Paulette Hamilton MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Tenants: 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
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Cardiovascular 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
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School 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
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Breakfast 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
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Pupils: 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
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Cancer: 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
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Cancer: 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
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Clinical 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
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Cancer: 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
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Cancer: 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
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