Paul Davies MP: written questions
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Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local solutions to manage shortages of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy are shared nationally.
Answer: The Department has been working with suppliers to address current supply issues with Creon, which is used by patients with conditions such as cystic fibrosis and certain cancers including pancreatic cancer. The supply issues with Creon are impacting count...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7303More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to help ensure that tobacco duty contributes to the costs of (a) tobacco control and (b) public health initiatives.
Answer: The UK has some of the highest tobacco duty rates in the world, payable at £316.70 per thousand cigarettes, plus 16.5% of the retail price and £412.32 per kilogram for hand rolling tobacco. These have helped to support a significant fall in smoking preval...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for implementing the proposed changes to (a) vision rehabilitation services and (b) professional recognition.
Answer: We do not currently have plans to regulate Vision Rehabilitation Specialists. The Care Act guidance advises that local authorities should consider securing specialist qualified rehabilitation and assessment provision, whether in-house, or contracted throu...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the integration of services between secondary and social care settings to ensure a seamless route into vision rehabilitation.
Answer: The Department understands the importance of having effective rehabilitation services available when people need them to help them recover and return to their day-to-day activities and regain their quality of life.People who have sight loss to the degree ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making vision rehabilitation specialists a regulated profession.
Answer: We do not currently have plans to regulate vision rehabilitation specialists.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that vision rehabilitation services are subject to the same (a) regulation and (b) monitoring as other adult social care services.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities in England have a legal duty to support people with sight loss to develop practical skills and strategies to maintain independence.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is now assessing how local authorities are meet...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness of and (b) tackle stigma associated with (i) loneliness and (ii) mental health challenges among men.
Answer: Raising awareness of loneliness across society and reducing the associated stigma for all groups at risk of loneliness, including men, is a core part of the Government’s current approach to tackling loneliness. This includes providing loneliness advice as...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: MenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to work with (a) community organisations and (b) mental health services to support the creation of networks for men experiencing loneliness.
Answer: Chronic loneliness (feeling lonely often or always) can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender or background, although some groups, such as young people aged 16-25, are known to be at a higher risk. The government’s current work to tackle loneliness sup...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: MenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle loneliness in men aged (a) 18 to 30, (b) 30 to 60 and (c) over 60.
Answer: Chronic loneliness (feeling lonely often or always) can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender or background, although some groups, such as young people aged 16-25, are known to be at a higher risk. The government’s current work to tackle loneliness sup...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ReadingMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to provide reading support in prisons; and what programmes her Department funds to provide such support.
Answer: All prisons assess prisoner literacy on entry, and deliver English Functional Skills qualifications via the main Prison Education Framework.HMPPS also fund 62 additional literacy and reading contracts across 80 prisons via the more locally commissioned Dy...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons have a one-to-one literacy mentoring programme.
Answer: All prisons assess prisoner literacy on entry, and deliver English Functional Skills qualifications via the main Prison Education Framework.HMPPS also fund 62 additional literacy and reading contracts across 80 prisons via the more locally commissioned Dy...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: LiteracyMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons have a literacy programme.
Answer: All prisons assess prisoner literacy on entry, and deliver English Functional Skills qualifications via the main Prison Education Framework.HMPPS also fund 62 additional literacy and reading contracts across 80 prisons via the more locally commissioned Dy...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit and Universal Credit: Colne ValleyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people that applied for Pension Credit in each of the last five years were in receipt of Universal Credit at the time of their application in Colne Valley constituency.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFootball: SportsgroundsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Football Association on increasing funding for drainage works on grass pitches.
Answer: The Government is committed to helping all sports adapt to the impacts of climate change and works closely with the Football Association to improve the drainage facilities for grassroots football pitches. The Football Foundation, funded by the Government,...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFootball: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with relevant football bodies to help increase British Asian representation in football (a) on and (b) off the pitch.
Answer: We welcome the football industry’s ongoing commitment to provide fair opportunities for all. Since the publication of the independent Fan-Led Review in November 2021, the football leagues and the sport’s national governing body, the Football Association (...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFootball: Colne ValleyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) help build new grassroots football facilities and (b) renovate existing pitches for grassroots football in Colne Valley constituency.
Answer: High-quality, inclusive facilities help clubs to get more people active and by backing these clubs, the Government will support more people to get onto the pitch wherever they live.Colne Valley constituency has benefitted from £40,798 of DCMS investment a...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMoorland: FiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department provides funding to local councils to enforce the ban on the use of barbecues and open fires on the moors during the summer.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government provides no specific funding to local councils to enforce the ban on the use of barbecues and open fires on moorland. The majority of the Local Government Finance Settlement is unringfenced in ackn...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMoorland: FiresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help support the sharing of best practice at the (a) Peak District and (b) South Pennines fire operation groups on moorland fires.
Answer: Fire Operation Groups (FOGs) and similar networks across the country play a vital role in mitigating, preventing and responding to the risks and realities of wildfire. The government applauds the work they do. Defra supports the promotion of shared learni...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMoorland: FiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase collaboration between local councils and fire services to help tackle moorland fires.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government works closely with Local Resilience Forums, which include local councils and fire and rescue services to support local collaboration and preparation for a wide range of the resilience risks includi...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: TrainingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to provide training to rangers on the use of firefighting equipment.
Answer: Fire Services are responsible for responding to and fighting fires. Defra will not provide training on firefighting equipment beyond the control of managed vegetation fires.
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMoorland: FiresHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance on the criteria to be used to determine when to use a helicopter to help put out moorland fires.
Answer: Fire and Rescue Services are operationally independent in England. Each fire and rescue authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfire), through their Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) while having regard to ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMoorland: Fire PreventionHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) monitor and (b) prevent moorland fires through patrolling.
Answer: Fire and Rescue Services are operationally independent in England. Each fire and rescue authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfire), through their Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) while having regard to ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Colne ValleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve prostate cancer (a) screening and (b) awareness in Colne Valley constituency.
Answer: Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees. This is because of the inaccuracy of the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men, as some of...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBanking Hubs: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7281More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the importance of banking hubs in rural areas.
Answer: The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and is committed to championing sufficient access for all as a priority. This is why the Government is working closely with industry to ensure that 350 banking hubs are deliv...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Gavi and (b) the Global Fund on the adequacy of their funding.
Answer: On 12 September, I [Minister for Development] met with the CEO of Gavi to discuss Gavi's recent Investment Case launch and replenishment timings. FCDO hosted the annual strategic dialogue with the Global Fund on 17 September, which focused on the UK's pri...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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