4 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to tackle mental health challenges in children from low-income families during school holidays.
ReplyThe department has invested over £200 million every year since 2022 in free holiday club places for children from low-income families through the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme with all 153 local authorities in England delivering in the Easte...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedIf he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a price cap for heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas.
ReplyThe Government’s assessment is that the introduction of a price cap for heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas would not be in the long-term interests of consumers.The structures of the heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas markets are different from t...
12 Sept 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing Councils to borrow from the Public Works Loan Board at discounted rates in order to build homes for social rent.
ReplyLocal authorities already have access to a preferential rate from the Public Works Loans Board to support housebuilding in the Housing Revenue Account. The preferential rate of gilts +0.4% is available until June 2025. The Government is committed to suppo...
4 Sept 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the standard of grassroots sports facilities in rural areas.
ReplyThe Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of where they live, has access to and benefits from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s ...
4 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to ensure sustainable long-term funding for the Veterans' Orthopaedic Service at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
ReplyThe NHS Long Term Plan committed the National Health Service to a series of financial reforms, designed to return the NHS to financial balance. NHS England’s regional finance team have been working directly with The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic...
4 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to (a) improve and (b) standardise the quality of annual dementia reviews.
ReplyThe Dementia: Good Personalised Care and Support Planning guide sets out how primary care providers can ensure personalised care and support planning is undertaken consistently and reliably. This includes annual dementia reviews. The guide offers a qualit...
4 Sept 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhich projects her Department plans to include in the third Road Investment Strategy.
ReplyThe Government is considering the content and timing of the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) alongside all transport infrastructure spend. We will provide an update in due course.
4 Sept 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedHow many individuals have (a) been offered and (b) accepted compensation under the Group Litigation Order Scheme.
ReplyAs of 30 August, 253 offers had been made to claimants under the GLO scheme; 207 postmasters had accepted their offer. Data on all Horizon redress schemes are published monthly on gov.uk.
3 Sept 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhether the Government has made an assessment of the potential impact of applying VAT to private school fees on local sports clubs.
ReplyThe Government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity, ensuring every child has access to high-quality education, which is why we have made the tough decision to end tax breaks for private schools. This will raise revenue for essential publ...
3 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department is taking to help ensure stability of management at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
ReplyThe Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is in segment four of the NHS Oversight Framework. This means that the trust is in receipt of national mandated support via NHS England’s Recovery Support Programme. The National Recovery Support team i...
3 Sept 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2024 to Question 836 on A483, what progress she has made on the review into improving safety on the A483 in North Shropshire.
ReplyNational Highways continues to consider the case for safety improvements to the A483 between Pant and Llanymynech through a route optimisation study. The content and timing of the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) will be considered alongside all tran...
3 Sept 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhether she made an assessment of the adequacy of each business case submitted to the Restoring Your Railway Fund before deciding to withdraw that funding.
ReplyThe Chancellor’s statement of 29 July 2024 confirmed that the Restoring Your Railway (RYR) programme will be brought to a close. Aside from RYR projects currently at the delivery stage or in construction, all remaining RYR-originated projects are now bein...
3 Sept 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, whether her Department plans to expand the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme to include facilities in Market Drayton.
ReplyThe Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, has access to and benefits from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Lengt...
3 Sept 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the potential impact of applying VAT to private school fees on state-funded special educational needs provision.
ReplyMy right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister has been clear that if a child has an education, health and care plan that requires them to attend a private school because their needs cannot be met in the state sector, they will not feel an impact from this poli...
3 Sept 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhat steps she is taking to improve transport links in Oswestry.
ReplyThis Government is committed to ensuring that people have access to transport and transport infrastructure that enables them to travel to the destinations they want to reach and meets their needs. As my Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor has set out, ...
2 Sept 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWith reference to Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of inconsistent application of those guidelines by police force
ReplyApplication of Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, as amended (C&U), is a policing matter. Any concerns on their application should be raised with the responsible local police force(s) in question. My Department d...
2 Sept 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWith reference to Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, if she will make an assessment of the level of consistency of application of those guidelines by police forces.
ReplyApplication of Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, as amended (C&U), is a policing matter. Any concerns on their application should be raised with the responsible local police force(s) in question. My Department d...
2 Sept 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, if she will take steps to reform the eligibility criteria for the Flood Recovery Framework to include more (a) households and (b) businesses that have experienced flooding.
ReplyA post activation review of the Flood Recovery Framework is underway and I expect this to report in the Autumn.
2 Sept 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to sports facilities in Market Drayton.
ReplyThe Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, has access to and benefits from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Lengt...
2 Sept 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat her planned timetable is for responding to the recommendations of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report into changes to women's State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024.
ReplyAs a newly formed Government we will need time to review and consider the Ombudsman’s report along with the evidence provided during the investigation. Now the election has concluded we need to consider the views that have been expressed on all sides. The...