Jayne Kirkham

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Cornwall Hospital: Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce ambulance hand over times at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve ambulance response times in Cornwall.

4 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will update the Decent Homes Standard to include floor coverings in social rented properties.

4 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will issue guidance to registered social housing providers which confirms that if a floor covering exists in a property when the tenancy changes over that the default will

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to (a) reopen and (b) create new (i) Sustainable Farming Incentives and (ii) capital grants to replace previous ones for (A) herbal lays, (B) fencing and

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Farming Resilience Fund beyond March 2025, in the context of phasing out the Basic Payment Scheme.

2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Truro

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of employees who will be impacted by the closure of the Department’s office in Truro; and what assessment she has made of the potential i

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 at protecting (a) people and (b) animals from the negative impacts of fireworks.

14 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Learning Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing medical students in all years of the course to access the Learning Support Fund.

14 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the NHS Bursary living allowance to match the Student Finance England maintenance loan.

11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making retrospective payments to student nurses that were incorrectly labelled as being ineligible for the £5,000 annual training grant via

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism Industry Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to re-establish the Tourism Industry Council; and whether she plans to include representatives from the cruise industry within its membership.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Vegetable Oils

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to encourage rural off-grid households to switch to hydrogenated vegetable oil in heating.

1 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing incentives on the use of heat batteries similar to those on heat pumps.

31 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making retrospective payments to student nurses who were not eligible for the £5,000 annual training grant through the NHS Learning Support

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beavers: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding schemes to reintroduce beavers into the wild.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides for people who have had their PIP suspended and are awaiting an appeal hearing.

28 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the waiting time for PIP appeal hearings.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of PIP assessment decisions.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that staff administering Disability Living Allowance claims provide claimants with a complete understanding of the benefits they are entitled to receive.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure (a) the accuracy of Child Maintenance Service calculations and (b) that the process of correcting mistakes in those calculations is (i) faster and (ii) easier.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that local SME bus operators are able to participate in future bus franchising schemes.

17 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Cornwall and Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the charge to finalisation rate for (a) rape and (b) sexual offences in (i) Devon and (ii) Cornwall.

17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department issues guidance to integrated care boards on agreeing bespoke contractual arrangements with dental practices for NHS dental provision.

16 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to encourage international investment into the UK.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shellfish

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2024 to Question 7677 on Shellfish, what his planned timeline is for making this decision.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shellfish

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase the minimum landing size of Fal oysters from 67 to 72mm.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Special Guardianship Orders: Carers' Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure a consistent approach to calculating special guardianship allowances.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a requirement for local authorities to have a local offer for kinship care on the lines of those that required for care leavers and disabled children.

7 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people from lower-income backgrounds to study medicine, in the context of the availability of financial support for maintenance available in the fif