18 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether he plans to provide £400 million for scaling up musculoskeletal hubs.
ReplyImproving health and good work outcomes for the 20 million people in the United Kingdom who live with musculoskeletal l conditions forms a key part of the Government’s missions to kickstart economic growth and build a National Health Service fit for the f...
18 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether he plans to provide £400 million for (a) employment support and (b) resources for (i) musculoskeletal and (ii) mental health services.
ReplyLong-term sickness continues to be the most common reason for economic inactivity among the working age population, now standing at 2.8 million. The two main causes contributing to sickness absence are mental health and musculoskeletal conditions, with th...
16 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making Proleukin available for motor neurone disease patients on the NHS.
ReplyWe have made no assessment. It is critical that medicines used in the United Kingdom are safe and effective and as such, medicines cannot be marketed in the UK without a marketing authorisation. These are granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products R...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat estimate her Department has made of the number of people who would be deterred from paying for sex if it was outlawed.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment her Department has made of the role of websites advertising prostitution in facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to help reduce demand for (a) prostitution and (b) trafficking for sexual exploitation by men who pay for sex.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will publish the (a) minutes and (b) other contemporaneous written records made by officials of all meetings between her Department and Vivastreet since 2017.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have met representatives of Vivastreet (i) online and (ii) in person since 4 July 2024.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
9 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will make an assessment of the potential impact of gender-neutral language in (a) pregnancy services and (b) other sex-specific areas of healthcare on the standard of health care services pro
ReplyThere are no plans to make an assessment. The Government is clear that it expects health services to be delivered in line with the Equality Act 2010.
9 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the replacement of the term females with the term individuals with child-bearing potential in Schedule 2 of the Ionising Radiation (Medical
ReplyA review of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R) 2017 concluded in 2023. Following consultation with expert groups, including the UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom medical regulators, and professional bodies, the review ...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of fraudulent DVLA websites.
ReplyThe Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) advises customers to use GOV.UK as the official and only website when seeking information or completing applications.All DVLA literature directs customers to the official GOV.UK website. The DVLA also uses it...
12 Sept 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3767 on Sexual Offences, whether HO code 03608 relates solely to the offence of trafficking for sexual exploitation.
ReplyThe Ministry of Justice holds data on legislation and associated offences.The attached table provides further detail for HO code 03608 outlining the offence description.
12 Sept 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3767 on Sexual Offences, what (a) legislation and (b) offence the (i) 10701, (ii) 10702, (iii) 10703, (iv) 10704, (v) 02401, (vi) 07201, (vii) 07202 and (vii
ReplyThe attached table provides the detail as requested.
2 Sept 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Official Statistics entitled Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023, published on 16 May 2024, which offence descriptions in the dataset entitled Outcomes by Offence dat
ReplyThe Ministry of Justice publishes data for offences under the requested legislation in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2023 using following HO codes:(a) Section 51A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Soliciting):16701 - Soliciting another for th...
2 Sept 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) Independent Press Standards Organisation and (b) Royal Charter on press self-regulation.
ReplyIndependent and effective self-regulation of the press empowers the public to have trust in what is reported, which is vital to a strong and functioning democracy.
30 Aug 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhether she plans to extend the Great Western Main Line upgrade to include electrification to Swansea.
ReplyThe decision taken in 2017 to not electrify the railway between Cardiff and Swansea was based on it not delivering significant journey time savings and this remains the case. Enhancements to the railway in Wales that deliver passenger benefits, including proposed electrification, are considered by the Wales Rail Board.
26 Jul 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 548 on Prostitution: Gower, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the harms of paying for sex among men.
ReplyProtecting those involved in prostitution from harm is part of our wider work to halve the level of violence against woman and girls.This government will use every lever available to us to prevent the harms that prostituted women often experience.We will work with law enforcement and charity organisations to deliver this.
23 Jul 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
AskedInnovation and Technology, what plans he has for the continuation of the independent pornography review.
ReplyThe government will provide an update on the independent review of pornography regulation, legislation, and enforcement in due course.The Online Safety Act 2023 has duties for providers to tackle illegal content online and prevent children from accessing pornography online. The government is committed to tackling violence against women and girls, and violent and misogynistic content online.
23 Jul 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether he has had discussions with his counterparts in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland on access to Enhertu for patients with HER2-low breast cancer.
ReplyMy Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, spoke with his counterparts in Scotland and Wales on his first full day in office and will continue to engage with them on a regular basis. However decisions on the availability of individual treatments to National Health Service patients in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are for the devolved administrations so he has therefore had no discussions about the availability of Enhertu for HER2-low breast cancer with his counterparts.
23 Jul 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhether he has made representations to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the availability of Enhertu for patients with HER2-low breast cancer.
ReplyThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England independently on the basis of the available evidence of costs and benefits and through engagement with the NHS, manufacturers, patient groups and other interested parties.The Department regularly meets with colleagues in NICE to discuss a range of issues, including Enhertu for patients with HER2-low breast cancer. However, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Constitution and Functions) and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Functions) Regulations 2013 provide that Ministers must not direct NICE as to the substance of its recommendations. These are very difficult decisions to make. NICE recognises that its decisions have important implications for patients and their families and only publishes final guidance on the use of a drug after a very careful consideration of the evidence and extensive engagement with interested parties including patients and clinicians. Therefore, it would not be appropriate for Ministers to intervene.