Rosena Allin-Khan MP: written questions
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Written questions
L&Q GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has had recent discussions with L&Q housing association.
Answer: Officials in MHCLG regularly engage with representatives from across the housing sector, including local authorities, housing associations, developers and other groups.Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on gov.uk here.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 24 June, 1 August and 15 September 2025 from the hon. Member for Tooting relating to case reference RA69084.
Answer: The Department of Business and Trade aims to respond to correspondence in 15 working days. This case has been transferred to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) to answer.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMiscarriages of JusticeMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Section 133 (1ZA) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 on people wrongly convicted of crimes.
Answer: Section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act provides for the Secretary of State to pay compensation to an individual who has suffered a miscarriage of justice, subject to meeting the statutory test. This is administrated by the Miscarriages of Justice Applica...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLandlords: Tenants' RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help support tenants who are unable to secure new tenancies due to private landlords failing to provide references upon request.
Answer: Where a landlord has requested a reference from a previous landlord and is unable to obtain this, we encourage landlords to make use of other available referencing criteria to give them and the tenant the confidence that the tenancy is suitable. This is a...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLandlords: Tenants' RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making it a statutory duty for landlords to provide tenant references when requested.
Answer: Where a landlord has requested a reference from a previous landlord and is unable to obtain this, we encourage landlords to make use of other available referencing criteria to give them and the tenant the confidence that the tenancy is suitable. This is a...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEstate Agents: ComplaintsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of independence of the Property Redress Service.
Answer: My Department monitors the performance of Property Redress through monthly data returns and regular governance meetings. We take all complaints about their services seriously. Where they arise, we challenge the schemes if we receive suggestions that they ...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEstate Agents: ComplaintsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Property Redress Service in dealing with complaints.
Answer: My Department monitors the performance of Property Redress through monthly data returns and regular governance meetings. We take all complaints about their services seriously. Where they arise, we challenge the schemes if we receive suggestions that they ...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the maximum age for first-time blood donors.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England, and blood donor selection guidelines are prepared by the Joint United Kingdom Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC), with...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Workers: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has taken recent steps to support social workers, in the context of increases in Social Work England registration fees.
Answer: Social Work England (SWE) fees have remained static since it became the regulator in 2019. The increase was agreed after a consultation exercise undertaken by SWE. Social Work England released an equality impact assessment alongside their consultation res...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Workers: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in Social Work England registration fees on social workers.
Answer: Social Work England (SWE) fees have remained static since it became the regulator in 2019. The increase was agreed after a consultation exercise undertaken by SWE. Social Work England released an equality impact assessment alongside their consultation res...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMetachromatic Leukodystrophy: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve access to treatments for metachromatic leukodystrophy.
Answer: Working under the UK Rare Diseases Framework, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as metachromatic leukodystrophy. One of the framework’s priorities is improving access to specialist care, treatments...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMetachromatic Leukodystrophy: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including metachromatic leukodystrophy in the newborn blood spot test.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) considered newborn screening for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in 2023. At that time, it concluded that the available evidence on screening test accuracy and cost-effectiveness, though limited, warranted f...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: FuelsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of children at risk of waterborne diseases due to fuel shortages in Gaza.
Answer: The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. We remain deeply concerned at the lack of fuel supply in Gaza, which puts vital services such as water desalination at risk. On 18 July, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: EducationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support access to education for children in Gaza whose schools have been (a) damaged and (b) destroyed.
Answer: The UK is deeply concerned at reports of bombing of schools in Gaza, and the impact on Gaza's children. We have called on Israel to do its utmost to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure including schools. We highlighted the critical situation for...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: BombingsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Government of Israel on the reported bombing of (a) schools and (b) shelters in Gaza.
Answer: The UK is deeply concerned at reports of bombing of schools in Gaza, and the impact on Gaza's children. We have called on Israel to do its utmost to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure including schools. We highlighted the critical situation for...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Mental HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the conflict in Gaza on the mental health and wellbeing of children.
Answer: The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. We highlighted the critical situation for Gaza's children at a session of the UN Security Council which we co-called on 16 July, and at the International Development Committee on 16 July. We have provided £...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPeople's Health Trust: Public HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decline in the People's Health Trust's turnover and funding on local public health initiatives.
Answer: The Government recognises the valuable part played by third sector organisations in tackling health inequalities and the social determinants of health, and commends the work of the People’s Health Trust in providing funding and support to left-behind comm...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLotteriesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure society lotteries are being run in the public interest.
Answer: The department and the Gambling Commission have regular discussions covering gambling regulation, including society lotteries. The department has not held recent discussions with the Gambling Commission on the Health Lottery’s arrangements for distributin...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth LotteryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Health Lottery's decisions to (a) divest from the People's Health Trust and (b) create its own funding distribution vehicle on organisa
Answer: The department and the Gambling Commission have regular discussions covering gambling regulation, including society lotteries. The department has not held recent discussions with the Gambling Commission on the Health Lottery’s arrangements for distributin...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth LotteryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Gambling Commission on The Health Lottery’s new arrangements for distributing funds.
Answer: The department and the Gambling Commission have regular discussions covering gambling regulation, including society lotteries. The department has not held recent discussions with the Gambling Commission on the Health Lottery’s arrangements for distributin...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Occupied TerritoriesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2024 to Question 10451 on Israel: Occupied Territories, whether he plans to publish a formal response.
Answer: The UK Government condemns settler violence. We regularly raise settler violence with Israeli ministers and officials, and we are clear that the Israeli government must clamp down on settler violence and settlement expansion. The UK has taken action to ho...
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: FuelsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to help ensure an adequate supply of fuel to Gaza.
Answer: No fuel has entered Gaza for over four months, putting vital services such as water supply, hospitals and ambulances at imminent risk of shutting down. This is unacceptable. We continue to be in regular contact with the Government of Israel about the impo...
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: FuelsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the entry of fuel into Gaza.
Answer: No fuel has entered Gaza for over four months, putting vital services such as water supply, hospitals and ambulances at imminent risk of shutting down. This is unacceptable. We continue to be in regular contact with the Government of Israel about the impo...
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: FuelsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of fuel shortages in Gaza on the civilian population.
Answer: No fuel has entered Gaza for over four months, putting vital services such as water supply, hospitals and ambulances at imminent risk of shutting down. This is unacceptable. We continue to be in regular contact with the Government of Israel about the impo...
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseriesTreasuryTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64857More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) clarity of HM Revenue & Customs guidance for employers on workplace nursery schemes.
Answer: The workplace nursery scheme exemption allows employers to offer childcare support to employees without incurring income tax or National Insurance (NI) charges, provided certain conditions are met. HMRC publishes online guidance on the use of workplace nu...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
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