Rosie Duffield MP: written questions
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IVF: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will mandate the compulsory listing of health risks on adverts placed by the NHS and fertility clinics which seek egg donors.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the United Kingdom’s fertility sector regulator, has advised that it sets out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Code of Practice in relation to the recruitment of donors and the info...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39065More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will meet representatives of the Sex Equality and Equity Networks.
Answer: The Office for Equality and Opportunity (OEO) meets with a broad range of external stakeholders to test and develop its public-facing policies and initiatives, but does not meet with internal staff networks. Matters relating to internal Civil Service poli...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: CanterburyMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the sale of his Department's Old Park and Chequers Wood site in Canterbury on levels of biodiversity.
Answer: The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has undertaken a Baseline Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment for Old Park and Chequers Wood.This Assessment details primary habitats and provides an ecological baseline for the site.The site is being disposed of in ac...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSurrogacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 39063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to meet with women and children's rights groups to discuss UK surrogacy law.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordGender DysphoriaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the NHS review of adult gender dysphoria clinics to report its findings.
Answer: NHS England is currently undertaking a review of adult gender services, chaired by Dr David Levy. The review will examine the model of care and operating procedures of each service, and will carefully consider experiences, feedback, and outcomes from clin...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGender DysphoriaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what services his Department and the NHS offer to people choosing to detransition.
Answer: The Government and NHS England are committed to implementing the recommendations of the Cass Review in full. This includes the recommendation for a pathway to be established for individuals who wish to detransition. The formative stages of this work will ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGender DysphoriaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on which (a) cognitive behavioural therapy, (b) family therapy, (c) exploratory therapy and (d) other non-medical treatments are offered to young people by NHS
Answer: NHS England commissions gender services for children and young people in line with its interim service specification for children and young people with gender incongruence.Children and young people are cared for holistically by specialist multi-disciplina...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Treatments: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of new prescriptions issued by NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Services for (a) oestrogen and (b) testosterone to young people aged 16-18
Answer: Since 1 April 2024 there have been no new initiations of exogenous hormones through the NHS Children and Young People's Gender Service.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSurrogacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet representatives of women and children's rights groups to discuss proposals announced by the Law Commission on 29 March 2023 in relation to surrogacy.
Answer: The Law Commission consulted widely as part of the preparation for their report. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health will be writing to the Chairs of the Law Commissions of England, Wales, and Sc...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: TaxationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria is being used to select the body administering funding from the statutory gambling levy.
Answer: In line with the Gambling Act 2005, the levy will be collected and administered by the Gambling Commission under the strategic direction of the government. As set out in the government’s response to the statutory levy consultation, we have appointed UK Re...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordZoonoses: FursDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the publication entitled Farmed fur animals harbour viruses with zoonotic spillover potential,
Answer: This paper has been discussed at the Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance group, the cross-Government risk assessment group, where it was recognised that there are several novel viruses detected in fur farmed animals as well as other species farm...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrax Power: SubsidiesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the finding by Ofgem that Drax had misreported data in relation to their annual profiling submission between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, published on 29 August 2024, whe
Answer: Compliance with biomass sustainability criteria is a priority and Ofgem as the independent regulator is responsible for ensuring generators’ compliance. Ofgem’s recent investigation found that whilst Drax complied with sustainability standards, it had fai...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDrax Power Station: TimberDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the KPMG interim investigation of December 2022 into Drax Power Station’s claims for government subsidy.
Answer: Ofgem as the independent energy regulator is responsible for assuring the Government that large scale biomass generators, such as Drax, are in full compliance with sustainability requirements. Ofgem recently undertook a full investigation into Drax’s comp...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAdult Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Adult Skills Fund to cover learning (a) primarily and (b) solely for leisure purposes.
Answer: The government has devolved and delegated approximately 60% of the adult skills fund (ASF) to the 9 Mayoral Combined Authorities of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North East, South Yorkshire, Tees Valley, West ...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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