Charlotte Cane MP: written questions
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Special Educational Needs: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to assessments for Special Educational Needs.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. Through a graduat...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacies.
Answer: Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. We are committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and to better using the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. That includes making prescribing part of the services delivered by communit...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase access to GP appointments.
Answer: We recognise that patients are finding it difficult to see a general practitioner (GP), and we are committed to fixing the front door to the National Health Service to ensure that patients receive the care they deserve. That is why, in October 2024, we pr...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
Answer: We know that patients are waiting too long for cancer treatment, and we will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer on time or earlier, treating it faster, and we will improve patients’ experience across the system.As we set out in our new plan...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve access to mental health services.
Answer: Too many people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are too long. As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it,...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to emergency dentistry.
Answer: The Dental Statistics - England 2023-24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324In England, in...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBatteries: LithiumDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on industrial lithium-ion battery storage safety.
Answer: My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with Ministerial Colleagues on a number of issues.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFuel Poverty: Ely and East CambridgeshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people in fuel poverty in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.
Answer: The latest statistics for the number and proportion of households in fuel poverty in parliamentary constituencies in England can be found in the published sub-regional fuel poverty Official Statistics, in Table 5: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional funding to help support kinship carers.
Answer: The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children. On 27 October 2024, the government announced a £40 million package to trial a new Kinship Allowance in up to ten local authorities to...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to decide whether her Department will provide funding for the Ely area capacity enhancement scheme.
Answer: This government is committed to delivering economic growth, and projects such as the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement have the potential to contribute to this. While the previous government made public statements of support for the project, no funding was pr...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmergency Calls: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a strategy to reduce waiting times on the 111 Option 2 crisis response service.
Answer: To ensure that crisis care services are safe, effective, and consistently provide high quality care across England, NHS England has asked all crisis care services accessible via NHS 111 option two to move at pace and begin reporting access, responsiveness...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will roll out Community Mental Health Hubs across the country.
Answer: NHS England is currently piloting a new way of supporting people experiencing mental ill health, through neighbourhood based, open access community mental health centres, in six sites across the country. An external evaluation of these pilot sites will in...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: PeatlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a strategy for maintaining floating roads in the Fens.
Answer: The Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing the local road network.Local highway authorities, such as Cambridgeshire County Council, have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: CambridgeshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the risk of flooding in the Fens in East Cambridgeshire.
Answer: Protecting communities around the country from flooding and coastal erosion is one of the new Secretary of State’s five core priorities. This Government will improve resilience and preparation across central government, local authorities, local communitie...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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