Sarah Russell MP: written questions

Written questions

• Asthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17446More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pressurised metered dose inhalers were prescribed by the NHS in the last year for which data is available.

  Answer: Information provided by the NHS Business Services Authority gives the quantities of each medicine dispensed in the community in England. The total number of pressurised inhalers that were dispensed in England from October 2023 to September 2024 was 42.3 m...

  Answered 16 Dec 2024

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• Delivery Services: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16061More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of reported incidents of violence against retail workers employed in home delivery; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impac

  Answer: Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level, up 29% on year up to June 2024, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this.Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job and this government is committed ...

  Answered 3 Dec 2024

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• Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9047More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Universal Credit minimum income threshold on trends in the level of childminder (a) recruitment and (b) retention, in the context of recent

  Answer: There is no plan to assess the potential impact of the Minimum Income Floor specifically for self-employed childminders on Universal Credit. The department does not systematically collect data about the sector self-employed customers work in. Universal Cr...

  Answered 21 Oct 2024

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