Rachael Maskell

22 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of resources that local authorities require to oversee levelling-up policies at a local council level; and if he will provide

22 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of local authorities to deliver his levelling up agenda.

22 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will he make an assessment of the potential merits of 360 degree feedback for assessing progress on meeting the levelling up mission outcomes.

22 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of commissioning independent scrutiny on the effectiveness of the delivery of the levelling up agenda.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with dental schools on the availability of clinical placements for dental students.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people who have come to the UK as dentists remain working in (a) dentistry and (b) NHS dentistry after (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) five and (d) 10 years.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provision he has put in place for health and care professionals who arrive in UK to learn clinical language and processes when entering roles in the NHS.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make representations to the higher education sector to encourage them to facilitate fast-track courses for health and social care professionals coming to the UK from overseas.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that refugees who have suitable medical qualifications are provided with the opportunity to apply for vacancies in their medical profession.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make representations to General Dental Council to request a review of the passporting of dental qualifications of people who arrive in the UK as trained dentists.

22 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Adoption Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has he has made of the potential merits of introducing paid adoptive leave for parents of adopted children.

22 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposal in the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care to place (a) fostering and (b) other children's services at a regional level; and whether

22 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Advocacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has any plans to merge advocacy services with independent reviewing officers.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Clinical Commissioning Groups commission chiropody services; and if York Clinical Commissioning Group commissions NHS chiropody services.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with shadow ICS Boards over the responsibilities that they will be required to take on in 2023.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for an (a) initial assessment and (b) commencement of treatment was for cancer in (i) York and (ii) England in the most recent period for which data is available.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Fundraising: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide advice to Ukrainian refugees who want to fund raise for causes in their communities in Ukraine on the process for doing so.

21 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that Ukrainian people fighting in the war in that country are able to access the UK during their 10 days' leave if they have family members in the UK under a

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Holiday Play Schemes: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make provision for Ukrainian refugee children to attend holiday clubs over summer 2022 (a) in general and (b) in order that their parents are able to attend language courses.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Ukrainian refugees are required to attend the job centre weekly; what assessment she has made of the impact of the frequency of those visits on people's ability to pursue (a) English cla

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Work: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will facilitate volunteering support for Ukrainian refugees for the purposes of enabling people to contribute to civil society while learning English.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Work: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with representatives of the voluntary sector on the potential opportunities that exist for Ukrainian refugees to volunteer in a field that they are able t

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) pension and (b) pension credit entitlements are pension-age refugees from Ukraine able to access in the UK.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to help provide Ukrainian refugees with free access to public transport in the UK.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide free bus transport to Ukrainian refugees.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide (a) basic, (b) intermediary and (c) advanced English language tuition to (i) Ukrainian and (ii) all other refugees.

21 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to establish a process whereby people from overseas with professional dentistry qualifications are able to shadow NHS dentists for the purposes of learning the (a) pro

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help UK (a) universities and (b) colleges provide free English language tuition to Ukrainian refugees.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide Ukrainian refugees with English language training to support their ability to work in the UK.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help support Ukrainian refugees who started a university course in Ukraine to complete their studies in the UK.