Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions
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Military Aircraft: DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how Serco performed against the key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on their UK Air Defence Radars contract.
Answer: Serco provide Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) to Remote Radar Heads (RRH) in the UK and UK Overseas Territories. CLS performance is monitored and reported on the following two contracts: Contract number ADEWS/137 (Sanson Two) – This CLS support and mai...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how Serco performed against the key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on their Royal Navy Helicopter Support contract.
Answer: The contract between the Royal Navy and Serco for the provision of Air Engineering Support and Airfield services is subject to routine performance reviews. The most recent of which was held on 30 April 2025 when the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) relati...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRAF Brize Norton: ContractsMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how Serco performed against the key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on their RAF Brize Norton Support Services contract.
Answer: At their most recent performance review, Serco had achieved the target for all Key Performance Indicators for this contract. The Contract Management Plan for the RAF Brize Norton Support Service contract can be found along with quarterly performance repor...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Serco's performance against key performance indicators in their Functional Assessment Services contract.
Answer: Serco secured the Functional Assessment Services (FAS) contract for Lot 3 (south-west England) through a competitive and transparent procurement under the Public Contract Regulations in line with Government policies. Serco strives to provide an excellent ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRestart SchemeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Serco's performance against key performance indicators in the Restart Scheme contract.
Answer: Serco’s performance against the contracted Key Performance Indicators has been varied. As part of our established performance management intervention regime, the department has therefore implemented intensified support and heightened monitoring for the tw...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of Serco's performance against the key performance indicators in their Asylum Accommodation Services contract.
Answer: The Home Office monitors the performance of its Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contract (AASC) providers including Serco through a robust performance management framework. Performance data is published periodically and includes performance agai...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of student loan debt on young people’s ability to (a) save for a home and (b) contribute to the economy.
Answer: UK higher education (HE) creates opportunity, is an engine for growth in our economy and supports local communities. The department is committed to supporting the aspiration of every person who meets the requirements and wants to go to university, regardl...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to cap student loan interest rates in line with the Bank of England base rate.
Answer: UK higher education (HE) creates opportunity, is an engine for growth in our economy and supports local communities. The department is committed to supporting the aspiration of every person who meets the requirements and wants to go to university, regardl...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that increases in student loan debts do not contribute to intergenerational wealth inequality.
Answer: UK higher education (HE) creates opportunity, is an engine for growth in our economy and supports local communities. The department is committed to supporting the aspiration of every person who meets the requirements and wants to go to university, regardl...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a publicly funded model of higher education with reduced reliance on individual debt financing.
Answer: The higher education (HE) sector needs a secure financial footing. After seven years of frozen fee caps under the previous government, the government took the difficult decision to increase maximum tuition fee limits for the 2025/26 academic year by 3.1%,...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to review (a) Plan 2 and (b) Plan 5 student loan repayment terms, in the context of decreases in levels of inflation.
Answer: It is important that we have a sustainable higher education (HE) funding system that provides opportunities for all, supports students, and maintains the world-leading status of our universities. This government keeps the student finance system under cont...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information she holds on the number of student loan borrowers whose repayment balances have increased despite making regular payments.
Answer: A borrower is deemed to have made regular repayments if they have made at least four repayments, of any amount, in the 2024/25 financial year. This may include borrowers who stopped their regular repayments or ceased being liable to repay part-way through...
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) affordability and (b) long-term sustainability of the student loans repayment system for (i) low and (ii) middle-income graduates.
Answer: It is important that we have a sustainable higher education (HE) funding system that provides opportunities for all, supports students, and maintains the world-leading status of our universities. This government keeps the student finance system under cont...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Tagging: ContractsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 49785 on Electronic Tagging: Standards; which of the key performance indicators Serco failed to meet; and how Serco performed against the remaining key performance
Answer: Serco failed to meet the expected requirement for the following key performance indicators: KPIs 1-7, 9-11 and KPI 14. KPI 8 is N/AFor KPIs 12 and 13, Serco performed at 100%.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: SleepDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a strategy to help reduce the economic impact of sleep deprivation in the workforce.
Answer: We have set out our immediate priorities for reforming employment law in the Plan to Make Work Pay. While the Plan does not include specific measures on implementing a strategy on sleep deprivation, it aims to improve wellbeing by supporting people to bet...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth and Safety: Night-time EconomyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Office for National Statistics' data entitled The night-time economy, UK: 2022, published on 24 January 2023, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the health and s
Answer: Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 all employers have a duty, so far as it is reasonably practicable, to protect the health, safety, and welfare at work of all their employees. Specifically, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regul...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Tagging: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 46823, on Electronic Tagging: Standards, what estimate she has made of the number of offenders who were not tagged because the Probation Service held an incorrect
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost due to data quality issues.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) ethnicity and (b) gender of blood donors turned away during (i) outreach and (ii) prescreening in the latest period for which data is available; and
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT does not hold data on deferrals resulting from an appointment booking call. It is possible that donors mention a reason which then may result in a deferral during the ca...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of blood donors that were turned away during (a) outreach and (b) pre-screening in the latest period for which data is available; and what the ma
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT does not hold data on deferrals resulting from an appointment booking call. It is possible that donors mention a reason which then may result in a deferral during the ca...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children entitled to citizenship and not registered.
Answer: We do not hold estimates on the number of children or adults who may be entitled to British citizenship and have not yet registered or applied for naturalisation.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the administrative cost to her Department is for child citizenship application processing.
Answer: The Home Office publishes the fees charged and the estimated unit cost of processing immigration and nationality applications on GOV.UK. This can be reviewed via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: Working HoursDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) understand and (b) mitigate the negative effects of night shift work on maternal health.
Answer: Reducing ill health at work is an important area of focus for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as outlined in their strategic objectives. One of the ways this is achieved is supporting employers to protect their workers’ health and keep them in the w...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 48518 on Blood: donors, if he will provide a breakdown of this data by gender.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT collects donor’s sex as assigned at birth and their gender identity. A donor’s sex is recorded as the ways in which blood products are donated and processed differ betwe...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 48519 on Blood: Donors, what percentage of female donors who had their donations deferred due to recent travel were white, in the last 12 months.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for blood donation in England. From 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the most recent data available, there were 3,193 deferred female donors due to travel, and 2,186 of which, or 68.5%, were white.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police efforts are adequately resourced to tackle wildlife crime.
Answer: The Home Office is providing £365,000 this financial year to fund the National Wildlife Crime Unit for intelligence, analysis and investigative assistance to forces and other law enforcement agencies across the UK to support them in investigating wildlife...
Answered 12 May 2025
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