Preet Kaur Gill MP: written questions
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Written questions
Cancer: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand patient access to clinical trials for (a) less survivable cancers and (b) pancreatic cancer.
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that all patients, including those with pancreatic cancer and other less survivable cancers, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments.The Department funds research and resear...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Hatred: SikhsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered (a) recognising and (b) establishing a definition of anti-Sikh hate.
Answer: All forms of racial and religious discrimination are completely unacceptable, including that directed at Sikhs. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partn...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: SikhsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has provided to Sikh community organisations to address hate crimes in each of the last five years.
Answer: All forms of racial and religious discrimination are completely unacceptable, including that directed at Sikhs. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partn...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Hatred: SikhsHome OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the findings were of the research undertaken by her Department in 2024 on tackling anti-Sikh hate.
Answer: This Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime, including those targeting the Sikh community. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion, and the Government continues to work with police and community partn...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has asked the Office for National Statistics to use anonymised person-level data from the 2021 census to help improve the accuracy of data on the (a) ethnicity and (b) religion
Answer: The Home Office publishes official statistics on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. This includes information on religious hate crimes, by targeted religion, including rates per population. These are calculated using population data ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious HatredHome OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of (a) anti-Sikh, (b) anti-Muslim and (c) anti-Jewish hate.
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling all forms of hate crime and we are actively seeking to ensure the safety and protection of all individuals and communities across England and Wales. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to support the LTA in developing covered (a) tennis, (b) padel and (c) multi-sport facilities to help facilitate (i) year-round and (ii) all-weather participation.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK following the Spending Review. We a...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to support the development of (a) affordable and (b) accessible padel courts in (i) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency and (ii) other parts of the UK.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK following the Spending Review. We a...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: Birmingham EdgbastonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to increase the number of (a) indoor and (b) covered tennis facilities in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK following the Spending Review. We a...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFreehold: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has received recent representations from relevant stakeholders on the potential impact of (a) rent charge clauses and (b) management company practices on h
Answer: My Department has not carried out an assessment of the prevalence and potential impact on freehold property sales of rent-charge clauses. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 contains measures to protect homeowners on freehold estates, including spe...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFreehold: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help protect freeholders from excessive (a) delays and (b) charges imposed by private management companies during property transactions.
Answer: My Department has not carried out an assessment of the prevalence and potential impact on freehold property sales of rent-charge clauses. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 contains measures to protect homeowners on freehold estates, including spe...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFreehold: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) prevalence and (b) potential impact on freehold property sales of restrictive rent-charge clauses used by developers.
Answer: My Department has not carried out an assessment of the prevalence and potential impact on freehold property sales of rent-charge clauses. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 contains measures to protect homeowners on freehold estates, including spe...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordJews and Sikhs: StatisticsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69933More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will ask the Office for National Statistics to change its policy that recommends excluding Jews and Sikhs from data collected on ethnicity in its ethnicity harmonised standard.
Answer: Public bodies usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; those que...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJews and Sikhs: StatisticsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69932More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make representations to the ONS on including (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews in their advice to public bodies on using ethnicity categories.
Answer: Public bodies usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; those que...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJews and Sikhs: StatisticsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69895More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Office for National Statistics not requiring public bodies to collect data on ethnicity for (a) Jews and (b) Sikhs.
Answer: Public bodies usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; those que...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJews and Sikhs: StatisticsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69894More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will ask the Office for National Statistics to update the ethnicity harmonised standard to include a tick box option for (a) Jews and (b) Sikhs.
Answer: Public bodies usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; those que...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Jews and SikhsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data (a) his Department and (b) NHS England hold on the number of (i) Sikh and (ii) Jewish people with late stage cancer diagnoses.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects and analyses diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. The religion of patients is not collected or stored by the NDRS. Further in...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are enrolled on Pension Credit, by (a) religion and (b) ethnic group.
Answer: Latest caseload statistics show that as of November 2024, there were 1,391,728 pensioner households in receipt of Pension Credit. This data is available via DWP Stat-Xplore. This can be broken down into constituency and local authority level as well as by...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Greater Birmingham and Solihull: Growth Deal, published on 7 July 2014, how much funding was (a) allocated and (b) provided for the Hagley Road SPRINT project.
Answer: Hagley Road Sprint was included in West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) £1.05bn City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) programme for the years 2022/23 to 2026/27. CRSTS is a devolved funding programme and it is for local leaders to deci...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Birmingham EdgbastonDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency were enrolled on Pension Credit in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025 to date.
Answer: As of November 2023, 2,586 pensioner households were in receipt of Pension Credit in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.The latest Pension Credit statistics were published in May 2025 and cover the period up to November 2024. These show that as of November...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices (a) opened and (b) closed in (i) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, (ii) Birmingham and (iii) the West Midlands between May 2010 and June 2024.
Answer: The tables in the document attached show the number of general practices (GPs) which have opened and closed between January 2014 and May 2025 in the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, in Birmingham, and in the West Midlands, as this is the furthest the da...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent NHS dentists were employed in (a) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2024.
Answer: The following table shows how many full time equivalent (FTE) National Health Service dentists were employed in 2024 within the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB), which includes the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, as well as regional ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Rebuilding Programme: Birmingham EdgbastonDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency will receive funding from the school rebuilding programme.
Answer: The government has given a long-term commitment for funding through to 2034/35 to improve the condition of schools and colleges across England.The department is investing almost £20 billion in the School Rebuilding Programme through to 2034/35, delivering...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: West MidlandsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the number of children who will be eligible for Free School Meals under the plans to expand eligibility in (a) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Mi
Answer: This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. We have now announced that we are extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. This will l...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordBanking Hubs: Birmingham EdgbastonTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68821More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress she has made with the banking industry on the roll out of banking hubs in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and high streets in Birmingham Edgbaston, and across the country. This is why the Government is working closely with industry to roll out 350 banking hubs across the UK. The ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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