Preet Kaur Gill MP: written questions 2025
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Race Equality Unit: StaffWomen and EqualitiesTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53605More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people are employed in the Race Equality Unit; and if she will publish the number of employees by ethnic group.
Answer: The Race Equality Unit currently employs 9 people. Due to the number of employees within the Race Equality Unit being below 10 we are unable to publish the ethnic group information as it would enable individuals to be identified.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: JewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the NHS holds on the number of Jewish people with breast cancer.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects and analyses diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. Further information is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs....
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of funding available to support cooperative models in international development programmes.
Answer: The Government recognises the important contribution cooperatives have made in serving local communities around the world. Cooperatives are a tried-and-tested model in international development, that can enable citizens and producers to access services or...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSuicide: SikhsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48498More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths by suicide were recorded among Sikhs in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 28th April is attached.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: JewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Jewish women who have breast cancer according to the NHS.
Answer: The information is not held in the format requested.
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLiver Diseases: SikhsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Sikhs who have liver disease according to the NHS.
Answer: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities publishes mortality data and National Health Service hospital admission rates related to liver disease in England, in public health profiles. There is no data available for the number of Sikhs who have liv...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOrgans: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department collects data on the number of people registered as organ donors who are (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) manages transplant services across the United Kingdom, and this includes the operation of the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR).NHSBT does not collect data on the religion of those on the transplant waiting list. The informat...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTransplant Surgery: JewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Jewish people who are on the register waiting for a transplant.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) manages transplant services across the United Kingdom, and this includes the operation of the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR).NHSBT does not collect data on the religion of those on the transplant waiting list. The informat...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTransplant Surgery: SikhsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Sikhs who are on the register waiting for a transplant.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) manages transplant services across the United Kingdom, and this includes the operation of the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR).NHSBT does not collect data on the religion of those on the transplant waiting list. The informat...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what resources and support are available to people who are d/Deaf (a) in preparation for and (b) during their driving (i) theory and (ii) practical tests.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) works with publishing partners, the Stationary Office, to publish The Highway Code and other materials to help people when learning to drive. The DVSA wants the content it produces to be as accessible as poss...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a dedicated Road Safety Investigation Branch to (a) investigate road deaths and incidents and (b) recommend necessary improvements.
Answer: Improving road safety is a key priority. Injuries and fatalities from road collisions caused by driving are unacceptable, and this Government is working hard to prevent these tragedies for all road users. The Department is continuing to review potential f...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) practical and (b) theory driving (i) lessons and (ii) tests are accessible for people who are d/Deaf.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) works with publishing partners, the Stationary Office, to publish The Highway Code and other materials to help people when learning to drive. The DVSA wants the content it produces to be as accessible as poss...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBaha'i Faith: PersecutionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made in efforts to decrease the number of instances of persecution on Bahai communities.
Answer: The UK champions, and remains strongly committed to, freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. Working with the Special Envoy for FoRB, David S...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: West MidlandsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of five year olds were school ready in (a) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: Children’s early years are crucial to their development, health and life chances. That is why the department’s Plan for Change set out our ambition for a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. We will measure our pr...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimeHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish an updated version of the report entitled The economic and social costs of crime second edition, published on 23 July 2018.
Answer: The Economic and Social Costs of Crime, Second Edition was published by the Home Office in July 2018. An update to the economic and social cost of fraud against individuals has since been published in the Fraud Strategy (May 2023). Together, these documen...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: West MidlandsHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms-related offences there were by the type of offence in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on offences involving firearms recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area level.These data, by offence group and type of weapon, are published in Open Data Tables, availa...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: West MidlandsHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms-related offences there were by the type of firearm in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on offences involving firearms recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area level.These data, by offence group and type of weapon, are published in Open Data Tables, availa...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: West MidlandsHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-air firearms-related offences were recorded in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last 15 years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on offences involving firearms recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area level.These data, by offence group and type of weapon, are published in Open Data Tables, availa...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: Birmingham EdgbastonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are receiving support through the Healthy Start scheme in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures for the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, which is available at ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Birmingham EdgbastonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which listed places of worship have received grants under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme in in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency since the inception of that scheme.
Answer: Reliable data from before 2022 is not available, but since August 2022, 8 listed places of worship have received awards to a total value of £46,074.27 through the grant scheme in the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency. These were St Germain’s Church receiv...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of screening relatives of people with type 1 diabetes.
Answer: The Early Surveillance for Autoimmune diabetes (ELSA) study is researching a screening programme for children, aged three to 13 years old, to detect for type 1 diabetes with a simple finger stick blood test. This looks for four antibodies, protein markers...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of levels of screening of type 1 diabetes.
Answer: The Early Surveillance for Autoimmune diabetes (ELSA) study is researching a screening programme for children, aged three to 13 years old, to detect for type 1 diabetes with a simple finger stick blood test. This looks for four antibodies, protein markers...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty Property: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42726More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help tackle the practice of landlords repeatedly occupying properties for short periods of time in order to claim further Empty Property Relief.
Answer: This government will not tolerate tax avoidance. We are committed to ensuring that every person and every business pays their fair share. Most businesses pay the rates that are due, but a minority abuse the system, through either avoidance or evasion, to ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty Property: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42725More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of practices of landlords repeatedly occupying properties for short periods of time in order to claim further Empty Property Relief on local government fin
Answer: This government will not tolerate tax avoidance. We are committed to ensuring that every person and every business pays their fair share. Most businesses pay the rates that are due, but a minority abuse the system, through either avoidance or evasion, to ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: CooperativesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential role of cooperative models in strengthening economic resilience in developing countries.
Answer: Cooperatives and producer organisations have an important role to play in enabling smallholder farmers and communities to access services and markets and raise productivity sustainably. The UK has supported cooperatives and other forms of collective actio...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
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