Sarah Gibson MP: written questions
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Primary Care NetworksDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how patient feedback is incorporated into the (a) evaluation and (b) refinement of primary care network toolkits.
Answer: The Primary Care Network (PCN) Estates Toolkit was developed as a practical support tool, to provide PCNs with a flexible framework and to support the process for producing robust primary care investment plans with priorities that align to integrated care...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care NetworksDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics are used to evaluate the effectiveness of primary care network toolkits for meeting their intended objectives within integrated care boards; and what steps his Department takes to moni
Answer: The Primary Care Network (PCN) Estates Toolkit was developed as a practical support tool, to provide PCNs with a flexible framework and to support the process for producing robust primary care investment plans with priorities that align to integrated care...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: DischargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data on the average waiting times for discharge medications in hospital trusts within Wiltshire.
Answer: The Department does not hold data in the format requested. The data that is recorded relates to the dispensing time, from a prescription arriving in the dispensary to the time the medication is made available for the patient. The following table shows the...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: DischargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the timeliness of medication dispensing for inpatients awaiting discharge.
Answer: The Department and NHS England recognise the need for patients who are ready to go home to be discharged as quickly as possible, both for their benefit and to improve the efficiency of hospitals. Pharmacy-related delays can affect timely hospital discharg...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: DischargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of hospital pharmacy delays on discharge times for patients who are medically fit to leave.
Answer: The Department and NHS England recognise the need for patients who are ready to go home to be discharged as quickly as possible, both for their benefit and to improve the efficiency of hospitals. Pharmacy-related delays can affect timely hospital discharg...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the existing skills base across NHS trusts within Integrated Care Systems to deliver improvements based on (a) human factors and (b) systems thinking.
Answer: No assessment has been made.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and WiltshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish outcomes data from quality improvement projects delivered through the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board.
Answer: A Quality Account is a report of the quality of services offered by a National Health Service healthcare provider. NHS organisations are required to produce quality accounts annually, which are an important way for local NHS services to demonstrate the ef...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to monitor (a) compliance with and (b) the implementation of findings and recommendations from quality improvement reports in (i) trusts and (ii) integrated care sy
Answer: A Quality Account is a report of the quality of services offered by a National Health Service healthcare provider. They are published annually and are an important way for local NHS services to demonstrate the effectiveness of, and show improvements in, t...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Quality Improvement reports in driving measurable improvements in patient care outcomes across NHS trusts.
Answer: A Quality Account is a report of the quality of services offered by a National Health Service healthcare provider. They are published annually and are an important way for local NHS services to demonstrate the effectiveness of, and show improvements in, t...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWoodford Investment ManagementTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50729More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority's redress scheme in relation to the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income Fund.
Answer: On 19 April 2023, the FCA published a statement on their investigation into the circumstances leading up to the suspension of the Woodford Equity Income Fund, and the role of Link Fund Solutions. The statement set out a proposed settlement scheme for this...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her policy to maintain the number of driving test centres in rural communities.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is committed to providing its customers, including those in rural areas, with the best service possible. DVSA continually reviews its estate to ensure it represents good value for money and is efficient.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a national prostate cancer screening programme on (a) early diagnosis rates and (b) health inequalities.
Answer: The Department is guided on screening policy by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). The committee has commissioned a university to carry out a high quality review and cost effectiveness model of the evidence for a national prostate cancer screen...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48760More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium-sized enterprises (a) were trading and (b) ceased trading in each of the past 5 years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 28th April is attached.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ChippenhamDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train services were (a) cancelled and (b) delayed by more than 15 minutes on routes serving Chippenham railway station in the most recent 12 month period for which data is available.
Answer: The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publish statistics on punctuality and reliability of trains operating on the mainline network on a periodic basis.The Train Operating Company providing services to Chippenham station is Great Western Railway. In the finan...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOdour Pollution: WiltshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Wiltshire council, (b) operators of waste management and sewage facilities (c) residents and (d) the Environment Agency on the p
Answer: As the independent regulator for major industry and waste, the Environment Agency (EA) is investigating sites which fall under its regulation in the Calne area to determine whether they are potential sources of the odour currently being experienced. Inves...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOdour Pollution: WiltshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the cause of the persistent odour affecting residents in Calne, Wiltshire.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) has received a significant number of reports of odour in the Calne area throughout April. EA officers have attended and substantiated odour, believed to be landfill gas from regulated activity in Compton Bassett. While landfill...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Adrenaline Auto-injectorsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of schools in Wiltshire that stock spare adrenaline auto-injectors for emergency use.
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 ‘Supporting pupils with medic...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AllergiesDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support the implementation of the Benedict Blythe Foundation's allergy safety recommendations in schools in England.
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 ‘Supporting pupils with medic...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Workplace PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Pension Sharing Orders administered by Teachers’ Pensions are processed within stated timeframes.
Answer: Pension scheme administrators have four months to implement pension sharing orders (PSOs), however the department is aware that for some members of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, this timescale has been affected by the transitional protection remedy.In som...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to align the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy with economic strategies developed by devolved Administrations.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy will unleash the full potential of our cities and regions by attracting investment and creating the best environment for businesses in them to thrive My officials are working with the devolved governments on how we can drive growt...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: TrainingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to incentivise employer investment in workforce training and upskilling as part of the Invest 2035 strategy.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy Green Paper is clear that the people that create and work in businesses will be central to the success of the growth-driving sectors and clusters. The government is developing proposals to ensure that the current and future skills ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria his Department is using to identify the most critical (a) subsectors and (b) technologies within the eight priority sectors outlined in the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy.
Answer: There is no single 'best' way to identify the most critical subsectors and technologies, so the Government has used a range of quantitative and qualitative evidence and judgement. We have considered metrics which relate to the Industrial Strategy's object...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's Allowance: OverpaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the the potential merits of writing off historical Carer’s Allowance overpayments in cases involving small or inadvertent breaches of the earnings limit.
Answer: The Government inherited a system where busy carers, already struggling under a huge weight of responsibility, have been left having to repay large sums of overpaid Carer’s Allowance (CA) – sometimes worth thousands of pounds. We needed to understand exac...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's Allowance: OverpaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Carer’s Allowance overpayment cases identified by her Department in each of the last six years were subject to investigation prior to the commencement of debt recovery procedures.
Answer: The Department looks into every case where an overpayment is calculated before the overpayment is finalised and debt recovery commences. Where overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public funds and to ask for money to...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's Allowance: OverpaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the structure of the earnings limit for Carer’s Allowance to reduce the risk of significant overpayments resulting from minor threshold breaches.
Answer: The weekly earnings limit in Carer’s Allowance (CA) was increased to £196 net earnings in April 2025. This is the largest cash increase ever since CA was introduced in 1976 and the highest percentage increase since 2001. Over 60,000 additional people will...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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