Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions
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Service Charges: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of challenges brought to the English First-tier Property Tribunal against (a) councils, (b) housing associations, (c) private landlords a
Answer: As set out in my Written Ministerial Statement of 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), the government will consult on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act’s service charge and litigation costs provisions this year, bringing these measures into force as quickly as...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic OrderHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is preparing reviews on the operation of sections (a) 73 and (b) 74 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 in accordance with those sections.
Answer: Section 73(5) and Section 74(7) placed a duty on the Secretary of State to prepare and publish a report on the operation of sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986, as amended by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.The Government pub...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making women with endometriosis eligible for flu vaccinations.
Answer: Eligibility for the seasonal influenza vaccination programme is based, each year, on the expert advice and recommendations of the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) with the aim to protect those most at risk of serious illn...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Conduct Authority: DebtsTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26077More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of extending the Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory perimeter so that it can tackle (a) poor and (b) misleading debt advice delivered by insolvency practitioners a
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of individuals receiving accurate and reliable information when they are considering an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA). When administered well, IVAs provide a debt solution to people who aren’t eligible for...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Conduct Authority: DebtsTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26076More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of ending the exemption from Financial Conduct Authority rules on debt advice for IVA providers.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of individuals receiving accurate and reliable information when they are considering an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA). When administered well, IVAs provide a debt solution to people who aren’t eligible for...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInsomnia: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to make Sleepio accessible to NHS patients in Lambeth.
Answer: Sleepio is available for local commissioning by integrated care systems should they choose to commission this product, as part of local insomnia care and treatment pathways.No central assessments relating to funding or availability of this product are cur...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of alcohol harm; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implement
Answer: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has an action plan to reduce drug and alcohol-related deaths. In light of the recent data, this plan is being revised to ensure that it is grounded in the latest understanding of the drivers of drug...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTanzania: Indigenous PeoplesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Tanzanian counterpart on alleged reports of (a) forced evictions, (b) excessive use of force and (c) arbitrary detention of Maa
Answer: The British High Commission in Dar es Salaam continues to meet with stakeholders on this issue, including the Government of Tanzania, Maasai community leaders and civil society representatives, to better understand the challenges faced by all parties. Thi...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Prostate Cancer Audit's report entitled NPCA State of the Nation Report 2024, published January 2025, what steps he is taking to tackle inequalities preventing Black
Answer: To address disparities and find ways to better detect prostate cancer earlier, we have invested £16 million in the United Kingdom-wide TRANSFORM trial, aimed at helping find the best ways of detecting prostate cancer in men, even if they are not displayin...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Electric ScootersDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes on pavements on pedestrians.
Answer: The use of e-scooters and e-bikes on pavements is unacceptable and can have serious impacts on pedestrians, both by causing injuries and by making it much harder for pedestrians to get about. Privately owned e-scooters cannot be legally ridden either on r...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre InquiryHome OfficeTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 21024 on Migrants: Detainees, if she will specify whether each Brook House Inquiry recommendation has been (a) accepted, (b) partially accepted, (
Answer: 30 out of the 33 recommendations made by the Brook House Inquiry have been accepted or partially accepted. Following full consideration three recommendations (recommendations 7, 19 and 30) have been rejected.Positive progress continues to be made against ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball Index: CompensationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help secure redress for victims of the collapse of Football Index.
Answer: The collapse of BetIndex Ltd, the operators of the novel gambling product Football Index, had a significant impact on former customers, and we recognise that many people were affected, and that for some people financial losses were significant. The previo...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of delays in winter fuel payments on pensioners experiencing poverty.
Answer: No such assessment has been made.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle delays in processing claims for pension credit.
Answer: We have deployed more than 500 additional staff to process the increase in Pension Credit claims. Pensioners won't miss out on Winter Fuel Payments even if their Pension Credit claim takes longer to process than usual. Where the customer is eligible for a...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on implementing the recommendations of the Brook House Inquiry, published on 19 September 2023; and whether any of those recommendations have been completed.
Answer: 30 out of the 33 recommendations made in the Brook House Inquiry report have been accepted or partially accepted, with 12 recommendations met and closed as of October 2024. The remaining recommendations remain on track for closure by summer 2025.
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to tackle (a) delays to diagnosis and (b) emergency presentation rates for blood cancer patients.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam on 2 December 2024 to Question 16329.
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS preparedness for the next generation of blood cancer treatments.
Answer: We are committed to implementing the recommendations of the Lord O'Shaughnessy review into commercial clinical trials, to ensure that innovative, lifesaving treatments are accessible to National Health Service patients, including those with blood cancer.T...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to set a target of reducing overall cancer mortality in the UK by 15% by 2040.
Answer: Professor Lord Darzi’s report set out that the United Kingdom has higher mortality from cancer than neighbouring countries, the Nordic countries, and other English-speaking countries, using data published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: CompensationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to review the adequacy of revenue raising mechanisms for climate reparations ahead of COP30 in Belem.
Answer: Countries in the Global South are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change, and we are committed to partnering with these countries to address the climate and nature crisis and accelerate the clean energy transition.We are committed to...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential role of the oil and gas industry in (a) contributing to international climate finance pledges and (b) contributing funds to the
Answer: The Government has made several spending announcements since July to deliver the UK’s 2019 pledge to spend £11.6bn in International Climate Finance between April 2021 and March 2026, and is supporting workers to move from carbon-intensive sectors to clean...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21018More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many infringement proceedings the EU is pursuing against the Government; and whether the Government plans to propose remediation to prevent further infringement proceedings.
Answer: The EU is pursuing 8 infringement cases against the Government, as provided for under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement. We are committed to full and faithful implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement.
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFuel Poverty: LambethDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of people dying in fuel poverty in Lambeth.
Answer: The Government is committed to a preventative approach to public health. Keeping people warm and well at home and improving the quality of new and existing homes will play an essential part in enabling people to live longer, healthier lives, reducing pres...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPoverty: LambethDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of people dying in poverty in Lambeth.
Answer: The Department has noted the recommendations made in the report, and values Marie Curie as a key stakeholder which engages with us constructively in this area. The primary way the Department supports people nearing the end of life is through special benef...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: Closures and FranchisesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will consult on the closure and franchising of Crown Post Offices.
Answer: No decisions regarding Crown, or ‘Directly Managed’ Branches, have been taken. The Post Office works with local communities to consider how to best meet needs for Post Office services in a local area. The Post Office will continue to deliver on the 11,500...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: FranchisesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if the Government will take steps to ensure Crown Post Office Staff will not be (a) made redundant and (b) moved to roles with (i) poorer working conditions and (ii) lower pay after their branches are
Answer: No decisions regarding Crown, or ‘Directly Managed’ Branches, have been taken. Any decisions on staffing are a matter for Post Office but we would expect any changes to be carried out in line with due process, including engagement and consultation. One of...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
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