Calvin Bailey MP: written questions

Written questions

• Whipps Cross Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9807More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of the scheme to rebuild Whipps Cross University Hospital.

  Answer: The standard process confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the New Hospital Programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to suppor...

  Answered 22 Oct 2024

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• Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4461More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to hold discussions with (a) parents of children with SEND and (b) specialist charities that support parents on reforms to the SEND system.

  Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that co-production with parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and with the specialist charities that support them is a priority. The department has two contracts which...

  Answered 19 Sept 2024

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• Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4460More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) take steps to (i) improve accountability processes for and (ii) simplify complaint routes for the parents of children that access SEND provision in schools and (b) continue the SEND Cha

  Answer: Ofsted and Care Quality Commission commenced a strengthened local inspection framework in January 2023, which places a greater emphasis on the outcomes being achieved for children and young people. It is the primary tool to maintain a focus on high standa...

  Answered 13 Sept 2024

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• Gaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4459More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of changes in the level of (a) humanitarian access, (b) protection of humanitarian facilities and pers

  Answer: As set out in the Foreign Secretary's statement to the House on 2 September, it is the assessment of this Government that Israel could reasonably do more to ensure that life-saving food and medical supplies reach civilians in Gaza. I raised this concern w...

  Answered 12 Sept 2024

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• Israel: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4458More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on compliance with (a) the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or

  Answer: The Government is concerned by credible claims of mistreatment of detainees, which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) cannot investigate, having been denied access to places of detention. The treatment of detainees was a factor taken int...

  Answered 12 Sept 2024

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• Israel: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4457More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on (a) escalating violence, (b) compliance with international humanitarian law by Israeli forces and (c) ac

  Answer: We continue to call on Israeli authorities to exercise restraint, adhere to international law, and clamp down on the actions of those who seek to inflame tensions. The Government is deeply concerned by the ongoing IDF military operation in the occupied We...

  Answered 12 Sept 2024

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