Dan Norris MP: written questions
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Dental Services: North East Somerset and HanhamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to recruit more dentists in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
Answer: We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions.Integrated care boards have started to advertise posts through the Golden Hello scheme....
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBroadband: North East Somerset and HanhamDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help support (a) residents and (b) businesses without a broadband connection ahead of the proposed public switched telephone network switch-off in North East
Answer: The government is focused on ensuring that the industry-led switch-off of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) will cause minimum inconvenience to residents and businesses and is working with the industry to ensure safe and secure transition. A cu...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBroadband: North East Somerset and HanhamDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve broadband coverage in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
Answer: According to the independent website ThinkBroadband.com, over 98% of premises in the North East Somerset and Hanham constituency have access to superfast broadband speeds (>=30 Mbps) and over 86% can access a gigabit-capable (>1000 Mbps) connection....
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: North East Somerset and HanhamDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve mobile phone coverage in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving UK mobile coverage. Ofcom’s reporting shows that 92% of the then constituency of North East Somerset had 4G geographic coverage from all four mobile operators, and non-standalone 5G is available from at least one m...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: SomersetDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in rural areas in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
Answer: Small businesses are the beating heart of our high streets, our communities, and essential to our economic success. This Government will hardwire the voice of small business into everything we do.Businesses in North East Somerset and Hanham can access sup...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHunting: National ParksDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with national park authorities where trail hunting takes place.
Answer: This is a devolved matter with regard to Scotland and Northern Ireland; hunting with dogs is a reserved matter with respect to Wales and therefore, the information provided relates to England and Wales only. The Government committed to enacting a ban on T...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHornetsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate the risk from Asian hornets to bees.
Answer: Contingency action has been taken against the Yellow-Legged Hornet (YLH) since the first GB incursion in 2016. Contingency action is delivered on the ground by the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU). The NBU have located and destroye...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: LandMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to prevent trail hunting on land (a) owned and (b) managed by his Department.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation, including the banning of trail hunting. Licenses to trail hunt on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land are currently under Ministerial revi...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: BullyingDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent guidance her Department has provided on best practice for (a) responding to disclosures of bullying and (b) managing complex cases of bullying in schools.
Answer: All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying. They have the freedom to develop their own anti-bullying strategies appropriate to their environment and are held to account by Ofsted. The departm...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of which initiatives in Bus Service Improvement Plans create the highest levels of modal shift.
Answer: It is too early in the lifetime of the Bus Service Improvement Plans programme to fully understand which initiatives have had the most impact. The Department for Transport has commissioned an evaluation of the Bus Service Improvement Plan Programme, a £1....
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: South WestDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of railway engineering works on the economy in the South West in December 2024.
Answer: Network Rail’s programme of railway upgrades in December is crucial to ensure its Western route continues to run reliably and safely. Economic impact assessments are not routinely undertaken for major engineering work, however, where work is likely to res...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations on a timetable for introducing activity regulations under the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities A
Answer: Animal welfare is a devolved matter and we continue to work closely with the devolved administrations on animal welfare policies.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with the Office of Road and Rail on the potential merits of setting up a new Heritage Rail Safety and Standards Board.
Answer: Officials in my department have had several meetings over the last year with the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) about the Heritage Rail Association’s (HRA) plans to establish a Heritage Rail Safety and Standards Board. We understand that the HRA is progres...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordInternet: Offences against ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on tackling child sexual abuse via the Online Safety Act 2023.
Answer: Ministers have regular meetings with Ofcom on a range of subjects, including on providers’ duties to tackle child sexual abuse via the Online Safety Act and ensuring effective implementation of the Act’s duties. Both the Secretary of State and the Ministe...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: First AidHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to support the availability of bleed kits.
Answer: The use of bleed control kits is determined at the local level and the Government does not provide specific funding for bleed control kits.Where decisions have been made by police forces to deploy bleed control kits, these would have been done as part of ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many active licences authorise use of the forced swim test.
Answer: The Home Office intends to completely eliminate the use of the forced swim test. This will require the validation of suitable appropriate alternatives.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set a deadline for elimination of the forced swim test.
Answer: The Home Office intends to completely eliminate the use of the forced swim test. This will require the validation of suitable appropriate alternatives.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish a timeline for ending the forced swim test.
Answer: The Home Office intends to completely eliminate the use of the forced swim test. This will require the validation of suitable appropriate alternatives.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to end the forced swim test in addition to holding discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and (b) UKRI.
Answer: The Home Office intends to completely eliminate the use of the forced swim test. This will require the validation of suitable appropriate alternatives.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFuel Oil: North East Somerset and HanhamDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support people who rely on heating oil in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
Answer: The government will continue to deliver the Warm Home Discount which provides a £150 annual rebate on energy bills for eligible low-income households. We will invest an extra £13.2 billion through our Warm Homes Plan over the next Parliament to upgrade 5 ...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to make all wildlife crimes notifiable.
Answer: This Government recognises the importance of tackling wildlife crime, which is why, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office directly funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit to help tackle these crimes.There are no...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordNeonicotinoids: BeesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the continued use of neonicotinoid pesticides on bee populations.
Answer: This government recognises that nature is at a crisis point across Britain. We will therefore change existing policies to prevent the use of those neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten our vital pollinators.
Answered 2 Aug 2024
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