Yasmin Qureshi MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Food: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations his Department received on the Advertising Standards Authority's guidance on the advertising of foods high in (a) fat, (b) sugar and (c) salt in (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025.
Answer: The Government is committed to implementing advertising restrictions for less healthy food and drink on television and online, as part of its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.We have not undertaken an assessment of the impact o...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 May 2025 on Childhood obesity, HCWS652, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) delaying implementation of advertising r
Answer: The Government is committed to implementing advertising restrictions for less healthy food and drink on television and online, as part of its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.We have not undertaken an assessment of the impact o...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 7 April 2025 on Childhood Obesity, HCWS579, whether her Department received representations from industry after that statement was made.
Answer: The Government is committed to implementing advertising restrictions for less healthy food and drink on television and online, as part of its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.We have not undertaken an assessment of the impact o...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 May 2025, HCWS652, on Childhood obesity, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of delaying the legal implementation of advert
Answer: The Government is committed to implementing advertising restrictions for less healthy food and drink on television and online, as part of its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.We have not undertaken an assessment of the impact o...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMyanmar: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the initiative of the UN Secretary General to create a humanitarian aid corridor from Bangladesh into Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Answer: We are concerned about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Rakhine, including the deteriorating food security situation. The UK continues to advocate for safe and unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need in Myanmar. The long-term solution for ...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProcessed Food: HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance on ultra-processed food consumption as part of a public health strategy.
Answer: We face an obesity crisis, and the Government will take action to tackle the root causes of obesity head on, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever.We have already laid secondary legislatio...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProcessed Food: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on the health impacts of ultra-processed food; and when he expects findings to be published.
Answer: The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR launched a research call in July 2024 on the health and health inequality impacts of interventions that effect consumption...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all correspondence between his Department and the Food and Drink Federation on changes to the HFSS guidance between October 2022 and June 2023.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the childhood obesity crisis and to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. Department officials regularly engage with a range of external stakeholders on diet and obesity policies.The Food (Promotion a...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of removing references to minimally processed and nutritious food from the HFSS promotions guidance on 1 June 2023.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the childhood obesity crisis and to raising the healthiest generation of children ever.The Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 were laid during the previous Parliament. The regulations provide ...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCanada: MigrationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making it easier to migrate between the UK and Canada.
Answer: The UK and Canada's deep and broad relationship is strengthened by the large diaspora of each nation's citizens present in both countries. The existing UK immigration offer supports migration through a variety of different routes which enable Canadian ind...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCanada: Overseas TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase (a) trade and (b) trading opportunities between the UK and Canada.
Answer: Canada is one of the UK’s closest allies and we are taking various steps to increase UK-Canada trade. Our trading relationship was worth £28 billion in 2024, up 10% in current prices on 2023, and is underpinned by the UK-Canada Trade Continuity Agreement....
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the treatment of Maternity Allowance as unearned income when calculating means-tested benefits.
Answer: We want new mothers to be able to take time away from work in the later stages of their pregnancy and in the months following childbirth, in the interests of their own and their baby’s health and wellbeing. Maternity Allowance is a benefit paid by the Sta...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordShellfish: Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the findings of her Department's call for evidence entitled Decapods: Call for Evidence, published on 5 July 2023.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the results from the call for evidence regarding the use of decapods in science to inform future policy options. The Home Office will be guided by decisions made under the Animal Welfare Act regarding any considerat...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGame: BirdsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animal welfare inspections of game bird farms were undertaken in (a) England and (b) Wales in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2024; how many and what proportion of those visits
Answer: The total number of inspections carried out in gamebirds premises are included in the table below; of those, a total of 5 inspections disclosed non-compliances with welfare legislation however none of the non-compliances identified were due to the use of ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPartridges and Pheasants: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the use of cages for (a) pheasants and (b) partridges for breeding.
Answer: We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals, including for gamebirds, is an issu...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to provide (a) additional resources, (b) teacher training and (c) additional curriculum support on media literacy in schools.
Answer: Media literacy is covered in the citizenship, relationships, sex and health education and computing curriculums.The department funds the National Centre for Computing Education, which provides teachers with continuing professional development and resource...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure that media literacy is a core component of the Curriculum and Assessment Review, in the context of increases in the use of generative AI.
Answer: The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review’s interim report notes the rise of artificial intelligence and trends in digital information and that it is necessary that the curriculum keep pace with these changes, including a renewed focus on digital a...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to enhance (a) early disease detection and (b) diagnosis through AI adoption.
Answer: The Department has provided £113 million, through the NHS AI Health and Care Awards, to 86 artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, which have been live in 40% of National Health Service acute trusts in England and hundreds of primary care networks acro...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS 10-Year Plan will include specific measures to provide health and care staff with full access to integrated patient records.
Answer: We have committed to develop a 10 Year Plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. While it is too soon to say exactly what will be in the plan, it will set out how we shift health and care systems in England from analogue to digital sys...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS Trusts meet digital capability targets.
Answer: NHS England has supported over 160 trusts with digital transformation, which includes the implementation of Electronic Patient Records. Currently, we have achieved a 91% rollout of Electronic Patient Records, with work underway to provide tailored support...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the progress towards meeting the target of implementing Electronic Patient Records across all NHS Trusts by March 2026.
Answer: 91% of trusts have an Electronic Patient Record (EPR), with work underway to provide support to the remaining nineteen trusts which do not have an EPR.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPreventive MedicineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage the adoption of (a) AI and (b) other digital technologies to support the healthcare transition from treatment to prevention.
Answer: The National Health Service is already home to world-first digital innovation, with NHS England supporting the rollout of key products, many of which support the shift to prevention and early diagnosis. Examples include the world's first certified autonom...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to set targets for the building of new (a) pumped storage hydroelectricity systems, (b) solar panels and (c) flywheel energy storage systems.
Answer: The Clean Power 2030 Action Plan provides a ‘Clean Power Capacity Range’ as a foundation to guide rapid policy development and focus delivery, based on scenarios that meet our Clean Power ambitions. There is a breakdown of capacity ranges for the differen...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: BoltonMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing levels of defence spending on (a) employment and (b) investment in Bolton.
Answer: We are ensuring UK defence is on the cutting-edge of technology and innovation, with Defence spending meeting our military needs, supporting 434,000 jobs across the breadth of the UK and increasing the productive capacity of the UK economy to drive sustai...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces Compensation SchemeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will exempt payments from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme as income when calculating means-tested benefits.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 5 December 2024 to question UIN 16635.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
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