Sarah Olney MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Mayors: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published 16 December 2024, whether it is her policy that mayors in Mayoral Strategic Authorities will be elected through pr
Answer: The Government has no plans at this time to change the voting system for mayoral elections.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: ComplaintsMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of complaints that were submitted to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman about His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service in each year since 2015.
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold the data requested.The number of complaints submitted to the Parliamentary and Heath Service Ombudsman will be information held by them.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: ComplaintsMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many stage (a) one and (b) two complaints were submitted to HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each year since 2015.
Answer: HM Courts and Tribunals Service holds the following data on how many stage (a) one and (b) two complaints were submitted in each year since 2015. For context the annual HMCTS report published for the period 2015/16 states HMCTS handled over 3.98 million c...
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAviation: Environment Protection and HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it her policy that the proposed UKADS will assess the (a) environmental and (b) health impacts of new flight paths.
Answer: The proposed UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS) will be focused on delivering holistic and modernised airspace design for the UK. As is currently the case, the UKADS would still be required to follow the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA’s) CAP1616 Airspace...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDeprivation of Liberty SafeguardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard to be processed for standard authorisation per year since 2009.
Answer: The annual Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Assessments consist of data collected by NHS Digital from local authorities in England, who are the supervisory bodies for authorising deprivations of liberty for adults in care homes and hospitals. The ...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDeprivation of Liberty SafeguardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of uncompleted Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard applications per year since 2009.
Answer: The annual Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Assessments consist of data collected from local authorities in England, who are the supervisory bodies for authorising deprivations of liberty for adults in care homes and hospitals. The aim of this pub...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: ApplicationsDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle the practice of reselling driving test slots.
Answer: To ensure fairness for everyone wanting to book a practical driving test, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continues to work hard to combat the unscrupulous practice of reselling tests. DVSA deploys enhanced bot protection on its public faci...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for pension credit there were from 28t October 2024 to 4 November 2024.
Answer: Data on how many Pension Credit applications made between 1 April 2024 and 22 September 2024 was recently published on gov.uk, Weekly Pension Credit claims received from 1 April 2024 to 22 September 2024 - GOV.UK. On 28 October 2024, The Department announ...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice for Value for MoneyTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12456More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has set a target for the impact of the Office for Value for Money on Government expenditure in each of the next three financial years.
Answer: The Office for Value for Money has two primary roles. First, to provide targeted interventions, working with Treasury and departments, so that value for money governs every decision government makes. Second, to recommend system reforms to ensure any chang...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice for Value for MoneyTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12455More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Office for Value for Money on Government expenditure in each of the next three financial years.
Answer: The Office for Value for Money has two primary roles. First, to provide targeted interventions, working with Treasury and departments, so that value for money governs every decision government makes. Second, to recommend system reforms to ensure any chang...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice for Value for Money: StaffTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12454More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in the Office for Value for Money have a salary over £100,000.
Answer: The Office for Value for Money has one member of staff with a salary of over £100,000. This is within the pay range for Senior Civil Service Directors across government.
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting to be assessed for pension credit on 28 October 2024.
Answer: As of 29th July, there were 33,883 claims outstanding and as of 28th October, there were 76,569 claims outstanding. Since the announcement to means test Winter Fuel payments, to date we have increased the resource in Pension Credit claims by around five h...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting to be assessed for pension credit on 29 July 2024.
Answer: As of 29th July, there were 33,883 claims outstanding and as of 28th October, there were 76,569 claims outstanding. Since the announcement to means test Winter Fuel payments, to date we have increased the resource in Pension Credit claims by around five h...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit claims were processed within her Department’s planned timescale in 2024.
Answer: As per the publication of the DWP Annual Report and Accounts (ARA), 77.7% of Pension Credit claims were processed within the Department’s planned timescales in the Financial Year 2023 to 2024. The next publication of the ARA will include claims processed ...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for pension credit there were in each week from 23 September to 28 October 2024.
Answer: As per Gov.uk, the Department has announced it will publish updated Pension Credit application and award statistics on 28 November 2024. Releases will be quarterly, including Pension Credit application, clearance, and award/non-award volumes data from 1 A...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLaw Reporting: CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 901074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing free court transcripts to survivors of sexual assault and other serious crimes.
Answer: I understand transcripts may help individuals obtain closure from traumatic events.Since May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a pilot providing free sentencing remarks to victims of rape and serious sexual offences. We will be evaluating the...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Airspace Design Service: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled, Creating a UK Airspace Design Service, published on 22 October 2024, whether the service will be staffed from existing Departmental staff.
Answer: The consultation published on 22 October outlines our proposals to set up a UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS), initially undertaken by NATS (En Route) plc (NERL) through a change to its air traffic services licence. NERL is independent and not resourced ...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Airspace Design ServiceDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the consultation entitled Creating a UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS), published on 22 October 2024, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of her proposal to establish t
Answer: The Government’s plans for the UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS) have been developed to strengthen delivery in implementing the airspace modernisation programme. They aim to improve delivery confidence of the Future Airspace Integration Strategy (FASI) p...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Airspace Design ServiceDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the consultation entitled Creating a UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS), published on 22 October 2024, what steps she plans to take to allow communities to provide comments to the proposed UKA
Answer: As a public consultation, any interested party is welcome to provide feedback on our proposals to set up a UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS). The CAA’s Airspace Change Process (CAP1616) sets out how airspace change proposals should be developed and deliv...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10753More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support (a) pubs and (b) breweries in (i) Richmond Park constituency and (ii) the United Kingdom.
Answer: Pubs make an enormous contribution to our economy and society, and this is recognised in the tax system. At the Autumn Budget, the Chancellor cut alcohol duty on qualifying draught products – approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. Thi...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 6369 tabled by the hon. Member for Richmond Park on 4 October 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 October 2024 to Question 6369.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 6368 tabled by the hon. Member for Richmond Park on 4 October 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 October 2024 to Question 6368.
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the average number of pension credit applications processed within 50 working days dropped between (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2022-23.
Answer: The department supports customers to claim Pension Credit through a range of take up campaigns. In June 2019, the BBC announced its intention to limit free TV licenses to people 75+ and in receipt of Pension Credit from June 2020. The subsequent mass mail...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit applications made between 29 July and 9 August 2024 are waiting to be processed.
Answer: Data on how many pension credit applications have been made between 29 July and 9 August 2024 was recently published on gov.uk, Weekly Pension Credit claims received from 1 April 2024 to 22 September 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Because of how we capture ou...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability Living AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are waiting for over the 50 working day target for their disability living allowance claim to be processed in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) does not have a target timeframe, but we aim to process Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claims for children within 40 working days, not 50. As published in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024, which...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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