Rachael Maskell MP: written questions
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Higher Education: HarassmentDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many notifications has the Office for Students received relating to harassment and sexual misconduct since Condition E6 came into effect; what proportion of the total number of notifications this is; and wh
Answer: The Office for Students (OfS) operates independently of the government, and is responsible for regulating higher education (HE) providers in England, including compliance with the Harassment and Sexual Misconduct registration condition E6.The department d...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOffice for Students: RegulationDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the evidential basis used by the Office for Students when deciding when to use its regulatory powers.
Answer: The Office for Students (OfS) is an independent regulator with autonomy to decide how and when to use its regulatory powers, including the gathering and use of evidence. The department does not therefore hold information on the evidential basis used by th...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: GazaHome OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will confirm whether the expediting of Visas and support for exiting Gaza for Chevening and full scholarship offer holders for Gazan students will be extended to the next academic year.
Answer: The Government is continuing to keep this policy, and its impacts, under review.
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordClimate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) wetland restoration, (b) tree planting and (c) other nature-based solutions to mitigate (i) flood and (ii) heat risks.
Answer: Nature-based solutions offer sustainable approaches to environmental challenges, delivering benefits for nature, communities, water security, water quality, and flood resilience, including measures such as tree planting and wetland restoration. The Enviro...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: Climate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) water supply systems and (b) other critical infrastructure are resilient to projected climate impacts.
Answer: In the Water White Paper, the Government set out our commitment to developing statutory resilience standards, which will be brought forward through the Clean Water Bill announced in the King’s Speech. These standards will require companies to undertake lo...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WeatherDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the resilience of the NHS to (a) heatwaves, (b) flooding and (c) other climate-related risks.
Answer: Climate change poses a growing risk to population health and to the National Health Service’s ability to deliver services, including through heatwaves, flooding, and other adverse weather events. Following the publication of the 2025 Health and Climate Ad...
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is being provided to local authorities to retrofit existing housing stock to improve climate resilience, in the context of the Climate Change Committee’s Well Adapted UK report.
Answer: For low income and social households, the Warm Homes: Local Grant and Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund provides funding to support the installation of technologies including heat pumps alongside solar PV, batteries and insulation. From 2027/2028 we plan to...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPride in Place ProgrammeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to allocate future Pride in Place grants; and if he will use the lower tier indices of deprivation to provide support to communities.
Answer: Our £5.8 billion Pride in Place programme is supporting 284 communities across the UK with up to £20 million in funding to address the local issues that matter most to them. The neighbourhoods have been selected using a robust methodology which identified...
Answered 27 May 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to measure the productivity of integrated care boards.
Answer: Information on the approach taken to the assessment of integrated care boards is available at the following links:https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/annual-assessment-of-integrated-care-boards-2025-26-supporting-guidance/https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-o...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of elective surgery undertaken in the independent sector; and how this compares in numerical terms and as a percentage with each of the last 5 years.
Answer: The following table shows information relating to elective episodes with procedures, which includes elective surgery alongside other procedures which may be performed elsewhere:Operational YearEpisodes with a procedure in independent sector providersEpiso...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people on NHS waiting lists have been removed (a) in total, (b) because they were a duplicate appointment, (c) because the person had deceased or (d) for any other reason other than receiv
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly Referral to Treatment (RTT) data, including information on completed pathways and overall changes to the waiting list.In 2025/26, 21.8 million pathways were removed from the waiting list. Of these, 18.6 million were completed...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the Casey Review of Social Care, and when does he expect the publication of the stage 1 report on this.
Answer: The Independent Commission into Adult Social Care (“the Commission”) is making good progress. In March, Baroness Casey highlighted several issues she had identified within the adult social care system and called for immediate action in three key areas: sa...
Answered 26 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when will he publish the MSF on Palliative Care.
Answer: The Government is developing a Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End of Life Care for England, with a planned publication of the full report in autumn 2026. This will be aligned with the ambitions set out in the last year’s published ...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the Palliative Care MSF; and what plans he has to consult on his proposals on this.
Answer: The Government is developing a Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End of Life Care in England. The MSF is a clinically led, evidence-based framework to support sustained improvements in outcomes for patients and carers, including by re...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: PalantirDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if providers do not wish to engage with Palantir's FDP, what steps is he taking to ensure that they can procure alternative services.
Answer: The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information across the National Health Service from different systems, into a single secure environment. This integration improves care coordination, expands treatment options, and leads to enhance...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: PalantirDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are required under the Palantir Federated Data Platform contract to end the contract.
Answer: The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care to improve outcomes for patients.To date, 24 integrate...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: PayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Water Company Executive Members do not have salaries and bonuses subsidised by parent companies.
Answer: The Government is strengthening transparency and accountability in the water sector. Ofwat recently consulted on tightening executive remuneration reporting requirements. Companies are now required to publicly report the total remuneration received by eac...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a single pensioner's household income could be less than that of a couple and the couple could be entitled to the Winter Fuel Allowance where the single pensioner was not.
Answer: Winter Fuel Payments are assessed and, where applicable, recovered on an individual basis rather than by reference to total household income. This reflects the structure of the personal tax system. Winter Fuel Payments remain a simple scheme to provide a ...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordMechanical Thrombectomy: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 11 December 2025 to Question 95988 on Mechanical Thrombectomy: Health Services, when North East and Yorkshire region will gain 24/7 access to thrombectomy.
Answer: Regional North East NHS commissioners are in active discussion with their services and a funded programme is in place to secure 24/7 access to thrombectomy this year. Services will open as soon as safe to do so.
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130096More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of the (a) appointment, (b) dismissal, (c) inquiries and (d) reviews associated with the appointment of Peter Mandelson.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130095More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to review contracts with Palentir: and if he will publish the the value of the contracts with them.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130094More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials are working on the humble Address concerning Peter Mandelson.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordFoetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 908739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder on SEND provision.
Answer: The government is prioritising early, local support for families by strengthening family services and access to high quality early education for children with additional needs. Officials from the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAphasia: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to speech and language therapy for people with primary progressive aphasia.
Answer: The provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs) and may include speech and language therapy. We expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, taking account of National Inst...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAphasia: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to Integrated Care Boards on commissioning speech and language therapy services for people with primary progressive aphasia.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving care for everyone with dementia, which is why we have funded the work of Dementia 100: Assessment Tool Pathway programme. This brings together multiple resources into a single, consolidated tool and will help simpl...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
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