Rachael Maskell MP: written questions
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Electric Vehicles: Charging PointsTreasuryTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 14884More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of backdated VAT refunds if HMRC’s appeal against the March 2026 tax tribunal ruling on public EV charging is unsuccessful.
Answer: HMRC is not currently able to estimate the potential VAT repayments that may arise from the ongoing litigation concerning public EV charging. This is because the extent of any repayments will depend on precise findings and details yet to be set out in the...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPostpartum HaemorrhageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve understanding of the reasons for the rise in postpartum haemorrhage rates.
Answer: NHS England is working to improve the timely clinical response to obstetric haemorrhage through the Maternal Care Bundle, which aims to improve the management of haemorrhage through timely identification, escalation, and response to obstetric bleeding, al...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLadders: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the number of deaths resultant from falls from a ladder and (b) improve the safety of people working from heights.
Answer: Falls from height, including from ladders, remain a leading cause of fatal injury. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) treats this as a core enforcement priority. To reduce deaths from falls from a ladder, HSE enforces the Work at Height Regulations 200...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for a list of the number of animal experimentations carried out on each species over each of the last 3 years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes annual statistics on scientific procedures involving living animals in Great Britain which include the number of scientific procedures carried out and broken down by species for each year, available at: www.gov.uk/go...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordKing's Guards: UniformsMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken recent steps to help end the use of bear skins in the King’s Guard caps.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence remains committed to using human made materials to replace natural fur where they provide a suitable, affordable and sustainable alternative and continues to welcome submissions of test results, from a testing house accredited by t...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Housing CooperativesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how is he supporting housing cooperatives to have access to community energy schemes.
Answer: Housing cooperatives can access schemes where they meet the criteria for community energy groups, and the Department continues to engage with the sector to ensure our support reflects the needs of different community ownership models.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Housing CooperativesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will (a) review the tariff for energy for domestic properties which are part of housing cooperatives and (b) bring it into line with domestic property energy tariffs.
Answer: The Government recognises that some households, including those in housing cooperatives, may be supplied through arrangements that differ from standard domestic energy contracts, where the consumer does not have a direct relationship with their supplier. ...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to improve the response times of ICBs to MP’s enquiries.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for managing enquiries from Members of Parliament, including ensuring timely and appropriate responses. We expect ICBs to manage these relationships effectively as part of their wider accountability to local c...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how will he ensure ICBs work closely with MPs.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for managing their own local relationships, including engagement with Members of Parliament, in their areas. We expect ICBs to work constructively with MPs to ensure that local health services are responsive t...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of combined authority mayors on ICBs.
Answer: Subject to its passage through Parliament, the Health Bill will provide for at least one integrated care board (ICB) member to be nominated by the mayor of each mayoral strategic authority in the ICB’s footprint.As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, this...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to assess the performance of ICBs.
Answer: The NHS Oversight Framework provides a consistent and transparent approach to assessing National Health Service organisations. The framework for 2026/27 is designed to drive medium-term system transformation while maintaining operational performance track...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: CooperativesDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has made of the use of care cooperatives in the delivery of social care to displace the for profit sector.
Answer: Regional Care Cooperatives (RCCs) are part of a package of measures we are introducing to rebalance the children’s social care placements market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, shine a light on the level of profit being made and bring...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made by the Casey Review into social care.
Answer: In March 2026, Baroness Casey highlighted several issues she had identified within the adult social care system and called for immediate action in three key areas, safeguarding, dementia, and motor neurone disease. The Government is now working at pace to...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services Safety Investigations BodyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration has he made of the potential merits of maintaining HSSIB.
Answer: The Health Bill includes clauses to strengthen patient safety by transferring the Health Services Safety Investigations Body’s investigation functions into the Care Quality Commission.This follows the review of patient safety across the health and care la...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealthwatchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of maintaining Healthwatch alongside increased levels of lived experience inclusion in commissioning processes.
Answer: The Government recognises the valuable role Healthwatch has played in supporting patient and public involvement. However, Dr Penny Dash’s independent review of the patient safety landscape found the current system is too fragmented and does not always tur...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: Minority Groups and TravellersDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to implement the recommendation of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2024 to help tackle attainment gaps and improve education attainment of children belon
Answer: The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ white paper establishes our plan to improve outcomes for all children and tackle unacceptable disparities in attainment. Our ambition is that all children achieve higher standards and the disadvantage gap is halved...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was to access Community Dental Services for (a) children (b) adults under the Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust area in each of the last 5 years.
Answer: Data on waiting times for National Health Service dental treatment is not held centrally so it is not possible to provide information for the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board area.Community Dental Services provide care to patients who may ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions there were for dental treatment for (a) children (b) adults at York Teaching Hospital in each of the last 5 years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs) where the main operative procedure was a dental procedure, by patient age group in each year from 2021/22 to 2025/26 in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation T...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve children's access to dental care in York Central constituency.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan for England confirms that child dental health is a priority. The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry, to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to i...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Yorkshire and the HumberDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for a dental appointment was in the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB area in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Data on waiting times for National Health Service dental treatment is not held centrally so it is not possible to provide information for the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board area.Patients in England are not registered with a NHS dental pr...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordObesity: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the workforce required to support the safe delivery of NHS weight loss medication services, including the management of nutritional complications.
Answer: NHS England undertook workforce modelling to support the implementation of tirzepatide, brand name Mounjaro, for obesity management as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Funding Variation planning process.The modelling conside...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordObesity: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS clinical pathways for patients prescribed weight loss medications require access to dietary and nutritional support, including referral to dietetic services.
Answer: Weight loss medicines were initially only available through National Health Service specialist weight management services. In specialist services, patients receive wraparound care from a multidisciplinary team providing nutritional, psychological, and med...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether current workforce planning assumptions for prevention and long term condition management services specify roles for (a) individual allied health professions and (b) dietitians; and whether
Answer: The forthcoming 10 Year Workforce Plan will set out how the Government will ensure the National Health Service workforce is equipped to deliver the ambitions set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, including the shift towards prevention and from hospitals to ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: HarassmentDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Office for Students will consider requiring public data reporting from higher education institutions to support enforcement of E6.
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 recordHigher Education: HarassmentDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Office for Students has taken enforcement action or opened up investigations into any higher education institutions relating to the E6 regulation since it came into force.
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
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