Rebecca Long Bailey MP: written questions
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Written questions
Ministry of Defence: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18945 on Ministry of Defence: Recruitment, how his Department measures the performance of those executive search firms.
Answer: For Senior Civil Servant (SCS) appointments using an Executive Search firm, performance is measured as described in the commercial agreement. Each commercial agreement (via the cross-Government Executive Search RM6290 framework) includes clear terms of bu...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: CostsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to support local authorities with the cost of placing people in temporary accommodation.
Answer: These statistics are shocking. Homelessness levels are far too high and we are taking action to fix the current system that has left too many families without security or stability.The Homelessness Code of Guidance is clear that temporary accommodation sh...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to APPG for Households in Temporary Accommodation's report entitled child mortality in temporary accommodation, published on 28 January 2025, what steps her Depart
Answer: These statistics are shocking. Homelessness levels are far too high and we are taking action to fix the current system that has left too many families without security or stability.The Homelessness Code of Guidance is clear that temporary accommodation sh...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Civil ServantsHome OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship salary threshold requirements introduced in April 2024 on retention of civil service staff initially employe
Answer: The graduate route is designed to allow UK graduates time to work, or look for work, for a 2 or 3 year period after completing their studies. After this time, they must be able to meet the requirements of another immigration route to stay in the UK. These...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the number and proportion of 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey participants who (a) were women, (b) were born in the 1950s and (c) reported awareness of the changes to the State Pensi
Answer: Our response to the PHSO report on the communication of changes to State Pension age was based on evidence of awareness of the change from two key reports. The Public Awareness of State Pension Age Equalisation, published in 2004, was conducted as part of...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the data her Department holds from the 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey on the levels of awareness of the proposed increase in State Pension age for women born in the 1950s.
Answer: Our response to the PHSO report on the communication of changes to State Pension age was based on evidence of awareness of the change from two key reports. The Public Awareness of State Pension Age Equalisation, published in 2004, was conducted as part of...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey participants were (a) in the 55-64 age group and (b) women born in the 1950s.
Answer: Our response to the PHSO report on the communication of changes to State Pension age was based on evidence of awareness of the change from two key reports. The Public Awareness of State Pension Age Equalisation, published in 2004, was conducted as part of...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey participants were (a) in the 45-54 age group and (b) women born in the 1950s.
Answer: Our response to the PHSO report on the communication of changes to State Pension age was based on evidence of awareness of the change from two key reports. The Public Awareness of State Pension Age Equalisation, published in 2004, was conducted as part of...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey participants aged between 18 and 69 were women born in the 1950s.
Answer: Our response to the PHSO report on the communication of changes to State Pension age was based on evidence of awareness of the change from two key reports. The Public Awareness of State Pension Age Equalisation, published in 2004, was conducted as part of...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many private recruitment agencies his Department uses to fill senior vacancies; what the potential cost to the public purse is of these services; and what steps his Department is taking to monitor performance
Answer: To date in financial year 2024-25, there have been three permanent Senior Civil Servant (SCS) Payband 1 or 2 recruitment campaigns, and three SCS Payband 3 or 4 campaigns that have engaged a private sector Executive Search firm. The cost of these services...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of urgent provision of legal aid for leaseholders facing unfair charges.
Answer: The consultation on introducing permitted insurance fees for landlords, freeholders and property managing agents was launched on 2 December and can be found on gov.uk here.As per my Written Ministerial Statement of 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), the governme...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLegal Costs and Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning entitled Leasehold and Commonhold Reform of 21 November 2024, HCWS244, when the consulta
Answer: The consultation on introducing permitted insurance fees for landlords, freeholders and property managing agents was launched on 2 December and can be found on gov.uk here.As per my Written Ministerial Statement of 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), the governme...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsuranceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning entitled Leasehold and Commonhold Reform of 21 November 2024, HCWS244, when the consulta
Answer: The consultation on introducing permitted insurance fees for landlords, freeholders and property managing agents was launched on 2 December and can be found on gov.uk here.As per my Written Ministerial Statement of 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), the governme...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support providers and (b) encourage the uptake of higher education degree apprenticeships.
Answer: This government knows that earnings for those undertaking higher apprenticeships compare well to the earnings of first-degree graduates five years on. The latest data shows the median first-degree graduate earnings five years after graduation were £29,900...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of higher education degree apprenticeships on (a) local educational opportunities, (b) the development of a skilled workforce and (c) caree
Answer: This government knows that earnings for those undertaking higher apprenticeships compare well to the earnings of first-degree graduates five years on. The latest data shows the median first-degree graduate earnings five years after graduation were £29,900...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: SwimmingDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools provide swimming lessons for Key stage (a) 1 and (b) 2 pupils.
Answer: The department does not collect data on primary schools’ provision of swimming and water safety lessons. Sport England collects some data on swimming and water safety in from their annual Children and Young People’s Survey. This includes whether and how m...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SoftwareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which mental health apps are (a) recommended and (b) linked to by the NHS on its website; and if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the promotion of these apps by the NHS.
Answer: The National Health Service website does not currently display or recommend any mental health apps, as the commissioning of these digital tools is done locally. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Early Value Assessment conditionally r...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce new clean air targets in line with World Health Organisation guidelines; and if he will fund (a) local and (b) regional authorities to tackle the worst ar
Answer: The Government is committed to meeting current legal targets for air quality, including the targets recently set under the Environment Act 2021, and will review the policy measures needed to achieve them. We will deliver a comprehensive Clean Air Strategy...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that respiratory conditions are prioritised in the new 10 year plan for the NHS.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will consider the changes needed to meet the three health mission goals, which are: a fairer system where everyone lives well for longer; a National Health Service that is there when people need it; and fewer lives lost to the bigg...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTourette's Syndrome: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the number of specialist practitioners (a) researching and (b) treating Tourette’s syndrome.
Answer: NHS England’s e-Learning for Healthcare has produced modular online learning resources in relation to Tourette’s and other tic disorders within its neurodevelopmental disorder and healthy schools programme domains, which are freely accessible to all, incl...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTourette's Syndrome: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase funding into (a) the causes of and (b) treatments for Tourette’s syndrome.
Answer: NHS England’s e-Learning for Healthcare has produced modular online learning resources in relation to Tourette’s and other tic disorders within its neurodevelopmental disorder and healthy schools programme domains, which are freely accessible to all, incl...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTourette's Syndrome: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to improve support for children and young people with Tourette’s syndrome.
Answer: NHS England’s e-Learning for Healthcare has produced modular online learning resources in relation to Tourette’s and other tic disorders within its neurodevelopmental disorder and healthy schools programme domains, which are freely accessible to all, incl...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBereavement Support PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending bereavement support payments to widowers who were unmarried and living with their partner but who were not pregnant or eligible for ch
Answer: Bereavement Support Payment is currently only available to those who are married, in a cohabiting relationship with dependent children, or in a civil partnership. A marriage or civil partnership is a legal contract associated with certain rights. includin...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support the children of people who are imprisoned.
Answer: The Government recently published the first official statistics to estimate the number of children affected by parental imprisonment using administrative government data. It's estimated that between 1 October 2021 and 1 October 2022 there were around 193,...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have (a) parents and (b) guardians who are imprisoned; and how many of those children are living without an adult guardian.
Answer: The Government recently published the first official statistics to estimate the number of children affected by parental imprisonment using administrative government data. It's estimated that between 1 October 2021 and 1 October 2022 there were around 193,...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
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