Rachael Maskell MP: written questions 2025
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Personal Independence Payment and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to assess the increased cost of (a) health and (b) social care on people following the loss of (i) PIP and (ii) Universal Credit health element.
Answer: Our plans are designed to protect the most vulnerable and give disabled people equal chances and choices to work. We will always work to ensure that the most vulnerable and severely disabled people are protected and consider how best we can support people...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to assess the impact of losing PIP to people in employment.
Answer: Approximately 17% of current PIP claimants are in employment.The Office of Budget Responsibility has committed to produce an assessment of the labour market impacts of the proposals in the Pathways to Work Green Paper at the time of the autumn budget.Info...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment SchemesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to provide support to people who are unable to secure employment after the transition period.
Answer: We are delivering the biggest investment in support for disabled people and those with health conditions in at least a generation. Our Pathways to Work Guarantee will provide work, health and skills support for disabled people and those with health condit...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department's policy that local authorities will be required to subsidise the loss of (a) PIP and (b) Universal Credit Health Element to disabled people.
Answer: Our plans are designed to protect the most vulnerable and give disabled people equal chances and choices to work. We will always work to ensure that the most vulnerable and severely disabled people are protected and consider how best we can support people...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is planning to take to support disabled people following the potential loss of (a) Universal Credit and (b) PIP.
Answer: Our plans are designed to protect the most vulnerable and give disabled people equal chances and choices to work. We will always work to ensure that the most vulnerable and severely disabled people are protected and consider how best we can support people...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to social security payments after a three month transition period on disabled people.
Answer: We are aware from working closely with health colleagues that there is increased anxiety relating to the Green Paper changes resulting in people seeking health related support.We want to reassure people that the changes to PIP will not come into effect im...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June to Question 56822 on Israel: Military Aid, whether it is his policy to take UK International Humanitarian Law assessments into account when offering Israeli defense forces person
Answer: Fewer than five IDF personnel are currently enrolled in non-combat military academic courses in the UK. The UK has a long history of providing assistance to other nations in the security and justice fields and continues to do so around the world. The Mini...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56822 on Israel: Military Aid, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of members of the UK armed forces training the IDF personnel.
Answer: Fewer than five IDF personnel are currently enrolled in non-combat military academic courses in the UK. The UK has a long history of providing assistance to other nations in the security and justice fields and continues to do so around the world. The Mini...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Voluntary OrganisationsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of funding for organisations in the voluntary community sector working in the area of sexual violence.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice provides funding for victim and witness support services, including community-based domestic abuse and sexual violence services, in addition to core funding for Police and Crime Commissioners to allocate at their discretion, based ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Voluntary OrganisationsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is her Department taking to fund voluntary community sector organisations to support people leaving prison as part of her Sentencing Review.
Answer: I recognise the valuable role of the thousands of voluntary organisations that work in partnership with probation to provide vital support to people serving their sentence in prison, in the community and people returning to the community after prison.The ...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBootham Park Hospital: Community AssetsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will release Bootham Park Hospital as a community asset to the city of York.
Answer: Bootham Park Hospital was declared surplus to National Health Service operational requirements in 2017 and was fully vacated in 2018. The NHS Property Services (NHSPS), which owns and manages the site, is required to dispose of surplus assets in accordanc...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBootham Park HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment NHS Property Services has made of the state of repair of Bootham Park Hospital.
Answer: Since the site was fully vacated in 2018, the NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has spent £5 million on holding costs, including site security, and building and grounds maintenance, for the Bootham Park Hospital site.The NHSPS has assessed that the investment...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBootham Park HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on Bootham Park Hospital since it closed in September 2015.
Answer: Since the site was fully vacated in 2018, the NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has spent £5 million on holding costs, including site security, and building and grounds maintenance, for the Bootham Park Hospital site.The NHSPS has assessed that the investment...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBootham Park HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will dispose Bootham Park Hospital to (a) the local authority and (b) other groups.
Answer: Bootham Park Hospital was declared surplus to National Health Service operational requirements in 2017 and was fully vacated in 2018. The NHS Property Services (NHSPS), which owns and manages the site, is required to dispose of surplus assets in accordanc...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Property TransferDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support local authorities to acquire property from NHS Property Services.
Answer: Bootham Park Hospital was declared surplus to National Health Service operational requirements in 2017 and was fully vacated in 2018. The NHS Property Services (NHSPS), which owns and manages the site, is required to dispose of surplus assets in accordanc...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase recruitment of social care workers.
Answer: English local authorities have responsibility under the Care Act 2014 to meet social care needs and statutory guidance directs them to ensure there is sufficient workforce in adult social care (ASC).The Government recognises the scale of reforms needed to...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to integrate the health and social care (a) workforce and (b) terms and conditions.
Answer: Much of the responsibility of the adult social care (ASC) workforce, including their terms and conditions, rests with ASC employers, who are largely private providers. The terms and conditions for National Health Service staff, including those on the Agen...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) the level of future social care need and (b) the potential impact tof this level of need on the social care (a) estate and (b) workforce.
Answer: The Department uses estimated future demand for adult social care (ASC) over a 20 year period, which is published by the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre at the London School of Economics.The Department uses these published estimates when assessing ASC c...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure (a) MPs, (b) care provider organisations, (c) VCS and (d) other stakeholders are included in the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care.
Answer: The Terms of Reference are sufficiently broad to enable the commission to independently consider how to build a social care system fit for the future. The commission is independent and will consider its own plans on how to engage with stakeholders and lea...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with care experience have direct access to mental health services.
Answer: The Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care are updating guidance on promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children to ensure children in care and care leavers receive necessary health services and mental health ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure that young people with care experience have support available from local authorities until the age of 30.
Answer: The department is committed to tackling stigma and discrimination faced by care-experienced children and young people. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce corporate parenting responsibilities for government departments and other relev...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster Care: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to recruit foster carers.
Answer: Currently, there are 10 regional fostering programmes active across England, collaborating with over 60% of all local authorities to recruit and retain foster carers. This government is committed to working in partnership with local authorities to recruit...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: Employment SchemesDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help care leavers to secure employment following education.
Answer: The department is committed to tackling stigma and discrimination faced by care-experienced children and young people. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce corporate parenting responsibilities for government departments and other relev...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: GrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set the minimum grant for young people leaving care to set up home at £3000.
Answer: The department is committed to tackling stigma and discrimination faced by care-experienced children and young people. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce corporate parenting responsibilities for government departments and other relev...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care: DiscriminationDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making care experience a protected characteristic.
Answer: The department is committed to tackling stigma and discrimination faced by care-experienced children and young people. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce corporate parenting responsibilities for government departments and other relev...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
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