Steff Aquarone MP: written questions
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Written questions
Crime: GamblingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations from the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms, published in April 2023 on the u
Answer: Under the licensing objectives of the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission requires operators to prevent gambling being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime and disorder, or being used to support crime.The Home Office has intro...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 8343 on Universal Credit, what progress his Department has made on reviewing Universal Credit in the context of rent charging years with 53 Mondays.
Answer: The Department will be considering the issue of rent charging years with 53 Mondays as part of its wider Universal Credit Review. The Department is committed to reviewing Universal Credit to make sure it is doing the job we want it to and meeting our obje...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the total cost of running Personal Independence Payment is spent on the provision of face-to-face and over the phone assessments.
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Department. For both the legacy Personal Independence Payment contracts (that completed on 6 September 2024) and the new Functional Assessment Service contracts, providers do not/did not split their costs by se...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWillsTreasuryTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28231More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure the timely release of funds by banks to executors of wills.
Answer: In recent years banks and building societies have sought to make the bereavement process easier by increasing the amount they will release without needing a grant of probate. As such the threshold varies between different firms. The nominal threshold in l...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce cost inefficiencies in purchasing medical supplies.
Answer: NHS England’s new Operating Model, published on 30 January, sets out in Section 4 how it will support National Health Service bodies to deliver efficiencies by improving commercial arrangements. Further information is available at the following link:https...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurology: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of when he will meet his target of providing an extra 62,000 neurology appointments in England in each year.
Answer: Patients have been let down for too long whilst they wait for the care they need. Currently, the waiting list stands at 7.48 million patient pathways, with over 6 million people waiting, including 235,000 on neurology waiting lists.We will ensure that 92%...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a re-insurance scheme for properties at risk due to coastal erosion.
Answer: The £36 million coastal transition accelerator programme is supporting communities and businesses at risk of coastal erosion to transition and adapt to a changing coast. This includes working with the finance and property sectors to explore innovative fin...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: Coastal AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) data for and (b) research into coastal communities.
Answer: The National Institute for Heath and Care Research (NIHR) has funded a range of research specifically focusing on coastal populations, including investing in local authority and higher education partnerships, as well as studies that focussed on health car...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Coastal AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a cross-Government strategy on the health and wellbeing of coastal communities.
Answer: We are taking action across Government to address the environmental and socio-economic determinants of health, and are aiming to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions. We know that targeted action to tackle healt...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: NorfolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions for pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy were dispensed by Norfolk and Waveney (a) integrated care board and (b) clinical commissioning group in each year between 2019 and 2
Answer: The Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provided by the NHS Business Services Authority gives the total number of prescription items of each medicine dispensed in the community in England. The following data relates to prescriptions for products that fall wi...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion and Flood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential (a) cultural and (b) historic merits of protecting areas from flooding and coastal erosion in a future review of the flooding fo
Answer: We will launch a consultation in the coming months which will include a review of the existing flood funding formula to ensure that the challenges facing businesses and rural and coastal communities are adequately taken into account when delivering flood ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to open the consultation on the flooding funding formula; and how long the consultation will last.
Answer: We will launch a consultation in the coming months which will include a review of the existing flood funding formula to ensure that the challenges facing businesses and rural and coastal communities are adequately taken into account when delivering flood ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25048More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 26 November 2024 from the hon. Member for North Norfolk, reference SA01948.
Answer: This correspondence is receiving urgent attention and a response will be sent from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for North Norfolk in due course.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to announce which local authorities have been selected for the devolution priority programme.
Answer: We received proposals from a number of local authorities on 10 January expressing interest in joining the Devolution Priority Programme. We are reviewing these at pace, and we hope to announce places on the Programme in the coming weeks.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMethylphenidate: NorfolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21526 on Methylphenidate: Norfolk, how many prescriptions for methylphenidate were dispensed by Norfolk and Waveney (a) integrated care board an
Answer: The Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) from the NHS Business Services Authority provides the total number of prescription items of each medicine dispensed in the community in England. The following table shows the total number of National Health Service pre...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Parks: AuditDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in levels of costs for statutory external audit fees levied on National Park authorities on those authorities; and if he w
Answer: Defra acknowledges that rising costs, including to fees required to fulfil statutory obligations, increase the funding pressures on National Park authorities. Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited (PSAA) independently sets fees for eligible bodies defi...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMethylphenidate: NorfolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 16285 on Methylphenidate: Shortages, what estimate he has made of the number of prescriptions for methylphenidate (a) successfully and (b) uns
Answer: The Prescription Cost Analysis, produced by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), provides the total number of prescription items of each medicine dispensed in the community in England.There were 28,249 National Health Service prescription items f...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: TelemedicineDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with infrastructure providers about the compatibility of fibre-to-the-premises broadband and telecare products.
Answer: Yes, the Government engages regularly with communication providers and network operators to ensure that the industry-led transition from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) proceeds safely. I have written to...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWorkplace Pensions: Interest RatesTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16307More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to support those asked to pay large interest payments on pension contributions as a result of the McCloud judgement.
Answer: The purpose of the McCloud remedy is to ensure affected public service pension scheme members are put back into the same position they would have been if the discrimination identified by the Court of Appeal in 2018 had not occurred. It is therefore necess...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMethylphenidate: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2024 to Question 9576 on Methylphenidate: Shortages, what recent progress her Department has made on improving the supply of methylphenidate in (a) Norfolk and
Answer: We are continuing to work to resolve supply issues, where they remain, for methylphenidate prolonged-release tablets. We are engaging with all suppliers to assess the challenges faced and their actions to address them. We are also directing suppliers to s...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle crime in rural areas.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of tackling rural crime and the devasting impact it can have on communities and the agricultural sector.That’s why we’re bringing forward tougher measures to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, including in rural ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMusic Venues: VATDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of cutting VAT for grassroots music venues.
Answer: The Government response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's report on grassroots music venues sets out our commitment to working across the music sector to support the sustainability of grassroots music. In particular, the Government is urg...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) pancreatic cancer and (b) other cancers with lower survival rates will have a focused section in the new cancer strategy.
Answer: The Government’s Health Mission sets the aim of building a National Health Service fit for the future and reducing the lives lost to the biggest killers, including cancer. As part of that work, and in response to Lord Darzi’s report, we have launched an e...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will support the implementation of the Optimal Care Pathway for pancreatic cancer.
Answer: We are committed to transforming the National Health Service so that we diagnose cancer earlier, treat it faster, and improve survival rates.On 12 September 2024 the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre published their State of the Nation Report on ...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial stability of the higher education sector in (a) Norfolk and (b) nationally.
Answer: The financial position of individual higher education (HE) providers is highly commercially sensitive. As such, it would be inappropriate to comment on the financial stability of HE providers in any individual local authority area.The department recognise...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
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