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Written Question
50:50 Parliament
Tuesday 2nd April 2024

Asked by: Rachel Maclean (Conservative - Redditch)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has provided funding to 50:50 Parliament in the last five years.

Answered by Alex Burghart - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The Cabinet Office finance system does not show any transactions to 50:50 Parliament in the last five years, including grants issued by the department. The Cabinet Office does not hold financial data for other departments.


Written Question
Labour Force Survey: Mental Health
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Rachel Maclean (Conservative - Redditch)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what steps the ONS takes taken to help participants in the Labour Force Survey distinguish between (a) normal and (b) medical levels of (i) bad nerves and (ii) anxiety.

Answered by John Glen - Shadow Paymaster General

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Questions of 5th January is attached.


Written Question
Employment: Mental Health
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Rachel Maclean (Conservative - Redditch)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, how his Department works with the Department for Work and Pensions to define (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety.

Answered by John Glen - Shadow Paymaster General

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Questions of 5th January is attached.


Written Question
Labour Force Survey: Mental Health
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Rachel Maclean (Conservative - Redditch)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, when the self-reported conditions of (a) bad nerves and (b) anxiety were added to the Labour Force Survey.

Answered by John Glen - Shadow Paymaster General

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Questions of 5th January is attached.


Written Question
Unemployment: Mental Illness
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Rachel Maclean (Conservative - Redditch)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what medical research supports the concept of bad nerves.

Answered by John Glen - Shadow Paymaster General

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Questions of 5th January is attached.


Written Question
Employment: Mental Health
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Rachel Maclean (Conservative - Redditch)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what the definition is of bad nerves.

Answered by John Glen - Shadow Paymaster General

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Questions of 5th January is attached.