Jessica Toale MP: written questions
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Air PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of poor air quality on marginalised communities.
Answer: This is an issue that Defra takes seriously, which is why we commissioned our independent Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) to examine the evidence on air pollution disparities across different communities and regions in the UK. Their report demonstrates sp...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on meeting the World Health Organization's 2021 global air quality guidelines.
Answer: The Government is committed to cleaning up our air. We consider the World Health Organization's guidelines when reviewing our own targets and are making progress towards meeting them. We publish our progress against our current targets in the Air Pollutio...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on cross-Government plans to help tackle air pollution.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at both an official and ministerial level to tackle air pollution. Ministers from the Department of Health and Social Care and the Departmen...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on reducing levels of (a) long-term and (b) short-term exposure to air pollution.
Answer: Long-term and short-term exposure to most air pollutants has reduced over the past 20 years. Significant reductions in annual average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter have been achieved over this period. More information on these ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: CancerDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of back-dating payments for disability benefits to cover the qualifying period for people with cancer diagnoses.
Answer: The qualifying period is an important part of the eligibility process for disability benefits and helps establish that the health condition or disability, and resulting needs, are of a long-standing nature. Payment commences once the three-month qualify...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: CancerDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reforms to Personal Independence Payment outlined in the Pathways to Work Green Paper on people aged under 25 with cancer.
Answer: Entitlement to Disability Living Allowance for children (DLAc) under 16 and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for young people from age 16 are assessed based on the additional care/daily living and mobility needs arising from a long-term disability or h...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) qualifying period and (b) delays in processing applications for disability benefits on carers of children and young people with canc
Answer: The information requested on the number of delayed applications is not collected and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. It is a long standing principle that Carer’s Allowance can only be awarded once a decision has been made to award the “tr...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) children under 16 and (b) young people between the ages of 16 and 25 are successful in their (i) PIP and (ii) DLA applications at (A) initial application and (B) appe
Answer: Between October 2019 and September 2024, for claimants aged 16 to 25 inclusive, in England and Wales, there were 346,000 PIP clearances that were awarded at initial decision, which was 60% of initial PIP clearances for that age range. For the same clearan...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take in the National Cancer plan to improve diagnosis times for children and young people with cancer.
Answer: The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients survive this horrible set of diseases, including children and young people. To achieve this, the NHS has delivered an...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme in providing support for young cancer patients' travel costs.
Answer: The Government knows that the cost of travel is an important issue for many young cancer patients and their families in England. NHS England and the integrated care boards are currently responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of lo...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people with cancer receive (a) treatment and (b) care outside the region from (i) Bournemouth and (ii) the South West; and what assessment he has made if the (A) cost of
Answer: The Government knows that the cost of travel is an important issue for many young cancer patients and their families in England. NHS England and the integrated care boards are currently responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of lo...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for children's palliative care; and what plans he has to increase the level of funding available.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. To support ICBs in ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to include multi-year funding for voluntary sector providers of children’s (a) palliative care and (b) hospices in the NHS 10-Year Plan.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will set out how the Government will fix our broken National Health Service. Too many babies, children, and young people, including those towards the end of their lives, are not receiving the support and care they deserve, and we k...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include provisions in the NHS 10-Year Plan on the (a) funding, (b) planning, (c) provision and (d) commissioning at (i) national and (ii) regional level of children’s palliative
Answer: We want a society where every child and young person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce HIV/AIDS transmission in (a) Bournemouth West constituency, (b) the South West and (c) areas with high prevalence of HIV.
Answer: The HIV Action Plan was published in 2022 and sets out steps to reduce HIV transmission between 2019 and 2025, including the importance of HIV testing, access to pre-exposure prophylaxis, and for those who test positive, rapid access to treatment. A new H...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on ending new HIV transmissions by 2030.
Answer: The HIV Action Plan was published in 2022 and sets out steps to reduce HIV transmission between 2019 and 2025, including the importance of HIV testing, access to pre-exposure prophylaxis, and for those who test positive, rapid access to treatment. The HIV...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of people who were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in (a) Bournemouth and (b) South West England for each of the past five years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of HIV diagnoses, and the number of those diagnoses that were first diagnosed in the United Kingdom, for Bournemouth and the South West region, from 2019 to 2023:YearBournemouthSouth West region All HIV diagnosesOf whi...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in (a) higher education, (b) University and College Union, (c) Universities UK and (d) Bournemouth University on recent staffing reductions; and what st
Answer: This government welcomes international students who enrich our university campuses, forge lifelong friendships with our domestic students and become global ambassadors for the UK. The government expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destinati...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on developing a sustainable long-term financial model for higher education.
Answer: This government welcomes international students who enrich our university campuses, forge lifelong friendships with our domestic students and become global ambassadors for the UK. The government expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destinati...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: VisasDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of visa policies on university finances.
Answer: This government welcomes international students who enrich our university campuses, forge lifelong friendships with our domestic students and become global ambassadors for the UK. The government expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destinati...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Special Educational NeedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service services for special educational needs and disabilities children in Bournemouth.
Answer: We know that too many children and young people, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, are not receiving the mental health care they need, and that waits for mental health services are too long across England, including in Bourn...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve ambulance waiting times in (a) Bournemouth West constituency, (b) Dorset, (c) the South West and (d) England.
Answer: Ambulance services in Bournemouth West, Dorset, and the South West are provided by the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, with commissioning responsibility for the services being a matter for the local NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board. ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of pharmacies in (a) Bournemouth West constituency, (b) Dorset, (c) the South West and (d) England.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority publishes the consolidated pharmaceutical list every quarter, with further information available at the following link:https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/consolidated-pharmaceutical-listThe following table shows the nu...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism and Special Educational Needs: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for (a) autism assessments and (b) SEND assessments in (i) Bournemouth West constituency, (b) Dorset and (c) the South West in the latest period for which data is
Answer: Information on autism assessments is not held centrally in the format requested, but may be held by individual providers or integrated care boards (ICBs). Some relevant information is available on autism assessment waiting times for the NHS Dorset ICB and...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Bournemouth WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for NHS services in Bournemouth West constituency.
Answer: We have wasted no time in getting to work cutting National Health Service waiting lists and ensuring people have the best possible experience during their care, including in the Bournemouth West constituency. We promised change, and we’ve delivered early,...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
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