Sarah Bool MP: written questions
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Architecture: ComplaintsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to monitor the adequacy of the professional indemnity insurance required for architects; and what steps her Department is taking to hel
Answer: It is important for all architects to maintain appropriate financial protection against liability so that clients and building users have a route to redress in the event of a negligence claim. The independent regulator, the Architects Registration Board (...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArchitects Registration Board: ComplaintsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department takes to monitor the response times of complaints made against registered architects to the Architects Registration Board.
Answer: The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is an independent regulator. As the sponsoring department, MHCLG regularly engages with the ARB to stay abreast of its activities. This includes consideration of performance figures, which the ARB publishes quarterl...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ring-fencing funding for ADHD services.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment of the potential merits of ring-fencing funding for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) services. It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make appropriate provision to meet the hea...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent regional variations in ADHD (a) assessment and (b) treatment times.
Answer: It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) in England to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including assessments and treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADH...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS England engages directly with ADHD (a) charities and (b) clinicians before finalising the NHS Payment Scheme structure.
Answer: NHS England is following standard procedure in its consultation on the NHS Payment Scheme. NHS England consults on changes to the payment scheme each year, as it is required to by law. While the legal requirement is just for NHS England to consult commiss...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) prevent Integrated Care Boards from deprioritising ADHD assessments due to funding limits and (b) ensure that patients’ rights are upheld if funding li
Answer: Local integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for planning service provision in their local area, including for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments. In doing so, ICBs should take account of waiting lists, considering how loca...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the NHS Payment Scheme on waiting times for ADHD assessments.
Answer: As required by law, NHS England has assessed the impact of the proposed NHS Payment Scheme. This is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/25-26-NHSPS-Consultation-notice-C-impact-assessment.pdfThis impact as...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Parental LeaveDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued on the use of Shared Parental Leave by teachers in maintained schools to extend their paid leave entitlement by returning to work during school holidays; and if she will
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade is responsible for the overall policy on shared parental leave, but how it applies in schools specifically is covered by the Burgundy Book, a national agreement negotiated with employers by the six teachers’ organisat...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrican Swine Fever: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a permanent personal imports policy for travellers entering the UK from the EU in the context of African swine fev
Answer: Preventing an outbreak of African swine fever in the UK is one of Defra’s key biosecurity priorities. The department keeps policy on personal imports under constant review and works closely with the devolved Governments on contingency planning and prevent...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Advanced Therapy Medicinal ProductsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the NHS has the (a) ability and (b) resource to roll out (i) CAR-T therapies and (ii) other Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products for blood cancer.
Answer: The National Health Service in England is required to fund medicines and treatments recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a clinically and cost-effective use of NHS resources. NHS England has undertaken considerabl...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Gene TherapiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the medicines and treatment appraisal system to assess its readiness for evaluating cell and gene-based blood cancer treatments.
Answer: The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effective...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of blood cancer outcomes in (a) the UK and (b) international comparator countries for the four most common cancers.
Answer: The Department has not undertaken a formal assessment of blood cancer outcomes in the United Kingdom and international comparators for the four most common cancers. As noted by Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the National Health Service, the r...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordThatched RoofingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing water reed to be used as an alternative to thatching straw for protected thatched roofs.
Answer: My Department has no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing water reed as an alternative thatching material for historic buildings.Any works to demolish any part of a listed building or to alter or extend it in a way that affects ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of excluding military compensation from income calculation when determining eligibility for (a) Universal Credit and (b) sickness benefits.
Answer: War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Payments are not taken into account in Universal Credit. Guaranteed Income Payments, Service Attributable Pensions and service-attributable, non-taxable Service Invalidity Pensions are also not taken into account...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarpets: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Environment Agency to prevent companies from importing waste carpet from the EU.
Answer: Waste is a commodity, and there is a legitimate global market for secondary materials. The transfrontier shipment of waste, including waste carpet, is subject to strict controls that are set out in the UK’s legislation. All waste shipments from the EU to ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCarpets: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Environment Agency on the potential merits of providing financial support to businesses with the cost of the removal of unusable stock, in the cont
Answer: We currently have no plans to discuss the potential merits of paying compensation to businesses affected by the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement entitled Using shredded waste carpet in equestrian surfacing. Withdrawing the RPS means that u...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarpets: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Environment Agency on the potential merits of paying compensation to businesses affected by the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement ent
Answer: We currently have no plans to discuss the potential merits of paying compensation to businesses affected by the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement entitled Using shredded waste carpet in equestrian surfacing. Withdrawing the RPS means that us...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarpets: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the adequacy of the length of the notice period for the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement entitled Using shredd
Answer: There have been no discussions with the Environment Agency about the adequacy of the length of the notice period for the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement entitled Using shredded waste carpet in equestrian surfacing RPS248.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarpets: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency took to communicate to operators that RPS248 would be withdrawn.
Answer: A Regulatory Position Statement explains when the Environment Agency will not take enforcement action for not complying with a legal requirement. In July 2021 RPS 248 was published. The RPS was time limited and written to enable the use of shredded waste ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to require the NHS to give the same priority to UK citizens as undocumented migrants when accessing A&E services.
Answer: The Government is clear that patients should expect and receive the highest standard of service and care from the National Health Service, and that people should be treated with compassion, dignity, and respect. Patients attending emergency departments wi...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEducational PsychologyDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of waiting times for the commissioning of educational psychologists; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing assessments by educationa
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life, breaking down the...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: DiabetesDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to recognise development of diabetes (a) care and (b) management for drivers with group 2 licences.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on driving and diabetes mellitus, has recommended that continuous or flash glucose monitoring systems, may be used to monitor glucose for the purpose of driving. Following a consultati...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Compulsory PurchaseDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans that HS2 Limited will offer land subject to a Compulsory Purchase Order that has not been used by the project back to its previous owner under the Crichel Down rules.
Answer: Land and property assets that have been acquired for HS2 via Compulsory Purchase Order or Statutory Blight, and that are no longer required, will be sold subject to the Crichel Down Rules. These require Government departments, under certain circumstances,...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Control: Public ConsultationDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to require local consultation for event traffic road closures.
Answer: As she/the Honourable Member will appreciate, this Government is still in its early stages, and is carefully considering next steps in this policy area.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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