Mohammad Yasin MP: written questions
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Supported 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
Original Parliament recordSchools: Academic YearDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of (a) revising the school calendar and (b) reducing the length of the school summer holidays.
Answer: The department does not currently have any plans to propose changes to the school calendar or to the setting of school holidays.School holidays are not determined at national level, they are decided locally by trusts, schools and local authorities dependi...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Boiler Upgrade SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the boiler upgrade scheme to social housing tenants.
Answer: The Boiler Upgrade Scheme provides support to property owners in England and Wales to replace their existing fossil fuel boiler with a low carbon alternative by providing grants to reduce the total cost of the installation. Other government schemes provid...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a redress scheme for victims of the Sodium Valproate scandal in line with recommendations in the Hughes Report.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety Commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. We will be providing an update to the Patie...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrenciesTreasuryTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15527More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing an investment programme in cryptocurrency.
Answer: The UK’s foreign currency assets are held in the Exchange Equalisation Account. These assets are managed in line with the following investment principles:Ensuring readiness to meet the policy requirements of the reservesLimiting risk and volatility to avo...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Co-ownershipMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to respond to the call for evidence entitled Jointly owned properties which closed on 7 April 2024.
Answer: The Government has no immediate plans to respond to the call for evidence launched by the previous administration entitled Jointly owned properties, and which closed on 7 April 2024. The Government is however reviewing how to better protect leaseholders f...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on delivering specialist mental health professionals in every school.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care is working with the Department for Education and NHS England to consider how to deliver our manifesto commitment of providing access to a specialist mental health professional in every school. We need to ensure any...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHeat PumpsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the (a) statutory and (b) regulatory standards for drilling boreholes in mineral exploration or evaluation to the drilling of boreholes for the
Answer: The Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995 (BSOR) require operators to notify the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in advance if drilling is taking place in a defined mining area. These Regulations do not apply to drilling for the purposes of ins...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Court OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog in the administration of family court orders.
Answer: The HMCTS Reform Programme has introduced several new digital services within the Family Courts, enhancing and automating the administration of family court orders. These services encompass Divorce, Financial Remedy, and Public Law Proceedings. Additional...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordStudents: UkraineDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting further education institutions to offer (a) apprenticeship and (b) course placements to students on a Homes for Ukraine visa that may expire be
Answer: In determining student eligibility for 16 to 19 funding, including for Ukrainians aged 16 to 19 living in the UK under the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine), institutions must satisfy themselves that there is a reasonable likelihood that the ...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Benefit and Universal Credit: EligibilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the same eligibility criteria for Universal Credit and Child Benefit for claimants in non-advanced education; and if she will make an asse
Answer: There are no current plans to make such an assessment.
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: LebanonHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of implementing a (a) resettlement and (b) reunification scheme for citizens of Lebanon with family connections to the UK.
Answer: We are deeply concerned by the rising tensions and civilian casualties in Lebanon. Lebanese nationals who wish to come to the UK can do so via the existing range of routes available.Any application for a UK visa will be assessed against the requirements o...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications Cables: CopperDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to support utility companies in (a) removing and (b) recycling redundant copper cables following infrastructure upgrades.
Answer: The Government hopes to see as much as possible of the copper network reused for other purposes. For example, the Government welcomes the recent commercial deal between BT Group and a recycling company to repurpose legacy copper cables that are being repl...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: DisabilityMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to take steps to help ensure the parents and guardians of disabled children are able to access (a) Child Trust Funds and (b) Junior ISAs.
Answer: Where a young adult lacks mental capacity, including due to a disability, the law requires parents or a guardian to have legal authority to make decisions on their behalf about financial assets or property. This includes in relation to accessing funds hel...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review licensing arrangements for children's homes in densely populated residential areas.
Answer: It is essential that there are enough children’s homes for those vulnerable children who need residential care, and that these homes are in the areas children live so they can stay as part of their wider communities. All homes must register with Ofsted an...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to (a) review and (b) reform civil legal aid.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the civil legal aid sector and are keen to work closely with practitioners and their representative bodies to look at how best we can address this.We want to understand the different ways in whi...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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