Al Pinkerton MP: written questions
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Health Services: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to support neurodiverse people employed in the healthcare sector in Surrey Heath Constituency.
Answer: We do not currently collect data breaking down neurodivergent employment by sector, but, as a Government, we are committed to supporting neurodiversity in the workplace and encouraging employers to adopt neuro-inclusive working practices.On 29 January 202...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to foster (a) an inclusive and (b) a respectful working environment for NHS hospital staff in Surrey Heath Constituency.
Answer: It is the role of National Health Service boards and leaders to provide strong and effective leadership that helps to build supportive and inclusive cultures in their NHS organisations. This should include promoting environments where staff feel safe to s...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that healthcare services can (a) recruit and (b) retain doctors in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service employers. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective c...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Young PeopleDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to support young entrepreneurs in (a) creating and (b) sustaining small businesses in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: We will publish our Small Business Strategy later this year with a clear ambition to promote startups and encourage entrepreneurship in Surrey Heath and across the UK including amongst young people, built around the new Business Growth Service. There is a...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) help tackle domestic abuse and (b) improve support services for domestic abuse survivors in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: This Government has set out an ambition to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) within a decade and will treat it as the national emergency that it is. The Government has increased funding to all local authorities to £160 million for 2025-26, an ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) availability and (b) accessibility of SEND sports camps in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: The Government is dedicated to making sport in this country accessible and inclusive for everyone. The holiday activities and food programme provides healthy meals, enriching activities, and free childcare places to children from low-income families, bene...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the sale of illegal vapes in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will strengthen the enforcement of vape sales regulations by giving Ministers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland the ability to introduce a licensing scheme for the retail sale of tobacco, vapes and nicotine products. The l...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce youth unemployment rates in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: As part of our plan to Get Britain Working, we will also be launching a new Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 in England to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or help to find work.DWP currently prov...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArts and Culture: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote (a) youth arts and (b) cultural festivals in Surrey Heath Constituency.
Answer: The government promotes and supports the arts predominantly through Arts Council England (ACE).ACE’s open funding programme, National Lottery Project Grants, is currently accessible to organisations and individuals across the country, including those in S...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: Surrey HeathDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding youth schemes to reduce anti-social behaviour in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Too many children and young people do not have access to the same enrichment opportunities as their peers, suffer from poor mental health and, in some cases, end up being drawn into crime rather than going on to achieve and thrive.The government has commi...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: Surrey HeathDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate travel disruptions caused by flooding in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises that flooding can have a devastating impact on people, businesses and communities, as well as causing disruption to all road users. The Government is working at pace to accelerate the building of flood defences through a new Floo...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Surrey HeathDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent sinkhole formation in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Tackling problems such as sinkholes on local roads is a matter for local highway authorities. Surrey County Council is the local highway authority for Surrey Heath constituency. For the 2025/26 financial year, the Government is providing Surrey County Cou...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Surrey HeathDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to (a) support recycling efforts and (b) develop recycling infrastructure in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: We are improving recycling services across England through our upcoming Simpler Recycling reforms, which will ensure that across England, people will be able to recycle the same materials, whether at home, work or school. Every household and workplace (bu...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: ChildrenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has considered conducting an assessment of the potential impact of proposed Official Development Assistance cuts on children.
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be used will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spending R...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of consulting a broad range of stakeholders when revising the PAS 9980 standard.
Answer: MHCLG and Home Office have jointly sponsored the British Standards Institution (BSI), who developed and are responsible for the PAS 9980 guidance, to review it to ensure it captures best practice, meets the needs of the market and identify whether any rev...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a draft of the revised PAS 9980 code of practice for fire risk appraisals of external walls and cladding.
Answer: MHCLG and Home Office have jointly sponsored the British Standards Institution (BSI), who developed and are responsible for the PAS 9980 guidance, to review it to ensure it captures best practice, meets the needs of the market and identify whether any rev...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: Greater LondonDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of London-licensed Uber drivers operating in non-metropolitan areas on the viability of independent taxi businesses.
Answer: Taxis and private hire vehicles have always been permitted to carry pre-booked fares outside the area in which they are licensed. This allows the sector to work more flexibly to meet the needs of their passengers. The Government however recognises concer...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Surrey HeathHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the efficiency of response times of Fire and Rescue Services in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring fire services have the resources they need to do their important work and to keep the public safe. In 2024/25, fire and rescue authorities received around £2.87 billion. Standalone Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRA) ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to (a) prevent and (b) tackle wildlife crime in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Wildlife crime can have devastating consequences for our natural environments and countryside communities. This Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas and anyone exploiting or deliberately harming British wildlife should face the full fo...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFarnborough Airport: PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Farnborough Airport’s expansion on (a) noise pollution and (b) air pollution in the South-East.
Answer: Assessment of the potential impact of Farnborough Airport’s expansion is a matter for Rushmoor Borough Council as local planning authority responsible for considering the airport’s planning application.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to (a) promote and (b) develop green transport infrastructure such as (i) cycle paths, (ii) electric vehicle charging points and (iii) electric bus routes.
Answer: The Department has recently announced nearly £300 million of funding to help local authorities and Sustrans to introduce and improve walking and cycling paths, and to fund promote walking, wheeling and cycling. As of 1 February 2025, the Government and in...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: BuildingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to support the (a) upkeep and (b) preservation of culturally significant buildings in the Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: The government believes that a fit-for-purpose cultural infrastructure, which increases access for all, is part of this sector's success.At the Autumn Spending Review government prioritised support for our cultural institutions so that they can continue t...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to reduce waiting times for ADHD assessments in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) in England to make appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments, in line with the rel...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's (a) support for and (b) treatment of ADHD in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) in England to make appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments, in line with the rel...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPostural Tachycardia Syndrome: Surrey HeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's (a) support for and (b) treatment of people with postural tachycardia syndrome in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: Improving health outcomes for people who live with long-term conditions, including postural tachycardia syndrome, is a key part of the Government's mission to build a National Health Service fit for the future. The National Institute for Health and Care E...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
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