Paul Davies MP: written questions
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Prisons: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to form partnerships with (a) external organisations and (b) volunteers to support literacy initiatives in prisons.
Answer: Reading is a priority for HMPPS, and improving prisoner literacy is a key aim of prison education and plays an important role in supporting rehabilitation and reducing reoffending. Formal literacy teaching follows national accredited qualifications, which...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to (a) assess (i) feedback from and (ii) outcomes of and (b) improve literacy programmes for prisoners.
Answer: We are evaluating some of the programmes to support literacy delivered by partners and will look to publish an evaluation report later in 2025. We are also improving our understanding of the outcomes of different prison education types, including English ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to tailor literacy programmes for prisoners (a) with learning disabilities and (b) for whom English is a second language.
Answer: Reading is a priority for HMPPS, and improving prisoner literacy is a key aim of prison education and plays an important role in supporting rehabilitation and reducing reoffending. Formal literacy teaching follows national accredited qualifications, which...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to support the use of (a) technology and (b) digital resources to enhance literacy education in prisons.
Answer: Reading is a priority for HMPPS, and improving prisoner literacy is a key aim of prison education and plays an important role in supporting rehabilitation and reducing reoffending. Formal literacy teaching follows national accredited qualifications, which...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Education and TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to take steps to integrate prisoner literacy programs with other (a) educational and (b) vocational training opportunities.
Answer: Reading is a priority for HMPPS, and improving prisoner literacy is a key aim of prison education and plays an important role in supporting rehabilitation and reducing reoffending. Formal literacy teaching follows national accredited qualifications, which...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to tackle the shortage of qualified (a) teachers and (b) staff to provide literacy education in prisons.
Answer: The recruitment of qualified teachers is primarily a matter for the prison education providers. HMPPS is working with education providers to reduce teacher vacancies. The vacancy rate for all providers has reduced over the last few months. As of 15 Decemb...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to ensure that all prisoners have access to high-quality literacy programs.
Answer: Reading is a priority for HMPPS, and improving prisoner literacy is a key aim of prison education and plays an important role in supporting rehabilitation and reducing reoffending. Formal literacy teaching follows national accredited qualifications, which...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLonelinessDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking assess the effectiveness of loneliness reduction initiatives; and whether she plans to take steps to amend her policies in the context of the findings of these
Answer: The Government is working to build the evidence base on loneliness including the demographic groups most affected and the effectiveness of interventions. It uses available evidence to keep policies under review.For example, DCMS has recently published two...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: ResearchDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provide funding for research on effective interventions to tackle loneliness across different demographics.
Answer: The Government is working to build the evidence base on loneliness including the demographic groups most affected and the effectiveness of interventions. It uses available evidence to keep policies under review.For example, DCMS has recently published two...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to improve public transportation to help people stay connected with communities.
Answer: The government knows that a modern public transport network is vital to providing access to services and keeping communities connected. The government introduced the Bus Services (No.2) Bill on 17 December to put the power over local bus services back int...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: Older People and Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure that digital inclusion initiatives are accessible to (a) all, (b) the elderly and (c) people in remote areas.
Answer: Yes, by definition, that is the intention behind all digital inclusion, which is a priority for this Government, because we want everyone to have the access, skills, support and confidence to participate in a modern digital society, whatever their circums...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: LonelinessDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to encourage employers to create workplace environments that reduce employee loneliness.
Answer: The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) leads on the cross-government tackling loneliness programme, with multiple departments contributing towards the delivery of this work. DCMS is working closely with DHSC and DWP to consider loneliness in fu...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: Health ServicesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to integrate loneliness prevention programmes into the healthcare system.
Answer: The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) leads on the cross-government tackling loneliness programme, with multiple departments contributing towards the delivery of this work. DCMS is working closely with DHSC and DWP to consider loneliness in fu...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: Social ServicesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) reduce the stigma associated with and (b) encourage more people to seek help for loneliness.
Answer: To reduce the stigma associated with loneliness and to encourage people to seek help, the government provides advice through the Better Health: Every Mind Matters campaign’s advice pages.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to promote community-based initiatives that foster social connections among vulnerable populations.
Answer: The government funds programmes to increase social connections including those run by Near Neighbours and Schools Linking, which deliver initiatives in communities to bring people together.Community groups also play a crucial role in promoting social cohe...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that social care services are adequately funded to support individuals experiencing loneliness.
Answer: Loneliness and social isolation can affect many people and impact on their health and wellbeing. The Government’s current work to tackle loneliness includes: supporting a range of organisations through the Tackling Loneliness Hub, an online platform for p...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine which trusts or hospitals will receive new radiotherapy machines.
Answer: The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England is currently developing. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that p...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that funding allocated for radiotherapy is distributed equally across England, taking into account existing regional inequalities in radiotherapy a
Answer: The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England is currently developing. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that p...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMissing Persons: SafetyHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance to police forces advising them to offer independent return home interviews to adults who have been missing.
Answer: Any missing person incident, especially when a person is vulnerable or has been missing previously, significantly increases the risk of harm occurring, and the Home Office continues to work with partners on the issue.The Missing Persons Authorised Profess...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle barriers teenagers and young adults with cancer face in accessing clinical trials.
Answer: To maximise our potential to be a world leader and develop a more competitive, efficient and accessible clinical research system, the Department is committed to implementing recommendations from the Lord O'Shaughnessy independent review of commercial clin...
Answered 3 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to improve information for (a) young people and (b) their families about the symptoms of cancer.
Answer: We are committed to getting the National Health Service catching cancer on time, diagnosing it earlier, and treating it faster, so that more patients survive this horrible set of diseases. This includes in relation to children and young people.NHS England...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to improve the speed of diagnosis for teenagers and young adults with cancer within the 10-year Health plan.
Answer: As part of the work to develop a 10-Year Health Plan, we will carefully be considering policies, including those that impact teenagers and young adults with cancer, with input from the public, patients, health staff, and our partners, as we develop the pl...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that teenagers and young adults with cancer have access to specialist psychological support within the 10-year health plan.
Answer: As part of the work to develop a 10-Year Health Plan, we will carefully be considering policies, including those that impact teenagers and young adults with cancer, with input from the public, patients, health staff, and our partners, as we develop the pl...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that teenagers and young adults with cancer have access to clinical trials within the 10-year Health plan.
Answer: As part of the work to develop a 10-Year Health Plan, we will carefully be considering policies, including those that impact teenagers and young adults with cancer, with input from the public, patients, health staff, and our partners, as we develop the pl...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to consult teenagers and young adults with cancer on the 10-year Health plan.
Answer: As part of the work to develop a 10-Year Health Plan, we will carefully be considering policies, including those that impact teenagers and young adults with cancer, with input from the public, patients, health staff, and our partners, as we develop the pl...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
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