Every parliamentary written question tabled by Marsha De Cordova this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What criteria her Department plans to use to determine eligibility for assistive software funding in exceptional circumstances under the proposals set out in her Department's Assistive software funded through Disabled Student’s Allowance consultation.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment she has made of the adequacy of free and open-sourced, built-in assistive software tools in meeting the needs of disabled students.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to the consultation entitled Assistive software funded through Disabled Students’ Allowance, what methodology was used to review assistive software.
Awaiting answer.
What discussions her Department has had with end users prior to the publication of the Assistive software funded through Disabled Student’s Allowance consultation.
Awaiting answer.
What estimate her Department has made of the number of students who would no longer receive funded assistive software under the proposed changes as set out in the ‘Assistive software funded through Disabled Student’s Allowance’ Government consultation.
Awaiting answer.
What guidance his Department provides on expected levels of access to community eye care services across England.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment he has made of geographic variation in access to community eye care services.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community‑delivered Minor Eye Conditions Services and Covid Urgent Eye Care Services in areas where they are commissioned, including their effect on (a) patient outcomes and (b) referrals to secondary care.
Awaiting answer.
What steps he is taking to support capacity in hospital eye services, including through the use of optometry‑led diagnostic and treatment pathways.
Awaiting answer.
What proportion of NHS mental health funding was allocated to specialist eating disorder services in each of the last five financial years.
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
What steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of care for patients receiving eating disorder support.
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
What steps his Department is taking to support early identification and intervention for eating disorders in adults within primary care and community mental health services.
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of flexible eating disorder treatment options for adults, including outpatient, day patient and community based models.
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
If he will set out the eating disorder services are available to adults in Battersea and the NHS South West London Integrated Care Board area.
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with international partners to expand access to basic eye care services, including cataract surgery and vision correction, in low- and middle‑income countries.
The UK is committed to tackling global health challenges and considers eye health within this wider agenda. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is transforming its approach to global health by moving from direct service delivery to supporting countries with technical expertise and long-term system strengthening, including through our fully flexible funding to the World Health Organization. The new Global Health Community of Expertise will connect partners with UK and global knowledge, innovation and investment. This demand-led, partnership model is designed to help countries access the resources they need to address their own health challenges, including on eye health.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential merits of advocating international action to reduce avoidable sight loss at the Global Summit for Eye Health in November 2026.
The UK is committed to tackling global health challenges and considers eye health within this wider agenda. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is transforming its approach to global health by moving from direct service delivery to supporting countries with technical expertise and long-term system strengthening, including through our fully flexible funding to the World Health Organization. The new Global Health Community of Expertise will connect partners with UK and global knowledge, innovation and investment. This demand-led, partnership model is designed to help countries access the resources they need to address their own health challenges, including on eye health.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to include eye health interventions in future UK international development and global health programmes.
The UK is committed to tackling global health challenges and considers eye health within this wider agenda. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is transforming its approach to global health by moving from direct service delivery to supporting countries with technical expertise and long-term system strengthening, including through our fully flexible funding to the World Health Organization. The new Global Health Community of Expertise will connect partners with UK and global knowledge, innovation and investment. This demand-led, partnership model is designed to help countries access the resources they need to address their own health challenges, including on eye health.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what role eye health plays within global health and international development strategies.
The UK is committed to tackling global health challenges and considers eye health within this wider agenda. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is transforming its approach to global health by moving from direct service delivery to supporting countries with technical expertise and long-term system strengthening, including through our fully flexible funding to the World Health Organization. The new Global Health Community of Expertise will connect partners with UK and global knowledge, innovation and investment. This demand-led, partnership model is designed to help countries access the resources they need to address their own health challenges, including on eye health.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what arrangements are in place to identify and escalate emerging risks of breaches of international humanitarian law in relation to Gaza within her Department, in the context of the closure of the relevant FCDO unit.
The Media reports that the Honourable Member refers to are misleading. The International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Cell has moved, not closed. As part of an internal restructure, the Cell and its functions continue to operate from within a different team in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The work of the FCDO assessing IHL risks arising from the conflict in Gaza is not being discontinued. The FCDO continues to draw on a range of sources and expertise to inform its assessments and approach to IHL issues, and we also continue to retain access to all FCDO-funded research previously carried out into alleged IHL violations.We are in the process of reforming the FCDO to build a more capable, agile and resilient organisation that can respond quickly to changing challenges and crises, and operate effectively within the financial constraints that we are operating under in this spending review period. This process inevitably involves the restructuring of teams across the FCDO to deliver our objectives in a more streamlined and better-integrated way. It is important that Honourable Members do not mistake any changes of structure and nomenclature for changes in the priority that we attach to different issues and responsibilities, especially in areas as critical as this.IHL assessments support UK export licensing decisions. On the delivery and oversight of UK funded humanitarian assistance in Gaza, we continue to call for urgent action to open all the crossings, lift restrictions and flood Gaza with aid.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to advance the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government commitment on taking action towards achieving access to quality eye care for all, including eliminating blinding trachoma.
The UK is committed to tackling global health challenges and considers eye health within this wider agenda. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is transforming its approach to global health by moving from direct service delivery to supporting countries with technical expertise and long-term system strengthening, including through our fully flexible funding to the World Health Organization. The new Global Health Community of Expertise will connect partners with UK and global knowledge, innovation and investment. This demand-led, partnership model is designed to help countries access the resources they need to address their own health challenges, including on eye health.