Olivia Blake MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Suicide: AsylumDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to improve data collection on suicide rates of (a) asylum seekers and (b) refugees.
Answer: The cross-Government suicide prevention strategy for England sets the direction for departments and a wide range of other organisations, and makes clear that nobody should be left out of suicide prevention efforts. This includes being responsive to the ne...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice of the Immigration Services Commissioner: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) respond to and (b) implement the proposals set out in the consultation entitled Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner's fee structure, published on 14 Mar
Answer: The Home Office together with the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner (OISC) ran the fees consultation for a period of 12 weeks, which closed on 5 June 2024. The consultation was designed to help best understand the impact of proposals to amend...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 9238 on Immigration: Detainees, whether the Adults at Risk review will consider the (a) Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons)
Answer: The scope of the Adults at Risk review includes the Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2024.The review forms part of the response to one of the recommendations of the Brook House Inquiry (Recommendation 9: Review of the ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRolling StockDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.72 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether she plans to hold a consultation on the rolling stock strategy.
Answer: The Government is in the early stages of formulating a rolling stock strategy. The strategy will include considerations around the timelines for new build, refurbishments, and potential cascades which will provide more visibility to the rolling stock mark...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12765More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.30 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether she plans to hold a consultation on the proposed Infrastructure Strategy.
Answer: I refer the Member for Sheffield Hallam to the reply given to the Members for Nuneaton and Warrington North, Parliamentary Questions Numbers 12277 and 12288.
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish guidance on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 8491 on 18 October 2024.
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State in her Department in debate on the Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2024 in Grand Committee in the
Answer: We intend to complete the Adults at Risk review in Spring 2025, including Rule 34 and Rule 35 of the detention centre rules.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take once the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme is introduced to a) incentivise the continuation of people hosting and b) reduce the risk of homelessnes
Answer: More than two years on, we continue to stand firm with the brave people who remain in Ukraine, and to warmly welcome those who need sanctuary in the UK.We are greatly appreciative of the overwhelming generosity shown by sponsors in accommodating guests un...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme will continue to provide thank you payments to people hosting displaced Ukrainians.
Answer: More than two years on, we continue to stand firm with the brave people who remain in Ukraine, and to warmly welcome those who need sanctuary in the UK.We are greatly appreciative of the overwhelming generosity shown by sponsors in accommodating guests un...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBreast CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of the adequacy of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence severity modifier in the context of secondary breast cancer.
Answer: The Department has no plans to conduct an equalities impact assessment on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) severity modifier, or to undertake a review of its adequacy in the context of secondary breast cancer.The NICE is respon...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBreast CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted an equalities impact assessment on the NICE severity modifier for secondary breast cancer.
Answer: The Department has no plans to conduct an equalities impact assessment on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) severity modifier, or to undertake a review of its adequacy in the context of secondary breast cancer.The NICE is respon...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNorth Sea Transition Authority: Supply ChainsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to review the North Sea Transition Authority’s Supply Chain Action Plans.
Answer: We have no current plans to review the North Sea Transition Authority’s (NSTA) Supply Chain Action Plans. These are a matter for the NSTA.
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAlternatives to Prison: Pilot SchemesHome OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) cost efficiency of alternative to detention pilot projects operated by her Department; and what assessment she has made of the potential m
Answer: The Department will keep under review the feasibility of alternative to detention pilots, taking account of effectiveness and cost efficiency, as part of our plans to transform the asylum and returns system.
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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