Connor Rand MP: written questions
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Written questions
Primary Care: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of new or redeveloped primary care facilities required following Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the NHS.
Answer: The primary care estate is in mixed ownership between general practices (GPs), property companies, and integrated care boards (ICBs), and can be funded through a variety of routes. The Care Quality Commission regulates sites that provide National Health S...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding has been allocated by Government for the development of new NHS primary care facilities in each year since 2010.
Answer: The primary care estate is in mixed ownership between general practices (GPs), property companies, and integrated care boards (ICBs), and can be funded through a variety of routes. The Care Quality Commission regulates sites that provide National Health S...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new NHS primary care facilities have been built using central Government funding in each year since 2010.
Answer: The primary care estate is in mixed ownership between general practices (GPs), property companies, and integrated care boards (ICBs), and can be funded through a variety of routes. The Care Quality Commission regulates sites that provide National Health S...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGP SurgeriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS GP surgeries have closed in each year since 2010; and how many new NHS GP surgeries have been built in each of those years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information centrally.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBirds: Animal BreedingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure building construction sites secure cavity nesting bird habitats.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 22080 on 15 January 2025.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Paternity LeaveHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers (a) were eligible for and (b) took statutory paternity leave in each of the last five years; and what the average number of weeks taken were for the sam
Answer: The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police officers eligible for paternity leave or the length of time they were on paternity leave.
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Termination of EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people left the police in each of the last five years; and whether her Department holds information on the five most common reasons given by those departing the police voluntarily.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of police personnel who leave the police service in England and Wales, on an annual basis, in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: https://www....
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: National SecurityDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the national security risks of (a) electric vehicles and (b) connected cars using (i) Chinese and (ii) Russian software.
Answer: The Government takes national security extremely seriously. The Department of Transport (DfT) works closely with the transport sector and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other government departments, including the Department for Science, Inn...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: ChinaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with European counterparts on joining the EU in applying tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
Answer: This government is continuing to work closely with EU partners to identify areas to strengthen cooperation, including the economy, energy, security and resilience.The government will take a consistent, long-term and strategic approach to managing the UK’s...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the criteria are for automotive companies to access the support for transition to electric vehicles announced in the Budget.
Answer: The Budget committed over £2 billion to 2030 for zero emission vehicle manufacturing and their supply chains. Government will engage with industry as we take forward these plans, and further details will be set out in due course as part of the Industrial ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using electronic travel authorisations on the speed in which Hong Kong (a) BNO status holders and (b) political prisoners can leave H
Answer: Electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) were expanded to all eligible non-European nationalities on 27 November, and will be a requirement for travel to the UK from 8 January. ETAs have been introduced to strengthen the UK’s border security and help preve...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSewersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will implement schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the implementation of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) to help mitigate flood risk and reduce the quantity of water that ends up in our drainage infrastructure. SuDS also provide filtration, amenity and biodiver...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSingapore and Taiwan: CybersecurityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK-Singapore cyber dialogue held in London on 13 June 2023; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits
Answer: The UK-Singapore Cyber Dialogue held on 13 June 2023 in London was followed by a second iteration in Singapore from 12-13 June 2024. The Dialogues strengthen our close ties on cyber collaboration and align our approaches in cyber governance and tackling c...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChina: TaiwanForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the China Strategic Risks Institute's report entitled Mapping out the U
Answer: The UK has a clear interest in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and has restated its importance alongside G7 partners. We consider the Taiwan issue one to be settled peacefully by the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait through constructive ...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many clinical nurse specialists are currently working in the NHS.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many psycho-oncologists are currently working in the NHS.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department can publish a sectoral breakdown of shared parental leave take up in the last 12 months.
Answer: Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that in 2023/24 (the latest year for which full year data is available), 17,200 individuals were in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay. Data for earlier years was published as part of the Shared Parent...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people used shared parental leave in the last year.
Answer: Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that in 2023/24 (the latest year for which full year data is available), 17,200 individuals were in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay. Data for earlier years was published as part of the Shared Parent...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNutrition: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the dietary health of young children from financially deprived backgrounds.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating the healthiest generation of children ever, as set out in our Child Health Action Plan. The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children unde...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFood PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the child poverty taskforce will examine food insecurity.
Answer: We are committed to tackling poverty and reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Our Ministerial Taskforce, jointly chaired Work and Pensions and Education Secretaries, has started urgent work on an ambitious Child Poverty Strategy and will ex...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the take up of the Healthy Start Scheme.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating the healthiest generation of children ever, as set out in our Child Health Action Plan. The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children unde...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to obtain contact data for those who are eligible for but not accessing the Healthy Start scheme .
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) runs the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. The Department of Health and Social Care is working closely with the NHS BSA and the Department for Work and Pensions, to enable the NHS BSA to receiv...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TraffordDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children (a) with an education, health and care plan and (b) who had previously been identified in the SEN Support category by their school were not in school in Trafford in each
Answer: The department publishes statistics on education, health and care (EHC) plans at local authority level. This includes information on children and young people not in school or further education, for example those awaiting provision, in elective home educa...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-teaching Staff: Labour TurnoverDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of trends in the levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in (i) Trafford and (ii) England in the last five years.
Answer: Support staff are categorised into posts of teaching assistants, administrative staff, auxiliary staff, technicians and other supporting staff, plus two new posts of school business professional and leadership non-teacher, reported for the first time in 2...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Trafford in each of the last five years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of referrals to Trafford mental health services for those aged 17 years old and under, as well as the number of those referrals who received first contact, in each of the last five years:YearReferralsReferrals who rece...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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