Caroline Johnson MP: written questions
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NHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tasks and (b) shifts were provided by the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each quarter since May 2023.
Answer: The Royal Voluntary Service provides reports on activity to NHS England. These reports do not separate out tasks and shifts. The following table provides a breakdown of activities, which could be tasks or shifts, in each month from May 2023 to February 20...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tasks and (b) shifts were provided by the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each month since May 2023.
Answer: The Royal Voluntary Service provides reports on activity to NHS England. These reports do not separate out tasks and shifts. The following table provides a breakdown of activities, which could be tasks or shifts, in each month from May 2023 to February 20...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received support from the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each quarter since January 2023.
Answer: NHS England does not hold this information. Over its lifetime, the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders programme has supported over 219,000 people.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received support from the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each month since May 2023.
Answer: NHS England does not hold this information. Over its lifetime, the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders programme has supported over 219,000 people.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: ReviewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews his Department launched betwe
Answer: Following the election, the Government outlined its ambitions through the Plan for Change, which sets out an ambitious set of milestones, across the missions, for this Parliament.As the House of Commons would expect, the Government continually reviews its...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: SexHome OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45772 on Passports: Sex, whether the sex marker confirms the (a) biological and (b) legal sex of the passport holder.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave her on 31 March to question 41234.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLand UseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of hectares of (a) agricultural land, (b) Grade 1 agricultural land, (c) Grade 2 agricultural land, (d) Grade 3a agricultural land, (e) Grade
Answer: An estimate will be made when an updated Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) map is published later this year. Land classification is a devolved matter, and each nation within the UK takes a different approach. In England and Wales, the ALC system is u...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Gender RecognitionMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have a gender recognition certificate.
Answer: The number of prisoners known to have a Gender Recognition Certificate is published in the annual HM Prison & Probation Service Offender Equalities Report.In 2023/24, there were 10 prisoners known to have a Gender Recognition Certificate. The full rep...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospital Wards: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 45763 on Women, when he expects his review of delivering same-sex accommodation guidance to be completed.
Answer: The National Health Service is reviewing its Delivering same-sex accommodation guidance, and will ensure that it reflects the Supreme Court’s ruling and is aligned with the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s statutory guidance, when this becomes avail...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWomenHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 45761 on Women, when the updated Statutory Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations will be published.
Answer: Timeframes for publication of the updated Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations is a matter for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Ministers will consider the EHRC’s updated draft once it has been submitted. Furthe...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2025 to Question 44517 on Domestic Waste: Birmingham, when he expects the risk assessment on the potential public health impacts of uncollected waste in Birmingha
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton on 25 April 2025 to Question 45661.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with relevant stakeholders to discuss the potential risks to public health posed by uncollected rubbish in Birmingham.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and ministers from the Department have had no recent meetings on the potential risks to public health posed by uncollected rubbish in Birmingham.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSalmonella: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of salmonella infections have been reported in Birmingham in each of the last six months.
Answer: The information is not held in the format requested. Weekly reports with figures for food poisoning by region are available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notifiable-diseases-weekly-reports-for-2025.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRemand in Custody: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children are detained on remand awaiting trial (a) in total and (b) by (i) age and (ii) duration of time since placed in custody.
Answer: The latest information on the number of young people held on remand is provided at Table 3.3 at the following link: Youth_Custody_Population_Report_-_Feb_-_25.ods.It is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to disaggregate these data to s...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeaslesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on measles.
Answer: Following a resurgence of measles in late 2023 and 2024, there has been a decline in the number of cases from mid-July 2024, but small, localised outbreaks of measles are still affecting some regions of the United Kingdom. These ongoing outbreaks are larg...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors' and Dentists' Review BodyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had with the doctors and dentists review body since July 2024.
Answer: I along with my hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Care, both met with the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration at the scheduled oral evidence sessions in February 2025, one focussing on secondary care doctors, and the other on general p...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: SexHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) passports and (b) other documents issued by her Department can be used to prove someone's sex.
Answer: A birth certificate issued by the General Register Office records sex at birth. A British passport issued by HM Passport Office includes a M or F sex marker, denoting the sex of the holder.
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: GenderDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which official documents can be used to prove a person's sex to participate in single sex sports.
Answer: We have always been clear that, when it comes to women's sport, biology matters. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion. In term...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: GenderDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to review funding criteria for sports organisations that do not comply with the legal definition of sex as biological under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: We have always been clear that, when it comes to women's sport, biology matters. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion.In terms...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department plans to provide to sports governing bodies on maintaining female-only categories for biological women following the Supreme Court ruling of the definition of sex in
Answer: We have always been clear that, when it comes to women's sport, biology matters. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion.In terms...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen: Human RightsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45768More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what guidance her Department issues to employers on the rights of biological women under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: The Supreme Court’s ruling has brought clarity and confidence that for the purposes of the Equality Act, the term ‘woman’ refers to a biological woman.The Equality and Human Rights Commission has already committed to support organisations, including workp...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: WomenWomen and EqualitiesTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45767More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to support employers in providing single-sex workplace facilities for biological women.
Answer: The Supreme Court’s ruling has brought clarity for women and employers. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has already committed to supporting organisations, including workplaces, with updated guidance; we will work closely with the EHRC as t...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: WomenMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the rights of biological women are protected in female prisons.
Answer: We have a range of policies in place to ensure that the rights of female prisoners are protected.With regard to transgender prisoners, the Supreme Court ruling brings clarity and confidence for women and service providers.We inherited the current policy r...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological men are in female prisons.
Answer: As per the latest published data on the placement of transgender prisoners (which covers transgender prisoners without gender recognition certificates, and is taken from a snapshot of the prison population on 31 March 2024), there were 2 or fewer transgen...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the provision of female-only health services.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment of the merits of female-only health services. It is for integrated care boards and trusts to commission and deliver services suitable to their local population.Services within the National Health Service are patie...
Answered 12 May 2025
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