Sarah Hall MP: written questions
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Written questions
Prisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of prison education contracts in reducing reoffending rates.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice recognises the vital role prison education plays in reducing reoffending. Evidence shows that prisoners who engage in any form of education while in custody are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend. To strengthen ou...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: GazaHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for biometric deferral have been received from Palestinian students in Gaza since October 2023; and how many have been approved.
Answer: The Home Office does not currently publish data regarding the number of biometric deferral requests submitted or approved.The Home Office has put in place systems to issue expedited visas, with biometric checks conducted prior to arrival in the UK for all...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of (a) debt bondage and (b) tied visa arrangements among migrant care workers in the UK.
Answer: To date the Home Office hasn’t made an assessment of trends in the level of (a) debt bondage and (b) tied visa arrangements among migrant care workers in the UK.The Government has taken the decision to end overseas recruitment in Adult Social Care followi...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has held recent discussions with technology companies on the implementation of on-device detection tools to prevent livestreamed child sexual abuse.
Answer: The Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from online sexual abuse. Livestreamed abuse is a particularly abhorrent form of exploitation, and we are determined to ensure that offenders cannot use technology to harm children wit...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Crime Agency’s efforts to disrupt livestreamed child sexual abuse networks involving UK-based offenders.
Answer: The Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse This includes ensuring that we are working to combat livestreamed abuse and ensuring that offenders cannot use technology to harm ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation with governments in countries with high incidences of livestreamed child sexual abuse production.
Answer: The Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse This includes ensuring that we are working to combat livestreamed abuse and ensuring that offenders cannot use technology to harm ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: North WestTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72935More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of (a) poverty and (b) economic inequality in the North West; and what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of regional disparities in (i) income
Answer: The Government has set out a Plan for Change that includes raising living standards in every part of the United Kingdom. To deliver this, we have taken action to support households facing the greatest hardships by increasing the National Living Wage by 6....
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of child poverty; and what steps she is taking to ensure that families with children have adequate financial support.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child. Child poverty has increased by 900,000 since 2010, with 4.5 million children now living in poverty in the...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve average ambulance response times for Category (a) 1 and (b) 2 incidents.
Answer: Our Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Delivery Plan for 2025/26 commits to reducing ambulance response times for Category 2 incidents to 30 minutes on average this year. We are also tackling unacceptable ambulance handover delays by introducing a maximum 45...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Buildings: Repairs and MaintenanceTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72931More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to provide longer-term capital funding settlements for Government departments to support the (a) maintenance and (b) renewal of public service facilities.
Answer: The government has, for the first time, announced long-term maintenance budgets for the health, education, and justice estates as part of the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy. This protects departments’ maintenance budgets in real terms, delivering at leas...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts and Prisons: BuildingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of property condition on the (a) capacity and (b) safety of the (i) prison and (ii) courts estate.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice prioritises maintenance funding for both the HMCTS and HMPPS estates to make sure buildings are safe, secure, meet statutory requirements and protect continuity of service.The condition of HMCTS and HMPPS properties is routinely mo...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FacilitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the quality of (a) infrastructure and (b) property in NHS facilities on (i) patient safety and (ii) service delivery.
Answer: The safety of NHS staff and patients is a top priority for the Government, and we recognise that delivering high quality NHS healthcare services requires safe, sustainable, and effective infrastructure and facilities. Lord Darzi’s investigation considered...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of measures to prevent child sexual exploitation; and what steps she is taking to improve support for (a) victims and (b) survivors
Answer: The Home Office recognises the devastating impacts that child sexual exploitation and abuse can have on victims and survivors and is committed to ensuring that all victims and survivors, receive better care and support.The Government is committed to inter...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with domestic abuse (a) charities and (b) specialist organisations on the sustainability of their services; and what steps she is taking to ensure that (i) victims
Answer: The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy will set out the strategic direction and concrete actions to deliver on the Government’s VAWG ambition. The new Strategy must reflect the real-world context and lived experiences of the people it is see...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSleeping Rough: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to local authorities to support rough sleepers during winter 2025–26; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy
Answer: The Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Grant (RSPARG) is providing a total of £185.6 million to local authorities across England in 2025/26. The RSPARG gives local authorities the flexibility to determine the most suitable rough sleeping services requ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFireworks: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulations on the (a) sale and (b) use of fireworks; and whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen those regulations.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the effectiveness of regulations on the (a) sale and (b) use of fireworks. The Government continues to engage with various stakeholders about fireworks regulation and the impact of fireworks. I have met with a wide range of ...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics: PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with international counterparts on tackling plastic pollution; and what steps he is taking through international forums to promote global action to (
Answer: Plastic pollution is a global crisis that no country can solve alone. The UK has played an active role in pushing for an ambitious and effective global plastics treaty. In June 2025 I met with a range of influential countries in the margins of the United ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGynaecology: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of waiting times for gynaecology treatment on women’s health outcomes; and what steps he is taking to improve access to timely care.
Answer: The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health as we build a National Health Service fit for the future. Our focus is on turning the commitments in the Women's Health Strategy into tangible action, such as providing emergency hormonal contrace...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Health Centres: Public Private PartnershipsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reintroducing private finance through public private partnerships for neighbourhood health centres on the NHS; and how those proposals differ
Answer: As set out in the 10 Year Health Plan, the Department, alongside the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, is working on a business case to look at the feasibility of using a public private partnership (PPP) model for Neighbourhood...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the publication entitled Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual report 2023, published on 17 December 2024, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of animals impacted
Answer: The Home Office Regulator takes non-compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 very seriously. The numbers of non-compliance cases vary in any given year. The total number of non-compliance cases reduced from 175 to 169 cases from 2022-2...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: ImportsTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72889More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the UK’s Carbon Border Adjustment reduces carbon leakage in relevant sectors.
Answer: The UK government is introducing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) to address the risk of carbon leakage, which occurs when production and associated emissions shift from one country to another due to different levels of decarbonisation effort (...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: ImportsTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72888More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the UK’s Carbon Border Adjustment does not adversely impact business competitiveness.
Answer: The UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will give UK industry confidence to invest in their decarbonisation efforts. The CBAM will ensure highly traded, carbon intensive products from overseas face a comparable carbon price to those produced here...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBeverage Containers: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many used beverage cans were exported outside of Europe under the Packaging Waste Export Recycling Note system in 2024-25.
Answer: Under the Producer Responsibility Regulations, waste exporters are accredited by packaging material, not by format, so it is not possible to provide an exact tonnage of beverage cans exported for recycling. In terms of total tonnages, in 2024, and as part...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to reform the (a) Packaging Recovery Note and (b) Packaging Waste Export Recycling Note system to (i) reduce price disparities, (ii) strengthen oversight o
Answer: We meet regularly with industry stakeholders and will examine options to reform the Packaging Waste Recycling Note (PRN/PERN) system, which will include proposals intended to support the UK recycling sector.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAluminium: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to amend waste regulations to impose stricter controls on the (a) destinations and (b) environmental standards of aluminium scrap exports.
Answer: The Government takes the control of waste exports and our international obligations very seriously. The export of aluminium scrap is subject to strict controls and exporters are required to ensure that the waste they ship is managed in an environmentally ...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
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