Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions
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Animal Welfare: FarmsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to improve farmed animal welfare.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Department is engaging with key stakeholders as part of the development of our overarching approach to animal welfare. We will be...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce health inequalities (a) in general and (b) for children.
Answer: The United Kingdom faces significant health inequalities, with healthy life expectancy varying widely across and between communities. Through our Health Mission, we are focused on addressing the wider determinants of health to improve healthy life expecta...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support pupils undertaking exams when experiencing (a) health issues and (b) bereavement.
Answer: There are existing arrangements in place to support students who may experience disruption at the time of their exams and assessments known as special consideration.Special consideration is any adjustment given to a student who has temporarily experienced...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the post-diagnosis support available to people with dementia.
Answer: The provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). We would expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, taking account of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence g...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to help enable humanitarian aid to reach people in Tawila, fleeing Zamzam camp in Sudan.
Answer: The UK strongly condemns the continued violence in and around El Fasher and Zamzam camp which has resulted in the deaths of nearly 500 people and has displaced over 403,000 people from the camp. In response to the deteriorating humanitarian context in El ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Aid Workers and Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to ensure (a) the safety of humanitarian workers and (b) the delivery of humanitarian aid in Sudan.
Answer: The UK is playing a leading role in response to the crisis in Sudan, including efforts to facilitate more consistent humanitarian delivery into and across the country. During last month's London Sudan Conference, the Foreign Secretary announced a further ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that NHS patients who are deaf are able to adequately communicate with NHS staff about their care.
Answer: It is for individual National Health Service organisations, including NHS trusts and integrated care boards, to comply with the Equality Act 2010. Under the Equality Act 2010, organisations have a legal duty to make changes in their approach or provision ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory (a) Accessible Information Standard and (b) deaf awareness training for NHS staff.
Answer: Employers in the health system are responsible for ensuring that their staff are trained to the required standards to deliver safe and effective treatment for patients, and to deploy them in the best way to ensure the delivery of health services to their ...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS compliance with the Accessible Information Standard.
Answer: Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers are expected to meet the Accessible Information Standard (AIS), which details the recommended approach to supporting the information and communication support ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to make NHS services more accessible for deaf patients.
Answer: It is for individual National Health Service organisations, including NHS trusts and integrated care boards, to comply with the Equality Act 2010. Under the Equality Act 2010, organisations have a legal duty to make changes in their approach or provision ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Support Staff Negotiating BodyDepartment for EducationTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timeline is for reinstating the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
Answer: The School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) is being established in primary legislation through the Employment Rights Bill, which was introduced in Parliament within the first 100 days of government on 10 October 2024. The Bill is currently at commi...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of prostate cancer screening for high risk groups.
Answer: Currently, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) does not recommend a national prostate cancer screening programme due to the limitations of the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen test, which may lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatmen...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Blood TestsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase awareness of the availability of a PSA blood test.
Answer: Currently, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) does not recommend a national prostate cancer screening programme due to the limitations of the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen test, which may lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatmen...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase awareness of the risk factors associated with prostate cancer.
Answer: Currently, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) does not recommend a national prostate cancer screening programme due to the limitations of the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen test, which may lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatmen...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase early stage detection rates for prostate cancer.
Answer: Currently, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) does not recommend a national prostate cancer screening programme due to the limitations of the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen test, which may lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatmen...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: BerkshireDepartment for TransportTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage active travel in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.
Answer: Slough Unitary Authority has been allocated over £415,000 for active travel in 2024/25 and 2025/26. Over £3.2 million has been allocated to local transport authorities in Berkshire for the same period. Decisions on how to use this funding to improve local...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCycling: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help improve cycling safety on roads.
Answer: Slough Unitary Authority has been allocated over £415,000 for active travel in 2024/25 and 2025/26. Over £3.2 million has been allocated to local transport authorities in Berkshire for the same period. Decisions on how to use this funding to improve local...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCycling: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to ensure (a) compliance with and (b) raise awareness of legal lighting requirements for cyclists at night.
Answer: Those who cycle have a duty to behave in a safe and responsible manner and to follow the rules set out in The Highway Code. The enforcement of cycling offences is an operational matter for the police. We promote cycle safety advice for cyclists and motori...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of headlight dazzling on road user safety.
Answer: All types of road vehicle headlamps, are designed, tested and approved to internationally recognised standards to help prevent undue glare on a broad range of roads and environments. Police recorded collision statistics in Great Britain do not show any di...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with car manufacturers on the prevention of headlight dazzling from SUV style cars.
Answer: Officials from the Department for Transport are actively engaged in the recently established United Nations glare prevention taskforce which includes representatives from headlamp and vehicle manufacturers, including those which produce SUV style cars. Th...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Supply ChainsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to eradicate modern slavery from the NHS.
Answer: As part of the recommendations from the review into the risk of modern slavery in National Health Service supply chains from December 2023, it was recommended that regulations be laid with a view to eradicating modern slavery, supporting the amendment of ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to support victims of modern slavery.
Answer: The Government has developed a Modern Slavery Action Plan which reinforces our commitment to working across Government and with civil society, businesses, and international partners to prevent exploitation, protect victims, and pursue those responsible fo...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: SloughDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his expected timeline is for full-fibre availability in the SL2 postcode in Slough constituency.
Answer: According to the independent website ThinkBroadband, over 99% of premises in Slough have access to superfast broadband speeds, and over 96% have access to a gigabit-capable (1000 Mbps) connection.We currently expect the remaining premises in Slough to be ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStem Cells: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on taking steps to improve the transportation of donor stem cells.
Answer: No such discussions have taken place. The UK Aligned Stem Cell Registry has robust contingency measures in place to address travel disruptions and costs incurred by voluntary and contracted couriers who transport donor stem cells to patient transplant cen...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStem Cells: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with cancer charities on taking steps to improve the transportation of stem cells.
Answer: There have been no recent discussions with cancer charities that suggest the need to improve the transportation of donor stem cells in the United Kingdom or internationally. The UK Aligned Stem Cell Registry has robust contingency measures in place to add...
Answered 9 May 2025
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