Rebecca Paul MP: written questions 2025
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HMP/YOI DownviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62454 on HMP/YOI Downview, whether E Wing at HMP Downview is part of the women's estate.
Answer: As of 1 August 2025, five biologically male prisoners were held at HMP/YOI Downview. All were accommodated on E Wing. Since 4 July 2024, seven prisoners have been placed in the unit. No prisoners have moved from E Wing into the general women's estate unde...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost to the public purse is of housing a prisoner in (a) E Wing of HMP Downview and (b) the general women's estate within HMP Downview.
Answer: As of 1 August 2025, five biologically male prisoners were held at HMP/YOI Downview. All were accommodated on E Wing. Since 4 July 2024, seven prisoners have been placed in the unit. No prisoners have moved from E Wing into the general women's estate unde...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: FinanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2025 to Question 62457 on HMP/YOI Downview, whether funding of E Wing at HMP Downview comes out of the (a) women's and (b) men's estate budget.
Answer: As of 1 August 2025, five biologically male prisoners were held at HMP/YOI Downview. All were accommodated on E Wing. Since 4 July 2024, seven prisoners have been placed in the unit. No prisoners have moved from E Wing into the general women's estate unde...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: MenMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63903 on HMP High Down and HMP/YOI Downview: Crimes of Violence, how many of the prisoner on prisoner assaults recorded in 2023 at HMP Downview were committed by
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: MenMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63903 on HMP High Down and HMP/YOI Downview: Crimes of Violence, how many of the prisoner on prisoner assaults recorded in 2024 at HMP Downview were committed by
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: MenMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males were held in HMP Downview as of 1 August 2025.
Answer: As of 1 August 2025, five biologically male prisoners were held at HMP/YOI Downview. All were accommodated on E Wing. Since 4 July 2024, seven prisoners have been placed in the unit. No prisoners have moved from E Wing into the general women's estate unde...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: MenMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males have been placed in E Wing of HMP Downview since 4 July 2024.
Answer: As of 1 August 2025, five biologically male prisoners were held at HMP/YOI Downview. All were accommodated on E Wing. Since 4 July 2024, seven prisoners have been placed in the unit. No prisoners have moved from E Wing into the general women's estate unde...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSuicide: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing inquests into cases of child death by suicide to sit in private.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting the bereaved at the heart of the inquest process, and we are particularly conscious of the importance of this for those who have suffered the unimaginable distress of losing a child through suicide.However, in line w...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: RecruitmentDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to recruit additional driving examiners through gov.uk.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) advertises for driving examiner (DE) vacancies, as well as other roles across the agency, on the Civil Service jobs website, which is part of GOV.UK. DVSA’s latest DE campaign was advertised on its homepage o...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of £985 per cycle payments to egg donors on the level of incentive to women from the poorest backgrounds to donate eggs because of fi
Answer: The compensation rate for egg donation is set by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), as provided for in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. The HFEA has advised that the donor compensation levels originally set in 2011 fo...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of allowing young women to be solicited for egg donations by for-profit fertility clinics utilising adverts which do not list k
Answer: No such assessment has been made. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the United Kingdom’s fertility sector regulator, sets out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Code of Practice in relation to the recruitment of donor...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of running long term studies in to the impact on women's bodies of egg retrieval.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)’s Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee (SCAAC) recently reviewed the published evidence of health outcomes for those having fertility treatment, including egg donors. The last 10 years...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the reason that over 4,100 women from the poorest backgrounds in the UK have donated their eggs since 2011.
Answer: The Department has not undertaken an assessment, however, academic research in the United Kingdom has consistently found that donating eggs and sperm is driven by altruism.The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) published data shows that e...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former Border Force seasonal workers have gone on to be employed by Border Force since the termination of the seasonal workforce programme.
Answer: As of the 1st of April 2024, there were 449 Seasonal Workforce staff in contract. The Seasonal Workforce (SWF) was a temporary staffing resource used to support operational delivery during periods of peak demand and recruited under exemptions from the nor...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies for full time Border Force roles were being advertised at the point at which the Border Force Seasonal Workforce programme was discontinued.
Answer: As of the 1st of April 2024, there were 449 Seasonal Workforce staff in contract. The Seasonal Workforce (SWF) was a temporary staffing resource used to support operational delivery during periods of peak demand and recruited under exemptions from the nor...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of the Border Force Seasonal Worker programme was for the last financial year of its operation.
Answer: As of the 1st of April 2024, there were 449 Seasonal Workforce staff in contract. The Seasonal Workforce (SWF) was a temporary staffing resource used to support operational delivery during periods of peak demand and recruited under exemptions from the nor...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force workers were employed on Seasonal Workforce Contracts in 2024.
Answer: As of the 1st of April 2024, there were 449 Seasonal Workforce staff in contract. The Seasonal Workforce (SWF) was a temporary staffing resource used to support operational delivery during periods of peak demand and recruited under exemptions from the nor...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI DownviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62457 on HMP/YOI Downview, how many of the seven males held on E Wing have access to the general women's estate for (a) work and (b) other services.
Answer: As noted in the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62457, prisoners on E Wing are located separately from all other prisoners at HMP/YOI Downview. Supervised access to activities in the main prison’s regime, including work, is provided only where a local r...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure newly qualified nurses are not prevented from accessing band 5 roles within the NHS due to (a) experience requirements and (b) such roles only being ad
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are a matter for individual National Health Service employers, who manage this at a local level to ensure they have the staff they need to deliver safe and effective care.NHS England is working with employers, universities, and...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) guidance and (b) training is provided to (i) teachers and (ii) school staff to help ensure they are (A) confident and (B) equipped to (1) educate pupils about online grooming and (2) respond appropriat
Answer: As part of statutory relationships and health education in primary schools and relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in secondary schools, pupils are taught about online safety and harms. The statutory guidance emphasises that schools should be a...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve online safety education in schools to help children (a) recognise and (b) respond to online grooming.
Answer: As part of statutory relationships and health education in primary schools and relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in secondary schools, pupils are taught about online safety and harms. The statutory guidance emphasises that schools should be a...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of calculating student loan repayments on an annual basis to prevent overpayments.
Answer: Student loan repayments for borrowers resident in the UK are collected by HMRC through the UK tax system, which is an efficient approach that minimises the burden on borrowers. Employers deduct repayments each pay period for employees with a student loan ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64180More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the requirement for applicants to demonstrate three years of continuous residence in the UK to be considered for civil service roles on t
Answer: To join the Civil Service, individuals must pass pre-employment checks contained within the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). As part of the Right to Work check conducted within the BPSS, organisations need to assure themselves through obtainin...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males are held in HMP Downview.
Answer: As of 1 July, seven prisoners were being held on E Wing, the separate unit for transgender women at HMP/YOI Downview. There were no transgender women being held in other parts of the prison.We are reviewing allocation policy in light of the Supreme Court ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: HMP/YOI DownviewDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the average cost of healthcare was for (a) male prisoners and (b) female prisoners in HMP Downview in the last 12 months.
Answer: HMP Downview is a women’s prison. The average cost of healthcare per female prisoner at HMP Downview for 2024/25 was £11,765.
Answered 28 Aug 2025
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