Rachael Maskell MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Children: AsylumDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that unaccompanied children arriving in the UK are (a) safeguarded by local authorities and (b) placed in appropriate fostering placements.
Answer: An unaccompanied child will become looked after by the local authority after having been accommodated under section 20(1) of the Children Act 1989 for 24 hours. This will mean that they will be entitled to the same local authority provision as any other l...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling Ukrainian refugees who are living in the UK to obtain the right to remain.
Answer: This Government stands with Ukraine and is committed to providing stability for those we have welcomed to the UK and those who still need our sanctuary.To provide certainty to those who have been provided with temporary sanctuary in the UK under the exist...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SlaveryHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support people who arrive in the UK as a result of being trafficked to apply for asylum.
Answer: The Home Office is committed to identifying and safeguarding those who are exploited or vulnerable in the United Kingdom. All operational staff complete the required Home Office Modern Slavery First Responders training. This content was developed by the H...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordShort-term Holding FacilitiesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a limit on the period of time that someone can remain in a short-term hold facility.
Answer: There are already time limits on detention in short-term holding facilities.Section 147 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 defines a short-term holding facility as a place where a detained person may be detained for not more than 7 days, or such other...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the non-criminal reasons are that could be lead to a person claiming asylum being deported.
Answer: An asylum seeker whose claim is unsuccessful and has exhausted any appeal rights will be liable for removal where they have no permission to remain in the UK. A person may also be deported on the ground that it is conducive to the public good, which can f...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what offences would require an asylum seeker to be deported.
Answer: All foreign nationals, including asylum seekers and refugees, can and do face prosecution for criminal offences in the same way as any other individual in the UK, and routinely have their immigration status reviewed if convicted.Under existing legislation...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the safe and legal routes for asylum seekers to enter the UK.
Answer: Those individuals who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.Information on the UK’s safe and legal routes is published on gov.uk.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordXanomeline/Trospium ChlorideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Cobenfy; and whether he is taking steps to licence this medication in the UK.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has not received an application for the Market Authorisation of Cobenfy by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLong CovidDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the response by Integrated Care Boards to long Covid.
Answer: NHS England has recently completed a long COVID stocktake, aiming to provide a nationwide overview of service delivery in commissioning and contracting, assessing access, activity, and outcomes. Executive NHS England board members were updated on the curr...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Laboratory Scientific Officers: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of available training positions for qualified graduates to become registered biomedical scientists.
Answer: Decisions on the availability of graduate-entry trainee positions to become registered biomedical scientists are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level to ensure they have the right numb...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund permanent.
Answer: The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how its budget will be allocated for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being made as part of these discu...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support families that are seeking therapeutic support via the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund beyond financial year 2025-26.
Answer: The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how its budget will be allocated for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being made as part of these discu...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for announcing funding for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund for financial year 2025-26.
Answer: The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how its budget will be allocated for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being made as part of these discu...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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