Munira Wilson MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Climate Change: International CooperationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to secure further International Climate Finance commitments from member states at COP29.
Answer: This Government is committed to restoring the UK’s global leadership on climate and nature. We are honouring the existing commitment on our pledge to spend £11.6bn in International Climate Finance between April 2021 and March 2026 including at least £3bn ...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRenewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a just transition to a renewable energy based economy.
Answer: The Government is actively coordinating its efforts to ensure a just transition, enabling workers to benefit from the economic opportunities arising from our shift to net zero. To support this, it has established the Office for Clean Energy Jobs, which ai...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to publish the 2023-24 report on the state of prison estate.
Answer: We are considering when and how to publish an ad-hoc report on the prison estate conditions survey, which will contain summary information.In addition, we have also committed to publish a 10-year capacity strategy by the end of 2024 which will outline the...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCare LeaversDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) continue and (b) expand the Staying Close programme.
Answer: This government is committed to providing support for care leavers to ensure they have the practical and emotional support they need as they move towards independence. The department is currently providing £23 million this financial year for 47 local auth...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Staying Close funding scheme on prospects of children leaving the care system.
Answer: Within the 2022/23 to 2024/25 financial years, the department is providing £53 million to 47 local authorities and three private providers to deliver the Staying Close programme. The programme supports care leavers to find and maintain move-on accommodati...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to continue funding the Staying Close programme after April 2025.
Answer: This government is committed to providing support for care leavers to ensure they have the practical and emotional support they need as they move towards independence. The department is currently providing £23 million this financial year for 47 local auth...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMaternity PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of statutory maternity pay cases per constituency in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (d) 2024.
Answer: Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is delivered through HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), rather than the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). We do not hold information on SMP cases per constituency, however a breakdown by region, supplied by HMRC, is below. ...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the respiratory syncytial virus vaccination programme does not include people who are 80 and over.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for York Central on 14 October 2024 to Question 7797.
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8878More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether independent education settings for people over the age of 19 will be VAT-exempt.
Answer: As set out in our manifesto and confirmed in the Chancellor’s July statement, we are ending the VAT break for private schools. The government will introduce 20% VAT on education and boarding services provided for a charge from 1 January 2025. As per the d...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8877More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether independent school fees for people over the age of 18 who are (a) in education and (b) have an Education Health and Care Plan will by exempt from VAT.
Answer: As set out in our manifesto and confirmed in the Chancellor’s July statement, we are ending the VAT break for private schools. The government will introduce 20% VAT on education and boarding services provided for a charge from 1 January 2025. As per the d...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Capital InvestmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a time series of the capital grants allocated to General Practices for refurbishment and replacement by NHS England under the Primary Care capital grants policy, since 2015.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. We have commissioned NHS England for this information and will provide an update once we receive the reply.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment the Cabinet Committee on the Future of Work has made of the potential merits of improving employment rights for kinship carers.
Answer: The Government greatly values kinship carers who come forward to care for children who cannot live with their parents. The Government has committed in the Plan to Make Work Pay to review the system of parental leave to ensure that it better supports worki...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for publishing the findings of her Department's review of level 3 qualifications.
Answer: The review of Qualifications Reform has already begun and will focus on Level 3 qualifications currently scheduled to have funding removed on 31 July 2025. It will aim to ensure that there are a range of high quality qualifications at Level 3 alongside T ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for carrying out her Department's proposed review of level 3 qualifications.
Answer: The review of Qualifications Reform has already begun and will focus on Level 3 qualifications currently scheduled to have funding removed on 31 July 2025. It will aim to ensure that there are a range of high quality qualifications at Level 3 alongside T ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 July 2024 on Technical Qualifications Reform, UIN HCWS22, what the scope of the review is.
Answer: The review of Qualifications Reform has already begun and will focus on Level 3 qualifications currently scheduled to have funding removed on 31 July 2025. It will aim to ensure that there are a range of high quality qualifications at Level 3 alongside T ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLord Wharton of YarmDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what were the terms of departure of Lord Wharton from his role as Chairman of Office for Students.
Answer: Lord Wharton resigned as chair of the Office for Students (OfS) on 9 July 2024.Lord Wharton’s resignation was accepted by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, who swiftly appointed Sir David Behan as temporary chair of the OfS while...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what resources she is allocating to new measures to achieve the recruitment of 6,500 additional teachers.
Answer: The within-school and -college factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcome is high quality teaching, but there are shortages of qualified teachers across the country. This is why this government will work with the sector to deliver its p...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers.
Answer: The within-school and -college factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcome is high quality teaching, but there are shortages of qualified teachers across the country. This is why this government will work with the sector to deliver its p...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to recruit 6500 teachers; and what her Department's planned timetable is for this recruitment.
Answer: The within-school and -college factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcome is high quality teaching, but there are shortages of qualified teachers across the country. This is why this government will work with the sector to deliver its p...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChad: Debts Written OffTreasuryTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7552More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on how much debt relief Chad has received from external private creditors through the G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments.
Answer: Chad agreed a debt treatment with its official bilateral creditors and its main private creditor, Glencore, in November 2022. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the treatment is consistent with the commitments made by Chad and parameters ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a Community Right to Buy scheme.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating thriving high streets and community spaces. Through the English Devolution Bill, we will introduce a new Community Right to Buy to help local people to acquire valued community spaces if they come up for sale, keepi...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity AssetsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review legislation on Assets of Community Value.
Answer: Community spaces have a significant role to play in developing social networks, encouraging community participation, and promoting civic pride. The Assets of Community Value scheme in England provides communities with a route to protect cherished communit...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGeothermal Power: Cost EffectivenessDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) costs of geothermal energy.
Answer: We know that to achieve net zero, we must look at how we can accelerate the potential of all low carbon technologies including geothermal. The Government understands that geothermal can play a role in our decarbonisation ambitions particularly as a low ca...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of extending the cervical screening programme beyond the age of 65.
Answer: There are currently no plans to make an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of extending the age of the National Health Service’s cervical screening programme beyond 65 years old. The UK National Screening Committee reviewed the evidence to screen women ...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing women over the age of 65 to request a cervical smear.
Answer: There are currently no plans to make an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of extending the age of the National Health Service’s cervical screening programme beyond 65 years old. The UK National Screening Committee reviewed the evidence to screen women ...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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