Rachael Maskell

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that patients in receipt of palliative care services are able to contact a health professional at any time.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bereavement Counselling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has she made of the availability of bereavement services for (a) adults and (b) children and young people.

30 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure there is sufficient capacity within the NHS workforce to provide (a) hospice and (b) at-home hospice services.

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the definition of local broadcasting to mean content broadcast within the local licensing transmission area.

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC on (a) local broadcasting and (b) the potential impact of its plans relating to local broadcasting on the (i) quality and (ii) availability of

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure every child has access to a mental health professional (a) at school and (b) in the community.

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the compatibility of different international mental health screening measures with existing procedures for mental health patients.

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an annual mental health and wellbeing review for (a) children and (b) young people.

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to measure trends in the level of mental health conditions; and what data she is collecting to (a) assess current levels and (b) help anticipate future prevalence of mental

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to access whether social prescribing can assist people with (a) physical and (b) mental health optimisation for patients on clinical waiting lists.

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the economic impact of social prescribing.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of running a pilot study to assess the impact of universal free school meals on educational outcomes.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of children (a) not eating breakfast and (b) having access to a school breakfast club on educational outcomes.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the diet of pupils in schools.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she takes to monitor the number of schools pupils that are malnourished.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of broadening the eligibility criteria for free school meals.

29 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to ensure that an equivalent test is not available without the use of animals before issuing a licence for animal experimentation.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments: Primates

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2023 to Question 200219 on Animal Experiments, whether her Department has a set a timeframe for ending the use of primates in scientific experiments

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) reducing the use of and (b) ending animal testing.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle pavement parking.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Local Transport Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to help ensure national oversight of new Local Transport Plans to ensure that they are meeting the (a) access and (b) environmental requirements of a more accessible integrated transport s

23 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Food Banks: Grants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing direct grants to food banks.

23 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Poverty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition his Department uses of (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Council Tax: Referendums

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will raise the threshold above which local authorities can increase the level of the police and fire precept before a local referendum is triggered.

23 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the impact of freezing the personal allowance on the average amount of income tax paid in 2023-24.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 3.25 of the Autumn Statement 2023, if he will take steps to ensure that the children of parents who lose their entitlement to Universal Credit will not be taken into care.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 3.25 of the Autumn Statement 2023, whether his Department is taking steps to inform social services before a parent loses their entitlement to Universal Credit.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 3.25 of the Autumn Statement 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing parents' entitlement to benefits on their children.

23 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Jerusalem and West Bank: Armed Conflict

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what information his Department holds on the (a) location in the (i) West Bank and (ii) East Jerusalem of areas of violence and the numbers of casualties in each such area since s

23 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with aid agencies on the potential implications of the onset of winter in Gaza.