Paul Davies MP: written questions
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Affordable Housing and Regional Planning and DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to (a) increase housing affordability and (b) ensure balanced regional development.
Answer: Boosting the supply of homes of all tenures must be at the heart of any strategy to improve housing affordability which is why the government’s Plan for Change includes a hugely ambitious milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUrban Areas: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44847More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to support cities outside London.
Answer: Spreading prosperity across the United Kingdom is a key pillar of the Growth Mission. The Government’s regional growth strategy will drive growth in city regions and make the most of the opportunities in each part of the country. We are supporting the pot...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Growth: Oxford-Cambridge ArcTreasuryTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44846More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to (a) develop and (b) implement growth corridor plans like the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor in other regions.
Answer: The Chancellor has recently announced the Government’s commitment to unlock growth in the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor, and the high potential sectors within it, as part of the Government’s Plan for Change. The Government believes that strengthening e...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: South EastTreasuryTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44845More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to increase growth spending on (a) transport and (b) research and development outside of the South East of England.
Answer: Investment in our transport infrastructure is key to delivering the growth mission – with this government committing to a real terms increase in transport investment in 2025-26.We have committed over £1 billion for the North and over £500m for the Midland...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSuicide: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has committed to suicide prevention in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Funding for suicide prevention is included in baseline National Health Service funding for mental health services, and is not separately identified.Between 2019/20 and 2023/24, additional funding of £57 million was provided through the NHS Long Term Plan ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSuicide: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided for suicide prevention (a) nationally and (b) locally in each financial year since 2015-16.
Answer: Funding for suicide prevention is included in baseline National Health Service funding for mental health services, and is not separately identified.Between 2019/20 and 2023/24, additional funding of £57 million was provided through the NHS Long Term Plan ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLung Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the planned reductions in headcount in NHS England and his Department do not result in disruption to the implementation of lung cancer screening.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to jointly lead this transformation. This reform is about devolving resources and responsibility to the frontline, thereby em...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLung Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March to Question 34747, whether it remains his Department's policy to reach full rollout of lung cancer screening to the eligible population by 2029.
Answer: The National Health Service is taking crucial steps to improve cancer outcomes across England, including for lung cancer. The NHS Lung Screening Cancer Programme is designed to catch more cancers earlier when they are more treatable, with the hope of savi...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLung Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March to Question 34747, when responsibility for oversight and funding of the National Lung Screening Programme will transfer from NHS England to his Department.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to jointly lead this transformation. This reform is about devolving resources and responsibility to the frontline, thereby em...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure Parkinson's services in Integrated Care Systems meet the requirements of the neurology service specifications.
Answer: We have delivered an additional two million appointments in England, seven months ahead of schedule. This includes operations, consultations, diagnostic tests, and treatments. These additional appointments have taken place across a number of specialities,...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 32628 on Parkinson's Disease: Medical Treatments, what steps he is taking to improve access to treatment for people with (a) advanced and (b) comp
Answer: We have delivered an additional two million appointments in England, seven months ahead of schedule. This includes operations, consultations, diagnostic tests, and treatments. These additional appointments have taken place across a number of specialities,...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HIV/AIDSForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle HIV-related deaths and infection, in the context of the proposed reduction in Official Development Allowance funding.
Answer: The reduced ODA settlement is for 2026/27 onwards and we will be taking a rigorous approach to ensuring all ODA delivers value for money. The impact on specific programmes will be informed by the ongoing Spending Review and departmental resource allocatio...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HIV/AIDSForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has considered alternative (a) funding strategies and (b) partnerships to help tackle HIV/AIDS, in the context of the proposed reduction in Official De
Answer: The UK remains committed to the global HIV response and regularly engages in dialogue, and works in partnership, with other likeminded countries towards achieving a collective goal of ending HIV and AIDS as a public health threat globally, including in de...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Assistance: HIV/AIDSForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with international counterparts to help tackle HIV/AIDS.
Answer: We are proud of our long-standing support to global health organisations at the core of the response to HIV and AIDS, including the Global Fund, Unitaid and UNAIDS which have helped reduce AIDS-related deaths by 69 per cent since the peak in 2004. The UK ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HIV/AIDSForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help mitigate the impact of reductions in funding for global HIV/AIDS programmes.
Answer: The reduced ODA settlement is for 2026/27 onwards and we will be taking a rigorous approach to ensuring all ODA delivers value for money. The impact on specific programmes will be informed by the ongoing Spending Review and departmental resource allocatio...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the New Business Growth Service is going to be launched.
Answer: The new Business Growth service will simplify the government’s business support ecosystem to ensure businesses get the support they need with local delivery at its heart and all underpinned by an improved online service. This will help deliver the governm...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has consulted with independent retailers on the development of the New Business Growth Service.
Answer: The new Business Growth Service will regularly review user feedback to ensure it delivers what businesses need to support their growth and productivity. My department is therefore engaging widely with stakeholders, especially entrepreneurs and small busin...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to hold integrated care boards to account for meeting their statutory duty and implementing policy frameworks on children’s palliative care.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, including for children and young people, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual and Reproductive HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a Sexual Health Action Plan.
Answer: We are committed to improving sexual heath in England, and the Department, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), NHS England, and a broad range of system partners are working together to develop a new HIV Action Plan, which we aim to publish this year. A...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of literacy programs in prisons.
Answer: We have robust evidence on the positive benefits of education to reducing reoffending, however, we don’t have specific evidence for the link between literacy levels and reoffending. We are currently improving our understanding of factors influencing parti...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is provided to prison staff to support literacy education.
Answer: Improving literacy education, including reading, is a priority for His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). HMPPS has established a panel of experts to provide advice on effective approaches for teaching reading in prisons. This expert panel in...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to (a) measure and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of literacy programs in prisons.
Answer: We have robust evidence on the positive benefits of education to reducing reoffending, however, we don’t have specific evidence for the link between literacy levels and reoffending. We are currently improving our understanding of factors influencing parti...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department provides support for prisoners to help them continue improving their literacy skills after release.
Answer: A key aim of His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) prison education service is to support prisoners to develop their functional literacy skills so that they can be fully rehabilitated into society upon release. Prisoners have access to local ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve literacy rates amongst prisoners.
Answer: Improving literacy education, including reading, is a priority for His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). HMPPS has established a panel of experts to provide advice on effective approaches for teaching reading in prisons. This expert panel in...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the relationship between literacy improvement and re-offending rates.
Answer: We have robust evidence on the positive benefits of education to reducing reoffending, however, we don’t have specific evidence for the link between literacy levels and reoffending. We are currently improving our understanding of factors influencing parti...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
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