Rachael Maskell MP: written questions 2024
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Sexually Transmitted InfectionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) early interventions to help tackle sexually transmitted diseases and (b) other sexual health services.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the sexual health of the nation, including access to, and quality of, sexual health services for the whole population. Public health services commissioned by local authorities in England continue to be funded throu...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual and Reproductive Health: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will maintain levels of funding for sexual health services.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the sexual health of the nation, including access to, and quality of, sexual health services for the whole population. Public health services commissioned by local authorities in England continue to be funded throu...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordNitazenes: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help reduce the use of (a) nitazenes and (b) other illicit substances in areas where there is growing use of such synthetic substances.
Answer: The Department is monitoring and responding to the threat posed by the growing levels of nitazenes and other potent synthetic drugs. It is vital that steps are taken to reduce the use of these substances, including by increasing awareness of their dangers...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordNitazenes: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle the use of nitazenes and (b) help ensure that drug users are safe in the context of trends in the use of those drugs.
Answer: A cross-Government taskforce is co-ordinating the response to the risk synthetic opioids, including nitazenes, pose to the UK. The Taskforce includes officials from the Home Office, Department for Health and Social Care, National Crime Agency, National Po...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDrugs: RehabilitationHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing harm reduction centres for drug users.
Answer: No recent assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing ‘harm reduction centres’ for drug users, including any implications for UK drug legislation. Such centres are sometimes referred to as drug consumption rooms or safer consumption fa...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of local government expenditure on tackling (a) child poverty and (b) poverty.
Answer: On 17 July, a new Ministerial Taskforce was set up to drive cross-government action on child poverty, starting with overseeing the development of our ambitious new strategy in line with the Opportunity Mission.This Government is under no illusions about t...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: RefugeesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to find additional accommodation for refugees that have been granted leave to remain.
Answer: The department is committed to working in partnership with local authorities to understand the impact of recently granted refugees and their housing needs.We also continue to work with the Home Office to see how we can improve working co-operation with lo...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing FirstMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for assessing the effectiveness of the Housing First pilot schemes.
Answer: The previous Government commissioned an evaluation of the Housing First pilots, which is currently ongoing. Reports are made available here.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordTemporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to help ensure that families are able to access emergency accommodation in areas where capacity for accommodation has been exceeded by demand during the su
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high and too many families are living in temporary accommodation. We will take the action needed to tackle this issue and develop a long-term, cross-government strategy, through working with mayors, councils and other key s...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordFood PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to assess the adequacy of the supply of food for people in poverty in summer 2024; and whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of t
Answer: We are committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We are introducing free breakfast clubs in every primary school to ensure children are fed a nutritious breakfast and are ready to learn and have created a new Mini...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that children with (a) SEND, (b) anxiety and (c) trauma can access (i) support and (ii) therapeutic services during the school holidays.
Answer: The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme funds free holiday club places for children in every local authority in England in the summ...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Academic YearDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the funding for children with SEND to help provide access to (a) activities and (b) childcare during school holidays.
Answer: The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme funds free holiday club places for children in every local authority in England in the summ...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Academic YearDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure there is adequate provision for children with SEND to access activities during school holidays.
Answer: The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme funds free holiday club places for children in every local authority in England in the summ...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Holiday Activities Fund on children living in poverty.
Answer: The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. This is why we have established a new cross-government taskforce to develop an ambitious strategy to tackle the child poverty crisis. Durin...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to extend the Holiday Activities Fund.
Answer: The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life.The department will be providing over 3 million holiday clubs places this summer and these places will support children from disadvantaged b...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to extend the Housing Support Fund.
Answer: £500 million is being provided to enable the current Household Support Fund, including funding for Devolved Administrations through the Barnett formula to be spent at their discretion. This means Local Authorities in England are receiving £421 million to ...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Domestic AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that legal aid is available to people using the family courts who have been subject to (a) financial control and (b) domestic abuse.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting victims of domestic abuse.In private family proceedings, legal aid is available for child arrangements, financial remedy proceedings and divorce for domestic abuse victims, including those subjected to economic ab...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that the family court system (a) provides adequate support for court users who have experienced abuse by their (i) partner and (ii) former partner and (b) cannot be misused by p
Answer: This Government is committed to halving incidences of violence against women and girls; a key element of this is ensuring that the courts are safe and supportive environments for victims, including within the family court.We are committed to supporting ch...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to the letter from the former Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee on the Men's health inquiry to his predecessor, published on 23 May 2024.
Answer: The Government will respond to the Health and Social Care Committee’s letter on the Men’s Health Inquiry. We will write to the new select committee, after considering the findings and recommendations outlined in the correspondence.
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to the letter from the former Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee entitled Future Cancer: inquiry progress to his predecessor, published on 23 May 2024.
Answer: The Department has received the letter and is reviewing the recommendations made by the former Chair of the Committee. When the Health and Social Care Committee is reconstituted in the autumn, we will consider an appropriate response at that time.
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: Prison SentencesHome OfficeTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Oral Statement of 18 July 2024 on Prison Capacity, Official Report columns 175-177, if she will commission a review into the adequacy of (a) the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Cou
Answer: The Government is currently preparing a report on the operation of a number of the public order measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (PCSC Act). This was a commitment made in parliament when the Act was passed. All other measures ...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis and ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of pancreatic cancer diagnoses; and what steps he plans to take to help support research into less treatable cancers.
Answer: The National Health Service’s latest available data shows that the number of pancreatic cancer cases diagnosed in 2021 was 9,728, compared to 9,263 in 2019, showing a gradual increase. Delivering more research is key to understanding and assessing the cha...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a strategy on the (a) research, (b) diagnosis and (c) management of cancer.
Answer: The NHS Long-Term Plan published in January 2019 sets out the National Health Service’s key ambitions on cancer, including acknowledging the importance of research and cancer management. The Plan also sets out the NHS ambition to increase the number of ca...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Third Report of the Health and Social Care Committee of Session 2023-24 on Pharmacy, HC 140, published on 29 May 2024.
Answer: My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is committed to responding to the report published by the Health and Social Care Committee ahead of his next appearance before the committee. Together we are considering the report’s rec...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBioYorkshireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans he has to meet with representatives from BioYorkshire.
Answer: I welcome the representations from the University of York setting out the opportunities from BioYorkshire. Science and Technology is key for creating growth and prosperity across the UK. DSIT and UKRI continue to support BioYorkshire to explore opportunit...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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