Paul Davies MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Social Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle delays due to financial infeasibility in an increasing number of (a) social and (b) council house building projects.
Answer: The Government has committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.On 30 July we announced a number of changes in planning policy designed to support the delivery of affordable homes and also confirmed a...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to establish a (a) green and (b) decent homes programme.
Answer: The Government recognises the need for low carbon homes, fit for a net zero future. Future standards next year will set our new homes and buildings on a path that moves away from relying on volatile fossil fuels and ensures they are fit for a net zero fut...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question UIN 7300on Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation, what evidence informed his Department's decision not to regulate vision rehabilitation specialists
Answer: The Government has made no assessment of the potential merits of extending statutory regulation to vision rehabilitation specialists. Whilst statutory regulation is sometimes necessary where significant risks to users of services cannot be mitigated in ot...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBroadband and Mobile Phones: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of levels of (a) broadband and (b) mobile coverage in rural areas on mental health.
Answer: Everyone needs the right access, skills, support and confidence to participate in a modern digital society. Government recognises that digital inclusion can have a positive impact on social wellbeing, increasing social connectivity and enabling access to ...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure parity in the adequacy of mental health resources in (a) rural and (b) urban areas.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for providing health and care services to meet the needs of their local populations, taking into account local considerations such as access to services in rural areas.Too many people are not receiving the mental hea...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: AccessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of access to mental health provision in (a) urban and (b) rural areas.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for providing health and care services to meet the needs of their local populations, taking into account local considerations such as access to services in rural areas.Too many people are not receiving the mental hea...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Mental IllnessMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support prison leavers with severe mental illness.
Answer: We are committed to working with our partners across health and justice to better support prisoners leaving custody. Our Mental Health Approved Premises Project are piloting a partnership approach to working with people who have mental health challenges. ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a specific Action Plan for (a) cancers of the (i) brain, (ii) liver, (iii) lung, (iv) stomach, (v) oesophagus and (vi) pancreas and
Answer: Lord Darzi’s report has set out the scale of the challenges we face in fixing the National Health Service, and the need to improve cancer waiting time performance and cancer survival. The report will inform the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan to reform t...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPancreatic CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve awareness of the hereditary risk of pancreatic cancer.
Answer: NHS England is taking steps to deliver a range of interventions to improve awareness of the hereditary risk of pancreatic cancer. This includes providing a route into pancreatic cancer surveillance for those at inherited high-risk, to identify lesions bef...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local solutions to manage shortages of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy are shared nationally.
Answer: The Department has been working with suppliers to address current supply issues with Creon, which is used by patients with conditions such as cystic fibrosis and certain cancers including pancreatic cancer. The supply issues with Creon are impacting count...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7303More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to help ensure that tobacco duty contributes to the costs of (a) tobacco control and (b) public health initiatives.
Answer: The UK has some of the highest tobacco duty rates in the world, payable at £316.70 per thousand cigarettes, plus 16.5% of the retail price and £412.32 per kilogram for hand rolling tobacco. These have helped to support a significant fall in smoking preval...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for implementing the proposed changes to (a) vision rehabilitation services and (b) professional recognition.
Answer: We do not currently have plans to regulate Vision Rehabilitation Specialists. The Care Act guidance advises that local authorities should consider securing specialist qualified rehabilitation and assessment provision, whether in-house, or contracted throu...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the integration of services between secondary and social care settings to ensure a seamless route into vision rehabilitation.
Answer: The Department understands the importance of having effective rehabilitation services available when people need them to help them recover and return to their day-to-day activities and regain their quality of life.People who have sight loss to the degree ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making vision rehabilitation specialists a regulated profession.
Answer: We do not currently have plans to regulate vision rehabilitation specialists.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that vision rehabilitation services are subject to the same (a) regulation and (b) monitoring as other adult social care services.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities in England have a legal duty to support people with sight loss to develop practical skills and strategies to maintain independence.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is now assessing how local authorities are meet...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness of and (b) tackle stigma associated with (i) loneliness and (ii) mental health challenges among men.
Answer: Raising awareness of loneliness across society and reducing the associated stigma for all groups at risk of loneliness, including men, is a core part of the Government’s current approach to tackling loneliness. This includes providing loneliness advice as...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: MenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to work with (a) community organisations and (b) mental health services to support the creation of networks for men experiencing loneliness.
Answer: Chronic loneliness (feeling lonely often or always) can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender or background, although some groups, such as young people aged 16-25, are known to be at a higher risk. The government’s current work to tackle loneliness sup...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: MenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle loneliness in men aged (a) 18 to 30, (b) 30 to 60 and (c) over 60.
Answer: Chronic loneliness (feeling lonely often or always) can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender or background, although some groups, such as young people aged 16-25, are known to be at a higher risk. The government’s current work to tackle loneliness sup...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ReadingMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to provide reading support in prisons; and what programmes her Department funds to provide such support.
Answer: All prisons assess prisoner literacy on entry, and deliver English Functional Skills qualifications via the main Prison Education Framework.HMPPS also fund 62 additional literacy and reading contracts across 80 prisons via the more locally commissioned Dy...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons have a one-to-one literacy mentoring programme.
Answer: All prisons assess prisoner literacy on entry, and deliver English Functional Skills qualifications via the main Prison Education Framework.HMPPS also fund 62 additional literacy and reading contracts across 80 prisons via the more locally commissioned Dy...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons have a literacy programme.
Answer: All prisons assess prisoner literacy on entry, and deliver English Functional Skills qualifications via the main Prison Education Framework.HMPPS also fund 62 additional literacy and reading contracts across 80 prisons via the more locally commissioned Dy...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit and Universal Credit: Colne ValleyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people that applied for Pension Credit in each of the last five years were in receipt of Universal Credit at the time of their application in Colne Valley constituency.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFootball: SportsgroundsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Football Association on increasing funding for drainage works on grass pitches.
Answer: The Government is committed to helping all sports adapt to the impacts of climate change and works closely with the Football Association to improve the drainage facilities for grassroots football pitches. The Football Foundation, funded by the Government,...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFootball: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with relevant football bodies to help increase British Asian representation in football (a) on and (b) off the pitch.
Answer: We welcome the football industry’s ongoing commitment to provide fair opportunities for all. Since the publication of the independent Fan-Led Review in November 2021, the football leagues and the sport’s national governing body, the Football Association (...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFootball: Colne ValleyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) help build new grassroots football facilities and (b) renovate existing pitches for grassroots football in Colne Valley constituency.
Answer: High-quality, inclusive facilities help clubs to get more people active and by backing these clubs, the Government will support more people to get onto the pitch wherever they live.Colne Valley constituency has benefitted from £40,798 of DCMS investment a...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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