4 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12545 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, what the serious welfare and safeguarding concerns for (a) children and (b) other people were on Diego Garcia.
ReplyDiego Garcia has never been a suitable location for migrants, including children and their families, given the logistical challenges of providing care in such a remote place without housing, medical care or other significant civilian infrastructure.
4 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether any of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Diego Garcia have been excluded from travel to the UK on the grounds of (a) their criminal convictions and (b) ongoing criminal investigations.
ReplyMigrants with criminal convictions, charges, or subject to ongoing investigations were not in scope for the recent transfer. We do not comment on individual cases.
2 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many (a) dentists and (b) dental surgeries there were per capita in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Suffolk in each year between 2014 and 2024.
ReplyWe do not hold data on how many dental surgeries there were per capita in England, in the East of England, or in Suffolk, each year between 2014 and 2024. However, the following table shows the number of National Health Service dentists per 100,000 popula...
2 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat the average recorded ambulance response time was for (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Suffolk in each year between 2014 and 2024.
ReplyThe Department does not hold the information requested. NHS England has published ambulance quality indicator official statistics monthly at a national level, and at an ambulance trust level since August 2017. This data is not published at smaller geograp...
2 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will publish the location of ambulance stations by postcode (a) in West Suffolk constituency and (b) within 20 miles of that constituency.
ReplyThe Department does not hold this information. The location of ambulance stations is held locally by ambulance services. The East of England Ambulance Services NHS Trust publishes an up-to-date list of ambulance stations on its website, which is available...
2 Dec 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers, and (c) officials in (i) the Cabinet Office and (ii) 10 Downing Street have had with the Muslim Council of Britain since 5 July.
ReplyThere has been no change to HMG policy on engagement with the Muslim Council of Britain.
2 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will publish the location of dental surgeries in Suffolk by postcode.
ReplyNational Health Service dentists are required to keep their NHS.UK website profiles up to date, so that patients can find a dentist more easily. This includes information on whether they are accepting new patients, and can be searched using postcodes. Fur...
2 Dec 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat the average salary was of each civil service grade in each Department in each year since 2010.
ReplyThe Cabinet Office publishes data annually on civil servants’ median pay by department and grade. The relevant data for the years between 2010 and 2024 are available via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistic...
2 Dec 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in her Department have had with the Muslim Council of Britain since 5 July.
ReplyThere has been no change to HMG policy on engagement with the Muslim Council of Britain.
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers, and (c) officials in her Department have had with the Muslim Council of Britain since 5 July.
ReplyThere has been no change to HMG policy on engagement with the Muslim Council of Britain.
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether the Commissioner for Countering Extremism plans to review (a) teaching material for Prevent and (b) all material on gov.uk.
ReplyPrevent training is vital for ensuring that frontline staff subject to the Prevent Duty know how to spot the signs of radicalisation and get support.The Prevent Duty training services are continually reviewed in collaboration with relevant cross-governmen...
28 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedIf she will publish the terms of reference for her Department’s quality assurance framework; and what steps she is taking to ensure that framework is adhered to when responding to correspondence from ho
ReplyThe Department for Work and Pensions follows the Cabinet Office Guide to Handling Correspondence. This guidance is published on Gov.uk and sets out how all departments should respond to correspondence from hon members. Drafters receive ongoing training, a...
28 Nov 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 12772 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: HOPE not hate, if she will list the issues on which officia
ReplyI refer the hon member to the answer to Question UIN 12772 on 15 November 2024.
19 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhether she has received representations from (a) the Catholic Education Service and (b) dioceses on the decision to end trust (i) capacity funding and (ii) establishment and growth and academy conversion payme
ReplyMinisters and departmental officials have regular discussions with the Catholic Education Service (CES) and with dioceses. Departmental officials met the CES this month and they discussed the announcement to end the voluntary converter grant from 1 Januar...
19 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 22 October to Question 9811 on Members: Correspondence, when she plans to respond to the letter of 1 September 2024 from the hon. Member for West Suffolk.
ReplyWe apologise for the delay and will provide a response as soon as possible. The Honourable Member will also be pleased to know that the breakdown of expenditure on the Rwanda Agreement will be published next week, to mark the one-year anniversary of the f...
19 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many meetings Alan Milburn attended with (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department between 5 July 2024 and 9 November 2024; and how his Department communicated with Mr Milburn in that p
ReplyAs my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, said in Parliament on 9 September 2024, “The right honourable Alan Milburn is a former Member of this House, a member of the Privy Council and a former Health Secretary. There is a ...
18 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10237 on Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People Independent Review, when he plans to update the House on further developments.
ReplyWith reference to the answer I gave the Hon. Member on 31 October 2024, to Question 10237, my Rt. Hon friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is actively considering the timing of a further update, such that it can be of most use to the ...
18 Nov 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedHow many ministerial cars are used by (a) him and (b) Ministers in his Department; and what is the model of those cars.
ReplyI refer the hon Member to the answers I gave to the hon Member for Bridlington and The Wolds (Charlie Dewhirst) on 14 October to Question UIN 7001 and on 6 November to Question UIN 11759.
18 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the answer of 14 November 2024 to Question 12771 on Home Office: Hope not Hate, what information her Department holds on (a) the name of, (b) the purpose of and (c) other organisations inv
ReplyThe wider stakeholder forums in question were not organised by the Home Office, and it is not for the department to publish lists of attendees.
18 Nov 2024·Leader of the House·Answered
AskedPursuant to her Answer in Business Questions of 17 October 2024, Official Report, column 1000, whether she has asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to come to the House with an update on the Cass review.
ReplyAs the Hon. Member will know from my correspondence with him, following the Business Question on the 17th October 2024, I wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the 25th October and asked that the House be provided with an update on...