisions of the Equality Act (2010), so must ensure that transgender people’s rights under the Act are protected. The Victims’ Code (2020) sets out the minimum level of service that all vic...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEvidence: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to help ensure that transgender people giving evidence in court proceedings can access facilities without being required to disclose their gender identity.
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service is waiting for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to publish their updated statutory Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations to support service providers. This follows the UK Supreme Court R...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParamedical Staff: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the pathway into paramedicine is accessible to (a) mature students and (b) career changers, in the context of the requirement for new paramedics to hold
Answer: Paramedicine students are able to access the Learning Support Fund (LSF), a non-repayable grant of £5,000 per academic year. Further financial support is available for childcare, travel, and dual accommodation costs while on clinical placements. Students ...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParamedical Staff: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make second-degree Paramedic Science students eligible for (a) student finance and (b) the NHS Learning Support Fund.
Answer: Students studying paramedicine as a second degree are able to access the Learning Support Fund (LSF), subject to meeting the other eligibility criteria. The LSF comprises a non-repayable training grant of £5,000 per academic year. Further financial suppor...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParamedical Staff: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial barriers for people studying Paramedic Science as a second undergraduate degree.
Answer: Students studying paramedicine as a second degree are able to access the Learning Support Fund (LSF), subject to meeting the other eligibility criteria. The LSF comprises a non-repayable training grant of £5,000 per academic year. Further financial suppor...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered providing self-sampling cervical screening kits to all women.
Answer: Following the announcement to introduce human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling in the National Health Service cervical screening programme for the under-screened population, the NHS has begun planning an in-service evaluation (ISE) of HPV self-sampling ...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered allowing dentists qualified in Canada an exemption from the requirement to sit the Overseas Registration Examination before practicing in the UK.
Answer: The Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) exam is operated by the General Dental Council (GDC). The GDC is independent of the Government.It is the role of the GDC to set the standards that must be met by domestic and international applicants wishing to be adde...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Continuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the Continuing Healthcare Assessment for dementia patients.
Answer: The Department has no plans at this time to review the NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessment in relation to individuals with dementia.Eligibility for CHC is not determined by age, diagnosis, condition, or financial means, as it is assessed on a case-...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWorld Health AssemblyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 36441 on World Health Assembly, by what date his Department will confirm (a) ministerial attendance at the World Health Assembly 2025 and (b) whe
Answer: The World Health Assembly (WHA) is a unique opportunity to meet health ministers from around the world and to showcase the United Kingdom’s health leadership. The Department is planning to send a senior representation to the WHA in May, but plans are stil...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Contributions: Earnings LimitsTreasuryTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43547More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the potential revenue raised by removing the 2 percent NI on earnings over the threshold and charging a flat rate of 8 percent.
Answer: The impact of raising the additional rate of employee National Insurance Contributions (NICs) by 6 percentage points to 8 percent has not been directly evaluated. The impact of a 1 percentage point increase in the additional rate of employee NICs has been...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSupported Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that rent review tribunals have access to sector-specific data on market rents in retirement communities.
Answer: The Renters’ Rights Bill will enable tenants to challenge above-market rent increases through the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).The Tribunal has the relevant expertise to determine what the market rent should be and will be able to take into acco...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support hospices.
Answer: The hospice sector has been provided with the largest capital spend in a generation - £100 million.We are also providing £26 million revenue funding to support children and young people’s hospices.I recently visited Katharine House hospice in Stafford and...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSolid Fuels: Air PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review rules around burning solid fuels in (a) general and (b) smoke control zones.
Answer: Domestic combustion remains a major source of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions in the UK, and ownership of solid fuel appliances is increasing. The Government recognises that it is important that we take further action to reduce emissions from do...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArts and Humanities: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support the arts and humanities in the higher education sector.
Answer: The government is committed to supporting creative subjects, such as the arts and humanities, in higher education (HE).For the 2024/25 academic year, the department has allocated around £12.9 million in high-cost subject funding from the Strategic Priori...
Answered 23 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWorld Health AssemblyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) attend the World Health Assembly 2025 and (b) endorse the WHO resolution on Reducing the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) through the Promotion of Kidney Health an
Answer: The Department is still considering Ministerial attendance at the World Health Assembly 2025. The Government continues to be a strong supporter of the World Health Organization (WHO).The UK actively engaged in negotiations on the WHO resolution on Reducin...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPresumption of Parental Involvement ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress her Department has made toward publishing the results of the urgent review into the presumption of parental involvement.
Answer: The previous Government announced the Review into the Presumption of Parental Involvement in November 2020, following the recommendation of the Harm Panel Report. Research into the courts’ application of the presumption was commissioned and carried out, h...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the British Medical Association on incentivising hospital consultants to routinely work on weekends.
Answer: There have been no discussions between the current health ministers in England and the British Medical Association on incentivising hospital consultants to routinely work on weekends.Hospital consultants agree job plans with their employer at a local leve...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a process whereby the formal acceptance of a home purchase offer creates a legally binding co
Answer: We recognise that the home buying and selling process in England and Wales is inefficient and costly for consumers and professionals with one in three property transactions falling through. On 9 February, we announced that we are launching a series of pro...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty: FraudMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent and (b) protect victims of title fraud.
Answer: HM Land Registry (HMLR) takes the issue of fraud extremely seriously and is always looking for ways to minimise the risk of property title fraud and to maintain the integrity of the land register. HMLR has a range of controls and processes in place that c...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10592, whether he has received any further advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the potential merits of extending
Answer: The Department has not received any further advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programme for older adults since the Committee’s advice of 3 June 2023.The latest discu...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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