8 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current national clinical arrangements for identifying, recording and acting on patient (a) psychiatric history, (b) psychotropic medicati
ReplyThe Department has not made a specific assessment of national arrangements in relation to these issues.However, we recognise the importance of clinicians having the right information available when considering preventive migraine treatment, including rele...
8 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhether her Department is taking steps to tackle the use of motorcycle plate flippers.
ReplyIt is already an offence to display a vehicle licence plate that does not comply with the relevant legal requirements, and enforcement is an operational matter for the police. The Department published a consultation earlier this year on proposals to intro...
8 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether he has taken steps in response to the recommendation issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in January 2025 on removing stigma, informational and technological b
ReplyThe Government is committed to reducing health inequalities, including for Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities, through its 10-Year Health Plan for England and NHS England’s CORE20PLUS5 approach.Regarding barriers identified by the UN Committee on Econ...
8 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission's regulatory oversight of Lambeth adult community mental health services, including the Single Poin
ReplyThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an independent regulator responsible for assessing and monitoring providers in line with its statutory remit. The Department holds the CQC to account for its overall performance and delivery of its regulatory functions...
8 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedPursuant to the answer of 14 May 2026 to question 1302 on NHS: Standards, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the technical issues and backlogs on the Care Quality Commission's a
ReplyThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) has established systems and processes to receive, record, assess, and act on safety intelligence about providers, submitted by members of the public, employees of registered providers, people using services and their fami...
8 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the immediate assurances relied upon by CQC in deciding not to use urgent powers under section 31.
ReplyThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an independent regulator, and decisions about enforcement action, including the use of urgent powers under section 31 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, are a matter for the CQC, exercised in line with its statuto...
3 Jun 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, whether he plans to devolve powers to the Mayor of London to limit rent increases in the private rented sector.
ReplyThe government has no plans to introduce rent controls in the private rented sector or to devolve powers to the Mayor of London to do so in the capital. Rent inflation in England has been easing since the end of 2024. Average rents in England increased by...
3 Jun 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to introduce a cap on rent increases in the private rented sector.
ReplyThe government has no plans to introduce rent controls in the private rented sector or to devolve powers to the Mayor of London to do so in the capital. Rent inflation in England has been easing since the end of 2024. Average rents in England increased by...
29 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the potential impact of vitamin D guidelines on maternal and infant health outcomes in Black and South Asian communities.
ReplyThe Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is currently conducting a rapid review of whether current vitamin D recommendations for vitamin D intake and status are adequate for Black and South Asian communities. The review includes infants, and ...
29 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether her department has completed a) an Equalities Impact Assessment and b) a Child Rights Impact Assessment on the 'earned settlement' proposals.
ReplyThe consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.We are now reviewing and analysing all responses received. This analysis will help inf...
29 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will agree to the request by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association to make an official visit to the UK in November to December 2026.
ReplyThe right to peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy and it is a long-standing tradition that people are free to gather and express their views, provided they do so within the law. The Government remains committed to ensuring that public order l...
29 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf the Government will respond to the statement made by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association on 13 May.
ReplyThe right to peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy and it is a long-standing tradition that people are free to gather and express their views, provided they do so within the law. The Government remains committed to ensuring that public order l...
29 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhen she expects to (a) receive and (b) publish the findings of the Independent Review on Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation.
ReplyLord Macdonald submitted his report to the Home Secretary on Friday 29 May.The Government is now reviewing the report in detail and will set out its formal response and publish the report shortly.
29 May 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhether she has considered encouraging the creation of (a) local authority and (b) employer-based pools of supply staff paying in accordance with national teacher pay scales and allowing pension access without
ReplyThe new iteration of the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework removes excessive agency mark-ups through a cap on agency fees.To ensure the cap on agency fees is effectively monitored and enforced, the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) holds r...
29 May 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps she is taking to mitigate variations in pay and employment conditions arising from individual school negotiations with agencies under the Supply Teachers and Education Recruitment framework.
ReplyThe new iteration of the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework removes excessive agency mark-ups through a cap on agency fees.To ensure the cap on agency fees is effectively monitored and enforced, the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) holds r...
29 May 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps she is taking to ensure that proposed agency fee caps under the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework are effectively monitored and enforced.
ReplyThe new iteration of the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework removes excessive agency mark-ups through a cap on agency fees.To ensure the cap on agency fees is effectively monitored and enforced, the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) holds r...
18 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the trial of the Post Donation Testing for advance haemoglobin assessments.
ReplyNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT test donors’ haemoglobin levels to ensure they are at sufficient levels to safely donate.NHSBT is currently undertaking a feasibility assessment of post-donation testing ...
18 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many blood donors with the Ro subtype completed blood donations in the last 12 months.
ReplyNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England, in order to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need.27,984 donors with Ro subtype blood completed at least one blood donation between 1 May 2025 and 30 Ap...
18 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment has been made of the potential impact of the enhanced pre-donation testing process pilot on reducing the number of deferrals for low haemoglobin levels.
ReplyNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT tests donors’ haemoglobin (Hb) to ensure they are at sufficient levels to safely donate.NHSBT rolled out a second line of Hb testing, venous HemoCue, between April and Se...
18 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat information his Department holds on the number of blood donors deferred due to (a) low haemoglobin levels and (b) travel to and from other countries in the last 12 months; and if he will provi
ReplyNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England, in order to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need. NHSBT collects donors’ sex assigned at birth and gender identity; a donor’s sex is recorded as the wa...