Caroline Johnson MP: written questions
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Leptospirosis: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve public awareness of the (a) risk factors (b) transmission and (c) symptoms of leptospirosis.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency publishes standard guidance on the risk factors, transmission, and symptoms of leptospirosis, which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/leptospirosis#full-publication-update-history.National Health ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordConvictions: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were convicted of (a) murder and (b) manslaughter by (i) age, (ii) biological sex, (iii) ethnicity, (iv) country of birth, (v) care experience, (vi) history of previous criminal offences, (vii)
Answer: The number of children that were convicted of murder and manslaughter by age, biological sex and ethnicity can be found in the criminal justice statistics: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2024 - GOV.UK.The Ministry of Justice does not h...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) severance payments and (b) redundancy packages for NHS England staff following the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: We recognise that there may be some short-term upfront costs as we undertake the integration of NHS England and the Department, but these costs and more will be recouped in future years because of a smaller and leaner centre. By the end of the process, we...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of restructuring administrative functions following NHS England’s abolition.
Answer: We recognise that there may be some short-term upfront costs as we undertake the integration of NHS England and the Department, but these costs and more will be recouped in future years because of a smaller and leaner centre. By the end of the process, we...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on long term public sector borrowing relating to health administration.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to lead this transformation. The transition team will work across NHS England and the Department, bringing together the ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the £100k cut off for free childcare provision on (a) overall workforce productivity, (b) willingness of impacted employees to take on additional hours and responsi
Answer: All families are eligible for universal 15 hours of free childcare for three and four year-olds, including those who earn over £100,000.The £100,000 level was chosen to correspond with income tax thresholds and to be easily understandable for parents. Onl...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of schools whose grant offered to cover the rise in employers National Insurance contributions is not enough meet the actual cost incurred.
Answer: The government has agreed that public sector employers will receive support in recognition of the increase in their National Insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2025. The department is providing schools and high needs settings with over £930 million...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of whether the additional funding provided to schools for the increased cost of employer National insurance contributions is adequate to meet those costs.
Answer: The government has agreed that public sector employers will receive support in recognition of the increase in their National Insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2025. The department is providing schools and high needs settings with over £930 million...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDatabases: SexDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what meetings (a) he has and (b) his Ministers have had with (i) the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and (ii) other Ministers in the Department for Health and Social Care
Answer: The Secretary of State and Ministers meet with health Ministers regularly to discuss a range of topics. The Secretary of State and Ministers have not met with health Ministers specifically to discuss the Data (Use and Access) Bill and sex data. Official l...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: Gender RecognitionHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual without a Gender Recognition Certificate can change the sex displayed on their passport to be different from their sex recorded at birth.
Answer: HM Passport’s Office policy can be found at Gender recognition policy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The policy was last updated under the previous government in April 2024, and has not been changed since.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Terminal IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming benefits under special rules with a form SR1 have been claiming for (a) more than 12 months and (b) less than 12 months.
Answer: The Department supports people nearing the end of life through special benefit rules – called the Special Rules for End of Life (SREL). These enable people who are nearing the end of their lives to get faster, easier access to certain benefits, without ne...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bilateral mastectomies for gender dysphoria funded by the NHS were performed on patients (a) over 18 years old, (b) under 18 years old and (c) in total in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this data centrally. This information is held at individual National Health Service provider level.NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Services, which delivers care for those who are under 18, do not make referrals for surg...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: CorrespondenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive resp
Answer: For the months of August and September all correspondence from Parliamentarians have received a substantive response. The table below covers October-January. MonthOutstandingPercentageOctober61.5%November92.5%December5819.5%*January *Many of these cases r...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: CorrespondenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) his Department, (b) him and (c) his Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive resp
Answer: We are committed to ensuring Government responses to correspondence are timely, accurate, and high quality. All correspondence from Parliamentarians to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is processed centrally. Whether an individual item of correspondence was ...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: CorrespondenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) his Department, (b) him and (c) his Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet receiv
Answer: The Government attaches significant importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs, either directly or on behalf of their constituents. The Department’s correspondence team has already implemented an improvement plan that will ...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: CorrespondenceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have n
Answer: Since August 2024, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has received 3493 pieces of correspondence from Parliamentarians. The table below shows the number of items received by month (August 2024 – February 2025) that have not yet rece...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28944More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive respons
Answer: In line with Cabinet Office guidance, HM Treasury aims to respond to ministerial correspondence from parliamentarians within 20 working days. Correspondence performance data is published within HM Treasury’s Annual Report and Accounts. The 2023-24 Report ...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: CorrespondenceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each month sinc
Answer: The information requested is in the table below. Please note that some correspondence received in January will not be due for reply until February and so that month has been excluded. MonthNumber of CasesNumber ClosedNumber still Open% Still OpenAugust383...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each mo
Answer: The Department does not keep this information centrally and therefore it is not readily available. Providing the information that the Department does hold would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: CorrespondenceHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each
Answer: On policy correspondence cases that have not yet received a substantive response for each month since August 2024 are in the following table.MonthTotal receivedTotal Outstanding Home Secretary responseOther Ministerial response% outstandingAugust 20245380...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: CorrespondenceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each month sinc
Answer: The total number of cases received by the department since August 2024 that are due for reply but have yet to receive a substantive response is 31.The breakdown is as follows:Parliamentary cases that have not yet had a substantive replyMonth ReceivedSecre...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) his Department, (b) himself and (c) his ministerial team have not received a substantive response in ea
Answer: The Department is committed to meeting the target of responding to at least 80% of correspondence from Hon. Members within 20 working days. Parliament has a right to hold ministers to account. The Leader of the House of Commons wrote to all Cabinet member...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit claims received since 1 August 2024 have (a) not been paid to the claimant and (b) refused on grounds the claimant is ineligible.
Answer: Because of how we capture our operational data, information on claims received over that period which have not been paid to the claimant/refused on the grounds of the claimant being ineligible is not available and to provide it would incur disproportionat...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit were (a) received, (b) processed and granted and (c) processed and not granted in each month between July and December 2024.
Answer: Statistics on Pension Credit application volumes were published on 28 November 2024. This includes numbers of applications that were received, awarded and not awarded, up to 17 November 2024. Pension Credit applications and awards: November 2024 - GOV.UK....
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, how many times his Department has taken enforcement action in relation to vape (a) distributors, (b) importers,
Answer: No enforcement action has been taken against vape producers or distributors under the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 in either 2023 or 2024 to date.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
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