Cat Eccles MP: written questions
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Health Services: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 10 Year Health Plan for England on the Black Country.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will ensure a better health service for everyone, regardless of condition or geography. The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver more care locally, including in urban areas like the Black Country, supporting people to stay healthier.Th...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: VettingCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64969More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating DBS checks for people who wish to stand for election.
Answer: The Government has no plans to introduce a requirement for candidates to undergo DBS checks before standing for elections. Candidate selection in elections is a matter for political parties.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce violence against women and girls in the West Midlands.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this Government and we have set an unprecedented mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.West Midlands Police is one of the first five police forces to embed domestic ab...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTransgender People: DiscriminationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64966More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help end discrimination against the trans community.
Answer: It is crucial that LGBT+ people are safe, included and protected from discrimination. To achieve this we must end the recent politics of division. Trans people are protected from harassment and discrimination on the basis of gender reassignment in the Equ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen: SafetyHome OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the safety of girls and young women in public places.
Answer: Ensuring the safety of women and girls in public spaces is a top priority for this Government. We have set out an unprecedented mission to halve the level of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade. That means working to tackle threats to wome...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen: DiscriminationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64963More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps is she taking to tackle misogyny against girls and young women.
Answer: Tackling misogyny is central to our mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade and we will address the drivers and root causes of VAWG as part of our upcoming cross-Government Strategy, due to be published this year. Education ha...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the post- (a) 16 and (b) 18 support for young people raised in kinship.
Answer: This government is committed to ensuring more children are supported in a strong kinship care arrangement, avoiding care where possible, because we know that this leads to better outcomes.We are legislating through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bil...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOral Tobacco: HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of oral nicotine pouches on public health.
Answer: Nicotine is the active ingredient in oral nicotine pouches, which is a highly addictive drug. Unlike vapes, nicotine pouches currently have no set nicotine limits, and nicotine strengths can be extremely high. The use of nicotine pouches is increasing, pa...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps has she taken to ensure (a) fairness and (b) transparency in the allocation of social housing.
Answer: Local housing authorities set their own allocation schemes, governed by a legal framework set by central government. This allows councils to design schemes in a way that best meets local needs.Local housing authorities must publish a summary of their allo...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to facilitate accessibility to the arts for young people outside of the visual media sector.
Answer: Improving access to the arts for children and young people is a priority of this Government.To increase children and young people’s access to enrichment opportunities in the arts and culture, alongside sports and wider youth services, the recently announc...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture, Practices and Ethics of the Press InquiryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of holding the second stage of the Leveson Inquiry.
Answer: The Government has clearly laid out its priorities in the manifesto and in the King’s speech, and the second part of Leveson is not among them.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: Political ImpartialityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the BBC on the balance of political views in their programming.
Answer: The Secretary of State was clear in her statement to Parliament that the scenes from the Bob Vylan performance at Glastonbury were utterly appalling and unacceptable. This Government will not tolerate antisemitism – it has absolutely no place in our socie...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Budget Statement 2024, the Spring Statement 2025 and the Spending Review 2025, what forecast she has made of levels of child poverty during this Parliament.
Answer: The Department publishes the estimated impact of specific policies where appropriate. The Department, for example, recently made public the impact of the expansion of the Free School meal extension announced as part of the Spending Review 2025. The impact...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63857More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps is she taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce child poverty.
Answer: The government is determined to tackle child poverty and will publish an ambitious strategy this autumn that will address its structural and root causes. As a downpayment on that strategy, we are expanding Free School Meals in England to all children with...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take legislative steps to regulate AI.
Answer: Most AI systems are regulated at point of use by our existing regulators, and a range of rules already apply to AI systems, like data protection and competition legislation. That’s why, in response to the AI Action Plan, the Government committed to workin...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: RehabilitationHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supervised consumption sites for people with drug addictions in order to assist them in rehabilitation.
Answer: This government will continue to support preventative public health measures to support people to live longer and healthier lives and we are committed to ensuring that anyone with a drug problem can access the help and support they need.The government has...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of new technology for cancer screening.
Answer: Capital spend for new screening technology is held under the same budget as wider spend on diagnostic equipment for the National Health Service, and therefore we cannot provide the specific information requested.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of released convicts go on to reoffend within two-years of their release.
Answer: The proven reoffending rate and methodology is calculated using a one-year follow up period. Providing this information for a new two-year reoffending measure would be of disproportionate cost.The proven reoffending rate for adult offenders released from ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help reduce reoffending rates.
Answer: We are tackling the root causes of reoffending by investing in a range of interventions which address offenders’ underlying criminogenic needs and support their rehabilitation journey. This includes education, employment, accommodation and substance misus...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to encourage (a) private car park operators and (b) retailers to ensure that parent and child parking bays are properly (i) monitored and (ii)
Answer: Provision of parking spaces and management of parking facilities on private land is a matter for private landowners and parking operators, where those are employed. Whilst private landowners and parking operators can provide dedicated parking bays for par...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AlliancesMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the agreement signed between the British Armed Forces and the Israeli Defence Forces in December 2020 on strengthening military cooperation.
Answer: The UK-Israel military cooperation agreement, which was signed in December 2020, incorporates a range of defence engagement activity, including defence education. I hope that the hon. Member will understand that it is not possible to release this agreemen...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ChildcareDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to replace the provision of upfront childcare costs with Universal Credit with advance payments.
Answer: There are currently no plans to change the way upfront childcare costs are paid. Claimants of the Universal Credit childcare element can claim upfront childcare costs through the Flexible Support Fund, to help ease them into the Universal Credit childcare...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to her Department was of a Personal Independence Payment mandatory reconsideration in 2024-25; and how much and what proportion of this cost was spent on successful appeals.
Answer: PIP Unit Costs2024-25Mandatory Reconsideration£82 Cost figures are rounded to the nearest pound.Data Source: ABM The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs a...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the waiting times for diagnoses of endometriosis.
Answer: The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health, and we are taking action to ensure that individuals with endometriosis receive a timely diagnosis and effective treatment. That is why, alongside committing to return to the National Health Servi...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordT-levels: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what retention rates were for educators of T-Level studies in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps she is taking to ensure the quality of these educators meets a minimum standard.
Answer: The department does not hold information on retention rates specifically for teachers of T Levels. All teachers can access a free of charge continuing professional development programme, offered by the Education Training Foundation, to help update their k...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
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