David Davis MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Down's SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1398 on Down Syndrome Act 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on producing statutory guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022; and
Answer: Officials are taking forward, as a priority, development of the Down Syndrome guidance, as required under the Down Syndrome Act 2022. Engagement with relevant stakeholders, including people with Down syndrome and organisations that work in support of peop...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14908More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to publish risk assessments of proposed changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government took a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to restore economic stability, fix the public finances, and support public services. The Government published information about the refo...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report entitled Securing meaningful transparency of public sector use of AI: Comparative approaches across five jurisdictions, published by the Public Law Project
Answer: Central government departments and arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) have been working to draft Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) records since this became mandatory earlier this year. Publication plans were disrupted by the general election, bu...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report entitled Securing meaningful transparency of public sector use of AI: Comparative approaches across five jurisdictions, published by the Public Law Project
Answer: Central government departments and arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) have been working to draft Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) records since this became mandatory earlier this year. Publication plans were disrupted by the general election, bu...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report entitled Securing meaningful transparency of public sector use of AI: Comparative approaches across five jurisdictions, published by the Public Law Project
Answer: Central government departments and arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) have been working to draft Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) records since this became mandatory earlier this year. Publication plans were disrupted by the general election, bu...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2024 to Question 24976 on Artificial Intelligence: Government Departments, what recent estimate he has made of when phase one Departments will pub
Answer: Central government departments and arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) have been working to draft Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) records since this became mandatory earlier this year. Publication plans were disrupted by the general election, bu...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDeportation and Detainees: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10678 on Deportation and Detainees, what steps she takes to ensure that her Department follows the Office for Statistics Regulation's guidance on
Answer: The Statement of Compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics sets out how the Home Office and all Government departments should comply with the Code of Practice agreed by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDeportation and Detainees: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10678 on Deportation and Detainees, if she will issue cross-Departmental guidance on the public disclosure of unpublished data.
Answer: The Statement of Compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics sets out how the Home Office and all Government departments should comply with the Code of Practice agreed by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDeportation and DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department publishes the statistics it collects on detention and returns promptly.
Answer: The Home Office publishes quarterly data on detention and returns in the “Immigration system statistics release”. Data up to the end of June 2024 was published on 22nd August 2024 following our usual publication cycle. The Home Office pre-announces these ...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing sanctions on individuals associated with the detention of Alaa Abd El-Fattah in Egypt.
Answer: We remain committed to securing Mr Alaa Abd El-Fattah's release. We raise his case at the highest levels. The Prime Minister did so with President Sisi on 8 August, the Foreign Secretary with Foreign Minister Abdelatty on 7 October and myself with Foreign...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTrastuzumab DeruxtecanDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) the NHS, (b) Daiichi Sankyo, and (c) AstraZeneca to reach a commercial agreement that makes Enhertu available on the NHS in England.
Answer: Decisions on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England are taken by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the basis of an evaluation of a treatment’s costs and benefits. These are ...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the amount of roof space in the UK that would be suitable for installing solar panels.
Answer: As part of our mission for clean power we will unleash a UK solar rooftop revolution, alongside accelerating energy efficiency improvements of the existing housing stock. Rooftop solar on new homes and buildings will, where appropriate, play an important ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the National Screening Committee will next review the potential merits of screening for prostate cancer.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC) evidence review for prostate cancer screening is already underway, and plans to report within the UK NSC’s three-year work plan.The evidence review includes modelling the clinical cost effectiveness of severa...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordExtradition: USAHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were extradited to the United States for (a) violent and (b) non-violent crimes in each year since 2003.
Answer: All figures are from local management information. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change. The figures do not include Scotland, which deals with its own extradition cases. How many people were extradited from the Uni...
Answered 24 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordExtradition: USAHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were extradited from the United States to the United Kingdom for (a) violent and (b) non-violent crimes in each year since 2003.
Answer: All figures are from local management information. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change. The figures do not include Scotland, which deals with its own extradition cases. How many people were extradited from the Uni...
Answered 24 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: Audio RecordingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason Crown courts can refuse to release audio recordings of criminal hearings.
Answer: Access to audio recordings of proceedings in the Crown Court is at the discretion of the Court, subject to procedures and principles set out in the Criminal Procedure Rules and Criminal Practice Directions.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordInfant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the infant mortality rate was in intensive neonatal care units in each year between 2010 and 2023; and if he will hold discussions with his counterpart in the Welsh Government on providing com
Answer: Reporting of neonatal mortality in neonatal care units is conducted through audit programmes. Data is published by the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP), with the figures for January 2017 to June 2024 available at the following link:https://www.rcp...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBaby Care Units: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance his Department has issued on safe staffing limits for nurses qualified in intensive neonatal care in a high-risk neonatal unit.
Answer: NHS England recently completed an update to the Neonatal Critical Care service specification. Service specifications set national standards which all commissioned providers of Neonatal Critical Care services are required to meet. The updated specification...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordBaby Care Units: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 31More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts receive funding for high-risk neonatal services.
Answer: There are currently 43 Neonatal Intensive Care units in England providing care to high-risk babies.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBaby Care Units: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 30More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of nurses are qualified in intensive neonatal care and work in high-risk neonatal units.
Answer: Of the 3,898 registered nursing staff working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, 2,251 have a qualification in specialty (QIS) for neonatal care. QIS-trained nurses are constantly supporting and directly supervising non-QIS-trained nurses in the day-to-day...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBaby Care Units: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 29More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding NHS trusts receive per cot for low-risk neonatal units.
Answer: All neonatal units receive funding depending on the number of days that care is provided, as well as the type of care provided. Specific prices for a ‘cot day’ of neonatal care activity are agreed between local commissioners and National Health Service pr...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordBaby Care Units: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 28More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding NHS trusts receive per cot for high-risk neonatal units.
Answer: All neonatal units receive funding depending on the number of days that care is provided, as well as the type of care provided. Specific prices for a ‘cot day’ of neonatal care activity are agreed between local commissioners and National Health Service pr...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
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