Caroline Johnson MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults have received the respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency measures the coverage of vaccines against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The RSV adult vaccination programme in England began on 1 September 2024. Only data for the catch-up cohort, those adults aged 75 to 79 years ol...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the increase in the rate of employer National
Answer: The Autumn Budget Statement announced by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 30 October set out that we would continue to deliver the New Hospital Programme by placing it on a more sustainable and deliverable footing.We expect that the p...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Government DepartmentsTreasuryTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12948More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding she has budgeted (a) overall and (b) for each Department to reimburse them for the increased costs they incur from the rise in employers national insurance contributions.
Answer: The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer National Insurance Contributions costs only. This funding will be allocated to departments, with the Barnett formula applying in the usual way.Th...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2024 to Question 11939 on Ministry of Defence: Employers' Contributions, whether the £216 million figure given is the (a) direct cost of his Department’s Ministry of Defence:
Answer: The £216 million Employers' National Insurance cost provided in the previous answer is the estimated direct cost to the Department.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the increase in (a) direct and (b) indirect costs to his Department of the 1.2% rise in employer national insurance contributions announced in the budget.
Answer: The changes to employer national insurance contributions from April are expected to increase Departmental costs c.£216million in financial year 2025-26. The Chancellor has agreed to provide funding to the public sector to support with the cost of employer...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what estimate he has made of the increased cost to the NHS (a) directly and (b) indirectly of the i
Answer: We have taken tough decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget, this enabled the SR settlement of £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department of Health and Social Care from 2023-24 outturn to 2025-26.The Em...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS that would be incurred by an (a) 1% and (b) 2% rise in the rate of employers national insurance contributions.
Answer: We do not comment on speculation around hypothetical situations. Any decisions that could be taken on National Health Service budgets for future years will be announced at fiscal events, including the Spending Review.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adults and (b) children have (i) applied for and (ii) been found eligible to relocate and settle permanently in the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 1 Stage 2: Sep
Answer: The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to help at-risk people in Afghanistan and, so far, we have brought around 32,600 people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for our Afghan schemes. We continue to honour our commitments to...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with stakeholders on access to the RSV vaccination for people over 80.
Answer: There is currently no advice on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination for those aged over 80 years old to discuss with stakeholders. The Department accepted the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI is not ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOlder People: IncomeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners who have an annual income that is (i) lower and (ii) higher than (a) £23,795.20, (b) £12,570, (c) £50,271, (d) £125,140, (e) £60,000, (f) £70,000
Answer: These estimates are provided at a pensioner unit level. The estimated number of pensioner units with the gross annual incomes specified are stated in the following text. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 100,000 and then displayed in millions. Indi...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRoadsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department is using to assess the (a) value and (b) prioritisation of road projects in its capital spend review.
Answer: As the Chancellor set out in her statement on 23 September, the Government has inherited extremely challenging fiscal conditions and a litany of unfunded commitments. The Transport Secretary is undertaking a review of the previous governments transport pl...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has shared official documents classified as official sensitive or higher with any individuals, not including Alan Milburn, who do not have an official role within his Department.
Answer: As my rt. Hon. friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out in the House, papers were shared with my rt. Hon. friend, Alan Milburn, on Privy Council terms. Nothing commercially sensitive was shared during these interactions. We have ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make official documents shared with Alan Milburn available to (a) Privy Councillors on all sides of the House on Privy Council terms or (b) hon. Members.
Answer: As my rt. Hon. friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out in the House, papers were shared with my rt. Hon. friend, Alan Milburn, on Privy Council terms. Nothing commercially sensitive was shared during these interactions. We have ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has shared (a) official sensitive documents and (b) documents of a higher sensitivity classification with Alan Milburn.
Answer: As my rt. Hon. friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out in the House, papers were shared with my rt. Hon. friend, Alan Milburn, on Privy Council terms. Nothing commercially sensitive was shared during these interactions. We have ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what form of accommodation is being provided for newly arrived asylum seekers.
Answer: The Home Office continues to identify a range of options to minimise the use of expensive hotels and ensure better use of public money, tackling backlogs to reduce accommodation demands across the system as a whole.The AASC Statement of Requirements below...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrants: HousingHome OfficeTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what form of accommodation has been provided to migrants who were staying on the Bibby Stockholm.
Answer: The Home Office continues to identify a range of options to minimise the use of expensive hotels and ensure better use of public money, tackling backlogs to reduce accommodation demands across the system as a whole.The AASC Statement of Requirements below...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents are (a) making child maintenance payments through the Child Maintenance Service and (b) in arrears on those payments.
Answer: The principle of the Child Maintenance Service is to increase levels of cooperation between separated parents and encourage parents to meet their responsibilities to provide financial support for their children through their own family-based arrangements ...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: IncomeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners who have an income lower than the (a) minimum and (b) living wage.
Answer: The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage are hourly rates. Pensioners do not receive their income at an hourly rate. As such, the requested information is not available.
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDSDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adults and (b) children are living with HIV in each (i) region, (ii) county and (iii) local authority area.
Answer: While the information is not collected in the format requested, the following table shows the number of children in 2020, and the number of adults in 2022, living with diagnosed HIV infection in England, broken down by region: Children with HIV in 2020Adu...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Chief Medical Officer on the effect of (a) becoming cold and (b) living in a cold home on the (i) health, (ii) rate of hospitalisation and (iii) death rates of
Answer: My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with the Chief Medical Officer to discuss key issues affecting the public’s health, including winter pressures.The Government is committed to a preventative approach to p...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment on (a) the number of (i) acute admissio
Answer: The Government is committed to a preventative approach to the public’s health. Keeping people warm and well at home, and improving the quality of new and existing homes, will play an essential part in enabling people to live longer, healthier lives, and r...
Answered 30 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for delivering 40,000 more NHS appointments per week.
Answer: Reducing elective waiting lists is a key part of getting the National Health Service back on its feet. Delivering 40,000 more NHS appointments per week is part of our commitment to get back to NHS standards, so that people can expect to wait no longer tha...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMaternity ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues on questioning patients on (a) pregnancy and (b) risk of pregnancy before (i) scans and (ii) operations.
Answer: National Health Service trusts are directed to follow clinical National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance when ensuring the delivery of safe and effective healthcare and would refer to this prior to an operation.Questions asked of p...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to reduce external spending on equality, diversity and inclusion programmes, in the context of NHS efficiency savings.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, along with the Department's arm’s length bodies, are fully committed to creating a fair health system that tackles health inequalities effectively. We will support appropriate spend on ...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to introduce a redress scheme for women affected by (a) vaginal mesh and (b) sodium valporate.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Hughes Report, and will respond as soon as possible.
Answered 16 Sept 2024
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