Emma Lewell MP: written questions
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Written questions
Sewage: South ShieldsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Ofwat’s recent enforcement package on Northumbrian Water was in respect of overflows from sewage works in South Shields constituency.
Answer: Ofwat recently concluded its investigation into Northumbrian Water securing an enforcement package of £15.7 million, including £2 million allocated to further reduce spills at specific overflows. Ofwat does not hold post code specific data on sewage overf...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: South ShieldsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible families are receiving Healthy Start in South Shields constituency.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures for the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, which is available at ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: South ShieldsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families receive Healthy Start in South Shields.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures on the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, which is available at t...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTumours: ImmunotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Tumour-infiltrating Lymphocytes therapy has been licenced in the UK.
Answer: The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has not licenced any medicines that can be described as tumour infiltrating lymphocyte therapy.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren and Young People Cancer TaskforceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the Children and Young People’s Cancer Taskforce to report.
Answer: The Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce will be engaging with experts from across the sector, from clinicians, researchers, advocates, and those with lived experience, and its membership will also be reflective of diverse patient needs. The taskfor...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren and Young People Cancer TaskforceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the terms of reference will be for the Children and Young People’s Cancer Taskforce.
Answer: The Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce will be engaging with experts from across the sector, from clinicians, researchers, advocates, and those with lived experience, and its membership will also be reflective of diverse patient needs. The taskfor...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren and Young People Cancer TaskforceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26821 on Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce, whether the taskforce plans to engage with (a) families with lived experience of childhood
Answer: The Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce will be engaging with experts from across the sector, from clinicians, researchers, advocates, and those with lived experience, and its membership will also be reflective of diverse patient needs. The taskfor...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren and Young People Cancer TaskforceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Children and Young People's Cancer Taskforce has made.
Answer: The Department will be relaunching the Children and Young People’s Cancer Taskforce in the coming weeks. Dame Caroline Dinenage and Professor Darren Hargrave have been appointed as its co-chairs, alongside Dr Sharna Shanmugavadivel as vice-chair.The taskf...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time period is for issuing payments via the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
Answer: Between November 2021 and January 2025, the average time period for issuing payments following confirmation of a successful claim was 46 calendar days. A payment can only be made once bank details and identification verification has been received from the...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of applications to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (a) are pending, (b) have been paid and (c) have been refused.
Answer: Between 1 November 2021 and 17 January 2025, the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme has received 19,115 claims. Of these, 7,159, or 37% of claims, are awaiting resolution, 208, or 1% of claims, have been awarded, and 11,748, or 61% of claims, have not been awa...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBudgeting LoansDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on Budgeting Loans (a) overall and (b) in each category in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: The total spent on Budgeting Loan awards in the 2023/24 financial year was £260.6 million. A category breakdown for budgeting loans will be published in due course in the 2023/24 Social Fund annual report. This will include the breakdowns by regions, clai...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount Scheme: PensionersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many pensioners are eligible for the Warm Homes Discount in each region.
Answer: The Warm Home Discount statistics (published at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/warm-home-discount-statistics-2023-to-2024) provide data on the number of rebates received by region (table 2), by the benefits claimed which make recipients eligible...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Weapons: TestingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to (a) review and (b) update the National Radiological Protection Board report published on 4 January 1988.
Answer: The National Radiological Protection Board report that was published in 1988 has been updated a further three times. The publications are available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-weapons-test-participants-study/re...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for its review of the medical records of nuclear veterans.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 17507 on 12 December 2024 to the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes).
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear veterans have (a) applied for and (b) been refused compensation under the War Pension Scheme.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 13419 on 19 November 2024 to the hon.Member for the Wrekin (Mark Pritchard).
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAUKUSMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12460 on AUKUS, whether he has received Sir Stephen Lovegrove’s report on AUKUS; and when he plans to publish that report.
Answer: An extension was provided to allow Sir Stephen Lovegrove to gather all the necessary information, and we are now awaiting his final report. An unclassified version of his report will be published in due course.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2024 to Question 21056 on Defence: Artificial Intelligence, whether the Capability Lead, AI Talent and Skills is now in post.
Answer: Yes, I can confirm that there is an incumbent in post as of June 2024. The individual has made some good early progress working collaboratively with Digital Skills for Defence (DS4D), the Defence Academy Shrivenham, and other relevant stakeholders.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to automatically enrol eligible families in the NHS Healthy Start programme.
Answer: The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies and young children under four from very low-income households. It can be used to buy, or put towards the cost of, fruit, vegetables, pulses, milk and in...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications her Department received in each region in each of the last three months for which data is available.
Answer: We confirm that we do not hold the information you have requested as our systems do not breakdown Pension Credit applications by region.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants for Pension Credit were (a) initially turned down and (b) successful on appeal in each region in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The information requested on the proportion of Pension Credit claims which are initially turned down but are subsequently overturned at Tribunal is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on appeals in the Fi...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average Pension Credit processing time is (a) per month in the latest three-month period for which data is available and (b) in each region.
Answer: Average actual clearance times are shown in the table below from 3 June 2024. Please note, the information is not available monthly. The table below shows the average (in working days) for each week.SourceRS PBi App / PC Claims AACT03/06/244510/06/244417/...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department's review of Universal Credit will include the income threshold used to determine eligibility for (a) free school meals and (b) the NHS Healthy Start scheme.
Answer: Eligibility criteria, including earnings thresholds for passported benefits including Free School Meals and Healthy Start payments are owned by Department of Education and the Department of Health and Social care respectively.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to launch her Department's review of Universal Credit.
Answer: We are committed to reviewing Universal Credit, to make sure it is doing the job we want it to. We will set out the details of this in due course.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment SchemesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many referrals were made by Jobcentre Plus to employment support programmes that are (a) centrally contracted and (b) not centrally contracted by her Department to (i) voluntary and community sector
Answer: The referral statistics for the centrally contacted employment support programmes are available on GOV.UK. Restart Scheme statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Work and Health Programme statistics to May 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Statistics on Intensive Perso...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Support Allowance and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants receiving (a) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity element and (b) Employment and Support Allowance are parents of d
Answer: a) For UC, the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) and Disabled Child Entitlement breakdowns are currently temporarily unavailable on Stat-Xplore as part of the Households on Universal Credit dataset. Work is being carried out to resolve ...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
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