Kate Osamor MP: written questions
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Health Services: TaiwanDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish a reciprocal healthcare agreement with Taiwan.
Answer: Department officials continue to engage with Taiwanese officials. Any new reciprocal healthcare agreement between the United Kingdom and Taiwan would be subject to negotiations.
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress the Child Poverty Taskforce has made on developing strategies to help reduce child poverty.
Answer: Tackling the terrible state of child poverty in this country is our priority every day and the Taskforce is looking at every lever we can pull across Government to do this.The Taskforce has already heard from charities, experts and families and will publi...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending access to benefits for families with children who have no recourse to public funds on levels of child poverty.
Answer: In developing a Child Poverty Strategy, the Child Poverty Taskforce is considering all children across the United Kingdom. We recognise the distinct challenges of poverty faced by migrant children. The causes of child poverty are deep-rooted, with solutio...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrants: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of families that have no recourse to public funds.
Answer: The availability of data in respect of the number of families that have No Recourse to Public Funds condition is currently limited, while the Home Office transitions its casework operations to a new management information system until the transition proce...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNigeria: MalnutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what bilateral funding to tackle malnutrition levels across northern Nigeria will be in 2025/26.
Answer: The UK is committed to tackling the increasing levels of malnutrition across northern Nigeria. The FCDO will make funding decisions for programming in 2025/26 in due course.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNigeria: VaccinationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to expand routine immunisation programs across northern Nigeria.
Answer: The UK supports immunisation programmes in Nigeria through our contributions to GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate more than half the world's children against some of the world's deadliest diseases. The UK...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHumanitarian Aid: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that humanitarian funding is allocated based on assessed needs.
Answer: The FCDO is committed to being a principled humanitarian donor, prioritising humanitarian assistance to people in greatest need by using data and evidence to guide allocation decisions.We have announced a doubling of support for people hit by the humanita...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNigeria: NutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to expand (a) inpatient, (b) community-based, (c) outpatient and (d) other nutritional treatment services across northern Nigeria.
Answer: The UK supports access to essential life-saving health services in northern Nigeria through the Lafiya Programme. Lafiya supports the states of Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Borno and Yobe to strengthen their health systems to improve access for the poorest and m...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNigeria: MalnutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle malnutrition in northern Nigeria.
Answer: The UK is providing support to tackle malnutrition in north-east Nigeria through the Humanitarian and Resilience Programme (HARP).In 2024/25, the UK provided £12 million through HARP to UNICEF's Multisectoral Integrated Nutrition Action for Children, Adol...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTaxation: International CooperationTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18580More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with her G20 counterparts on a global agreement to tax the world’s richest individuals.
Answer: The UK was pleased to support the Rio de Janeiro G20 Ministerial Declaration on International Tax Cooperation, including the commitment to cooperate to ensure that ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed. The Government is committed to maki...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFood Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019Department of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 to (a) restaurant menus and (b) non-pre-packed food.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has policy responsibility for food safety, including food allergen labelling, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and is working to improve the availability and accuracy of allergen information for non-prepacked foods,...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: AllergiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of severe food allergy labelling requirements for hospitality venues.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has policy responsibility for food safety, including food allergen labelling, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and is working to improve the availability and accuracy of allergen information for non-prepacked foods,...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: AllergiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the availability of allergen information in hospitality venues where food is not pre-packed.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has policy responsibility for food safety, including food allergen labelling, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and is working to improve the availability and accuracy of allergen information for non-prepacked foods,...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: AllergiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making allergen training a mandatory requirement for hospitality venues.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has policy responsibility for food safety, including food allergen labelling, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and is working to improve the availability and accuracy of allergen information for non-prepacked foods,...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14322More
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 matters raised in the Human Rights Watch report entitled Hopeless, Starving and Besieged:
Answer: We have not made an assessment of the matters raised in the Human Rights Watch report entitled Hopeless, Starving and Besieged: Israel's Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, published on 14 November 2024. However, the Government has been clear, th...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AutismDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory autism training for (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. We are committed ...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccination: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to regulate the provision of injections of (a) dermal fillers and (b) weight-loss medications.
Answer: The majority of the medicines that can be used for weight management, including injectable medicines containing liraglutide, semaglutide, and tirzepatide, are prescription only medicines. They cannot be advertised, including through social media, to the g...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEthiopia: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that UK aid is able to pass into the Amhara region of Ethiopia.
Answer: With active conflict leading to humanitarian access restrictions across much of Amhara, we are aware that aid agencies struggle to deliver assistance to civilians across the region. We are providing funding for a UN-led civil-military coordination team in...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEthiopia: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12087More
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 matters raised in the Amnesty International press release entitled Ethiopia: Human rights
Answer: The Amnesty International press release on 6 August has drawn attention to the conduct of actors across northern Ethiopia. Their reporting is consistent with UN investigations which found that all sides committed major human rights abuses, some of which m...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEthiopia: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Ethiopian counterpart on the conflict in Amhara region.
Answer: The UK regularly discusses the conflict in Amhara with the Ethiopian government, condemning violence and calling for a peaceful resolution. On 15 August, the Foreign Secretary discussed the conflict with the then Ethiopian Foreign Minister, including its ...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSupported Housing: Housing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the taper rate for housing benefit on young people in supported housing.
Answer: The income taper in Housing Benefit ensures people in work are better off than someone wholly reliant on benefits. In addition to any financial advantage, there are important non-financial benefits of working. These benefits include learning new skills, i...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMaternity Pay: Multiple BirthsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of maternity pay for mothers of (a) twins and (b) other multiples.
Answer: Maternity pay is primarily a health and safety provisions for pregnant working women. It is not intended to replace a woman's earnings completely, rather it provides a measure of financial security to help pregnant working women take time off work in the ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: Fraud and HackingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that social media companies provide adequate support to customers who are the subject of hacking and fraud.
Answer: As fraud offences are ‘priority offences’ under the Online Safety Act (OSA), all user-to-user services in scope must prevent illegal fraudulent content from appearing on their platforms and swiftly remove if it does. They must also effectively mitigate th...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Lone ParentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of Gingerbread’s report entitled They are sanctioning the children, published on 16 September 2024.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce will explore how we can harness all available levers to reduce child poverty, including by listening to stakeholders on potential changes, before publishing a strategy in Spring 2025. Additionally, the Government is committed t...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: ChildrenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6331More
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 report by Defense for Children International - Palestine entitled Targeting childhood, Pal
Answer: The UK is deeply worried by the situation in the West Bank. The risk of instability is serious and the need for de-escalation urgent. The allegations in this report are deeply disturbing. Israel has a right to self-defence in line with international law, ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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