Chris Ward MP: written questions
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Written questions
Dementia: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of dementia training for adult social care staff on improving quality of life for (a) individuals with dementia and (b) their families.
Answer: We are committed to a professional, well supported social care workforce. Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, providers must provide enough suitably qualified, competent, skilled, and experienced staff to meet the needs of the people using the serv...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) taxi and (b) private hire journeys either (i) start or (ii) finish within licensed vehicle areas.
Answer: It is widely accepted that taxis and private hire vehicles have always been permitted to carry pre-booked fares outside the area in which they are licensed. This allows the sector to work more flexibly to meet the needs of their passengers. Licensing auth...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to enforce taxi and private hire vehicle licensing regulations.
Answer: It is widely accepted that taxis and private hire vehicles have always been permitted to carry pre-booked fares outside the area in which they are licensed. This allows the sector to work more flexibly to meet the needs of their passengers. Licensing auth...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMalnutrition: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of providing treatment for malnutrition to people over 65-years old in Sussex in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, the primary causes of malnutrition are clinical, rather than it solely being caused by poor or inadequate dietary intake. Most cases of clinical malnutrition will be secondary to another health condition which may impact on nutritio...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMalnutrition: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of people aged over-65 who are malnourished in Sussex in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, the primary causes of malnutrition are clinical, rather than it solely being caused by poor or inadequate dietary intake. Most cases of clinical malnutrition will be secondary to another health condition which may impact on nutritio...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMalnutrition: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of food poverty on trends in the level of malnutrition in over 65-year-olds in Sussex in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, the primary causes of malnutrition are clinical, rather than it solely being caused by poor or inadequate dietary intake. Most cases of clinical malnutrition will be secondary to another health condition which may impact on nutritio...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the development of a clinical policy relating to the use of abiraterone acetate as a first-line treatment for men with locally advanced high-risk prostate cancer; and w
Answer: NHS England has developed a policy proposal for abiraterone acetate and prednisolone to be used as a routine commissioning treatment option for high-risk, hormone sensitive, non-metastatic prostate cancer.In line with NHS England’s service development pro...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 901015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the eligibility rules for free school transport.
Answer: The department’s home to school travel policy aims to make sure that no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport. Local authorities must arrange free home to school travel for children of compulsory school age, 5 to 16, who atten...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: StorageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of imposing national restrictions on the development of ex-gasworks sites.
Answer: The handling of hazardous materials is strictly regulated to prevent and limit the consequences of major accidents and to ensure that communities and the environment are protected. Hazardous substances consent is required for the presence of hazardous sub...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: StorageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department issues guidance on handling hazardous materials when developing former gasworks sites.
Answer: The handling of hazardous materials is strictly regulated to prevent and limit the consequences of major accidents and to ensure that communities and the environment are protected. Hazardous substances consent is required for the presence of hazardous sub...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: StorageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of redeveloping former gasworks sites on trends in air pollution levels in the surrounding area.
Answer: The handling of hazardous materials is strictly regulated to prevent and limit the consequences of major accidents and to ensure that communities and the environment are protected. Hazardous substances consent is required for the presence of hazardous sub...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
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