19 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat financial support is available to carers who incur additional living costs supporting people whose Personal Independence Payments are stopped upon entering hospital as long-term in-patients.
ReplyThe primary purpose of Carer’s Allowance (CA) is to provide a measure of support and recognition to those whose caring responsibilities mean they are unable to work full time. In order to receive CA, the person being cared for must be in receipt of a disa...
15 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 13503 on Personal Independence Payment: Patients, how many individuals have had personal independence payments withdrawn after entering (a) hospita
ReplyAs explained in the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 13503 on Personal Independence Payment: Patients, found here, the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Suspensions of Personal Indepe...
14 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of radiologists in London.
ReplyNational Health Service organisations in London will have their own plans in place to manage their recruitment and retention needs, based on local workforce planning.A clear plan for retention is an essential component of an overall supply plan for the NH...
13 Nov 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
AskedInnovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Online Safety Act 2023 in tackling instances of (a) online deception and (b) coercive and controlling behaviour by impersonations on (
ReplyThe Online Safety Act requires all in-scope services to protect users from online illegal content and criminal behaviour on their services. Coercive and controlling behaviour is a priority offence under the Act. Adult users of services over the designated...
12 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the adequacy of the existing rights for individuals holding British Overseas Citizen status.
ReplyBritish overseas citizens (BOCs) are subject to UK immigration control, but are eligible for British passports and other consular services.Many BOCs will have rights, including of residence and travel, that stem from the other nationalities that they hold...
11 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support available to individuals in hospital whose personal independence payments are paused.
ReplyWhere an adult age 18 or over is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution funded by the NHS, payment of (but not entitlement to) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) ceases ...
11 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedHow many individuals have had personal independence payments withdrawn after entering hospital care for more than 28 days in the last four years.
ReplyThe information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Suspensions of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for admission to hospital are combined in the PIP Computer System with admissions to hospices and ca...
6 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the adequacy of HMRC's processing of refund requests for taxpayers.
ReplyHMRC aims to process all refunds and repayments within a reasonable timeframe. The processing of these is recorded as part of HMRC’s post turnaround measure. HMRC’s service standard for post turnaround is 80% of customer correspondence cleared within 15 w...
5 Nov 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department have taken to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme for plastic bottles.
ReplyThis Government is committed to delivering the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in October 2027, as agreed with the devolved governments of the UK, and in accordance with the Joint Policy Statement published in April 2024. We plan to la...
4 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether he has made an assessment of the potential health benefits of magnesium supplements.
ReplyThe Government’s nutrition advice is based on recommendations from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and its predecessor, the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutritional Policy (COMA).The COMA set dietary reference values for ...
28 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of leasehold properties in England which contain Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
ReplyThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not gather data on the number of leasehold properties which contain Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). However, our current assessment is that prevalence of RAAC is low in housing....
16 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the potential impact of the roll-out of Electronic Travel Authorisation requirements for non-UK passengers transiting through UK airports on (a) passenger experience an
ReplyThe UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme was launched to secure our borders and make the UK safer, by enhancing our ability to screen travellers upstream. The scheme will apply to passengers from eligible countries who are transiting the UK. ET...
16 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the potential impact of the roll-out of Electronic Travel Authorisation requirements on (a) processing times for non-UK based passengers transiting through airports in
ReplyThe UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme was launched to secure our borders and make the UK safer, by enhancing our ability to screen travellers upstream. The scheme will apply to passengers from eligible countries who are transiting the UK. ET...
14 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a request to his Azerbaijani counterpart for a UK delegation to visit the 23 Armenian prisoners being held by Azerbaijan in order to (a) verify their conditio
ReplyThe UK has consistently urged the Azerbaijani authorities, including ahead of COP29, to ensure that those in detention are afforded a fair trial and are provided safe conditions, in accordance with Azerbaijan's international obligations and commitments. W...
9 Oct 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of compensation available to LGBT veterans following the LGBT Veterans Independent Review, published in May 2023.
ReplyThe Government acknowledges the historic policy prohibiting homosexuality in the Armed Forces was regrettable, wrong and completely unacceptable. The treatment of LGBT Serving personnel between 1967 and 2000 was wholly unacceptable and does not reflect to...
9 Oct 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
AskedHow many armed forces personnel were court-martialled due to their sexuality in the most recent period for which data is available prior to 2001.
ReplyDue to the broad range of offences applied to same-sex sexual acts and the record keeping practices prior to 2000, there is no way of conducting a search for data on sexuality based convictions. Court martials were held on a single Service basis until 200...
8 Oct 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat steps she is taking to reduce hygiene poverty in (a) London and (b) England.
ReplyTackling poverty in all forms, from reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels to ensuring people can afford essentials like hygiene products, is a priority for this government. We know that good work can significantly reduce the chances of people...
8 Oct 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat steps the Child Poverty Taskforce will take to estimate levels of hygiene poverty in England.
ReplyThe Child Poverty Taskforce has started urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in Spring and will explore all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. The taskforce is exploring a ...
7 Oct 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many appeals against SEND decisions by people in each Greater London Borough were heard at tribunals in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of those cases were won by parents.
ReplyThe information requested is not available for each individual Greater London Borough and could only be obtained with further data engineering work which would be disproportionate cost.Information about Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) appe...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhat steps officials in her Department have taken to introduce a reciprocal driving licence exchange agreement with Kosovo.
ReplyFollowing a request from the Kosovan Embassy to consider a possible reciprocal driving licence exchange agreement, officials have carried out a full assessment of the information provided by the Kosovan authorities. This assessment concluded that driver t...