Rebecca Paul MP: written questions
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Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 32 of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's report entitled Registering historic, classic, rebuilt vehicles and vehicles converted to electric: Response summary report, published in D
Answer: Following the publication of the summary of responses to the call for evidence, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency held a very positive meeting with members of the Historic Vehicle User Group to discuss next steps. Following this meeting, members of ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road lighting schemes on (a) motorways and (b) all-purpose trunk roads were renewed at the end of their service life following completion of the TA 501 appraisal process in each of the last five years.
Answer: The answer could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 7682 on Cancer: Medical Treatments, when he plans to publish the updated NHS Commercial Framework for New Medicines.
Answer: NHS England published its updated Commercial Framework for New Medicines on 29 January 2025. The publication can be found here: NHS England » NHS commercial framework for new medicines
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: LicensingScotland OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of not issuing new oil and gas licences on economic growth in Scotland.
Answer: The UK Government recognises oil and gas production in the North Sea will be part of our energy mix for decades to come and is committed to managing the energy transition in a way that supports jobs in existing and future industries. We have a workforce t...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTransgender PeopleCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23677More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the revised Gender Reassignment policy.
Answer: The current model Gender Reassignment HR policy and guidance was issued in 2019. A review to update it was started in 2023 under the previous administration and this is ongoing. A revised version will be shared with departments in due course.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRiflesMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on designating a successor to the standard issue L85A3 service rifle.
Answer: The L85 rifle (‘SA80’) will be replaced over the coming decade through Project GRAYBURN. The project has entered the concept phase, where the capability requirements are being identified and understood in depth.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPornography: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that pornographic sites remove content that promote a sexual interest in children.
Answer: The Online Safety Act will place strict safety duties on user-to-user online platforms, including pornography-sharing sites, to proactively tackle any child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) content on their services. These sites need to start assessin...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPornography: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the role of online pornographic content in perpetuating violence against women and girls.
Answer: An independent review into online pornography regulation was tasked with understanding the impact of pornography on viewers’ attitudes towards violence against women and girls. The review has just concluded and the government is assessing its findings. Th...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPornography: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to regulate (a) online and (b) offline pornography to help meet the Government's target of halving violence against women and girls within a decade.
Answer: An independent review into online pornography regulation was tasked with understanding the impact of pornography on viewers’ attitudes towards violence against women and girls. The review has just concluded and the government is assessing its findings. Th...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPornography: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to monitor the impact of online and offline pornography on violence against women and girls.
Answer: An independent review into online pornography regulation was tasked with understanding the impact of pornography on viewers’ attitudes towards violence against women and girls. The review has just concluded and the government is assessing its findings. Th...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: Railway StationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that all defibrillators installed at train stations are (a) registered and (b) visible on The Circuit national defibrillator network website.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life saving devices. Following the depletion of the existing AED fund, launched in in September 2023,...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: Railway StationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to help ensure that emergency services are provided with up to date information on the (a) location and (b) status of defibrillators installed at train stations.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life saving devices. Following the depletion of the existing AED fund, launched in in September 2023,...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Fleet AuxiliaryMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of losses in (a) personnel and (b) ships on the capability of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Answer: Recruitment and retention of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) personnel remains a priority. We welcome the recent agreement between the Government and the Maritime Trade Unions of a pay award for the RFA, which is a significant step forward in the plan for RFA...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Fleet Auxiliary: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to (a) retain and (b) recruit personnel into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Answer: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are highly valued, specialist personnel. We welcome the recent agreement of a pay award for the RFA and thank the Maritime Trade Unions for their support in reaching this resolution. This agreement is a significant step in ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the relationship between switching off lighting on stretches of (a) motorways and (b) major trunk roads and trends in the level of accidents on these roads.
Answer: National Highways assesses the benefits and costs of any potential changes in lighting provision. This is in line with the design and appraisal standards set out in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, which ensures that road lighting is provided at a...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road lighting schemes on (a) motorways and (b) all-purpose trunk roads that were switched off following completion of the TA 501 appraisal process were in the final 18 months of their design life in ea
Answer: The answer could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles worth of road lighting on (a) motorways and (b) all-purpose trunk roads have been permanently switched off following completion of the TA 501 appraisal process each of the last five years.
Answer: The answer could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any funding previously allocated to the Dental Recovery Plan has been withdrawn.
Answer: We are currently reviewing the Dental Recovery Plan that was published on 7 February 2024 and the policies that can be taken forward effectively and within National Health Service budgets. It is clear the plan did not go far enough and so we are also work...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFuture Combat Air SystemMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the Future Combat Air System.
Answer: Progress continues to be made on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). The core platform, that will sit at its heart, is being delivered through the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). The Prime Minister and his Italian and Japanese counterparts have reite...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAmmunition: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to replenish stockpiles of precision-guided munitions; and what steps he plans to take to help increase domestic production capacity.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is carefully investing to improve the health of our munitions stockpiles, including precision-guided munitions, within the available financial envelope. Through investing in munitions we seek to grow domestic production, strengthen...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's procurement contracts have been awarded to UK-based manufacturers in the last 12 months; and what steps he is taking to promote the growth of domestic defence manufacturing.
Answer: The Department does not record within our systems directly where a contract is manufactured or the location of the supplier manufacturing. The Department do however collect the prime location of the contract as marked by the contact owner on Contract Purc...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Joint ExercisesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to enhance interoperability between the Armed Forces and allied nations' forces on joint operations.
Answer: Enhancing interoperability continues to be at the core of our work, both between the branches of our Armed Forces and with our Allies. UK Strategic Command is defence's Integrated Design Authority ensuring integration across capabilities. Internationally,...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18824 on UK Border Force: Seasonal Workers, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the decision to stand down the Bor
Answer: Border Force’s seasonal workforce staff were recruited on fixed-term contracts to assist at the UK Border, covering shifts when operationally required, such as during peak periods of travel, and subject to their availability. These contracts utilised an a...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18824 on UK Border Force: Seasonal Workers, what steps her Department has taken to mitigate the potential loss of capacity provided by the Border
Answer: Border Force’s seasonal workforce staff were recruited on fixed-term contracts to assist at the UK Border, covering shifts when operationally required, such as during peak periods of travel, and subject to their availability. These contracts utilised an a...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTrastuzumab DeruxtecanDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to encourage further negotiation between (a) NICE, (b) Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited and (c) AstraZeneca on the supply of Enhertu.
Answer: Decisions on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England are made on the basis of recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), following an evaluation of a treatment’s co...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
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