Alison Bennett MP: written questions
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Glaucoma: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered introducing a national screening programme for glaucoma.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee does not recommend screening for glaucoma because it is not clear if the tests which are available are accurate enough to be used in a screening programme. Regular sight tests are important in detecting glaucoma, which ...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Care WorkersHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the decision to end overseas recruitment of care workers.
Answer: We recognise the huge contribution of overseas care, but it is important that long-term plans are drawn up to train homegrown talent into the care sector.As outlined in the ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System - Technical Annex’, it is estimated...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhouses: Small BusinessesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support small abbatoirs.
Answer: Defra recognises the vital role smaller abattoirs play in supporting local livestock producers and maintaining a resilient and competitive food supply chain. Defra works closely with the industry including through the Small Abattoirs Working Group and the...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: FirearmsHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to regulate the fees charged by GPs to applicants for a medical review for a firearms licensing application.
Answer: Medical checks are an important part of the firearms licensing process and help to ensure that those in possession of firearms licences do not present a threat to themselves or others.Since November 2021, applicants have been required to provide medical i...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: Animal BreedingHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to start (a) recording and (b) reporting on the number of animals who are bred for, but not actually used in, scientific procedures within animal testing figures.
Answer: The Home Office is presently reviewing the collection and publication of additional statistics on animals that were bred but not used in scientific procedures.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's Allowance and Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unpaid carers concurrently on Personal Independence Payments and Carers Allowance are awarded less than four points in all daily living activities.
Answer: In August 2024 for England and Wales, there were 95,000 working aged claimants receiving both the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - to help with extra living costs as a result of having a long-term physical or mental health c...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the release of Adult Social Care Funding Data, following the Information Tribunal order to disclose it in October 2024.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has regular conversations with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about a variety of topics.To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care, the Government h...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average time taken for patients with Parkinson’s disease who are experiencing new symptoms to see a neurologist.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance on Parkinson’s disease in adults sets out the best practice for healthcare professionals in the care, treatment, and support of people with Parkinson’s. It aims to improve the recogni...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the how regularly an average patient with Parkinson’s disease saw a neurologist in the latest period for which data was available.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance on Parkinson’s disease in adults sets out the best practice for healthcare professionals in the care, treatment, and support of people with Parkinson’s. It aims to improve the recogni...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's DiseaseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all relevant medical health professionals are aware of the different manifestations of Parkinson’s disease in (a) women and (b) men.
Answer: Guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on Parkinson’s disease in adults does not make any reference to differences in Parkinson’s symptoms between women and men.We do know that the prevalence of Parkinson’s disease is h...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken for patients experiencing Parkinson's symptoms to receive a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance on Parkinson’s disease in adults sets out the best practice for healthcare professionals in the care, treatment, and support of people with Parkinson’s. It aims to improve the recogni...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposals outlined in the (a) Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work and (b) Spring Budget on (i) unpaid carers and (ii) people with caring resp
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of her Department’s estimate that the lost output due to working age carers caring for working age sick is £37 billion.
Answer: This Government recognises and values the vital contribution made by carers every day in providing significant care and continuity of support to sick and disabled family and friends. Without the support they provide there would be more pressure on formal ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households receive multiple PIP awards.
Answer: 9% of households claimed Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in 2023-2024, with 10% of these households claiming multiple awards.Notes:Figures are for Great Britain, excluding Northern Ireland.Figures are for the 2023-24 financial year.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers Allowance and Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unpaid carers concurrently on Personal Independence Payments and Carers Allowance are expected to lose (a) PIP and (b) PIP and Carers Allowance.
Answer: The Department does not hold the data requested.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish an implementation plan alongside the policy paper entitled Reforming elective care for patients, published on 6 January 2025.
Answer: There are currently no plans to publish an implementation plan alongside the Elective Reform Plan.Our Elective Reform Plan sets out the productivity and reform efforts needed to return to the 18-week constitutional standard by the end of this Parliament, ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJoint ReplacementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who need joint replacement surgery are able to access treatment in all regions.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first, including those waiting for joint replacement surgery.We understand the impact long waits can have on patients’ mental health, and we are committed to ensuring that people can access high quality ment...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJoint Replacements: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide mental health support for people waiting for joint replacement surgery.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first, including those waiting for joint replacement surgery.We understand the impact long waits can have on patients’ mental health, and we are committed to ensuring that people can access high quality ment...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOrthopaedics: Surgical HubsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of the new surgical hubs will be focused solely on orthopaedic procedures.
Answer: There are no plans for any of the new hubs to focus solely on orthopaedic procedures, but five of the new surgical hubs will focus on orthopaedics procedures in addition to other specialties.The Elective Reform Plan committed to providing quicker access f...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help decarbonise schools.
Answer: The department is committed to supporting the UK net zero carbon targets. Since 2021, our own building standards require that all new school buildings we deliver are net zero carbon in operation and are adapted to climate change.The department is providin...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether people who started therapy funded by the Adoption and special guardianship support fund in 2024-25 will be permitted to carry over unused funds to fund therapy during the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) supports children previously in care who are under special guardianship orders, residency orders or child arrangements orders. We are not proposing wider eligibility changes at this point. The ASG...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the eligibility criteria for the Adoption and special guardianship support fund to include (a) kinship carers with informal childcare arrangeme
Answer: The adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) supports children previously in care who are under special guardianship orders, residency orders or child arrangements orders. We are not proposing wider eligibility changes at this point. The ASG...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish an implementation plan alongside the Elective Reform Plan.
Answer: There are currently no plans to publish an implementation plan alongside the Elective Reform Plan.Our Elective Reform Plan sets out the productivity and reform efforts needed to return to the 18-week constitutional standard by the end of this Parliament, ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJoint ReplacementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure people who need joint replacement surgery are able to access treatment where they live.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first, including those waiting for joint replacement surgery. Too many people have been left in limbo, with their personal and professional lives on hold waiting for National Health Service treatment. We und...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJoint ReplacementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to provide mental health support for people waiting for joint replacement surgery.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first, including those waiting for joint replacement surgery. Too many people have been left in limbo, with their personal and professional lives on hold waiting for National Health Service treatment. We und...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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