Adam Jogee MP: written questions
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Railways: Stoke on TrentDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a direct train link between Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station and Manchester Airport.
Answer: No assessment has been made. However, the Manchester Taskforce has identified a number of infrastructure constraints impacting on the operational deliverability of additional direct services to Manchester Airport, including services that previously operat...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordScience: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) physics, (b) chemistry and (c) biology teachers in (i) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (ii) Staffordshire.
Answer: As of the department’s latest census data covering the 2023/24 academic year, for the five out of seven secondary schools that returned curriculum data in Newcastle-under-Lyme, there are seven, five and eight teachers of physics, chemistry and biology res...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInstitute of PhysicsDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Institute of Physics since 5 July 2024.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has not had any meetings with the Institute of Physics since 5 July 2024. However, departmental officials maintain regular engagement with the Institute of Physics.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: Newcastle-under-LymeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in Newcastle-under-Lyme have accessed financial support through the (a) Property Flood Resilience grant and (b) Flood Recovery Framework.
Answer: Newcastle-under-Lyme has not been eligible for the Flood Recovery Framework or the Property Flood Resilience (PFR) Grant Scheme when they have been activated in recent years. With localised flooding incidents, we expect Local Authorities to have well esta...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of people impacted by flooding in homes who have accessed financial support through the (i) Property Flood Re
Answer: The Flood Recovery Framework (FRF) has been activated four times since its publication in 2017. A total of 13,538 flooded residential properties have been reported by eligible local authorities across all four activations. Of the two MHCLG schemes that pr...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: PlanningCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24743More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the national resilience review will prioritise national adaptation to extreme weather.
Answer: The national resilience review is considering our resilience against the full spectrum of risks the UK faces, including extreme weather. It is considering existing resilience policy and practice to identify what should be kept, changed or improved to ensu...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOsteoporosis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis of osteoporosis.
Answer: Funding was recently announced to boost bone density scanning capacity, to support improvements in bone health and early diagnostics for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, such as osteoporosis. This will provide an estimated 29,000 extra scans per year.As ...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Sexual Abuse Independent Panel InquiryHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's planned timetable is for implementing the recommendations of the Final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published in October 2022.
Answer: On 16 January the Home Secretary set out to Parliament the steps the Government is taking forward to tackle the terrible crimes of child sexual exploitation and abuse.This includes setting out a clear timetable, before Easter, for taking forward the 20 re...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle criminal activity via county lines.
Answer: County Lines is the most violent model of drug supply and a harmful form of child criminal exploitation. To deliver our pledge to halve knife crime in the next decade, it is crucial that we tackle the drug gangs that run county lines through violence and ...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: StaffordshireHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the total number of calls Staffordshire Police have received requesting help on domestic abuse incidents between 20 December 2024 and 2 January 2025.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold this data.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNamibia: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Namibian counterpart on relations between the UK and that country.
Answer: The UK enjoys a warm partnership with the Republic of Namibia, built upon our shared interests of driving economic growth, building climate resilience, and promoting Commonwealth values. Namibia recently held elections in November 2024. We are exploring m...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the level of net migration in the last five years.
Answer: Under the previous government, between 2019 and 2023, net migration more than quadrupled, heavily driven by a big increase in overseas recruitment.This Government is clear that net migration must come down and is committed to tackling skills shortages and...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Queen Elizabeth Memorial CommitteeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) she and (b) her Department has had with the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee since July 2024.
Answer: The work of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee is delivered by the Cabinet Office, not by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. While my officials are in regular contact with the Secretariat team in the Cabinet Office and offer their support, a...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWetlands: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Ramsar sites have had their ecological character threatened in each of the last 14 years.
Answer: In line with Article 3.2 of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention), Contracting Parties are committed to monitor their Ramsar Sites and inform the Secretariat whenever the ecological character of a site has changed,...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWetlandsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to mark World Wetlands Day in 2025.
Answer: The theme for World Wetlands Day 2025 is ‘Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future’ and Defra plans to mark World Wetlands Day. In 2021 the UK co-sponsored the United Nations Resolution to designate 2 February as World Wetlands Day and we have since unde...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: CitizenshipDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support youth democracy in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) alternative provision and (d) sixth forms and colleges in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Answer: This government is committed to improving the rates of electoral registration and encouraging the engagement of young people and has committed to lowering the voting age to 16 for all elections in the UK.It is up to schools, sixth forms, further education...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Africa: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness, (b) potential and (c) adequacy of relations between the UK and West Africa.
Answer: The UK and West Africa have shared interests from security to investment and development to climate resilience. But West Africa is also a diverse region, with the UK valuing its partnership with each West African nation. For example, the Foreign Secretary...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Africa: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness, (b) potential and (c) adequacy of relations between the UK and East Africa.
Answer: East Africa and the UK have strong people-to-people ties, vital trading relations, critical security partnerships, and British institutions such as the BBC are hugely popular. We have a significant Official Development Assistance (ODA) portfolio - in Octo...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Africa: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness, (b) potential and (c) adequacy of relations between the UK and North Africa.
Answer: The relationship between the UK and the countries of North Africa focuses on a range of shared interests, including trade and investment, working together on migration, regional stability, and people-to-people links. There is greater potential, including ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSub-saharan Africa: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness, (b) potential and (c) adequacy of relations between the UK and sub-Saharan Southern Africa.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary launched a five-month consultation to inform the UK's new approach to the African continent during a visit to Nigeria and South Africa in November 2024. Our goal is a fundamentally transformed partnership that delivers mutual long-te...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCaribbean Community: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times Ministers in his Department have engaged with the leadership of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary spoke with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr Carla Barnett, on 15 August. The Foreign Secretary expressed solidarity with the Caribbean following Hurricane Beryl. They also discussed the situation in Haiti and r...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSouthern African Development CommunityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times Ministers in his Department have engaged with the leadership of the Southern African Development Community since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Ministers, including the Foreign Secretary and I, have enjoyed broad engagement with the leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) during visits to South Africa, Malawi and Zambia. The Minist...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: GreeceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and( b) value of trade between the United Kingdom and Greece.
Answer: Reinvigorating the UK’s relationship with our European partners is a priority for this Government. The Prime Minister met with his Greek counterpart in December, when both underlined the importance of the bilateral relationship, and agreed that there were...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrican UnionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times Ministers in his Department have met with the leadership of the African Union since 5 July 2024.
Answer: FCDO Ministers regularly engage with the leadership of the African Union (AU). Lord Collins spoke with the AU Commissioners for Political Affairs and Trade and Industry immediately following his appointment in July. Lord Collins and I both met AU Commissi...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities Grants: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of the Disabled Facilities Grant.
Answer: My rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has meetings with Cabinet colleagues on a range of health and social care issues.We are giving older and disabled people more independence in their own homes through an immediate in-ye...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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