Paulette Hamilton MP: written questions
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Palliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of current funding on palliative care on an assisted dying service.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: impact assessment, which considers the resourcing implications of an assisted dying service on palliative and end of life care services.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Capital InvestmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what plans her Department has to provide dedicated capital funding for (a) safe, (b) modern, (c) sustainabl
Answer: On 3 February, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published the 2025/26 Local Government Finance Settlement, which sets out funding allocations for all Local Authorities, including Fire and Rescue. These allocations, which i...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to introduce new (a) opportunities and (b) training for PIP claimants who will lose their entitlement to PIP due to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment B
Answer: The Government has listened and committed to making changes to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. We will take forward reforms to PIP in a different way through the Timms review, and only make changes to PIP eligibility, activiti...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AllergiesDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current provisions for children with allergies in schools.
Answer: Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. The accompanying statutory guidance makes clear to schools what i...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in improving road safety on residential road near schools.
Answer: Active Travel England and my Department published joint School Streets Guidance in November 2024. School Streets schemes restrict motor traffic outside schools during pick-up and drop-off times; improving safety, reducing congestion and enabling more pupi...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the sustainability of (a) funding and (b) support for dementia treatment facilities.
Answer: Presently, there are limited treatment options for people with dementia. Some drugs can modify symptoms in some cases but there are currently no disease-modifying treatments approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for use ...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: DeathDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people died who had been assessed as having Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity under the Normal Rules and received a Daily Living component of Personal Independence Payment b
Answer: This information is not readily available. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to W...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DeathDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving Universal Credit assessed as having Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity died (a) in total and (b) under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness in the last yea
Answer: The Department supports people nearing the end of life through special benefit rules – called the Special Rules for End of Life (SREL). These enable people who are nearing the end of their lives to get faster, easier access to certain benefits, without ne...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: DeathDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for Personal Independence Payment were stopped due to the death of the claimant where they received a Daily Living component but less than four points for each Daily Living activity in t
Answer: This information is not readily available. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to W...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWindrush Generation: AdvocacyHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the eligibility criteria will be for the Windrush advocacy support fund; and whether Windrush groups providing advocacy will be able to apply.
Answer: This Government is determined to put right the appalling injustices caused by the Home Office’s treatment of members of the Windrush community, making sure that those affected receive the compensation they deserve quickly, and ensuring cultural change is ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWindrush Lessons Learned ReviewHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for the implementation of the Windrush lessons learned review recommendations.
Answer: This Government is determined to put right the appalling injustices caused by the Home Office’s treatment of members of the Windrush community, making sure that those affected receive the compensation they deserve quickly, and ensuring cultural change is ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWindrush Compensation SchemeHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for the review of the Windrush compensation scheme.
Answer: This Government is determined to put right the appalling injustices caused by the Home Office’s treatment of members of the Windrush community, making sure that those affected receive the compensation they deserve quickly, and ensuring cultural change is ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWindrush Compensation SchemeHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the level of legal aid provision and (b) providing alternative funding for legal representation to support Windrush compensatio
Answer: This Government is determined to put right the appalling injustices caused by the Home Office’s treatment of members of the Windrush community, making sure that those affected receive the compensation they deserve quickly, and ensuring cultural change is ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCricket: FranchisesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the English Cricket Board on the recent sale of its equity in the Hundred cricket franchises.
Answer: We want a thriving sector, with robust National Governing Bodies that can use their nationwide remit to deliver sport to people across the country. Sustainable investment is important for achieving this. The Hundred will see additional investment into gra...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTenants: Government AssistanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to support renters.
Answer: The Renters’ Rights Bill delivers our manifesto commitment to transform the experience of private renting, including by ending Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions. The Bill will improve the current system for the 11 million private renters and 2.3 million lan...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular Diseases: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support NHS patients on the waiting list with Cardiovascular Disease.
Answer: We have prioritised cutting waiting lists and getting back to the standard that at least 92% of people should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment, including those with cardiovascular disease. We recently published the Elective Reform P...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool LibrariesDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on adding the collection of school library data to the school census.
Answer: School libraries complement public libraries by giving pupils access to a range of books and other kinds of texts, both in and out of school. The national curriculum states that teachers are expected to encourage pupils to develop the habit of reading wid...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: ReadingDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to encourage pupils to read at breakfast clubs in primary schools.
Answer: The department wants to give schools the flexibility to deliver their breakfast club in the way that best meets the needs of their pupils, as well as their parents and local community, and gets the school day off to a strong start.The non-statutory guidan...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: ReadingDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance entitled The reading framework, published on 10 July 2021, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that schools develop a strong reading-for-pleasure culture.
Answer: High and rising school standards, with excellent foundations in reading, writing and mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life.We know that reading for pl...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of cancer symptoms in teenagers and young adults to improve early detection rates.
Answer: We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier, and treating it faster, so that more patients survive. This includes teenagers and young adults. We are committed to improving outcomes for all children and young people with cancer, and a...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that teenagers and young adults with cancer have consistent access to specialist psychological support; and how such plans will be implemented as part of the
Answer: We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier, and treating it faster, so that more patients survive. This includes teenagers and young adults. We are committed to improving outcomes for all children and young people with cancer, and a...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordClinical Trials: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle barriers to (a) teenagers and (b) young adults accessing clinical trials; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of this on UK
Answer: To maximise our potential to be a world leader and develop a more competitive, efficient and accessible clinical research system, the Department is committed to implementing recommendations from the Lord O'Shaughnessy independent review of commercial clin...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the use of rapid diagnostic centres and (b) otherwise help improve early diagnosis rates for (i) teenagers and (ii) young adults with cancer.
Answer: We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier, and treating it faster, so that more patients survive. This includes teenagers and young adults. We are committed to improving outcomes for all children and young people with cancer, and a...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the unique (a) medical, (b) psychological and (c) social needs of (i) teenagers and (ii) young adults with cancer are included within the NHS Long
Answer: We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier, and treating it faster, so that more patients survive. This includes teenagers and young adults. We are committed to improving outcomes for all children and young people with cancer, and a...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUrgent Treatment Centres: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional interim healthcare services to people affected by the relocation of the North Birmingham Urgent Treatment Centre to Good Hope Hospital.
Answer: The reconfiguration of services is a matter for the local National Health Service. All service changes should be based on clear evidence that they will deliver better outcomes for patients. The NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) condu...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
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