Graeme Downie MP: written questions
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Ukraine: Humanitarian AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21725 on Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid, when he plans to make a decision on future funding for MOAS frontline medical evacuation services in Ukraine.
Answer: We have engaged with Defence staff in Kyiv and the Ukrainian Embassy in London and it does not appear that this is a prioritised and supported request from the Ukrainian Government. While we recognise the important work the charity undertakes in-country w...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Kinship CareDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department last reviewed its policy on supporting its employees that are kinship carers.
Answer: DWP reviews the support it gives to carers in its workforce, including kinship carers, on an ongoing basis across a range of relevant HR policies. DWP last reviewed its policy on supporting its employees that are kinship carers, specifically in respect of...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Kinship CareDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to its employees that are kinship carers.
Answer: The potential support the Department for Work and Pensions provides to its employees that are kinship carers are, according to each person’s needs, a combination of flexi hours, flexible working patterns, special leave, adjusted duties and a carers’ passp...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements to differentiate between male and female physiology car manufacturers must fulfil in safety testing.
Answer: For the majority of vehicle safety testing, it is not necessary to differentiate between male and female physiology to deliver the desired outcome. For example, where a force is required on a brake control or to release a seat belt buckle, that force will...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government has provided for endometriosis research in each of the last five years; and what proportion of Government-funded medicinal research that accounts for.
Answer: The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The following table shows how much funding the NIHR has awarded for endometriosis research, as well as that spend as a percentage of total urogynaecology res...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medicinal approvals used female physiology as a baseline for testing in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency does not capture this information in a searchable format, however this information would be available in Public Assessment Reports and summaries of product characteristics, where relevant. These docu...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: GenderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of differences in approved medicines on (a) men and (b) women.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is responsible for approving medicines in the United Kingdom before they are made available to the wider public. This involves a rigorous assessment using data from clinical trials to assess safety a...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: GenderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what testing requirements are in place in the approval process to identify the different impacts of medicines on men and women.
Answer: As part of the approval process for new drugs, the impact of sex, on men versus women, is assessed on pharmacokinetics, or exposure, pharmacodynamics, and overall efficacy and safety. The data is assessed in terms of whether any dose adjustments are warra...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: GenderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to NHS staff to highlight the differences in symptoms of a heart attack between men and women.
Answer: Guidance for National Health Service staff is available through the British Heart Foundation, and specific learning sessions are available to support training, with further information on both available, respectively, at the following two links:https://ww...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department provided evidence to the Strategic Defence Review.
Answer: On 30 July 2024, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) was invited, alongside other Government Departments, to provide written evidence to the Strategic Defence Review (SDR).DBT responded to that call for evidence on 23 September 2024. The findings ...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2024 to Question 21874 on Motor Vehicles: Lighting, when the independent research started; which organisation is undertaking the work; and if she will publish the terms of re
Answer: The research started in October last year and is being carried out by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). There are no plans to publish the Terms of Reference for the research, but further details can be found on the TRL website. https://www.trl.co.u...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: ShippingMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often Royal Navy vessels have been tasked to shadow Russian navy ships near the UK in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Royal Navy continuously monitor UK waters and are ready to respond to the presence of Russian vessels. Specific detail cannot be confirmed for reasons of safeguading national security.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture: DunfermlineMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to announce the outcome of the consultation on cultural funding for the City of Dunfermline.
Answer: The consultation for this funding launched on 31 October with a deadline for responses by 13 December. Returns are being carefully considered. In line with our expectations that the process would take approximately 12 weeks, we hope to communicate a decis...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArctic: DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what forces are committed to defending the High North.
Answer: The UK is committed to maintaining a coherent Defence posture, presence, and profile in the High North region. The Royal Marines have conducted annual exercises with Norway for over 50 years to hone their extreme cold weather warfighting skills, supported...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArctic: DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last had discussions with his NATO counterparts on protecting the High North.
Answer: Engagement with NATO Allies is central to our approach to defend and deter in the Arctic and High North. Secretary of State for Defence and Defence Ministers regularly engage with their NATO counterparts, including High North countries to discuss how to s...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArctic: DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps NATO is taking to defend the High North.
Answer: As a leading European Ally in NATO, the UK will defend and support our High North and Arctic Allies should the need arise, and contest malign and destabilising behaviours and activity in the region which threatens our interests, the interests of our Allie...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Cables and Telecommunications Cables: Baltic SeaMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has offered support to Finland in protecting sub-sea cables in the Baltic Sea.
Answer: Following recent damage to the Estlink2 undersea cable in the Baltic sea, the UK – acting as framework nation for the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) – has activated a JEF Response Option (JRO), known as NORDIC WARDEN, which will harness AI to track poten...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Cables and Telecommunications Cables: North SeaMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help protect sub-sea cables in the North Sea from the Russian shadow fleet.
Answer: The UK Government constantly monitors and regularly assesses the security of critical national infrastructure, including energy and telecommunications assets. Following the incident damaging the Estlink 2 undersea cable between Finland and Estonia on 25 D...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Cables and Telecommunications Cables: Baltic Sea and North SeaMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, he last had discussions with NATO allies on protecting sub-sea cables in the (a) Baltic and (b) North Sea.
Answer: Recent incidents of damage to sub-sea cables underlines the importance of partners continuing to work together on shared challenges in the region. The Government regularly discusses strengthening NATO’s protection of critical undersea infrastructure in en...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: ShippingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle the threat from the Russian shadow fleet in the (a) Baltic and (b) North Sea.
Answer: Our oil-related sanctions are having a significant impact, with Russia forced to shoulder a 25 percent reduction in oil and gas revenues from January to October 2024, compared to the same period in 2022. Where Russia has sought to circumvent those sanctio...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: ShippingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle the threat from the Russian shadow fleet.
Answer: Our oil-related sanctions are having a significant impact, with Russia forced to shoulder a 25 percent reduction in oil and gas revenues from January to October 2024, compared to the same period in 2022. Where Russia has sought to circumvent those sanctio...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: ShippingMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last had discussions with his Finnish counterpart on Russian shadow fleet aggression in the Baltic Sea.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Defence contacted his Finnish counterpart immediately following the incident damaging the Estlink 2 undersea cable between Finland and Estonia on Christmas Day. They also discussed the incident when they met at the Ukraine Defen...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the safety of LED headlights on (a) cars and (b) other vehicles.
Answer: National collision statistics, which can record headlamp dazzle as a contributory factor, do not show any discernible trend to suggest that advances in lighting technology are contributing negatively to road vehicle collisions. However, noting increased p...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21484More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in Class (a) 2 and (b) 4 National Insurance contributions in 2023.
Answer: The number of people with Class 2 and Class 4 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) liabilities are estimated based on the 2021-22 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Ma...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21482More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid Class (a) 2 and (b) 4 National Insurance contributions in 2023.
Answer: The number of people with Class 2 and Class 4 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) liabilities are estimated based on the 2021-22 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Ma...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
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