Victoria Collins MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Pancreatic Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding available for pancreatic cancer research.
Answer: Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.5 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR's research expenditure for all cancers was £121.8 millio...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing the anonymised outcomes of tribunal cases related to SEND support.
Answer: The decision whether to publish a judgment is a judicial one.Judgments of the Special Education Needs and Disability jurisdiction of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal are not routinely published.However, members of t...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLuton AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report by the Climate Change Committee entitled 2023 Progress Report to Parliament, published on 28 June 2023, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of expanding Luton Airport
Answer: The Climate Change Committee published its most recent Progress Report to Parliament on 18 July 2024. The government will carefully consider all of the CCC’s recommendations and respond later this year. The statutory deadline for a decision on the applica...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGambling: InternetDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to reform online gambling to tackle gambling addictions; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of limiting the practice of offering free bets to
Answer: The Government is considering the best available evidence from a wide range of sources to inform decisions on how best to fulfil its manifesto commitment to reducing gambling-related harm.The Gambling Commission has recently implemented a number of regula...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice
Answer: We will need time to review and consider the Ombudsman’s report along with the evidence provided during the investigation. We need to consider the views that have been expressed on all sides including the points raised by representatives from the WASPI Ca...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAirports: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 900487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of airport expansion on the Government's ability to meet net zero targets.
Answer: This government does not oppose airport expansion as long as it provides economic growth and is compatible with strict environmental standards. We are considering our wider approach to decarbonising aviation and remain committed to achieving net zero targ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the rate of fines for parents and carers taking their children out of school during term times on encouraging school attendance.
Answer: Tackling absence is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The government understands that reasons for absence are varied, which is why updated statutory attendance guidance sets out that schools, trusts and local ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she made of the implications for her policies of the document entitled General Election 2024: NSPCC priorities for manifestos and programmes for government, published in May 2024.
Answer: Nothing is more important than keeping children safe and the government is committed to protecting children experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, significant harm as well as tackling the underlying factors driving this. The department is interested in...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAlmshouses: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling alms houses to access section 106 funding and Community Infrastructure Levy in the same way as housing associat
Answer: It is up to local planning authorities to determine what contributions should be sought through Section 106 agreements, in line with statutory tests on their use set out in regulation 122 of the Community Infrastructure Regulations 2010.Our consultation o...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNeonatal Mortality and Sudden Unexplained DeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch a nationwide review of neonatal (a) mortality rates and (b) unexplained deaths.
Answer: The Government has no current plans to launch a nationwide review of neonatal mortality rates and unexplained deaths. Professor Lord Darzi’s report on his independent investigation of the National Health Service in England has shone a light on the critica...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Harpenden and BerkhamstedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of means-testing Winter Fuel Payments on pensioner poverty in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: No such assessment has been made, as statistics for the total number of people living in poverty are not available at a constituency level. This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings de...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSewage: Harpenden and BerkhamstedDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle sewage discharges by Thames Water into chalk streams in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: There are four wastewater treatment works (WwTW) operated by Thames Water that discharge to chalk streams in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency. Through the Water Industry National Environment Programme, improvements have been agreed for the three...
Answered 4 Oct 2024
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