Sarah Gibson MP: written questions
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Carbon Emissions and Renewable EnergyCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52114More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total turnover was of the UK's low carbon and renewable energy economy for each year since 2015.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Questions of 13th May is attached.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Service: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the Pension Service helpline (a) were not answered, (b) involved the caller being on hold for more than 10 minutes and (c) were terminated by the Pension Service following the caller b
Answer: DWP does not have a specific enquiry line called the Pension Service Helpline, so I have provided the data from the State Pensions enquiries line. Over the period 1 February to 30 April 2025 a total of 28,775 calls were not answered due to caller abandonm...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Service: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the Pension Service helpline (a) were not answered, (b) involved the caller being on hold for more than 10 minutes and (c) were terminated by the Pension Service following the caller b
Answer: DWP does not have a specific enquiry line called the Pension Service Helpline, so I have provided the data from the State Pensions enquiries line. Over the period 1 February to 30 April 2025 a total of 28,775 calls were not answered due to caller abandonm...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement CounsellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the need for improved access to mental health services for people experiencing bereavement following sudden or traumatic deaths.
Answer: No assessment has been made. It is important that anybody who wants to access bereavement support can do so. We encourage anybody that wants to access support to speak with their general practitioner in the first instance. Integrated care boards (ICBs) ar...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement Support PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Bereavement Support Payments in covering the (a) immediate and (b) ongoing costs faced by bereaved families.
Answer: There has been no recent assessment of the adequacy of Bereavement Support Payment covering (a) immediate and (b) on going costs to bereaved families. The Bereavement Support Payment qualitative research published in 2021 explored how the lump sum and the...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AllergiesDepartment for EducationTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regularly review the Government’s statutory guidance from 2017 in relation to supporting pupils with allergies
Answer: Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. The accompanying statutory guidance on ‘Supporting pupils with me...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace Pensions: Index LinkingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing compensation relating to pre-1997 pensionable service for Pension Protection Fund members to be indexed.
Answer: We are committed to consider and reflect on what we have heard on the issue of Pension Protection Fund and Financial Assistance Scheme rules on the indexation of pre-1997 pension accruals. Any change in this area has significant implications on public fin...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason accessible versions of the Pathways to Work Green Paper were not published at the same time as the original version; and if she will take steps to ensure that accessible versions of docu
Answer: A full suite of accessible versions were published on 7 April, including web-accessible HTML versions, Large Print, Audio, British Sign Language, Braille and Easy Read. The consultation period closes on the 30 June 2025, allowing for a full twelve weeks a...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: WiltshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for Universal Credit on (a) young adults under 25 and (b) young adults under 25 who are (i) living independently and (i
Answer: There are currently no plans to make such an assessment. To be eligible for Universal Credit a person is usually required to be at least 18 years old but there are circumstances where those aged 16 and 17 may be eligible to claim Universal Credit in their...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: WiltshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to the eligibility for PIP on the number of people who qualify for (a) a Blue Badge, (b) Housing Benefit and (c)
Answer: Changes to the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will not have an impact on Blue Badge holders as no changes are being made to the mobility component of PIP. The assessment by the Office for Budget Responsibility of the impact ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: WiltshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people with (a) musculoskeletal disorders and (b) learning disabilities who will be affected by changes to PIP eligibility in Wiltshire.
Answer: Estimates of the volumes of PIP claimants affected by the reform in the future are forecast for England and Wales only and are not broken down by Local Authority or any other geographic area, nor by specific primary health condition.After taking account o...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: WiltshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who (a) are currently eligible for PIP and (b) will not be eligible for PIP following her Department's proposed changes to the assessment criteria fo
Answer: Estimates of the volumes of PIP claimants affected by the reform in the future are forecast for England and Wales only and therefore have not been broken down by Local Authority or any other geographic area. After taking account of behavioural changes, OB...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Development: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to consult stakeholders on (a) alignment with international reporting standards and (b) the potential impact on companies as part of the first two UK Sustainability Reporting Standards
Answer: The Government will shortly publish a consultation covering the endorsement of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Standards. It will seek views on UK versions of the ISSB Standards, which will be known as UK Sustainability Reporting Stand...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Society: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51063More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on the VCSE sector.
Answer: In order to repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance contributions (NICs).A Tax Information and Impact N...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in staffing costs in voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations on their ability to provide services fo
Answer: Within integrated care systems, integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to arrange and provide healthcare services that meet the needs of their populations. Additionally, ICBs work closely with the voluntary, community, and social en...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) development and (b) implementation of (i) whole genome sequencing and (ii) other innovative treatments for brain tumours.
Answer: We are supporting NHS England in implementing genomic testing, including whole genome sequencing (WGS), in the National Health Service, provided through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service, and delivered by a national genomic testing network of seven NHS Gen...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a dedicated diagnostic pathway for brain tumours.
Answer: The Department is working with NHS England to improve diagnostic processes in the National Health Service for all patients with cancer, including those with brain tumours.To support faster and earlier diagnosis, the Department will address the challenges ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many 999 calls were received by ambulance services in the South West in each month since January 2024; and what the staffing levels were for paramedics in those services over the same period.
Answer: NHS England publishes official workforce and ambulance 999 call statistics. The following table provides data on the number of full time equivalent (FTE) paramedics employed at the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust between January 2024 ...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance Services: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of ambulance handovers at hospitals exceeded (a) 30 minutes, (b) one hour and (c) two hours in the South West in each month since January 2024.
Answer: NHS England publishes official statistics for ambulance handover times. The following table provides the number and proportion of ambulance handovers that were over 30 minutes and over one hour for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the longest recorded ambulance response time was in the South West in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: NHS England publishes official statistics for ambulance service performance. These statistics include average response time performance by category of incident. However, official statistics are not available on the proportion or longest response times. Th...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of emergency ambulance calls met the national response time targets for each category of call in the South West in each month since January 2024.
Answer: NHS England publishes official statistics for ambulance service performance. These statistics include average response time performance by category of incident. However, official statistics are not available on the proportion or longest response times. Th...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance response time was for category (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four calls in each NHS ambulance trust operating in the South West in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: NHS England publishes official statistics for ambulance service performance. These statistics include average response time performance by category of incident. However, official statistics are not available on the proportion or longest response times. Th...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: WiltshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of (a) cold and (b) energy-inefficient homes occupied by pensioners in Wiltshire.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) does not collect local-level data specifically on cold or energy-inefficient homes occupied by pensioners. The latest estimate of the fuel poverty rate in Wiltshire, based on the Low Income Low Energ...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Impact AssessmentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department made local-level equality impact assessments on the changes in Winter Fuel Payment eligibility.
Answer: In line with the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty, an Equality Analysis was produced and considered as part of the ministerial decision-making process. This was published on 13 September and is available online: Equality Impact Assessments ...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Illnesses: WeatherDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment on (a) cold-related illness and (b) hospital admissions amongst ol
Answer: A specific assessment relating to older adults in Wilshire has not been produced. The Department for Work and Pensions published an equality analysis of the changes to eligibility for the winter fuel payment last summer, which is available at the followin...
Answered 19 May 2025
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