Vikki Slade MP: written questions
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Written questions
Dentistry: QualificationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will offer provisionally registered status to overseas-qualified dentists.
Answer: In 2024, the Department carried out a consultation on introducing legislation that would give the General Dental Council (GDC) powers to provisionally register overseas-qualified dentists who have not yet met the GDC’s requirements for full registration. ...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral answer of 20 January 2025 from the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution on Local Government Reorganisation: Devon, Official Report colu
Answer: The question in the House was taken in relation to the current applications to join the Devolution Priority Programme. As stated in the House this allows for areas to put forward locally led proposals on both devolution and local government reorganisation...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on (a) cashflow, (b) income and (c) patient access to medication of practices of receiving re-imbursement monthly rather than quarterly for each
Answer: Contractors are already paid monthly. The full payment timetable for community pharmacy contractors is detailed in Clause 5C Part I of the Drug Tariff, and on the Schedule of Payments that contractors receive each month.In 2021, in recognition of the impr...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date the Government will inform councils on its decision on postponing local elections.
Answer: A decision on the requests made by councils to postpone local elections will be made in due course, recognising the need to give confirmation as soon as practically possible. As set out in my letter of 16 December, these requests will only be considered w...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the total cost of the Government's plans for local authority re-organisation.
Answer: The English Devolution White Paper sets out the overall case for local government reorganisation, including referencing the 2020 PwC report, “Evaluating the importance of scale in proposals for local government reorganisation”, for the County Councils Net...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many requests she has granted from local authorities to postpone elections set for May 2025.
Answer: A number of councils have responded to my letter of 16 December, making requests involving postponement of their May 2025 elections. A list of those councils can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-reorganisation-lette...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the effectiveness safeguards for people with mental health conditions when engaging with the benefits system.
Answer: All customer-facing DWP colleagues are undertaking mandatory mental health awareness training to better support claimants who may present with mental health issues. All colleagues also have access to a wide range of guidance and signposting to help suppor...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to allow optometrists to share scan data directly with consultants, in the context of patient waiting times.
Answer: NHS England is testing how improving digital connectivity between primary care optometry and secondary care will allow optometrists to share diagnostic images and receive advice and guidance from specialists. This will enable more patients to be managed i...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Leave: Self-employedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to provide the same level of support to self-employed parents taking maternity leave as to self-employed people taking leave for adoption.
Answer: Self-employed pregnant women who have paid the required Class 2 National Insurance contributions are entitled to Maternity Allowance.As a general rule, maternity pay is primarily a health and safety provision relating specifically to pregnancy, childbirth...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorismHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that premises covered by the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill will also be required to provide (a) first aid equipment and (b) public access trauma kits.
Answer: The Terrorism Protection of Premises Bill does not include a specific requirement relating to the provision of medical treatment and associated equipment.Wider work is ongoing to strengthen Healthcare Standards. The Department for Health and Social Care (...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changing the funding for built environment Level 7 apprentices on the Government's commitment to build 1.5 million homes.
Answer: The government is committed to 1.5 million homes being built across this Parliament while spreading opportunities and economic growth supported by a strong skills system.The department is working closely with industry and across Whitehall on this ambition...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRelationships and Sex EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of including grief education in the relationships and sex education curriculum.
Answer: The statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) guidance, which sets out the specific topics pupils should be taught, makes clear that teachers should be aware of common adverse childhood experiences and understand when and how these may be a...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction AgreementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ratify the Global Oceans Treaty.
Answer: The Government is completely committed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement,...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Services: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure that local authorities in rural areas receive higher levels of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26, in the contex
Answer: The government is absolutely committed to tackling the issues that matter to rural communities. Places with a significant rural population will on average receive around a 5% increase in their Core Spending Power next year, which is a real terms increase....
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Social ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure that local authorities remain democratically accountable for the provision of social care, in the context of her Department's plans for devo
Answer: The Government has no intention of changing local authorities’ democratic accountability for provision of social care. As set out in the English Devolution White Paper, we will reset the relationship with local government, to give the sector more autonomy...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Pharmacy supervision which closed on 29 February 2024.
Answer: A previous consultation on pharmacy supervision was published earlier this year. The Government and devolved administrations will set out plans for the policy when it responds to that consultation, in due course.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that the next local government finance settlement includes additional funding to meet higher costs arising from changes to (a) the national minim
Answer: We recognise the challenges that local authorities are facing. We have listened to voices across the sector and we prioritised local government at the Budget, where we announced over £4 billion in additional funding for local government services, includin...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will reinstate the availability of medications previously available on prescription for (a) households on low incomes and (b) pensioners so that they are free of charge.
Answer: There are currently no plans to review the list of items that formed part of the NHS England review into medicines that cannot be routinely supplied. Prescribers are free to make their own decisions on which medicines to prescribe, unless they are banned ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the list of conditions eligible for free prescriptions by working age people.
Answer: There are no plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate to exempt people from the prescription charge. Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the commun...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWar PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the monthly payment of war pensions.
Answer: The War Pension Scheme (WPS) compensates for any injury, illness or death which was caused by service before 6 April 2005. There are two main types of WPS awards depending on the level of disablement: A gratuity is a tax free lump sum payment for disablem...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Sub-lettingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) assess and (b) prevent unauthorised sub-letting of social housing for holiday lets.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting landlords to tackle the small minority of social tenants who, by cheating the system, deprive those in need of a social home.Under existing legislation, it is a criminal offence to sub-let social housing without t...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Workers and Health Services: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to dependant rules for health and social care visas on closures of care homes; and if he will make an assessment of the potentia
Answer: In December 2023, the Home Office published their estimated immigration impacts of the announced legal migration changes, including the restriction on bringing dependants for care workers and senior care workers. These are available at the following link:...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordA35: FloodsDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings her officials had with the then hon. member for Mid Dorset and North Poole on flooding at Bakers Arms Roundabout on the A35 during the last Parliament; and what agreements were made to consider me
Answer: The Department has no record of meetings on this matter during the last Parliament.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Motorcycles: Anti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to the Home Office, with reference to her Oral Statement of 27 November 2024 on Respect Orders and anti-social behaviour, whether police officers will be able to pursue (a) off road bikes and (b) e sc
Answer: The police are able to pursue off road bikes and electric scooters when they are used anti-socially or dangerously. Any decision on whether to undertake a pursuit is an operational one for the police and should take account of the risk factors and proport...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIncinerators: ConstructionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) undertake a needs assessment for waste disposal and (b) ban new incinerators unless there is a proven need for them.
Answer: The Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy, which will support economic growth, deliver green jobs, promote efficient and productive use of resources, minimise negative environmental impacts and help us accelerate to Net Zero. Ther...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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