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Written questions by Bhatti.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Saqib Bhatti this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (316)Department for Education (101)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (51)Department of Health and Social Care (48)Treasury (39)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (24)Department for Transport (12)Department for Business and Trade (11)Department for Work and Pensions (8)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (6)Ministry of Defence (4)Home Office (3)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (3)

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10 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of recent pay rises for police officers on trends in the level of police numbers.

Reply

The independent Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) and Senior Salaries Review Body (PRRB) make recommendations to the Government on the appropriate level of pay and allowances for police officers. In reaching their recommendations, the Review Bodies c...

3 Dec 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
Asked

Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the Greek Government on (a) loaning and (b) donating the Elgin Marbles to Greece.

Reply

I met Greece’s Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni on 4 November for a meeting regarding tourism, when she raised the Parthenon Sculptures among many other matters.Decisions relating to the care and management of the Parthenon Sculptures are a matter for t...

28 Nov 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
Asked

Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New ambition for 50 million annual visits to UK announced by Tourism Minister, published on 27 November 2024, what steps she plans to tak

Reply

The new Visitor Economy Advisory Council will work closely with industry and government to develop a national strategy for growth in the sector to achieve this target. We believe it is important to set this ambitious target, because although the UK attrac...

19 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
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With reference to her oral statement on Bus Funding of 18 November 2024, Official Report, column 50, whether the £50 million funding settlement for the West Midlands is in addition to previously announced fundi

Reply

At the Budget on 30 October, we confirmed over £1 billion in funding in 25/26 to improve services, protect vital routes and keep fares down. On 17 November, we confirmed how we are distributing £955 million of that funding, with £712 million for local cou...

19 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
Asked

Whether she plans to continue the previous Government's commitment to provide a £230 million funding package for bus services in the Midlands.

Reply

At the Budget on 30 October, we confirmed over £1 billion in funding in 25/26 to improve services, protect vital routes and keep fares down. On 17 November, we confirmed how we are distributing £955 million of that funding, with £712 million for local cou...

19 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
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Whether the £50 million in settlement funding for bus travel is in addition to funding announced as part of the Network North package.

Reply

At the Budget on 30 October, we confirmed over £1 billion in funding in 25/26 to improve services, protect vital routes and keep fares down. On 17 November, we confirmed how we are distributing £955 million of that funding, with £712 million for local cou...

19 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
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Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the level of the bus fare cap on bus usage.

Reply

In the Budget on 30 October, the government confirmed it will invest over £150 million to introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025. Under the plans of the previous administration, the curre...

19 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of the bus fare cap on bus usage in Meriden and Solihull East constituency.

Reply

In the Budget on 30 October, the government confirmed it will invest over £150 million to introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025. Under the plans of the previous administration, the curre...

19 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the change in the bus fare cap on bus usage in North Solihull.

Reply

In the Budget on 30 October, the government confirmed it will invest over £150 million to introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025. Under the plans of the previous administration, the curre...

12 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

What steps he is taking to ensure alignment of Integrated Care Boards with NICE guideline 28, updated in 2022, related to the fair and equitable adoption of continuous glucose monitoring for eligib

Reply

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended that all people living with type 1 diabetes and people living with type 2 diabetes who required insulin therapy should be eligible for real time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The gui...

12 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
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If he will take steps to ensure that Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board is in alignment with NICE guideline 28, updated in 2022, related to the fair and equitable adoption of continuous

Reply

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended that all people living with type 1 diabetes and people living with type 2 diabetes who required insulin therapy should be eligible for real time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The gui...

30 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 10785 on Department of Health and Social Care: Institute for Public Policy Research, whether NHS England has awarded any contracts to the IPPR

Reply

NHS England has not awarded any contracts to the Institute for Public Policy Research since 4 July 2024.

23 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

What contracts his Department have awarded to the Institute for Public Policy Research since 4 July 2024.

Reply

The Department has not awarded any contracts to the Institute for Public Policy Research since 4 July 2024.

23 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

Whether his Department is using (a) artificial intelligence and (b) a third-party organisation to assess responses to the consultation entitled Change NHS: A health service fit for the future, publ

Reply

The Department has commissioned an external supplier, Thinks Insight and Strategy, to help run the engagement for the 10-Year Health Plan for England. The portal is hosted via the online platform Go Vocal, who are a contracted supplier of Thinks Insight a...

22 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
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What the total budget is for the Change NHS: A health service fit for the future public engagement campaign; and what time period this funding will cover.

Reply

The awarded value of this contract was up to £2,961,595.50. The publication of the details of this award and the redacted contract can be found on contracts finder, with contract number C306779. The current contract start date is 13 September 2024, with a...

22 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

What the procurement process was to award contracts for the Change NHS online portal.

Reply

A procurement mini competition was launched via the RM6126 CCS Research and Insights framework on 2 August 2024, with bids returned by 19 August 2024.

22 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

With reference to the Change NHS online portal, what the total cost to the public purse is of contracts issued to (a) Thinks Insight & Strategy, (b) Kaleidoscope Health and Care and (c) The Institu

Reply

The awarded value of this contract was up to £2,961,595.50. The publication of the details of this award and the redacted contract can be found on contracts finder, with the contract number C306779.

22 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
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What role (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) Departmental officials had in the awarding of contracts to the organisations running the Change NHS: A health service fit for the future public

Reply

The evaluation panel for the tender consisted of four people. Three from within the Department’s policy teams, and one from NHS England. No ministers or special advisers were part of the final award decision.

21 Oct 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
Asked

Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on supporting digital inclusion in schools.

Reply

I met with the Minister of State for School Standards last week to discuss digital inclusion in schools as a shared priority across our Departments.

21 Oct 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill to extend the list of cookie exemptions to include (a) advertising performance

Reply

There is a balance to strike between driving growth and innovation whilst ensuring people retain appropriate choice and control about how their personal data captured by cookies is used. While we have not added this exemption to the face of the Data (Use ...

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