Yasmin Qureshi MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Remote Education: Lifelong Learning EntitlementDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the lifelong loan entitlement to offer maintenance loans for remote learners.
Answer: The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) will deliver a transformational change to the student finance system in England, by broadening access to high-quality, flexible education and training. All courses and modules with in-person attendance that are elig...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: FoodDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the School Food Standards.
Answer: It is important that children eat nutritious food at school and the department encourages schools to have a whole school approach to healthy eating. The School Food Standards regulate the food and drink provided at lunchtime and at other times of the scho...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with local authorities on the future of the Holiday Activities and Food programme after March 2025.
Answer: The department has received its overall budget and we are now working through the details of the budget settlement. Departmental budgets for 2025/26 will be confirmed in due course, including the exact funding available for this type of support for childr...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBank ServicesTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16474More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with the banking sector on (a) delays in applications for community group bank accounts and (b) reports of community bank accounts being replaced with business accounts.
Answer: The provision of banking services is a commercial decision taken by the banking sector. In response to feedback from community account holders about difficulties in securing and maintaining suitable current accounts, UK Finance launched a website in July ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBank ServicesTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16473More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) delays experienced by community groups for applications for community group bank accounts and (b) fee-less community bank accounts being closed and replaced wit
Answer: The provision of banking services is a commercial decision taken by the banking sector. In response to feedback from community account holders about difficulties in securing and maintaining suitable current accounts, UK Finance launched a website in July ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16146More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister raised Myanmar with President Xi Jinping of China during their meeting on 18 November.
Answer: The Prime Minister raised a range of domestic and foreign issues in his meeting with President Xi at the G20 on 18 November. A read-out of this meeting is available on the GOV.UK website.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department is taking steps to help support the transition from animal testing to new approach methodologies.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the uptake and development of alternative methods to the use of animals in science. The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasin...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCarers: EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support unpaid carers in paid work.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring carers are supported to balance work and caring responsibilities. We know flexible working can be particularly valuable for carers, and the Employment Rights Bill will make flexible working available to all workers except wher...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarers: Earnings RulesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the carer element of Universal Credit for unpaid carers, in the context of recent trends in the cost of living.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of benefits and State Pensions. The outcome of the Secretary of State’s review will be announced in the usual way. No assessment has been made of the merit of in...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarer's Allowance: Earnings RulesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of linking the Carer's Allowance earning limit to increase in the national living wage.
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges unpaid carers are facing and is determined to provide them with the help and support they need and deserve. It is looking closely at how the benefit system currently does this. The Carer’s Allowance earnings limit ...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Mental Health Bill will (a) protect and (b) enhance the rights of (i) children and (ii) young people who are (A) detained in and (B) admitted informally t
Answer: The forthcoming Mental Health Bill will strengthen the rights of children and young people, to ensure they are involved in decisions about their care, that they can challenge these decisions and, above all, ensure that they are only detained for treatment...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEducational Institutions: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to embed a Whole Education Approach to mental health and wellbeing in all education settings.
Answer: The government is committed to improving mental health outcomes for all children and young people, as this is critical to breaking down barriers to opportunity and learning.The department, along with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, pr...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for children's mental health to (a) reduce waiting times for and (b) increase access to support.
Answer: It is unacceptable that too many children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are far too long. That is why we will recruit 8,500 additional mental health workers across bo...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordElections: Proportional RepresentationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a system of proportional representation for Parliamentary elections.
Answer: The Government has no plans to change the voting system for Parliamentary elections.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: TomographyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) it remains his policy to double the number of cancer scanners in the NHS and (b) that includes doubling the number of positron emission tomography scanners.
Answer: We are working towards our commitment of doubling cancer scanners to address the challenges in diagnostic waiting times. Our commitment is related to magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography (CT) but of course we are also considering what increa...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAlzheimer's Disease: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the decision by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on 22 August 2024 to licence lecanemab for patients with early stage Alzheimer's disease, what discussions
Answer: Department officials have had a number of conversations with colleagues in NHS England about their plans to support the adoption of any licensed and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.The...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChina: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will introduce Magnitsky-style sanctions against Chinese officials involved in human rights abuses in Tibet.
Answer: This Government will take a consistent, long term and strategic approach to managing the UK's relations with China, rooted in UK and global interests. We will co-operate where we can, compete where we need to, and challenge where we must. We will stand fi...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding medications for (a) chronic kidney disease and (b) recipients of kidney transplants to the NHS prescription charge exemption list.
Answer: There are no current plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate. Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the community in England, and there are a wide r...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 1 February 2024 on Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme Update, HCWS233, whether he plans to investigate the reasons for the inconsistent application of ARAP
Answer: I am deeply concerned that many members of CF333 and ATF444 (the Triples) - our friends and allies - who should be eligible for ARAP remain in grave circumstances. As such, my clear focus is getting the Triples Review back on track and bringing all those ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordObesity: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulation of sales of weight loss injections by online pharmacies.
Answer: When used appropriately, online prescribing provides a valuable route for patient access, taking pressure off general practices. We are concerned, however, about some online prescribing, including the prescribing of weight loss medicines by online busines...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to support international partners with ceasefire discussions on Gaza.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary and I have stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire in our conversations with Israeli, Arab and regional leaders. The Foreign Secretary reiterated this message during visits to the region on 14-15 July and 31 July - 1 August and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Waiting ListsDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for SEND services in schools.
Answer: For too long the education and care system has not met the needs of all children, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Parents and carers have struggled to get their children the support they need, with many children ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity of (i) hospitals and (ii) primary health care centres and (b) availability of (A) medicine and (B) basi
Answer: The FCDO is closely monitoring the impact of the conflict in Gaza on health. We collect information from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other partners based in Gaza.According to the WHO, no hospitals in Gaza are fully functional. 16 hospitals out...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCommission on Human Medicines: Pregnancy TestsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission an independent review of the Report of the Commission on Human Medicines’ Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests, published on 15 November 2017.
Answer: We are hugely sympathetic to the families who believe that they or their children have suffered following the use of hormone pregnancy tests. It is not currently the Government’s intention to review the Report of the Commission on Human Medicines; however...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrimodosDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support those impacted by Primodos.
Answer: Primodos is one of three areas Baroness Cumberlege was asked to look into as part of her Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Review, which reported in 2020. Since the report was published, action has been taken to address the issues identified, incl...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
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