Every parliamentary written question tabled by Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7840, 7842 and 7843 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of exempting from VAT the fees paid by
On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to the fee...
What recent steps she has taken to support (a) the police and (b) local authorities in tackling antisocial behaviour.
Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission. We will put thousands of neighbourhood police and community support officers into local communities and crack down on those causing havoc on...
What steps he is taking to help mitigate the impact of fireworks on communities.
There is a comprehensive legislative framework regulating the manufacture, storage, supply, possession and use of fireworks in the UK. Local Authorities and the Police have a wide range of powers available to them to tackle the misuse of fireworks.To ensu...
What steps he is taking to tackle the illegal use of fireworks.
There is a comprehensive legislative framework regulating the manufacture, storage, supply, possession and use of fireworks in the UK. Local Authorities and the Police have a wide range of powers available to them to tackle the misuse of fireworks.To ensu...
Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7840, 7842 and 7843 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the Continuity of Educa
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 October 2024 to Question 6838 to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty).
What recent assessment her Department has made of the level of food insecurity in (a) England and (b) the South East.
This government is committed to tackling poverty and reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Statistics on the proportion of people living in food insecure households at regional level are published annually in the Households Below Average Inc...
What recent steps he has taken to increase the uptake of cervical screening appointments.
A range of national improvements and innovations have been implemented to help increase uptake in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. In some areas cervical screening appointments can now be made in any primary care setting rather than just at an indivi...
What steps his Department is taking with (a) the NHS and (b) stakeholders to help increase awareness of ovarian cancer.
NHS England runs the Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms, address barriers to acting on them, and to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of ...
What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail performance.
Improving railway performance and driving forward rail reform is the Department’s top priority. The Secretary of State and Rail Minister are meeting with Train Operating Companies and Network Rail to hold them to account in a joined-up manner across track...
How many people have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer through the non-specific symptoms pathway.
The Department does not hold information on the number of people diagnosed with ovarian cancer through non-specific symptom cancer pathways in the last five years. Data on cancer incidence is published by NHS England and the National Disease Registration ...
What proportion of Community Diagnostic Centres are operated by private healthcare providers.
The independent sector is involved in the delivery of community diagnostic centres (CDCs), in line with the role they play in supporting the NHS as trusted partners to recover elective services. There are 170 approved CDCs, 13 of which are fully owned and...
What assessment she has made of the current availability of fire appliances in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.
It is the responsibility of each fire and rescue authority to determine how to allocate funding based on its analysis of risk and local circumstances, including the availability of fire appliances. Decisions on future local authority funding will be a mat...
What estimate his Department has made of the number of trained radiologists within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust as of October 2024.
NHS England publishes monthly Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. These report staff working for hospital trusts and other core organisations. This data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources sy...
How many service personnel receive the Continuity of Education Allowance.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the unique circumstances faced by our serving personnel and that frequent mobility can disrupt children’s education. The Continuity of Education Allowance helps by providing the children of serving personnel with a...
How many children are educated with financial assistance from the Continuity of Education Allowance.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the unique circumstances faced by our serving personnel and that frequent mobility can disrupt children’s education. The Continuity of Education Allowance helps by providing the children of serving personnel with a...
What information his Department holds on the number of people who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer through the non-specific symptoms cancer pathway in the last five years.
The Department does not hold information on the number of people diagnosed with ovarian cancer through non-specific symptom cancer pathways over the last five years. Data on cancer incidence is published by NHS England and by the National Disease Registra...
What steps his Department is taking to work with (a) the NHS, (b) stakeholders and (c) charities to increase awareness of ovarian cancer.
NHS England runs Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms, address barriers to acting on them, to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of symptoms...
What steps he is taking to (a) reduce disparities in access to cervical screening, (b) increase cervical screening rates and (c) improve cervical cancer outcomes within high-risk populations.
A range of national improvements and innovations are being implemented to help address disparities, and increase uptake in cervical screening. In some areas appointments can now be made in any primary care setting rather than just your general practice, a...
What the annual cost to the public purse is of the Continuity of Education Allowance.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the unique circumstances faced by our serving personnel and that frequent mobility can disrupt children’s education. The Continuity of Education Allowance helps by providing the children of serving personnel with a...
Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of sending targeted letters directly to people who are potentially eligible to claim Pension Credit.
In November we will be writing to approximately 120,000 pensioners who are in receipt of Housing Benefit and who may also be eligible for, but not currently claiming, Pension Credit. We will be inviting these pensioners to claim Pension Credit by the 21 D...