Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to monitor and report on the implementation of the Women’s Health Strategy; and whether she plans to publish progress updates, including milestones, performance measures and outcomes relating to the strategy's commitments.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Page 86 of the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy sets out the central means by which we will measure its success over the short, medium, and long-term, including through a series of clearly measurable objectives, such as reducing the time women spend on gynaecology elective waiting lists. The strategy also sets out the action we are taking to address workforce pressures in roles that are critical for our women’s health objectives, and this will be reinforced in our upcoming 10 Year NHS Workforce Plan.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the effectiveness of waiting times for gynaecological care relative to other elective specialties; and what steps her Department is taking to improve access to diagnosis and treatment for women with gynaecological conditions.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Page 86 of the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy sets out the central means by which we will measure its success over the short, medium, and long-term, including through a series of clearly measurable objectives, such as reducing the time women spend on gynaecology elective waiting lists. The strategy also sets out the action we are taking to address workforce pressures in roles that are critical for our women’s health objectives, and this will be reinforced in our upcoming 10 Year NHS Workforce Plan.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of current workforce pressures in obstetrics and gynaecology; and whether the forthcoming NHS Workforce Plan will include specific measures to support the recruitment, retention and wellbeing of the obstetrics and gynaecology workforce.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Page 86 of the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy sets out the central means by which we will measure its success over the short, medium, and long-term, including through a series of clearly measurable objectives, such as reducing the time women spend on gynaecology elective waiting lists. The strategy also sets out the action we are taking to address workforce pressures in roles that are critical for our women’s health objectives, and this will be reinforced in our upcoming 10 Year NHS Workforce Plan.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to encourage and support digital literacy amongst older people to protect themselves against online fraud.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The Government recognises the importance of helping people develop the skills and awareness needed to protect themselves from online fraud. This includes the elderly who may be targeted specifically by criminals.
Earlier this year, the Government published an updated Fraud Strategy which set out a comprehensive response to fraud, with a focus on taking greater proactive action to reduce vulnerability and build resilience within all sectors of society. This includes:
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) are also taking steps to increase digital literacy to help everyone safeguard themselves against wider online risks including fraud. This includes working with Ofcom, as the UK’s online safety regulator, to fund practical media literacy programmes that help people understand online content, including a specific project aimed at helping older adults spot false information online.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in NHS South East London ICB.
Answered by Sharon Hodgson
Two hubs have been established in NHS South East London Integrated Care Board. One serves Lambeth while the other serves Bexley and Greenwich. More information is available at the following link:
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the creation of a riverside settlement in Thamesmead, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, as one of at least three new towns that the Government hopes to begin during this Parliament.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 122270 on 25 March 2026.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential economic growth and wider benefits of extending the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside.
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
At Autumn Budget 2025, government committed to financially supporting the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside. The extension will enable the building of up to 25,000 new homes and creation of 10,000 new jobs in Thamesmead and Beckton, and is critical to the development of the proposed New Town in Thamesmead.
As a part of the decision to support the extension, Greater London Authority and Transport for London submitted a Full Business Case to government setting out the benefits the extension will achieve. The Business Case was assessed by His Majesty’s Treasury who concluded that it represents good value for money.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential opportunities for housing and economic growth of Thamesmead Waterfront.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
On Monday 23 March, the government launched a public consultation on its proposed New Towns Programme and its environmental implications. That consultation can be found on gov.uk here.
Through the Programme, we are proposing to take forward seven locations, including a site at Thamesmead.
The consultation builds on the findings of the New Towns Taskforce’s final report. It invites views on how the new towns programme will operate, how new towns will be delivered and planned, and the proposed approach to design, placemaking and planning policy.
Final locations will be confirmed later this year after the consultation, the Strategic Environmental Assessment and any further required environmental assessment have concluded.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many improvement and prohibition notices the Health and Safety Executive has issued on (a) workplace stress and (b) other mental health problems at work in each year since it took responsibility for this area.
Answered by Paul Maynard
There are no specific regulations relating to work-related stress or mental health and any enforcement action taken by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in those areas would use general health and safety legislation such as the Health and Safety at Work Act or the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
As a result, HSE can not provide the numbers of notices as the information is not held in the format requested so is not easily retrievable or statistically robust.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Health and Safety Executive employees are dedicated to mental health related workplace matters.
Answered by Paul Maynard
Information on the work and resourcing within Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is not available in the format requested.