Asked by: Sarah Owen (Labour - Luton North)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with telecoms companies on preventing fraudulent phone calls.
Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Government takes fraud seriously. DSIT works closely with the Home Office, who are responsible for fraud policy, as well as Ofcom who have duty to ensure that UK numbers are not misused, to ensure telecoms companies are doing all they can to prevent criminals hijacking their networks to reach victims. From January, new Ofcom rules will require operators to block calls from abroad which present as a UK number.
We continue to work with the telecoms sector to ensure that as threats evolve so too does the response.
Asked by: Sarah Owen (Labour - Luton North)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help tackle fraudulent phone calls.
Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Government takes fraud seriously. DSIT works closely with the Home Office, who are responsible for fraud policy, as well as Ofcom who have duty to ensure that UK numbers are not misused, to ensure telecoms companies are doing all they can to prevent criminals hijacking their networks to reach victims. From January, new Ofcom rules will require operators to block calls from abroad which present as a UK number.
We continue to work with the telecoms sector to ensure that as threats evolve so too does the response.
Asked by: Sarah Owen (Labour - Luton North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the National Institute for Health and Care Research has spent on research into (a) gynaecological and urogynaecological health, (b) asthma and (c) diabetes in each of the last ten years; and what proportion of the NIHR’s overall spend each of those amounts represents.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The following table shows how much the National Institute for Health and Care Research spent on research, as well as that spend as a percentage of total research spend, for gynaecological and urogynaecological, each year from 2014/15 to 2023/34, and in total over that period:
Financial year | Spend | Proportion of total research spend |
2014/15 | £3,820,598 | 1.3% |
2015/16 | £4,119,736 | 1.4% |
2016/17 | £4,598,586 | 1.6% |
2017/18 | £5,794,355 | 1.5% |
2018/19 | £4,876,814 | 1.3% |
2019/20 | £5,558,241 | 1.3% |
2020/21 | £5,255,747 | 1.3% |
2021/22 | £5,808,297 | 1.2% |
2022/23 | £5,472,805 | 1.0% |
2023/24 | £6,381,906 | 1.3% |
Total 2014 to 2024 | £51,687,086 | 1.3% |
Additionally, the following table shows how much the National Institute for Health and Care Research spent on research, as well as that spend as a percentage of total research spend, for asthma, each year from 2014/15 to 2023/34, and in total over that period:
Financial year | Spend | Proportion of total research spend |
2014/15 | £2,881,919 | 1.0% |
2015/16 | £3,148,352 | 1.1% |
2016/17 | £2,222,035 | 0.8% |
2017/18 | £4,451,842 | 1.2% |
2018/19 | £4,999,804 | 1.3% |
2019/20 | £8,823,017 | 2.1% |
2020/21 | £8,950,535 | 2.2% |
2021/22 | £7,378,125 | 1.5% |
2022/23 | £6,947,881 | 1.3% |
2023/24 | £8,733,915 | 1.7% |
Total 2014 to 2024 | £58,537,425 | 1.5% |
Finally, the following table shows how much the National Institute for Health and Care Research spent on research, as well as that spend as a percentage of total research spend, for diabetes, each year from 2014/15 to 2023/34, and in total over that period:
Financial year | Spend | Proportion of total research spend |
2014/15 | £8,886,001 | 3.1% |
2015/16 | £8,570,471 | 2.9% |
2016/17 | £8,899,325 | 3.0% |
2017/18 | £12,240,087 | 3.3% |
2018/19 | £13,180,008 | 3.4% |
2019/20 | £17,097,212 | 4.1% |
2020/21 | £16,899,589 | 4.1% |
2021/22 | £21,713,745 | 4.3% |
2022/23 | £20,346,333 | 3.8% |
2023/24 | £25,271,594 | 5.1% |
Total 2014 to 2024 | £153,104,366 | 3.8% |
Asked by: Sarah Owen (Labour - Luton North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to provide guidance to Network Rail for the construction of lifts at Leagrave Station.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
I regret that Ministers are not yet able to comment on next steps regarding accessibility projects at specific stations including at Leagrave station. However, please be assured that we are committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognise the social and economic benefits this brings to communities. Once we can confirm our approach to individual projects, DfT Ministers will of course ensure that MPs and other key stakeholders are updated.