Sarah Coombes MP: written questions
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Written questions
Iron and Steel: Import DutiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the total costs incurred by businesses of steel safeguarding duties since the end of the UK-EU transition period.
Answer: Both the UK and EU separately apply a safeguard measure on certain categories of steel products. A safeguard measure protects domestic producers from injury as a result of unforeseen surges of imports. Both the UK and EU apply a 25% duty where import thre...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Antidumping DutiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the the Chancellor of the Exchequer on retrospective steel safeguarding charges imposed on businesses.
Answer: Both the UK and EU separately apply a safeguard measure on certain categories of steel products. A safeguard measure protects domestic producers from injury as a result of unforeseen surges of imports. Both the UK and EU apply a 25% duty where import thre...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDangerous Driving: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths were caused by illegal street racing incidents in the West Midlands in the last ten years.
Answer: Statistics and data on road injury collisions and casualties reported to and recorded by police are collected via the data collection system known as STATS19. While STATS19 collects information on the collision circumstances, vehicles involved and contrib...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDangerous Driving: West BromwichHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle illegal street racing in West Bromwich constituency.
Answer: Any form of anti-social, dangerous or inconsiderate behaviour involving any vehicle is a serious issue. Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for the Government, and a key part of the Safer Streets Mission.Excess speed is a major cause of death...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTruancy: SandwellDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of above average unauthorised absence rates on educational outcomes in Sandwell local authority area.
Answer: Improving school attendance is central to the government’s Opportunity Mission to drive high and rising standards for every child. The government has inherited an epidemic of school absence which is one of the biggest barriers to opportunity, damaging lea...
Answered 2 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce persistent absences in primary and secondary schools in West Bromwich constituency.
Answer: This government is determined to tackle the generational challenge of school absence which is a fundamental barrier to learning and life chances. Missing school regularly is harmful to a child’s attainment, safety and physical and mental health, which lim...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Insurance: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the extra cost of car insurance premiums faced by drivers from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Answer: We are committed to tackling the increased costs of motor insurance to deliver on our manifesto commitment, including how this impacts different demographics, geographies, and communities. The cross-government Motor Insurance Taskforce, including the stak...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIVF: LGBT+ PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of same-sex female couples are receiving NHS-funded IVF after undertaking six self-funded rounds of Intrauterine insemination as recommended by NICE.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that between 2020 and 2022, the years in which they have the most recently data available, 25% of patients in same-sex female couples in the United Kingdom received National Health Service-funde...
Answered 31 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIVFDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the eligibility criteria for IVF on access to treatment for (a) single patients and (b) same-sex female couples.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that between 2020 and 2022, the years in which they have the most recently data available, 25% of patients in same-sex female couples in the United Kingdom received National Health Service-funde...
Answered 31 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of housing associations in England that are charging tenants for a 53 week rent year.
Answer: The Government does not collect data on whether weekly rent charged by housing associations is collected 52 or 53 times in a year. Government policy on social housing rents stipulates how the maximum weekly rent is to be calculated for any given social ho...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth: Working HoursDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support the health of night shift workers in West Bromwich constituency.
Answer: Reducing ill health at work is an important area of focus for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE published its 10 year strategy ‘Protecting people and places’ in 2022 and this includes a strategic objective to reduce work-related ill health. HSE w...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNight-time Economy: EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support people who work in the night time economy.
Answer: We recognise the important role that the night-time economy plays in supporting local communities. Healthy night-time economy businesses not only support our creative industries, including musicians, DJs and performance artists, but also support tourism a...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIVF: LGBT+ PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to help reduce the cost of IVF for female same-sex couples.
Answer: The Government has signed secondary legislation into law on 31 October 2024 to update the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, which removes additional screening costs for female same sex couples undergoing reciprocal in-vitro fertilisation.The Nationa...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current NHS resource allocation formula on more deprived areas.
Answer: The National Health Service resource allocation formula is intended to support equal opportunity of access for equal need, taking account of NHS England’s duty to have regard to the need to reduce health inequalities. The formula takes account of factors ...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether improving respiratory health will be central to the new NHS 10-year plan.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will consider the change needed to meet the three health mission goals: a fairer system where everyone lives well for longer; a National Health Service that is there when people need it; and fewer lives lost to the biggest killers....
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: Opening HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an estimate of the cost of increasing the number of crown court sitting days beyond the original allocation.
Answer: Every year, the Government and the Judiciary agree a number of sitting days and an overall budget in what is known as the Concordat process.In June, the Judiciary reached an agreement with the former Lord Chancellor to sit 106,000 days in the Crown Court ...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordExtended Services: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps she to prevent the closure of private after-school childcare providers.
Answer: The department does not hold this information.This government recognises the vital work that private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers, including childminders, undertake to deliver before-school, after-school and holiday childcare. The government...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordExtended Services: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many after-school childcare providers have closed since 2020.
Answer: The department does not hold this information.This government recognises the vital work that private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers, including childminders, undertake to deliver before-school, after-school and holiday childcare. The government...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support unemployed teachers into teaching jobs.
Answer: High quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. This government is focused on supporting qualified teachers, be they newly qualified or returning to the profession, and helping them find teaching jobs that hel...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of qualified teachers who were unemployed on 8 October 2024.
Answer: High quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. This government is focused on supporting qualified teachers, be they newly qualified or returning to the profession, and helping them find teaching jobs that hel...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: West BromwichDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve patient satisfaction with GP services in West Bromwich constituency.
Answer: We recognise that despite the hard work of general practice (GP) teams, patients are still struggling to access care from GPs nationally and in local areas such as Bromwich. We also know that while GPs are delivering record numbers of appointments, patien...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSurgery: West BromwichDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in West Bromwich constituency.
Answer: Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission and a top priority for the Government, as we get the National Health Service back on its feet. Equality of both access to care and outcomes will be at the heart of building an NHS that is fit for ...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrimary CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 900030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to primary care services.
Answer: Too many patients are finding it impossible to access care. In May, a staggering 1.4 million patients waited for over a month for an appointment. That is why we are committed to: fix the front door to the NHS; bring back the family doctor; and shift the f...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
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