Sarah Russell MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Healthy Start Scheme: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the annual cost to the public purse of the Healthy Start scheme; and what proportion of this cost is attributed to (a) administration and (b) payments to families.
Answer: Healthy Start is a demand led scheme, and therefore, the cost of the scheme differs from year to year. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) delivers the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. In the financial year 2023/24, the cost to t...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will estimate how many four year-olds live in families that would be eligible for Healthy Start vouchers had their child not become ineligible on their fourth birthday.
Answer: The Healthy Start scheme helps to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children under four years old from low-income households. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Depa...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children live in families eligible for Healthy Start vouchers; and how many and what proportion of those children are in receipt of those vouchers.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures for the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, which is available at ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Harassment: EmploymentWomen and EqualitiesTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902572More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle workplace sexual harassment.
Answer: The Office for Equality and Opportunity is working closely with the Home Office to deliver on our landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. We are also working with the Department for Business and Trade to progress the Employ...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023Department for Business and TradeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to implement the provisions of the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023.
Answer: The Government is committed to implementing the provisions of the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 as soon as possible. Once in place, up to 12 weeks of paid leave will be available to all eligible parents of babies who are admitted into neonatal ca...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of pressurised metered dose inhalers were manufactured in pharmaceutical production facilities (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: The information requested is not held.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pressurised metered dose inhalers were prescribed by the NHS in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: Information provided by the NHS Business Services Authority gives the quantities of each medicine dispensed in the community in England. The total number of pressurised inhalers that were dispensed in England from October 2023 to September 2024 was 42.3 m...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDelivery Services: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of reported incidents of violence against retail workers employed in home delivery; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impac
Answer: Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level, up 29% on year up to June 2024, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this.Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job and this government is committed ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Universal Credit minimum income threshold on trends in the level of childminder (a) recruitment and (b) retention, in the context of recent
Answer: There is no plan to assess the potential impact of the Minimum Income Floor specifically for self-employed childminders on Universal Credit. The department does not systematically collect data about the sector self-employed customers work in. Universal Cr...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
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| Department or topic | Published records |
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| Department for Business and Trade | 1 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 1 |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 5 |
| Home Office | 1 |
| Women and Equalities | 1 |
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