Rachael Maskell MP: written questions
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Retail Trade: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the potential links of retail crime to County Lines.
Answer: Shoplifting has increased at an unacceptable level in recent years, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.To that end, this Governmen...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of retail crime have been reported in (a) York and (b) England in each of the last five years.
Answer: Shoplifting has increased at an unacceptable level in recent years, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.To that end, this Governmen...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to tackle retail crime.
Answer: Shoplifting has increased at an unacceptable level in recent years, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.To that end, this Governmen...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular Diseases: DeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What progress his department has made on reducing deaths from stroke and heart disease by a quarter within ten years.
Answer: Reducing avoidable disability and death from heart disease and stroke is a priority for the Government. This is why the Government has set a goal for fewer lives being lost to the biggest killers, including from cardiovascular disease (CVD), and why the N...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the therapeutic modalities available within the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
Answer: Funding for Children’s Social Care, which includes the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), is being considered as part of the current spending review.The department has been making a range of changes to improve the timeliness of the AS...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of ringfenced crisis funding within the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to enable families facing an urgent crisis to access therap
Answer: Funding for Children’s Social Care, which includes the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), is being considered as part of the current spending review.The department has been making a range of changes to improve the timeliness of the AS...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of adequacy of the time it takes families to receive therapeutic support through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
Answer: Funding for Children’s Social Care, which includes the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), is being considered as part of the current spending review.The department has been making a range of changes to improve the timeliness of the AS...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays in families accessing therapeutic support through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
Answer: Funding for Children’s Social Care, which includes the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), is being considered as part of the current spending review.The department has been making a range of changes to improve the timeliness of the AS...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of potential merits of the recommendation in the report entitled the Adoption Barometer, published by Adoption UK in May 2024, that the Adoption and Special Guardianship
Answer: Funding for Children’s Social Care, which includes the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), is being considered as part of the current spending review.The department has been making a range of changes to improve the timeliness of the AS...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCharities: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure the financial sustainability of charities.
Answer: This government recognises the vital role that charities have played in providing, often life-saving work in our society in increasingly difficult circumstances.DCMS is supporting charities with their financial sustainability in a number of ways. DCMS del...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCharities: Older PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with representatives of charities on the funding of organisations that provide clubs for the elderly.
Answer: This government recognises the vital role that charities play up and down the country, providing crucial support to different groups across society, including the elderly.DCMS is supporting charities with their financial sustainability in a number of ways...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCharities: Older PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with representatives of clubs for the elderly that are closing in autumn 2024 on their (i) financial situation and (ii) role in providing
Answer: This government recognises the vital role that charities play up and down the country, providing crucial support to different groups across society, including the elderly.DCMS is supporting charities with their financial sustainability in a number of ways...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMpox: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment the UK Health Security Agency has made of the level of risk of an Mpox outbreak.
Answer: The latest risk assessment is set out in the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) technical briefing, which was published on 16 September 2024, and is available at the following link:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66e83b367f20ecc7ec3aa1db/m...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNitazenes: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of the risks of nitazines use.
Answer: The Department is actively monitoring the threat posed by synthetic opioids such as nitazenes, and is working to increase awareness of their dangers. Information on synthetic opioids and the dangers they pose is available from the helpline and website Tal...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNitazenesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) ambulance call outs and (b) hospital admissions took place due to the use of nitazines in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Department is actively monitoring the threat posed by synthetic opioids such as nitazenes, and is working to increase awareness of their dangers. Information on synthetic opioids and the dangers they pose is available from the helpline and website Tal...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: NitazenesMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscations of nitazines took place in prisons in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested is not collected in a format that would enable it to be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: NitazenesMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is recording the number of cases of nitazene use in prison which has required (a) on site medical attention and (b) an ambualance to be called in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested, which relates to the responsibilities of more than one Government Department, is not collected in a format that would enable us to do so without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners have required medical attention for (a) suspected overdoses and (b) drug-related ill health in each quarter of each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of prisoners requiring medical attention for suspected overdoses and drug related ill health.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of an increase in the public health grant.
Answer: Lord Darzi’s investigation into the National Health Service set out the impact of past reductions to local government public health funding. We will confirm 2025/26 public health grant allocations as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: Public HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor the impact of covid-19 on public health.
Answer: From the week commencing 6 October 2023 to week commencing 20 September 2024, there have been an estimated 9,972 deaths from COVID-19, as measured by death registrations with COVID-19 on death certificates. Further information is available at the followin...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of covid-19 on (a) the NHS and (b) mortality rates.
Answer: From the week commencing 6 October 2023 to week commencing 20 September 2024, there have been an estimated 9,972 deaths from COVID-19, as measured by death registrations with COVID-19 on death certificates. Further information is available at the followin...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: DeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of covid-19 related deaths in the last year.
Answer: From the week commencing 6 October 2023 to week commencing 20 September 2024, there have been an estimated 9,972 deaths from COVID-19, as measured by death registrations with COVID-19 on death certificates. Further information is available at the followin...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to ensure schools take account of the NHS five steps to mental wellbeing in their education provision.
Answer: The department is working to support children and young people to thrive and achieve at school as a critical part of its mission to break down barriers to opportunity. That is why this government is working to ensure the right support is available to ever...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: FinanceTreasuryTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7798More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps through the forthcoming Budget to restore public health grants to real terms 2015 levels.
Answer: Detailed spending decisions are a matter for the Chancellor and will be announced at the Budget on 30 October. DHSC will confirm 2025/26 public health grant allocations following the forthcoming Spending Review.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason people who turned 80 before 1 September 2024 are not eligible for the RSV vaccine; and whether exceptions can be made.
Answer: The policy for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme is based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which is an independent expert advisory committee on vaccination and immunisation. That advice is provided...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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