Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions
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Pre-school Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered reviewing early years funding rates, including the impact on a) staff wages and b) staff recruitment and retention.
Answer: In 2026 to 2027 the department expects to provide over £9.5 billion for the early years entitlements, more than doubling annual public investment in the early years sector compared to 2023 to 2024. Funding rates are reviewed every year, and funding rate i...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26109More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered the potential merits of introducing an exemption to the Electric Vehicle Excise Duty for motorists who purchased their vehicles before the removal of the 100% Vehicle Excise Duty exemption
Answer: Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) is designed to ensure that electric vehicle drivers make a fair contribution for their road usage, as petrol and diesel drivers do through fuel duty. Electric cars will pay half the equivalent fuel duty rate paid by the...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: InternetDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department provides to (a) sole traders and (b) volunteer-run online services on the personal financial and legal liability they may face under the Online Safety Act 20
Answer: Ofcom is providing support to small service providers to help them understand and comply with their responsibilities under the Online Safety Act. In a July 2025 letter Ofcom’s CEO noted responsibility for regulating a wide range of services, including vol...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: Age AssuranceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's age assurance duties on (a) LGBTQIA+ and (b) other minority (i) community websites and (ii) support
Answer: Implementing a fair age assurance process is crucial to ensure that users are not unfairly excluded from online spaces to which they have legitimate access. Providers in-scope of the OSA must consider the extent to which its chosen method avoids or minimi...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: Age AssuranceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using device or operating-system-level age signalling to reduce the need for individual websites to collect identity do
Answer: We recognise the potential merits of safety protections at device-level, including age assurance. The Government is engaging with operating system providers and device manufacturers to make their products safer for children, including through technology t...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: InternetDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on providing small service providers with a mechanism to obtain a specific, binding assessment of whether an individual proposed feature would bri
Answer: The Government and Ofcom regularly engage on implementation of the Online Safety Act. The Act requires Ofcom to publish codes of practice, guidance and risk assessment resources that enable services of different sizes to understand what is expected of the...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: InternetDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's compliance duties on (a) small, (b) community-run and (c) not-for-profit online services; and whethe
Answer: The Online Safety Act is designed to be proportionate and risk-based. Ofcom is required to take account of a service's size, risk profile and capacity when setting expectations. It would not be appropriate to put in place a blanket exemption, as some of t...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: Social MediaDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to give Ofcom enforcement powers against sites who fail to deliver safeguards for under 16s.
Answer: Protecting children online, particularly those under 16, is a top priority for this Government. Ofcom has strong enforcement powers under the Online Safety Act, including to fine companies up to 10% of their qualifying worldwide revenue. The Government ha...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCrimes against HumanityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support efforts to recognise gender-based persecution more explicitly as a crime against humanity.
Answer: Persecution on gender grounds is codified as a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute. In partnership with UN Women and the International Criminal Court, the UK is supporting the development of the Gender Persecution Principles (GPP), an initiative...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMigraines: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 15439, which national clinical guideline or professional standard sets out the requirement for healthcare providers to evaluate a patient's c
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline CG150, Headaches in over 12s: diagnosis and management, explicitly directs healthcare professionals to discuss the benefits and risks of prophylactic treatment with the patient, taking...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Of the blood donations completed between 1 June 2025–31 May 2026, how many were repeat donors.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England, to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need. The following table shows data for repeat donors and all whole blood donors: Total donorsPercentage of all don...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What steps are taken to encourage women to donate during the follicular stage of their menstrual cycle.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations in England to meet patient need.NHSBT encourages all eligible donors to donate when it is safe to do so and follows donor selection guidelines developed by the Joint UK Blood T...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Whether he will provide the monthly breakdown of blood donation appointments attended between a) 1st June 2024 - 31st May 2025 and b) 1 June 2025–31 May 2026.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need.The following table shows the number of attendances at whole blood donation sessions, regardless of donation out...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Whether he will provide the gender and ethnicity breakdown of donations a) completed and b) deferred at each donation centre in the UK for the periods between a) 1st June 2024 - 31st May 2025 and b
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England, to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need. NHSBT currently operates 79 blood donation "teams" comprising fixed donation sites, known as donor c...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, With reference to the answer recieved on the 30th April 2025 to question 45858 on Blood: Donations, whether he will provide a progress update on work to evaluate potential new tests for infections.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation services in England.Blood donor selection guidelines are developed by the Joint United Kingdom Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC),...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What was the gender and ethnic breakdown of donations deffered due to low Hb levels for the period between a) 1st June 2024 - 31st May 2025 and b) 1 June 2025–31 May 2026.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, How many blood donations were a)completed and b) deffered between a) 1st June 2024 - 31st May 2025 and b) 1 June 2025–31 May 2026, and whether he will provide the gender and ethnic breakdown of don
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of blood donors with Ro blood type have had their donations deferred in the period between 1 May 2025 and 30 April 2026; and what was the reason for those deferrals.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England, in order to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need.Between 1 May 2025 and 30 April 2026, there were 60,928 attendances by Ro blood type donors at blood d...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 2142 on Blood: Donors, how does the number of blood donors with the RO subtype who completed donations in the 12 month period compare with th
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England, in order to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need.Between 1 May 2025 and 30 April 2026, 27,984 donors with Ro subtype blood completed at least one blood...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: TemperatureDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extreme heat on students' exam performance.
Answer: The department has published the guidance ‘Hot weather and heatwaves guidance for schools and other education settings’, which is based on UK Health Security Agency advice to support education settings. In most cases, schools remain the safest place for c...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: TemperatureDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of altering the school exam period to avoid exam dates coinciding with extreme heat waves.
Answer: The department has published the guidance ‘Hot weather and heatwaves guidance for schools and other education settings’, which is based on UK Health Security Agency advice to support education settings. In most cases, schools remain the safest place for c...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: TemperatureDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to assist schools with monitoring internal temperatures.
Answer: Responsible bodies and school leaders have a legal duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of both staff and pupils. Under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations, temperatures in workplaces must be reasonable, and leaders should reg...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: TemperatureDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of introducing a maximum safe temperature for schools.
Answer: The government’s position is that schools should remain open wherever it is safe, allowing as many pupils as possible to attend, rather than applying a fixed maximum temperature for closure. There are a number of practical considerations associated with i...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: Air ConditioningDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools are fitted with HVAC units throughout the building.
Answer: Responsible bodies and school leaders have a legal duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of both staff and pupils, this includes ensuring that temperatures are reasonable and that spaces are sufficiently ventilated.We are improving infrastructu...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: TemperatureDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to remain open during periods of extreme heat.
Answer: The department takes periods of hot weather and heatwaves seriously and has published a climate risk assessment. We continue to support responsible bodies and schools to provide education in a safe environment. To support them, the department has publishe...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
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