Mike Amesbury MP: written questions
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Written questions
Foster Care: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of foster carers in (a) England and (b) Cheshire.
Answer: This government is committed to working in partnership with local authorities to recruit more foster carers and committed an additional £15 million in the Autumn Budget 2024. This funding is to start work to ensure every local authority has access to a hu...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of travel provision for children to attend school when living in temporary accommodation.
Answer: No child should be prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport. The department’s home-to-school travel policy requires local authorities to arrange free travel for children of compulsory school age who attend their nearest school and would n...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordYoung People: Temporary AccommodationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of young people who have previously lived in temporary accommodation entering (a) further and (b) higher education.
Answer: The department does not hold information on the number of people who have previously lived in temporary accommodation before entering further education or higher education.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: Temporary AccommodationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role Ofsted plays in ensuring the (a) safety, (b) wellbeing and (c) educational attainment of children living in temporary accommodation.
Answer: This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to my hon. Friend, the Member for Runcorn and Helsby, directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Temporary AccommodationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of living in temporary accommodation on the educational attainment of children at each of the key stages between early years and key stage 4.
Answer: Too often opportunity for children and young people is defined by their background and we know that disadvantaged young people face barriers to engagement with education, which can include practical barriers like insecure housing. If children are unable t...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) a cot and (b) relevant safer sleep advice is provided for children under two in temporary accommodation.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected, especially children.We must address this and deliver long term solutions. The Government is looking at these issues carefully and will...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many families with children under the age of two live in temporary accommodation that does not include a cot.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected, especially children.We must address this and deliver long term solutions. The Government is looking at these issues carefully and will...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure temporary accommodation is suitable for children.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected, especially children.We must address this and deliver long term solutions. The Government is looking at these issues carefully and will...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many families living in temporary accommodation include children aged under two.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected, especially children.We must address this and deliver long term solutions. The Government is looking at these issues carefully and will...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: HealthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of temporary accommodation on the (a) mental and (b) physical health of families in that accommodation.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected, especially children. Too many families are spending years in temporary accommodation, at a point in a child’s life when they need space to play and develop, nutrit...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Visitors: Temporary AccommodationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that health visitors should make routine visits to families with babies that are living in temporary accommodation.
Answer: The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children. The child health workforce, which includes health visiting teams, is central to how we support all families to give their child the best start in life. Health visiting teams pro...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: Mental HealthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of temporary accommodation on the mental health of children within that accommodation.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected, especially children. Too many families are spending years in temporary accommodation, at a point in a child’s life when they need space to play and develop, nutrit...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDiseases: Babies and ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on what the (a) most common illnesses and (b) incidence of each of those illnesses experienced by babies and children in temporary accommodation were in the la
Answer: The Department does not hold specific data on the most common illnesses, or the incidence of illnesses experienced by babies and children specifically in temporary accommodation. However, general data on hospital admissions for all children, including bab...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Insurance: Young PeopleDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the cost of motor insurance premiums for young drivers in (a) Runcorn postcodes and (b) England.
Answer: This Government committed in its manifesto to tackle the high costs of motor insurance. To deliver on this commitment, the UK Government has formed a cross-government Taskforce on motor insurance, co-chaired by the Department for Transport and His Majesty...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to end homelessness in the next five years.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected. We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessnes...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the net supply of social housing in the next five years.
Answer: I the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 11383 on 31 October 2024.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: British Nationals AbroadDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of an annual state pension increase for British pensioners living outside the UK.
Answer: No assessment is planned. The UK's policy on the up-rating of the UK State Pension for recipients living overseas is a longstanding one. The UK state pension is payable worldwide without regard to nationality and is uprated abroad where we have a legal re...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUrban Areas: North WestMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase investment in high streets in (a) the North West and (b) Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
Answer: This Government is fully committed to rejuvenating our high street and supporting the businesses and communities that make our town centres successful.The North West has benefitted from £486.2 million through the Towns Deals, £168.7 million through the Fu...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the changes to employers National Insurance contributions on the financial situation of hospices.
Answer: We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, which enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The ris...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make assessment of the adequacy of diagnosis times for bowel cancer.
Answer: Bowel cancer patients are waiting too long for diagnosis and treatment. However, we will improve survival rates and hit all National Health Service cancer waiting time targets, so no patient, including those with bowel cancer, waits longer than they shoul...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving health and care workers on Tier 2 visas a certificate of common sponsorship.
Answer: The Skilled Worker immigration route, which includes the Health and Care visa, relies on the sponsorship system to ensure that international recruits are coming to a guaranteed job and will not be abused in terms of salary and conditions. A core tenet of ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Temporary AccommodationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a tracking coding system to record people in temporary accommodation that access health services.
Answer: There is no central requirement on what information is captured in local clinical or Patient Administration Systems about people’s housing status and whether they are in temporary accommodation.The NHS Data Model and Dictionary, however, provides a refere...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: HomelessnessDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering free bus travel for homeless (a) children and (b) adults living in temporary accommodation.
Answer: Local authorities have responsibility for support for homeless people in their areas and are best placed to assess the needs of their communities. At the Budget, the government confirmed over £1 billion in funding to improve services, protect vital routes...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: ProfitsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure that private firms do not profit from out of area looked after children's residential care placements.
Answer: The needs of the child are paramount when deciding the right care placement. Though the department wants to reduce out of area placements, they will always be part of the care landscape. Sometimes circumstances make it the right decision for a child to be...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a housing ombudsman service for the private sector.
Answer: The Renters’ Rights Bill, currently before Parliament, will introduce a new Private Rented Sector Landlord Ombudsman service to provide quick, fair, impartial and binding resolutions for tenants’ complaints about their landlord. This will bring tenant-lan...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
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