Christopher Chope MP: written questions
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Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: CoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme on Covid-19 vaccinations have been (a) received, (b) successful, (c) unsuccessful as a result of the claim not meeting the 60 per cent disabilit
Answer: As of 22 November 2024, the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) has received 17,379 claims related to COVID-19 vaccinations. Of these, 194 claims have resulted in a payment being awarded, 9,196 have been rejected, 7,173 are awaiting resolution, and 816 w...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any of the vials of (a) Pfizer and (b) Moderna covid-19 vaccines supplied to patients in the United Kingdom contained (i) variable and (ii) excessive levels of residual plasmid DNA.
Answer: All batches of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines released in the United Kingdom to date have passed their release specifications for DNA levels. The specifications are set in line with their respective controlled manufacturing process and in accord...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 14442 on Access to Work Programme, what measurements her Department takes of the time scales for processing applications to monitor whether targets
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions uses internal management information on finalised applications to oversee performance against our aspiration to process applications in 25 days. The Access to Work scheme continues to be in high demand, and we are cons...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work assessments have been outstanding for more than two months; what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for such applications; and if she will make it her p
Answer: We are unable to provide information with regards to the number of applications for Access to Work which have been outstanding for more than two months because this information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs....
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at COP29 in Baku on 12 November 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the revised emissions targe
Answer: At COP29, the Prime Minister announced the UK’s ambitious and credible NDC target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81% by 2035, compared to 1990 levels, excluding international aviation and shipping emissions.This is an ambitious, econom...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of reductions in carbon emissions since 1990 on climate change in the UK.
Answer: The UK was the first country to set legally binding carbon budgets and the first major economy to establish a net zero target in law. The Impact Assessment of the Sixth Carbon Budget included a cost-benefit analysis which showed the economic costs and ben...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available from the NHS for people requiring neurological rehabilitation following a covid-19 vaccination.
Answer: In the very rare event where an individual may have suffered a severe adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine, care and support will be best met and managed by local National Health Service specialist services, augmented as appropriate by national speciali...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSchool Meals: CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions, as announced in the Autumn Budget 2024, on the ability of school meals providers to provide t
Answer: The government will provide funding to the public sector to support them with the additional costs associated with changes to Employers National Insurance Contributions policy.This funding will be additional to the £2.3 billion increase to core school bud...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordThyroid Diseases: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason there are different rules for exemptions from NHS prescription charges for people with (a) hypothyroidism and (b) hyperthyroidism.
Answer: Records are not available to enable us to explain why only hypothyroidism is listed.The list of specified medical conditions that provide exemption from prescription charges was agreed in discussion with the British Medical Association in 1968. Decisions ...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 9410 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, whether any line extensions to covid-19 vaccinations have been authorised to tackle reported adverse side eff
Answer: No modifications or line extensions to the original vaccines have been introduced to reduce side effects.
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he met representatives of those (a) injured and (b) bereaved as a result of Covid-19 vaccine damage; and what steps he has taken as a result of that meeting.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care met with the families of those who have suffered serious side effects from the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine on 11 September 2024. The families raised the need for the reform of the Vacc...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 9409 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, if he will launch a consultation with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of bringing forward leg
Answer: It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment on individual claims or cases whilst there is ongoing litigation. It is right that such matters follow the appropriate legal process, which can take time. There are, however, currently no plans to ...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine Vaxrevia ended in the UK; and for what reason that vaccine is no longer available.
Answer: The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was first deployed in England in January 2021. Having reached the end of the supply agreement with the Government, the vaccine has not been used in the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 vaccination programme since 2022. Since Sept...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with Professor Adam Finn to discuss the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (a) 60% threshold, (b) levels of payments in the context of levels of inflation and (c) the potential impact of
Answer: Whilst there are currently no plans to meet with Professor Adam Finn, the Government continues to listen carefully to the concerns raised about the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme. As part of this consideration, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State fo...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 8098 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, whether any line extensions to Covid-19 vaccinations have been authorised to tackle reported adverse side eff
Answer: The most common side effects observed with COVID-19 vaccines are pain and swelling at the injection site, tiredness, headaches, muscle and joint pain, chills, fever, and diarrhoea. These side effects are similar to those seen with other vaccines and are u...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide (a) healthcare and (b) financial support to people whose applications to the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme were rejected on the basis that they do not have a sever
Answer: We expect that individuals whose claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) have been rejected on the basis that they do not meet the 60% disability threshold would receive the same level of treatment and care from the National Health Service as t...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRiver Avon: Public FootpathsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Environment Agency and Natural England have made on facilitating reinstatement of the Avon Valley footpath between Christchurch and Burton.
Answer: The closure of the footpath in this location is because there are breaches in the banks of the Hampshire Avon along Winkton Common upstream of Christchurch. These breaches have worsened over the last 6 months because of the exceptionally high-water levels...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to his Department is of the study by Winning Moves of experiences of the Warm Home Discount.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero have commissioned RSM UK Consulting in consortium with Winning Moves to evaluate the Warm Home Discount Scheme. Further information is available on: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHouse of Commons: Electric VehiclesHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9117More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many dedicated charging points for electric vehicles belonging to hon. Members are available in the House of Commons underground car park; how many and
Answer: There are two dedicated electrical vehicle charging points in the underground car park. This is supplemented by 12 key controlled socket outlets that provide trickle charging. Owners with certified and PAT tested chargers can request a key to use the sock...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: AlbaniaMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Albanian nationals (a) have been sentenced to imprisonment in the last 12 months, (b) are in prison, (c) have been released in the last 12 months and (d) have been deported to Albania in the last 12 mont
Answer: Nationality data held by courts is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. We are therefore unable to provide information on how many Albanian nationals have been sentenced to imprisonment at court in the last 12 months. We have instead provided in...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the MHRA uses observed analyses instead of expected analyses in assessing the safety of Covid-19 vaccines.
Answer: The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency uses both observed and expected analysis in their assessment of safety signals for COVID-19 vaccines. Data obtained from the spontaneous Yellow Card reporting system, through which patients, public an...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChurch Schools: VATTreasuryTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8099More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of VAT on private school fees on Christian schools.
Answer: On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boardin...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what modifications have been made to existing Covid-19 vaccine products; for what reasons were those modifications made; and when those modifications were approved by the Medicines and Healthcare P
Answer: The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency may authorise a line extension, which is a new product authorisation linked to the original marketing authorisation. Various versions of the COVID-19 vaccines have been approved as line extensions to the...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEuropean Arrest WarrantsHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Arrest Warrants have been issued to the United Kingdom in the last 12 months for which information is available; and how many of these have been executed.
Answer: European Arrest Warrants were replaced by arrest warrants under Title VII of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). The National Crime Agency deals with arrest warrants issued in accordance with the TCA, as the designated authority for cases whi...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHomes for Ukraine Scheme: VisasHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme are awaiting a decision; and how many of these have been outstanding for more than (a) 6 and (b) 12 weeks.
Answer: The number of applications currently awaiting a decision under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme is published weekly and can be found at: Ukraine Family Scheme, Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) and Ukraine Extension Scheme visa data - GOV.UK (www...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
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