Rachel Gilmour MP: written questions
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Brain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of training for social care staff to (a) understand and (b) address the needs of brain injury survivors.
Answer: We intend to develop an acquired brain injury (ABI) Action or Delivery Plan, with input from NHS England and other Government departments, to be published in autumn 2025. The 10-Year Health Plan will provide the overarching plan for the future of the Nati...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether training is available through the NHS for school nurses on managing allergies and administering adrenaline auto-injectors.
Answer: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) sets the standards for education preparation for school nurses, who are registered nurses that undertake a post-graduate Specialist Public Health Nurse qualification with an NMC-approved university. School nurses wi...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: Seas and OceansDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce regulatory limits on the volume of water extracted out at sea, following the 2025 UN Ocean Conference.
Answer: This Government is committed to protecting the natural environment and will consider any relevant issues and options as they arise.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFoie Gras: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce a ban on the import of foie gras.
Answer: The Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and has made clear that the production of foie gras from ducks or geese using force feeding raises serious welfare concerns. We have been clear that we will use our Trade Strategy t...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of service for users provided by the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer: Through the Service Modernisation Programme, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has made significant improvements to both communications and digital service in order to provide separated parents a greater level of service. The online digital service 'Get...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the communication of the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer: Through the Service Modernisation Programme, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has made significant improvements to both communications and digital service in order to provide separated parents a greater level of service. The online digital service 'Get...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Education: Free School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether children with complex needs who are home educated are eligible to receive free school meals.
Answer: Free meals are available to registered pupils of state-funded schools meeting the eligibility criteria, either on school premises or at any place where education is provided.The department also expects local authorities to consider free meal provision for...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Rebuilding Programme: Tiverton High SchoolDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress phase 2 of the Schools Rebuilding Programme has made on Tiverton High School.
Answer: The department will begin working with Tiverton High School this quarter as it enters delivery. We will work closely with the Responsible Body to determine how best to proceed.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that social care reform tackles barriers faced by (a) disabled people with complex needs and (b) deafblind people.
Answer: The Government is taking forward a package of reforms to enable more people to live independently for longer, including older adults, disabled people, and those with complex needs. For example, in 2025/26, we are providing up to £3.7 billion of additional...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that deafblind people can access care needs assessments.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014 and Care and Support (Assessment) Regulations 2014, local authorities are responsible for ensuring deafblind people in their area access the right care and support. This includes making contact with and keeping a record of all deaf...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: InternetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the online NHS Dentist checker information.
Answer: National Health Service dentists are required to update their NHS website profiles at least every 90 days to ensure patients have up-to-date information on where they can access care. This includes information on whether they are accepting new patients.In...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: ReorganisationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will hold discussions with patient experience boards from integrated care boards to help inform the restructuring of (a) NHS England and (b) his Department.
Answer: The Department and NHS England are strongly committed to embedding patient experience across our work. On the transformation programme to restructure NHS England and the Department, the change is being explicitly designed to take forward the Government’s ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSevern Estuary: Tidal PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the viability of tidal range power projects in the Severn Estuary.
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has launched a research innovation project to model the impacts and value of tidal range, we are expecting the report from this work soon and will consider its findings alongside the recently published Severn Est...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on what the average processing time for a shotgun license application was in the last 12 months.
Answer: The issuing of firearms certificates and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Constables and local Police and Crime Commissioners.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: Extracurricular ActivitiesDepartment for EducationTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a duty of care on universities in relation to extra-curricular activities carried out by affiliated student groups.
Answer: The department’s position is that a duty of care in higher education (HE) may arise in certain circumstances. Such circumstances would be a matter for the courts to decide, based on the specific facts and context of the case being considered and will be d...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Pharmacy First initiative in relation to reducing the workload for GP surgeries.
Answer: National Health Service pharmaceutical services delivered in community pharmacy are subject to evaluations to assess various outcomes such as clinical appropriateness and impacts on other parts of the NHS. The National Institute of Health and Care Researc...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-teaching Staff: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of pay for non-teaching staff in further education.
Answer: This government recognises the vital role non-teaching staff play within the further education (FE) sector, helping colleges to provide support to young people at a critical stage in their education.FE colleges, rather than government, are responsible for...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of funding for state secondary schools.
Answer: The overall core schools budget is increasing by £3.7 billion in 2025/26, meaning that it will total £65.3 billion, compared to £61.6 billion in 2024/25. This is a 6% overall increase which, against the backdrop of a challenging fiscal picture, demonstrat...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of consulting with experts from the voluntary support sector during the (a) planning for and (b) piloting of mental health support teams in
Answer: As set out in the NHS Operational Planning Guidance 2025/26, integrated care boards are responsible for planning and implementing mental health support teams. Since the inception of the programme, guidance to local commissioners has been to engage with lo...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to legally redefine the term affordable housing to be linked to social rent.
Answer: To reflect this government’s priorities, the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 places greater emphasis on the delivery of Social Rent homes and includes a separate definition of Social Rent so that it is not referred...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: EpilepsyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing medical exemptions to access NHS care for dental injuries caused as a result of epileptic seizures.
Answer: There are currently no plans to extend the list of people eligible for free National Health Service dental care to include those with dental injuries caused by epileptic seizures. Free NHS dental care is available to people who meet one of the following c...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza and Occupied Territories: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Oral Statement of 20 May 2025 on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Official Report, what discussions he has had with (a) his Israeli coun
Answer: On 20 May, I summoned the Israeli Ambassador to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and made clear the UK's opposition to expanded military operations in Gaza and rising violence & intimidation by Israeli settlers against Palestinian comm...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53754More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on independent businesses in rural constituencies.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs). The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of ...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPowers of Attorney: Care HomesMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the appropriateness of the duties of care homes in relation to Lasting Powers of Attorney for residents.
Answer: Evidence indicates the overall scale of abuse using lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) is low. There were just over 8 million powers of attorney on the Office of the Public Guardian’s (OPG) register in 2023/24. It completed investigations into around 2,800...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPowers of AttorneyMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Office of the Public Guardian in investigating a person with lasting power of attorney.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has processes in place to review the performance of the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) and hold it to account. The MoJ reviews OPG performance through a system based on the Cabinet Office requirements for sponsorship of ...
Answered 28 May 2025
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