Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Stepney)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Building the right support national plan.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
We plan to publish the Building the right support action plan shortly. A publication date has not yet been confirmed.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Stepney)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on raising the (a) Minimum Income Guarantee and (b) other welfare payments in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
While we have had no specific discussions, we will work with the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that any decision on uprating the social care allowances is informed by the uprating of other welfare payments. The level of the Minimum Income Guarantee is reviewed on an annual basis. The next review is due in January 2023 and will be published in the Local Authority Circular.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Stepney)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 20 September 2021 from the Rt hon. Member for South West Surrey in his capacity as Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee on the Committee's report entitled The treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities, HC 21, published on 13 July 2021.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
We replied to the Rt. hon. Member on 20 October 2021.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Stepney)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to NHS Trusts to (a) reduce and (b) mitigate poor outcomes for people with a learning disability during extended waits for care.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi MP) on 29 June to Question 22390.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Stepney)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase uptake of bowel screenings.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
To improve uptake in the NHS Bowel Screening Programme, NHS England and NHS Improvement have published information to support patients in choosing bowel screening on NHS.UK and GOV.UK. This information is available in different languages both in written and video formats, British Sign Language, easy read versions, large print and braille on request. The National Health Service continues to target communications at national and local level, including through social media, press and partnership work.