Yasmin Qureshi MP: written questions
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Medical 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
Original Parliament recordDisability: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Together Trust and National Star entitled What comes after education? Transitions to adulthood for disabled you
Answer: The report raises concerns around the challenges young people face when transitioning from education into adulthood, including uncertainty around post-16 options, employment and transitions to adult services. The department will consider these themes and ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFossil FuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of pursuing an international Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Answer: To date, the UK has not endorsed any specific treaty on fossil fuels, but will keep this under review. We are committed to working with all international counterparts to transition away from fossil fuels, in line with the UK’s domestic and international c...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry and Pigs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a timetable for a public consultation on the use of (a) cages for laying hens and (b) farrowing crates for pigs.
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 closed confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently ...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: EU CountriesHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what options are available to people applying for a Schengen visa who do not have access to their e-Visa due to technical issues.
Answer: It is important for all who are travelling to check the entry, exit and transit requirements of other countries, and they may be asked to show evidence of their UK immigration status to authorities in the country they are travelling to. It is a matter for...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing additional regulations on the advertisement of food and drink (a) outdoors and (b) on other media platf
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care discusses a range of diet and obesity-related issues with Government colleagues. Supporting people to stay healthier for longer is at the heart of the Government’s Health Mission, which ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRemote 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
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