Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rachael Maskell this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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How will he ensure ICBs work closely with MPs.
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for managing their own local relationships, including engagement with Members of Parliament, in their areas. We expect ICBs to work constructively with MPs to ensure that local health services are responsive t...
What steps is he taking to improve the response times of ICBs to MP’s enquiries.
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for managing enquiries from Members of Parliament, including ensuring timely and appropriate responses. We expect ICBs to manage these relationships effectively as part of their wider accountability to local c...
How is he supporting housing cooperatives to have access to community energy schemes.
Housing cooperatives can access schemes where they meet the criteria for community energy groups, and the Department continues to engage with the sector to ensure our support reflects the needs of different community ownership models.
What steps he is taking to assess the performance of ICBs.
The NHS Oversight Framework provides a consistent and transparent approach to assessing National Health Service organisations. The framework for 2026/27 is designed to drive medium-term system transformation while maintaining operational performance track...
What consideration she has made of the use of care cooperatives in the delivery of social care to displace the for profit sector.
Regional Care Cooperatives (RCCs) are part of a package of measures we are introducing to rebalance the children’s social care placements market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, shine a light on the level of profit being made and bring...
Whether he has taken recent steps to help end the use of bear skins in the King’s Guard caps.
The Ministry of Defence remains committed to using human made materials to replace natural fur where they provide a suitable, affordable and sustainable alternative and continues to welcome submissions of test results, from a testing house accredited by t...
What steps she has taken to implement the recommendation of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2024 to help tackle attainment gaps and improve education attainment of children belon
The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ white paper establishes our plan to improve outcomes for all children and tackle unacceptable disparities in attainment. Our ambition is that all children achieve higher standards and the disadvantage gap is halved...
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of maintaining Healthwatch alongside increased levels of lived experience inclusion in commissioning processes.
The Government recognises the valuable role Healthwatch has played in supporting patient and public involvement. However, Dr Penny Dash’s independent review of the patient safety landscape found the current system is too fragmented and does not always tur...
What progress has been made by the Casey Review into social care.
In March 2026, Baroness Casey highlighted several issues she had identified within the adult social care system and called for immediate action in three key areas, safeguarding, dementia, and motor neurone disease. The Government is now working at pace to...
What consideration has he made of the potential merits of maintaining HSSIB.
The Health Bill includes clauses to strengthen patient safety by transferring the Health Services Safety Investigations Body’s investigation functions into the Care Quality Commission.This follows the review of patient safety across the health and care la...
How many hospital admissions there were for dental treatment for (a) children (b) adults at York Teaching Hospital in each of the last 5 years.
The following table shows the number of Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs) where the main operative procedure was a dental procedure, by patient age group in each year from 2021/22 to 2025/26 in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation T...
Whether his Department has made an estimate of the workforce required to support the safe delivery of NHS weight loss medication services, including the management of nutritional complications.
NHS England undertook workforce modelling to support the implementation of tirzepatide, brand name Mounjaro, for obesity management as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Funding Variation planning process.The modelling conside...
Whether NHS clinical pathways for patients prescribed weight loss medications require access to dietary and nutritional support, including referral to dietetic services.
Weight loss medicines were initially only available through National Health Service specialist weight management services. In specialist services, patients receive wraparound care from a multidisciplinary team providing nutritional, psychological, and med...
How many notifications has the Office for Students received relating to harassment and sexual misconduct since Condition E6 came into effect; what proportion of the total number of notifications this is; and wh
The Office for Students (OfS) operates independently of the government, and is responsible for regulating higher education (HE) providers in England, including compliance with the Harassment and Sexual Misconduct registration condition E6.The department d...
Whether the Office for Students has taken enforcement action or opened up investigations into any higher education institutions relating to the E6 regulation since it came into force.
The Office for Students (OfS) operates independently of the government, and is responsible for regulating higher education (HE) providers in England, including compliance with the Harassment and Sexual Misconduct registration condition E6.The department d...
If the Office for Students will consider requiring public data reporting from higher education institutions to support enforcement of E6.
The Office for Students (OfS) operates independently of the government, and is responsible for regulating higher education (HE) providers in England, including compliance with the Harassment and Sexual Misconduct registration condition E6.The department d...
What information her Department holds on the evidential basis used by the Office for Students when deciding when to use its regulatory powers.
The Office for Students (OfS) is an independent regulator with autonomy to decide how and when to use its regulatory powers, including the gathering and use of evidence. The department does not therefore hold information on the evidential basis used by th...
Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) water supply systems and (b) other critical infrastructure are resilient to projected climate impacts.
In the Water White Paper, the Government set out our commitment to developing statutory resilience standards, which will be brought forward through the Clean Water Bill announced in the King’s Speech. These standards will require companies to undertake lo...
Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) wetland restoration, (b) tree planting and (c) other nature-based solutions to mitigate (i) flood and (ii) heat risks.
Nature-based solutions offer sustainable approaches to environmental challenges, delivering benefits for nature, communities, water security, water quality, and flood resilience, including measures such as tree planting and wetland restoration. The Enviro...
If she will confirm whether the expediting of Visas and support for exiting Gaza for Chevening and full scholarship offer holders for Gazan students will be extended to the next academic year.
The Government is continuing to keep this policy, and its impacts, under review.