Mary Kelly Foy MP: written questions
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ADHD: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages of ADHD medication in the North East.
Answer: The Department monitors and manages medicine supply at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information is not collected on a local level. The Department has been working hard with industry and NHS England to...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) his Department has had discussions with representatives of the vaping industry since the general election.
Answer: Since July 2024, no members of the Department have met with the vaping industry. This includes my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Details of ministerial meetings are updated quarterly in arrears, on the GOV.UK website.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSmokingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the policy paper entitled Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation, last updated on 8 November 2023, reflects his Department's current policy.
Answer: The landmark Tobacco and Vapes Bill was introduced into Parliament on 5 November, and will be the single biggest public health intervention since the banning of smoking in indoor public spaces.This bill goes further than ever before. It will create the fi...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that new investment in further education contributes to (a) improving staff conditions and (b) closing pay gaps between college and school teachers.
Answer: This government is committed to ensuring there is a thriving further education (FE) sector, which is vital to our missions to break down the barriers to opportunity and deliver economic growth.At the October 2024 Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancell...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing flexible railway ticketing.
Answer: Flexible Season Tickets are available across all contracted train operators. They offer most commuters who travel two or three days per week better value compared to both day tickets and other season tickets. All TOCs offer anytime and off-peak tickets fo...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNurses: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of nurses.
Answer: Working with universities we are committed to training the staff we need to get patients seen on time, including more nurses, and will work closely with National Health Service trusts and their local education providers to do so and ensure nursing remains...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNurses: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of nurses.
Answer: Working with universities we are committed to training the staff we need to get patients seen on time, including more nurses, and will work closely with National Health Service trusts and their local education providers to do so and ensure nursing remains...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish a response to the consultation in 2022 on public sector food and catering policy.
Answer: The Government is reviewing the policy. Our ambition, set out in our election manifesto, is for half of all food supplied into the public sector to be from local British producers, or certified to higher environmental standards whilst being in line with W...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNutrition: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce inequalities in dietary health.
Answer: Under our Health Mission we will move from a model of sickness to one of prevention, reducing health inequalities and closing the gap in healthy life expectancy, as well as delivering on our commitment to raise the healthiest generation ever. As part of t...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether levels of food insecurity will be a key metric of the Child Poverty Taskforce.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of breaking down barriers to opportunity and improving the life chances for every child. For too many children, living in poverty robs them of the opportunity to learn and prosper.Child poverty has increased by 700,0...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce auto-enrolment for the Healthy Start scheme.
Answer: The Healthy Start scheme is kept under review. There have been no discussions with my Rt Hon. Friend, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on introducing auto-enrolment for Healthy Start.The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a h...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSoft Drinks: TaxationTreasuryTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9656More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to expand the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to milk based drinks.
Answer: The SDIL is internationally recognised as a successful tax intervention, with measurable reformulation and consequent health impacts. As with all taxes, the Government keeps SDIL under review as part of its Budget process.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFarmers: IncomeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that farmers have a stable income.
Answer: This Government strongly believes in the importance of farming. For this Government, food security is national security, requiring a sustainable, resilient and healthy food system that works with nature and supports British Farmers. The Government underst...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordParliament Square: DemonstrationsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8674More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the Commission's policy is on objecting to applications received by Westminster City Council for loudspeaker consent in Parliament Square when the Hou
Answer: Decisions over loudspeaker consent in Parliament Square are handled by the Serjeant at Arms. Each application is considered on a case-by-case basis and takes into consideration the sitting of the House and Committees, other business planned for the day, t...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordParliament Square: DemonstrationsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8673More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether House officials made representations to Westminster City Council on the application for loudspeaker consent in Parliament Square on 30 October 2024
Answer: The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 created a ‘controlled area’ surrounding Parliament where the unauthorised use of loudspeakers, the erecting of tents and the use of ‘sleeping equipment’ is prohibited.The Serjeant at Arms responded to a...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSouth America: ForestsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to provide assistance to (a) Ecuador, (b) Paraguay, (c) Peru and (d) Brazil following forest fires in those countries.
Answer: The UK has closely monitored recent forest fires in Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Brazil. The UK's support for sustainable development and climate change adaptation should reduce drought impacts and wildfires long-term. In Ecuador and Peru, we are contribut...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUnited Nations: Older PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations at the United Nations on the potential merits of a UN convention on the rights of older persons.
Answer: The UK is fully committed to promoting and protecting the rights of all people, including older people. Building stronger legal frameworks at the domestic and international level is key. We were an active participant in the work of the UN's Open-Ended Wor...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: HygieneDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps through education settings to help reduce child hygiene poverty.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of breaking down barriers to opportunity and improving the life chances for every child. For too many children, living in poverty robs them of the opportunity to learn and to prosper.On 17 July 2024, my Right hon. Fr...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSmoking: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing of a polluter pays levy on tobacco company to fund smoking cessation services; and if he will make it his policy to increase fun
Answer: The Government is funding a broad package of measures to tackle the harm caused by smoking, including additional funding for local authority Stop Smoking Services, more enforcement activity around illegal tobacco and vape products, as well as recently lau...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation response entitled creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, published on 12 February 2024, whether he plans to implement the policies set out in
Answer: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will be the biggest public health intervention in a generation, improving healthy life expectancy and reducing the number of lives lost to the biggest killers.Alongside introducing a progressive smoking ban to ensure the next ge...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with third sector organisations on the inclusion of policies on prevention in the proposed ten-year plan for health and social care.
Answer: As part of the Government’s five long-term missions, we will launch a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service and make it fit for the future. The plan will set out a bold agenda to deliver on the three big shifts needed: moving healthcar...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to include policies on prevention in the proposed ten-year plan for health and social care.
Answer: As part of the Government’s five long-term missions, we will launch a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service and make it fit for the future. The plan will set out a bold agenda to deliver on the three big shifts needed: moving healthcar...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLand BankingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle landbanking.
Answer: The consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system that began on Tuesday 30 July includes proposals designed to support increased build out rates and promote mixed-tenure schemes that me...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy Scheme: Housing AssociationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Right to Buy for housing association tenants.
Answer: The Government is currently reviewing the increased Right to Buy discounts that were introduced in 2012, with a view to better protecting existing social housing stock. The Government will also review the Right to Buy more widely, including looking at eli...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Standing ChargesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of replacing the standing charge on household energy bills with a measure based on usage.
Answer: Although standing charges are a commercial matter for suppliers, and are regulated by Ofgem, we know that too much of the burden of the bill is placed on them. The Government has worked constructively with the regulator on the issue of standing charges, a...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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