Rachael Maskell MP: written questions
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Creative EuropeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of rejoining Creative Europe.
Answer: Our arts and creative industries significantly bolster the UK’s economic prosperity, contributing 5.7% of the UK’s total Gross Value Add in 2022 (£124.6 billion). These sectors enrich citizens’ lives, and play a vital role in presenting the UK as an attra...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordMusicians: EU CountriesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Secretary of State for the Home Department on (a) tours in European Union countries by UK musicians and (b) tours in
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is committed to working closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Home Office, Cabinet Office and other relevant Whitehall departments to address key issues for our outstanding world-class m...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will restore the parameters for spending of overseas development aid to its previous criteria.
Answer: Official Development Assistance (ODA) is an international standard used to measure aid flows to developing countries. Spend classified as ODA must meet the definition and rules that are set and governed by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). ...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidTreasuryTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1702More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on Official Development Assistance.
Answer: This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Property Management CompaniesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to create statutory standards for management agencies of leasehold properties.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to cap (a) management and (b) service costs to leaseholders.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consult on issues facing leaseholders prior to bringing forward legislation.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy to bring forward legislative proposals to convert existing leasehold properties to commonhold.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordGround RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to end ground rent.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Health: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce tooth brushing education for parents of infants from teething age until three years old.
Answer: In England, local authorities are responsible for assessing oral health needs, developing oral health strategies, and commissioning oral health improvement programmes for children in their local area.The Better Health Start for Life website offers expecta...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Coastal Areas and Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to end the proposed use of NHS Dental Vans.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges patients face when trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments, and to recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To r...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to accelerate the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan targets to recruit more NHS staff.
Answer: Domestic training places have not kept pace with increases in demand for workforce and bringing in the staff we need will take time. We have committed to delivering the Long Term Workforce Plan to ensure that the National Health Service has the staff it n...
Answered 13 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordEmergency Calls: Mental HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Right Care, Right Person on ambulance services.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment of the impact of Right Care, Right Person (RCRP) on ambulance services. The resourcing required to implement RCRP will vary depending on local agreements between multi-agency partners. As part of the preparations ...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Sick LeaveDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce staff sickness in (a) emergency departments, (b) the ambulance service and (c) the NHS generally.
Answer: Sickness absence is managed at organisational level across the National Health Service. NHS organisations have their own policies and procedures in place to manage and reduce sickness absence, including any reasonable adjustments to allow people to return...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Victim Support SchemesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will update the Victim's Code so that children who have experienced sexual exploitation are able to access immediate professional psychological help.
Answer: The Victims’ Code sets out the services and support that victims and survivors of crime are entitled to receive from the criminal justice system in England and Wales.Currently, under the Code, all victims and survivors, including children, are entitled to...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support NHS trusts which are seeking a new hospital in the next 10 to 15 years.
Answer: The Government is concerned by the condition of hospital infrastructure across the National Health Service estate and acknowledges there was significant interest among NHS trusts to join the New Hospital Programme (NHP). We recognise that change is desper...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for the Health and Care Worker visa on the ability of social care employers to recruit staff.
Answer: The Department does not intend to make a specific assessment of the impact of the eligibility criteria on the ability of social care employers to recruit staff. The Government will continue to monitor workforce capacity in the sector closely, including th...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce standardised training for staff working in social care.
Answer: Enhancing skills for staff working in social care is of critical importance, and we want care to be both personalised and of outstanding quality. We are currently reviewing our approach and will work with the sector and other interested organisations, suc...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Career DevelopmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national career framework for social care staff that is integrated with the job-evaluated Agenda for Change pay and conditions
Answer: Those working in social care have been ignored for too long, and so will be at the heart of our initial reforms. We will start by engaging with care workers and trade unions to deliver a long over-due new deal, which will include establishing the first ev...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Royal CommissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to establish a royal commission on social care.
Answer: The Government is determined to tackle the challenges facing adult social care. We want everyone to live an independent, dignified life, which is why we are committed to reform and will take steps to create a National Care Service.We will be setting out m...
Answered 14 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: North SeaTreasuryTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1301More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her policy is on divesting North Sea oil and gas production.
Answer: The Government is strongly committed to the net zero transition, but it is clear that North Sea oil and gas production will be with us for decades to come. The Government will manage the North Sea in a way that manages existing fields for their lifespan a...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordOil: RussiaDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has he made of the feasibility of replacing Russian crude oil imported through a third country with renewable and sustainable energy production.
Answer: All importers of oil and oil products into the UK must provide proof of origin to demonstrate that goods are not of Russian origin to enforcement authorities. The Government is committed to ensuring that third countries are not used by Russia to evade san...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordTankers: English ChannelDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring that oil tankers that pass through the English Channel are adequately insured.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of addressing the safety and security of vessels that transit through the English Channel, such as the possible environmental threat posed by oil tankers in the Russian ‘shadow fleet’. At the recent European Politi...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordRussia: OilForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the potential merits of dis-investing from oil products which originated from R
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office works closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to ensure the effective design and implementation of relevant sanctions. The action the UK and its partners have taken to limit Russian ene...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordRussia: Freezing of AssetsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on repurposing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Answer: This Government is clear that Russia is responsible for its illegal war in Ukraine. That includes its obligations under international law to pay for the damage it has caused in Ukraine. Together with our G7 partners, we have agreed to make available appro...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
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