Abtisam Mohamed MP: written questions
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Domestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to improve national oversight of local commissioning of (a) specialist led-by and (b) domestic abuse services.
Answer: Local authorities have a duty to commission services under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The statutory guidance is clear that local authorities must assess the needs of all victims, including those requiring specialist support, and ensure suffici...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBaby Care UnitsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England next plans to update its publication entitled Health Building Note 09-03: Neonatal units, first published in March 2013.
Answer: Guidance related to the National Health Service Estate is reviewed, prioritised and updated to reflect changing legislative, regulatory, technological and policy requirements. As part of the three-year delivery plan and subsequent for maternity and neonat...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildbirth and Infant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15960 on Neonatal Inequalities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) monitoring and (b) reporting on (i) pre-term birth
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. I am urgently considering the immediate action needed across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and address ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking consult stakeholders during her Department's review of universal credit; and what plans she has for the format of such consultation.
Answer: We are committed to reviewing Universal Credit to make sure it is doing the job we want it to, to make work pay and tackle poverty. We have already begun this work with the announcement of the Fair Repayment Rate in the Budget, giving 1.2m of the poorest...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: Working ConditionsDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with representatives of private hire companies on the working conditions of drivers.
Answer: The Department for Transport discusses a range of issues with representatives from the taxi and private hire vehicle sector. Employment law and working practice policy, including working conditions, is outside of my Department’s remit and is owned by the ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: Working ConditionsDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations on the working conditions of drivers in the private hire industry.
Answer: The Department for Transport discusses a range of issues with representatives from the taxi and private hire vehicle sector. Employment law and working practice policy, including working conditions, is outside of my Department’s remit and is owned by the ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: PalestiniansHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of Palestinians in Gaza seeking to make a UK visa application enrolling their biometrics in a Visa Application Centre in (a) Ramallah a
Answer: Biometrics underpin the UK immigration system to support identity assurance and suitability checks on foreign nationals who are subject to immigration control. In most circumstances, foreign nationals who are required to apply for entry clearance to come ...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: JournalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department uses journalistic reporting from Palestinian journalists in Gaza when conducting assessments into (a) the humanitarian situation and (b) Israeli milita
Answer: Our assessments are supported by a wide ranging and detailed evidence base. This includes relevant regional media reporting, including from Palestinian journalists, open-source material, analysis of the conflict by international bodies, NGOs and partner c...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Committee to Protect Journalists press release entitled, Journalist casualties in the Israel
Answer: Earlier this month, the Foreign Secretary, together with his French and German counterparts, wrote to the Israeli government to urge action on the unacceptable situation in Gaza. The UK has been clear that Israel must act in accordance with International ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: Journalism and Press FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect (a) journalists and (b) media workers (i) based and (ii) operating in Gaza.
Answer: Earlier this month, the Foreign Secretary, together with his French and German counterparts, wrote to the Israeli government to urge action on the unacceptable situation in Gaza. The UK has been clear that Israel must act in accordance with International ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for when cancer sites will have recurrence data collection mandated to align with the collection of breast cancer recurrence data.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS), part of NHS England, collects patient data on cancer as well as congenital anomalies and rare diseases. The NDRS has been collecting recurrence data for non-primary cancers via data submissions as part of ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take ensure there is sufficient provision of (a) rehabilitation and (b) prehabilitation for cancer patients across all cancer alliances.
Answer: National Health Service trusts and cancer alliances are responsible for ensuring that plans are in place to meet the needs of patients in their localities. Therefore, the Department does not have additional plans to ensure there is provision of rehabilita...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer and General Practitioners: Yorkshire and the HumberDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve (a) access to GP appointments and (b) rates of early-stage cancer diagnosis in areas of socio-economic deprivation in Yorkshire.
Answer: We know that patients are struggling to access general practices (GPs), and that these struggles can be particularly acute for patients living in deprived areas. We will support equitable access to GP services, and we have already committed to recruiting ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Budget October 2024Department of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with social care providers on the potential impact of Autumn Budget 2024 on the social care sector.
Answer: The Department holds regular meetings with adult social care stakeholders, including service providers and representative bodies, to discuss key issues and developments such as the impact of the Budget on the sector. The Government will make available up ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17945More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional funding to local authorities to meet the increased costs of social care.
Answer: The government considered the cost pressures facing social care services and wider local government spending as part of phase one of the Spending Review process which concluded in October. The government is providing a real-terms uplift to core local gove...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordKnives: SalesHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that legitimate knife manufacturers are not adversely affected by online restrictions intended to reduce knife crime.
Answer: We are committed to strengthening the law around online sales which is why we are conducting a rapid review of the online sale and delivery of knives and how controls can be strengthened. The review is being taken forward by Commander Stephen Clayman, Nat...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of carbon capture technologies in each of the next three years.
Answer: The Autumn Budget settlement provides £3.9bn in 2025-26 for the first carbon capture and storage clusters in the UK. The breakdown of costs by financial year is commercially sensitive whilst negotiations progress. The cost of carbon capture after 2025-26 ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to reduce exports of plastic waste.
Answer: Plastic waste is a commodity which is traded on a legitimate global market. Exports can complement UK based reprocessing to help ensure more materials are recycled rather than landfilled or incinerated. Some of the plastic waste we export is used in the m...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the viability of carbon capture technologies.
Answer: Carbon capture technology has been proven in many countries across the world, and the Climate Change Committee have described it as a “necessity not an option” for reaching Net Zero. As a part of the initial assessment for choosing the first CCUS clusters...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAdult Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.46 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, how much of the additional funding for further education will be spent on adult learning.
Answer: This government is committed to driving economic growth and supporting opportunity for all, and further education (FE) is central to this. The government is providing an additional £300 million for FE to support development of the skills our economy needs...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildbirth and Infant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) reduce (i) socio-economic and (ii) ethnic disparities in the rates of (A) neonatal death, (B) brain injury and (C) pre-term birth.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. I am urgently considering the immediate action needed across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and address ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildbirth and Infant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set clear and measurable targets to help tackle socio-economic and ethnic disparities in the rates of (a) neonatal death, (b) brain injury and (c) pre-term birth.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. I am urgently considering the immediate action needed across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and address ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment: Dispute ResolutionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will initiative a review of UK treaties containing Investor-State Dispute Settlements.
Answer: The UK is party to 83 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) that contain investment protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). In 2022, these BITs covered at least £195 billion of UK investment overseas.ISDS provides an independent means to r...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment: Dispute ResolutionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will initiative a review of UK treaties containing Investor-State Dispute Settlements.
Answer: The UK is party to 83 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) that contain investment protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). In 2022, these BITs covered at least £195 billion of UK investment overseas.ISDS provides an independent means to r...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing targeted funding to help ensure that children with disabilities in Gaza are included in UK-funded humanitarian responses in Gaza.
Answer: The plight of disabled children in Gaza is deeply distressing. They are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, and their access to healthcare is disproportionately affected in times of conflict. The UK continues to provide significant funding to partner...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
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