David Davis MP: written questions
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Electronic SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many technical capability notices her Department has issued under s.253 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 in each year, not including the notice rejected by Apple.
Answer: For reasons of national security, it has been a long-standing position that the Government does not confirm or deny compliance of operators given a notice under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. We also do not publish the number of technical capability n...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure reliable access to NHS dental treatment in (a) East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) rural areas.
Answer: We are aware of the challenges faced in accessing a dentist, particularly in rural areas. The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent den...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of funding available for NHS dental treatments.
Answer: The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry, to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to the integrated care boards (ICBs) across England.The NHS in England invests £3 billion...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reform of the NHS dental contract.
Answer: To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract with the sector, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of National Health Service dentists.There are no perfect payment systems and careful consideration needs to be...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on responding to the recommendations of the First Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-25 on Support for children and young people with special educat
Answer: An update is publicly available through the Treasury Minutes, published in April 2025, and accessible here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ed087598b3bac1ec299b5a/Treasury_Minutes_v02_PRINT.pdf.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting minimum targets for integrated care boards on the proportion of people seen by NHS dental providers over a 24 month period.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary care dentistry and receive an annual allocation of funding to secure services to meet the needs of their population.The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to acces...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide sustainable funding for local authorities for SEND-related spending.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.The department is providing an increase of £1 ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to implement recommendation two of the First Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-25 on Support for children and young people with special educational n
Answer: An update is publicly available through the Treasury Minutes published in April 2025, and can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ed087598b3bac1ec299b5a/Treasury_Minutes_v02_PRINT.pdf.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure estimates of demand for SEND support in each local authority area are accurate.
Answer: The school capacity survey (SCAP) collects data on the capacity of state-funded special schools and special educational needs (SEN) units and resourced provision in mainstream schools. The survey also collects local authority forecasts of the number of re...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the (a) proxy factors and (b) weightings used in the National Funding Formula for high needs funding accurately reflect the demand for high needs educational provision.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.The department is providing an increase of £1 ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking through the National Funding Formula to reduce the differences in high needs funding per head between local authority areas.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.The department is providing an increase of £1 ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw Reporting: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution of 22 April 2025, Official Report, column 911, what her Department's requisite level of accuracy is for AI transcriptions of court trials.
Answer: It is imperative that court transcripts are of a very high standard, and redacted as may be required, to provide an accurate record of official proceedings and in order to safeguard the interests of the parties, witnesses and victims. The production of Cr...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDown's SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15729 on Down's Syndrome, when the statutory guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022 will be published.
Answer: Officials have been working to develop the Down Syndrome Act 2022’s statutory guidance as a priority, engaging with sector partners and relevant Government departments.We expect to issue the draft guidance for public consultation by the summer. The guidan...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security Online Information TeamDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the National Security Online Information Team's policies on the collection of personal data on people's ability to establish what
Answer: DSIT’s National Security Online Information Team (NSOIT) does not actively collect personal data. However, it may receive or process some personal data in the course of its work and follows the requirements of UK GDPR and any advice or guidance from the I...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security Online Information TeamDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Security Online Information Team's social media monitoring work can be scrutinised by (a) Parliament and (b) the public.
Answer: DSIT ministers remain accountable to parliament and routinely answer questions from parliamentarians and select committees, including on the work of the National Security Online Information Team (NSOIT).The department continues to respond to correspondenc...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of police forces using facial recognition technology to identify individuals not sought in connection to ongoing criminal in
Answer: Watchlists for live facial recognition deployments are compiled by the police and are specific to the operational requirements of each deploymentThe College of Policing have published national guidance which sets out the categories of people that can be i...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who are not wanted for arrest have been placed on police facial recognition watchlists.
Answer: Watchlists for live facial recognition deployments are compiled by the police and are specific to the operational requirements of each deploymentThe College of Policing have published national guidance which sets out the categories of people that can be i...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism and Legal Profession: SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the use of surveillance powers to carry out surveillance on journalists and lawyers.
Answer: Powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) contain additional safeguards and protections, where the intention is for relevant public authorities to acquire sensitive material, such as in...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism and Legal Profession: SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of times UK police forces have authorised targeted surveillance of journalists and lawyers.
Answer: Powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) contain additional safeguards and protections, where the intention is for relevant public authorities to acquire sensitive material, such as in...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDown'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
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