Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions 2024
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Drugs: SalesHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent the sale of (a) illegal and (b) prescription drugs on dark web marketplaces.
Answer: The Government takes seriously the threat from potent synthetic drugs, including synthetic opioids such as nitazenes, and is taking action to disrupt this deadly trade. Reducing drug harms has important benefits for public health and for the Government’s ...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOpioids: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the (a) distribution and (b) use of synthetic opioids.
Answer: The Government takes seriously the threat from potent synthetic drugs, including synthetic opioids such as nitazenes, and is taking action to disrupt this deadly trade. Reducing drug harms has important benefits for public health and for the Government’s ...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research into pancreatic cancer.
Answer: Research is crucial in tackling cancer. The Department spends £1.5 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), with cancer being the largest area of spend at over £121.8 mill...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve outcomes for people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Answer: We will get the National Health Service catching cancer on time, diagnosing it earlier, and treating it faster so more patients survive this horrible set of diseases, and we will improve patients’ experience across the system, including for pancreatic can...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to tackle health inequalities affecting women.
Answer: Our health mission in England will focus on addressing the social determinants of health, with the goal of halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions. The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health as we...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEuropean Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling StockDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have met with representatives of the European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock (EUROFIMA).
Answer: My officials have been engaging regularly with Eurofima over the last two years to consider the potential for UK membership, and they continue to engage with them on this matter. The Government is committed to developing a long-term industrial strategy fo...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: ElectrificationDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a programme of railway electrification.
Answer: The Government expects electrification to play an important role in our programme to achieve our Net Zero 2050 target, tackle air pollution, and improve the passenger experience.
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAnti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to support (a) the police and (b) local authorities in tackling antisocial behaviour.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission. We will put thousands of neighbourhood police and community support officers into local communities and crack down on those causing havoc on...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFireworks: CrimeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to tackle the illegal use of fireworks.
Answer: There is a comprehensive legislative framework regulating the manufacture, storage, supply, possession and use of fireworks in the UK. Local Authorities and the Police have a wide range of powers available to them to tackle the misuse of fireworks.To ensu...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFireworksDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the impact of fireworks on communities.
Answer: There is a comprehensive legislative framework regulating the manufacture, storage, supply, possession and use of fireworks in the UK. Local Authorities and the Police have a wide range of powers available to them to tackle the misuse of fireworks.To ensu...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDogs: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of Canine Fertility Clinics on the number of dogs from the brachycephalic breeds.
Answer: Defra does not hold the requested information. However, to understand the impact of dog breeding activities, including canine fertility businesses, on individual and overall breed health and welfare, Defra has commissioned an opinion from the Animal Welfa...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9210More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7840, 7842 and 7843 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of exempting from VAT the fees paid by
Answer: On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to the fee...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Private EducationMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7840, 7842 and 7843 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the Continuity of Educa
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 October 2024 to Question 6838 to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty).
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Private EducationMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7840, 7842 and 7843 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of imposing VAT on independent school
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 October 2024 to Question 6838 to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty).
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Private EducationMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7840, 7842 and 7843 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether he has held discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of (a) i
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 October 2024 to Question 6838 to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty).
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase the uptake of cervical screening appointments.
Answer: A range of national improvements and innovations have been implemented to help increase uptake in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. In some areas cervical screening appointments can now be made in any primary care setting rather than just at an indivi...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFood PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of food insecurity in (a) England and (b) the South East.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling poverty and reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Statistics on the proportion of people living in food insecure households at regional level are published annually in the Households Below Average Inc...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve passenger rail performance.
Answer: Improving railway performance and driving forward rail reform is the Department’s top priority. The Secretary of State and Rail Minister are meeting with Train Operating Companies and Network Rail to hold them to account in a joined-up manner across track...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOvarian Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer through the non-specific symptoms pathway.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of people diagnosed with ovarian cancer through non-specific symptom cancer pathways in the last five years. Data on cancer incidence is published by NHS England and the National Disease Registration ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOvarian Cancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with (a) the NHS and (b) stakeholders to help increase awareness of ovarian cancer.
Answer: NHS England runs the Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms, address barriers to acting on them, and to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: BerkshireHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the current availability of fire appliances in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.
Answer: It is the responsibility of each fire and rescue authority to determine how to allocate funding based on its analysis of risk and local circumstances, including the availability of fire appliances. Decisions on future local authority funding will be a mat...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Community Diagnostic Centres are operated by private healthcare providers.
Answer: The independent sector is involved in the delivery of community diagnostic centres (CDCs), in line with the role they play in supporting the NHS as trusted partners to recover elective services. There are 170 approved CDCs, 13 of which are fully owned and...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: RadiologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of trained radiologists within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust as of October 2024.
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. These report staff working for hospital trusts and other core organisations. This data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources sy...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOvarian CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer through the non-specific symptoms cancer pathway in the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of people diagnosed with ovarian cancer through non-specific symptom cancer pathways over the last five years. Data on cancer incidence is published by NHS England and by the National Disease Registra...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Private EducationMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost to the public purse is of the Continuity of Education Allowance.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the unique circumstances faced by our serving personnel and that frequent mobility can disrupt children’s education. The Continuity of Education Allowance helps by providing the children of serving personnel with a...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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