Adam Dance MP: written questions
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Health Services: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of geographic barriers in rural areas on access to (a) regular check-ups and (b) timely intervention.
Answer: Since June 2022, 42 integrated care boards (ICBs) across England have been responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services to meet the needs of their respective populations, reflecting the different needs of different populations. Th...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Health: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve public oral health education in rural areas.
Answer: In England, local authorities are responsible for assessing the oral health needs, developing oral health strategies, and commissioning oral health improvement programmes for their local area. We have also published evidence-based resources for dental tea...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to training for (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses in rural areas.
Answer: We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the dental workforce, including dentists and dental nurses, is key to our ambitions.We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing a set price list for private dental practices.
Answer: The National Health Service contracts independent dental providers to deliver NHS dental treatment. Dentists must make clear which treatments can be provided on the NHS and which can only be provided on a private basis, and the costs associated for each. ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled Reconfiguring NHS services - ministerial intervention powers, published on 31 January 2024, if he will clarify the changes in circumstances following which h
Answer: The Department will always review each call-in request on reconfigurations, regardless of any previous or concurrent requests.If my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care decides to call in a reconfiguration, as per the Health a...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to consult with organisations that advocate for deaf and disabled people on employment support reforms; and what recent discussions she has had with those organisatio
Answer: This Government is committed to championing the rights of disabled people and to working with disabled people to design our reforms. The Get Britain Working White Paper announced that DWP will establish a panel to consult disabled people as part of our wi...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring social housing providers to refer tenants to a local debt advice service before serving them with an eviction
Answer: The government is clear that social landlords should seek to sustain tenancies and should only evict as a last resort.Landlords will, when managing their social housing schemes, provide advice and assistance to those struggling financially, including sign...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the bedroom tax on the number of incidences of exploitation by criminals taking over the homes of vulnerable people.
Answer: No such assessment is planned. Taking over of a person’s home for use by criminals, also known as ‘cuckooing’, is an appalling practice which can drive violence, exploitation and anti-social behaviour in our communities. The Government’s Safer Streets Mis...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: SomersetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of difficulties faced by NHS patients in Somerset in receiving prescriptions of Creon.
Answer: The Department monitors and manages medicine supply at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. We have not made an assessment of stock levels within Somerset specifically.The Department has been working with sup...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20545 on Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that 80% of hon. Members receive
Answer: The Department is committed to meeting the target of responding to at least 80% of correspondence from Hon. Members within 20 working days. Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account. We recognise there is room for improvement and we are committe...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: Education and EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sanction regime will be used for young people under the Youth Guarantee; how that regime will differ from the conditionality regime; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that
Answer: The Youth Guarantee will be available to all young people in England aged 18-21, not just those on benefits, and therefore sanctions are not relevant for many in scope of the Guarantee. Young people on benefits can access DWP’s Youth Offer and Jobcentre P...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Government AssistanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people who are out of work but not receiving employment support.
Answer: As part of the biggest reforms in a generation, DWP will shift from being a department for welfare to being a department for work. The Get Britain Working White Paper published in November set out plans to deliver fundamental reform of our health, employm...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria are for Ministers to (a) intervene in an Integrated Care Board's reconfiguration proposal and (b) revisit decisions made in those proposals.
Answer: The call-in power introduced on 31 January 2024 allows my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to intervene in service reconfigurations within the National Health Service at any stage where a proposal exists and following th...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 16219 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, what the timetable is for introduction into service of the New Medium Helicopter.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is continuing with the established procurement process, managed by Defence Equipment and Support, for the New Medium Helicopter programme. The competition remains commercially sensitive, and the evaluation and approval process must...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve disabled access to railway stations in rural areas.
Answer: We are committed to improving the accessibility of the railway for all users, including those with a range of disabilities and in rural areas. The Department for Transport recently completed an accessibility audit of all 2,577 stations across Great Britai...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of steps to improve accessibility of train stations for disabled people.
Answer: We are committed to improving the accessibility of the railway for all users, including those with a range of disabilities. The Department for Transport recently completed an accessibility audit of all 2,577 stations across Great Britain. This data is bei...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of levels of water pollution in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: For too long, customers have been let down and water companies have discharged record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Bill, which will...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's response times to correspondence from hon. Members.
Answer: The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs, Peers, and members of the public. The Department receives some of the highest, and most sensitive, volumes of correspondence. This year, we are forec...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of recruitment and retention in NHS dentistry; and what steps he plans to take to tackle this.
Answer: The Dental Statistics - England 2023/24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) on 22 August 2024, is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324The N...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase access to dental services in rural areas.
Answer: We are aware of the challenges faced in accessing a dentist, particularly in more rural and coastal areas. The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,00...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the provision of 700,000 additional dental appointments; and what his target date is for that provision.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To re...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Health: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for implementing the supervised toothbrushing scheme.
Answer: We are committed to introducing a supervised toothbrushing scheme for three to five-year-olds, targeting the areas of highest need. Further information on the implementation timetable will be confirmed in due course.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 1 August 2024 from the hon. Member for Yeovil on the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s hyper acute stroke unit.
Answer: I replied to the hon. Member’s letter on 11 December 2024. I apologise for the delay in responding.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSkilled Workers: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage upskilling for tradespeople.
Answer: The department is developing a comprehensive strategy for post‐16 education and skills, to break down barriers to opportunity, support the development of a skilled workforce and drive economic growth through our Industrial Strategy. My noble Friend, the M...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGig Economy: Leave and Minimum WageDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that people working in the gig economy receive (a) at least the minimum wage, (b) sick leave and (c) holiday entitlement.
Answer: All employers must comply with their legal obligations towards those they engage. The Government is committed to creating of the Fair Work Agency. It will bring existing functions like minimum wage enforcement into one place and it will also enforce right...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
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