Rosena Allin-Khan MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
NurseriesDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting maintained nursery schools.
Answer: Maintained nursery schools (MNS) are a valuable part of early years provision. There are 381 MNS as at January 2024. They are predominantly located in disadvantaged areas. Additional supplementary funding is provided to local authorities for MNS in their ...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFamily ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review the recommendations of the Final Report on Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that parties to private law children cases in the family courts are protected from harm and that the welfare of the child is always the court’s paramount consideration when making decisions about children’s lives.The Ministry ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFamily Courts: CustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the presumption of contact at the Family Court does not result in unsafe contact arrangements.
Answer: The welfare of a child must be the court’s paramount consideration when making decisions about a child’s life. This is known as the welfare principle. Prior to the application of the presumption of parental involvement, the court is legally obliged to ass...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2966More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the Equitable Life payment scheme.
Answer: The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016, and there are no plans to reopen any decisions relating to the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. Further guidance on the s...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to provide additional financial support to disabled people in receipt of the State Pension.
Answer: Ensuring a decent foundation State Pension for pensioners is a priority for this Government. That is why we have set out our commitment to the Triple Lock, which will substantially improve outcomes for current and future pensioners. There are already othe...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAttendance AllowanceTreasuryTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2121More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending (a) a discount on and (b) an exemption from vehicle excise duty to people receiving Attendance Allowance.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting disabled people and is determined that support should be focused on people who need it most. The aim of existing Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) exemptions for recipients of some disability benefits is to provide additi...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAttendance AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Motability charity on inclusion of Attendance Allowance recipients in their scheme.
Answer: The Motability scheme is open to recipients of enhanced mobility Personal Independence Payment, higher rate mobility Disability Living Allowance, War Pensioner’s Mobility Supplement and Armed Forces Independence Payment. Attendance Allowance does not have...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PolicingHome OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 900120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve neighbourhood policing.
Answer: Neighbourhood policing sits at the heart of the British policing model. It is a critical building block in helping communities feel safe.That is why we are introducing the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, restoring patrols to town centres and recruiting ...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordAsthma: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding asthma to the list of long-term medical conditions that are exempt from prescription charges.
Answer: There are no current plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate. Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the community in England, and there are a wide r...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHMP WandsworthMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is to publish her Department's response to the Chief Inspector of Prison's Urgent Notification letter of 8 May 2024 on HMP Wandsworth.
Answer: His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons’ findings at HMP Wandsworth are deeply concerning. My right Hon. Friend, the Lord Chancellor, is determined to drive improvement at the prison and will publish her response to the Urgent Notification as soon as pos...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
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