3 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) Genomics England Limited and (b) the NHS Genomic Medicine Service in (i) stimulating and (ii) facilitating research activity.
ReplyThe NHS Genomic Medicine Service (NHS GMS), in partnership with Genomics England (GEL), delivers a national whole genome sequencing service, as part of routine care for rare disease and cancer patients. GEL delivers the National Genomic Research Library (...
3 Sept 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedIf he will make it his policy to hold a substantive debate in the House of Commons on future subsidy arrangements for Drax power station.
ReplyNo decision has been taken on whether transitional support arrangements should be introduced for biomass generators when their current arrangements end. The Government will consider a range of factors, including a robust assessment of potential value for ...
2 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will make it his policy to extend the covid-19 booster vaccination this autumn to (a) unpaid and (b) young carers.
ReplyThe primary aim of the autumn 2024 COVID-19 vaccination programme remains the prevention of severe illness, hospitalisations, and deaths, arising from COVID-19. On 2 August 2024 the Government accepted the advice of the independent Joint Committee on Vacc...
2 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat the evidential basis is for not extending the respiratory syncytial virus immunisation programme to all children under the age of one year.
ReplyThere are currently no approved respiratory syncytial virus vaccines for children under the age of one year. This is a dynamic area and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, supported by The UK Health Security Agency, is continuing to keep ...
2 Sept 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedIf he will take steps to ensure that households with solar panels and battery storage receive the rate of wholesale electricity as payment for excess electricity exported to the grid.
ReplyBoth rooftop solar and batteries are important for getting to net zero. Households and businesses with solar panels can benefit through significantly reduced electricity bills. They can also export the excess energy they generate to the grid via the Smart...
2 Sept 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedIf she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including awareness of endometriosis in Relationships, Sex and Health Education in schools.
ReplyStatutory guidance on the current relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum published on GOV.UK states that pupils should be taught key facts about the menstrual cycle, including what is an average period, the range of menstrual products a...
2 Sept 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhether she had made an assessment of the adequacy of the number of educational psychologists in each local education authority in England.
ReplyThe department understands the critical role educational psychologists play in the support available to children and young people, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Data on the number of educational psychologists empl...
2 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many Biometric Residence Permits will expire with the move to eVisas.
ReplyDuring the transition to eVisas, we are closely monitoring the volume of customers who have registered for a UKVI account and the forecast total volume of affected customers. The total volume will be dictated by ongoing approvals under BRP generating rout...
2 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many eVisa applications have been received as of 2 September 2024.
ReplyDuring the transition to eVisas, we are closely monitoring the volume of customers who have registered for a UKVI account and the forecast total volume of affected customers. The total volume will be dictated by ongoing approvals under BRP generating rout...
2 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department have taken to inform residents with Indefinite Leave to Remain visas about the transition to e-visas.
ReplyThe Home Office is delivering a substantial communications and engagement campaign to advise customers of the transition to eVisas and the need for BRP holding customers to register for a UKVI account by the end of 2024, if they were not automatically pro...
2 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department has taken to publicise the ending of Biometric Residential Permits and transition to e-visas.
ReplyThe Home Office is delivering a substantial communications and engagement campaign to advise customers of the transition to eVisas and the need for BRP holding customers to register for a UKVI account by the end of 2024, if they were not automatically pro...
2 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will ensure that time spent in residence in the UK on any visa is counted towards the five-year period required for an application for indefinite leave to remain.
ReplyMany visa routes, such as those for family and skilled work, are intended to allow a path to settlement in the UK. Other routes, such as those for study and temporary work, are intended for visa holders to be able to come to the UK for a specific, time-bo...
2 Sept 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the contested elections in Venezuela.
ReplyThe UN was clear that the outcome of Venezuela's elections cannot be deemed credible without the regime publishing full results. The Foreign Secretary has publicly called for the swift and transparent publication of full, detailed results to ensure that t...
2 Sept 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on vaccinating badgers to help tackle the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
ReplyOver the past few years, several initiatives have been introduced to encourage take up of badger vaccination over larger, more contiguous areas. Bolstering APHA field teams to deliver badger vaccination in several areas where licensed badger culling had e...
2 Sept 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhether it is her policy to end the temporary duty easement for wines between 11.5% and 14.5% alcohol by volume on small and medium-sized wine businesses.
ReplyThe Chancellor and I receive representations regularly from a wide range of stakeholders and welcome their views. The current temporary duty easement for wine is due to end on 1st February 2025.
2 Sept 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhether she has received representations on the ending of the temporary duty easement for wines between 11.5% and 14.5% alcohol by volume on small and medium-sized wine businesses on 1 February 2025.
ReplyThe Chancellor and I receive representations regularly from a wide range of stakeholders and welcome their views. The current temporary duty easement for wine is due to end on 1st February 2025.
2 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many myeloma patients are receiving a fourth line treatment; and what proportion of those patients are being treated with isatuximab in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone.
ReplyInformation on the number of myeloma patients receiving a fourth line treatment is not held centrally. However, the following table shows the number of patients notified to receive isatuximab, in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone, in 2021, 2...
2 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many applicants were (a) accepted onto and (b) rejected from the NHS Scientist Training Programme in (i) 2021-2022, (ii) 2022-2023 and (iii) 2023-2024.
ReplyThe following table shows the total number of annual starters in the NHS Scientist Training Programme, as well as their split by the in-service and direct entry routes, and the number of rejected or unsuccessful direct entry applicants, each year from 202...
2 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will make it his policy to conduct a review of prescribing rights during this Parliament.
ReplyIn late 2020, NHS England launched a series of public consultations seeking views on proposals to amend the responsibilities for the prescribing, supply, and administration of medicines for the following professionals:- dental hygienists and dental therap...
2 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the end-of-life modifier on cancer technology appraisals.
ReplyWe have received briefings on the use of the severity modifier by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in the development of its guidance for the National Health Service, on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the ...