Rachael Maskell MP: written questions
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Pension Credit: PublicityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans that pensioners will receive a letter from her Department on eligibility to sign up for pension credit.
Answer: Starting this month pensioners in England and Wales will receive a letter informing them of the change in eligibility to the Winter Fuel Payment and encouraging them to check their eligibility for Pension Credit. Similar letters to pensioners in Scotland ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: PublicityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the schedule is for the advertising campaign for pension credit sign up.
Answer: Alongside our continuing work with key stakeholders, for which the Pension Credit week of action (2 -6 September) was a focal point, DWP has also launched paid marketing activity to promote Pension Credit. The activity, which is aimed at potential pension...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed Pension Credit in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: Internal Pension Credit operational information is not currently produced monthly, but rather weekly. Please find data from 4th September 2023 up to the end of week commencing 30th September 2024. This data is a longer time series of the ad hoc statistics...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWitnesses: ComplaintsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to give indirect witnesses of criminal offences that have taken place on social media standing in law to complain to the (a) Police and (b) Independent Office for P
Answer: Any individual is entitled, and should be encouraged, to report anything they believe to be criminal behaviour, however they became aware of it, to the police.Section 12 of the Police Reform Act 2022 sets out that to use the police complaints system, a pe...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit PricesHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol.
Answer: Under our Health Mission, this government is committed to prioritising public health measures to support people to live longer, healthier lives.We are continuing to work closely across government to better understand what can be done to address the driver...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent alcohol use among children and young people.
Answer: Our mission-based approach will ensure that every child has the best start in life and that we create the healthiest generation of children ever. Statutory guidance on relationships, sex, and health education requires all primary and secondary schools to ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of funding available for the provision of harm reduction programmes by alcohol and drug services.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for commissioning services to prevent, mitigate and treat alcohol and drug related health harm, based upon local need. The Department is continuing to invest in improvements to local alcohol and drug treatment services to...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support people who have alcohol dependencies.
Answer: A vital part of delivering the Health Mission shift to prevention will be action to reduce the harms from excess alcohol consumption. The Department is continuing to invest in improvements to local alcohol treatment services to ensure those in need can ac...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of people available to foster children in the care system.
Answer: This government is committed to working in partnership with local authorities to recruit more foster carers. This includes delivering ten regional fostering recruitment and retention hubs, covering 64% of local authorities in England. The hubs will transf...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdoption: Children in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help encourage more people to become adopters of children in the care system.
Answer: The government is committed to working with Regional Adoption Agencies, groups of local authorities joining up to deliver adoption services, to ensure that children waiting to be adopted are placed with a loving family as quickly as possible. In 2024/25, ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle longer waiting times for adoption experienced by (a) disabled children, (b) Black, Asian and ethnic minority children, (c) older children and (d) children with other prot
Answer: The government is committed to working with Regional Adoption Agencies, groups of local authorities joining up to deliver adoption services, to ensure that children waiting to be adopted are placed with a loving family as quickly as possible. In 2024/25, ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFast Food: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce a ban on fast food outlets near schools.
Answer: As part of a consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, undertaken from 30 July to 24 September 2024, the Government sought views on how national planning policy could better support local authorities in promoting heathy c...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAnti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to identify good practice in interagency working between local authorities, the police and the voluntary sector in tackling anti-social behaviour.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission. We will put thousands of neighbourhood police and community support officers into local communities. and crack down on those causing havoc o...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity health servicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to pilot the community delivery of secondary care services.
Answer: Some services traditionally delivered in secondary care, such as particular diagnostic tests, are already being delivered in the community. Services delivered in the community which can support reductions in acute care demand or hospital occupancy, for ex...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of services being delivered in the community instead of in secondary care;, and how he plans to take account of such monitoring in his response
Answer: Some services traditionally delivered in secondary care, such as particular diagnostic tests, are already being delivered in the community. Services delivered in the community which can support reductions in acute care demand or hospital occupancy, for ex...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he plans to provide for community mental health hubs in the next three financial years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information centrally.Investment in NHS community services for children and adults is subject to the outcome of future spending reviews.
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of capacity in (a) the ambulance service and (b) emergency departments on trends in the level of excess deaths in (i) York and (ii) the UK.
Answer: The method used by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the Office for National Statistics, does not allow an assessment to be made of the potential influence of capacity in the ambulance service and emergency departments on estimates of ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTaxis: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to ban price surging in the taxi trade.
Answer: The Government keeps all policies under review and is aware of stakeholder concerns about the current legislative and regulatory framework for taxis and private hire vehicles. To increase consistency in standards, the Department for Transport issues guida...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce (a) enhanced and (b) consistent standards for taxi licensing across all local authorities.
Answer: The Government keeps all policies under review and is aware of stakeholder concerns about the current legislative and regulatory framework for taxis and private hire vehicles. To increase consistency in standards, the Department for Transport issues guida...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTaxis: RegulationDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to end cross-border hiring practices by licensed taxis.
Answer: The Government keeps all policies under review and is aware of stakeholder concerns about the current legislative and regulatory framework for taxis and private hire vehicles. To increase consistency in standards, the Department for Transport issues guida...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that annual increases in fees paid by leaseholders to management are capped in line with inflation.
Answer: The level of service charge that leaseholders pay depends on many factors, including the terms of a lease, and the age and condition of a building. As a result, the cost of repairs, maintenance of common areas, and management fees vary considerably. Placi...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordYoung Futures HubsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made in establishing a network of youth hubs; and what steps she is taking to support existing youth provision to work with youth hubs.
Answer: This Government is committed to giving all young people the chance to reach their full potential and we recognise the importance of early intervention to ensure young people can live safe and healthy lives.Fundamental to this is the delivery of the Young ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has on the negotiations for a new NHS dentistry contract.
Answer: To rebuild dentistry in the long term and increase access to National Health Service dental care, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists.There are no perfect payment systems and careful co...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment on reducing particulate matter in the air.
Answer: The Department works closely with departments across the Government to improve public health. The Department of Health and Social Care has regular engagement with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at both a ministerial and an official...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDiabetesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement a strategy to reduce levels of (a) diabetes and (b) complications as a result of diabetes.
Answer: The Department has no current plans to publish a written strategy on the prevalence of, and complications arising from, diabetes. However, we are taking important steps to prevent type 2 diabetes and to improve care for people living with diabetes. The NH...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
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