James Frith MP: written questions
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Written questions
Tax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33964More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the role of umbrella companies in the use of disguised remuneration schemes.
Answer: The government has commissioned an independent review of the Loan Charge to help bring the matter to a close for those affected whilst ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.The Government is committed to tackling promoters of tax avoidance and will consult ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDisguised Remuneration Loan Charge ReviewTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33963More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Loan Charge review does not include the (a) role and (b) conduct of people who profited from recommending and operating disguised remuneration schemes in its scope.
Answer: The government has commissioned an independent review of the Loan Charge to help bring the matter to a close for those affected whilst ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.The Government is committed to tackling promoters of tax avoidance and will consult ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAllergies: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech on the NHS at the King's Fund on 12 September 2024, whether his Department has plans to move allergy services to primary care.
Answer: We have committed to develop a 10-Year Health Plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future, by driving three shifts in the way health care is delivered. The plan will set out bold ambitions to provide more care in the community, make great...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAllergies and DieteticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with health stakeholders on the potential merits of introducing (a) allergy nurses and (b) dietitians in every integrated care system.
Answer: We have committed to develop a 10-Year Health Plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future, by driving three shifts in the way health care is delivered. The plan will set out bold ambitions to provide more care in the community, make great...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCats and Dogs: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend standards for cat and dog pens.
Answer: The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 require businesses providing the following activities to hold a licence issued by their local authority: selling dogs or cats, dog breeding, boarding for dogs or cat...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has targets for the time it takes to complete evaluations of new medicines.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) aims wherever possible to publish recommendations for the National Health Service on new medicines within 90 days of the date of a marketing authorisation. NICE uses key performance indicators t...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what discussions he has had with NICE on the potential impact of its approval of medicines for use in the NHS on (a) economic productivity, (b) health outcomes and (c) reducing the burden of disease
Answer: Departmental officials regularly discuss a range of issues with colleagues in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), including the impact of its recommendations.NICE develops its guidance independently and based on an assessment of ...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Data ProcessingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy that a copyright exception for text and data mining will not be brought into law until a rights reservation mechanism has been proven to work to the satisf
Answer: The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024.This consultation seeks views on proposals to introduce a text and data mining exception alongside a rights reservation mechanism and transparency measures. The Government has be...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Data ProcessingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that a rights reservation mechanism has been (a) trialled and (b) proven before a copyright exception for text and data mining is brought into law.
Answer: The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024.This consultation seeks views on proposals to introduce a text and data mining exception alongside a rights reservation mechanism and transparency measures. The Government has be...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPakistan International AirlinesDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Civil Aviation Authority is reviewing the ban on Pakistan International Airlines; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that ban on travel between the UK and Pakistan since 202
Answer: Pakistan is currently listed on the UK Air Safety List (ASL). The UK Air Safety Committee regularly reviews all carriers and States listed on the ASL.No assessment is made on the impact of the ban as decisions are based on a safety assessment only. Travel...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including further education providers under the remit of the School Teacher Review Body in her Department's contribution to the Spending Review.
Answer: Further education (FE) colleges, rather than government, are responsible for setting and negotiating pay within colleges. Colleges are not bound by the national pay and conditions framework for school teachers, but are free to implement their own pay arra...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including further education colleges under the remit of the School Teacher Review Body from 2025-26.
Answer: Further education (FE) colleges, rather than government, are responsible for setting and negotiating pay within colleges. Colleges are not bound by the national pay and conditions framework for school teachers, but are free to implement their own pay arra...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Data ProcessingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend copyright legislation in relation to text and data mining.
Answer: The Government will launch a consultation soon on a number of issues relating to copyright and AI, including text and data mining.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCultural Renewal TaskforceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-establishing the Cultural Renewal taskforce.
Answer: The Cultural Renewal Taskforce was set up to develop guidance for the safe reopening of DCMS sectors following the coronavirus pandemic. There are no plans at present to re-establish the Taskforce.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordScience: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the curriculum framework for primary school science as part of her Department’s curriculum review.
Answer: The Curriculum and Assessment Review is being independently conducted by a group of education leaders (the review group) and chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The terms of reference were published in July and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/go...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: ArtsHome OfficeTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential (a) economic and (b) cultural impact of UK border controls on (i) non-UK artists, (ii) sponsors and (iii) creative workers.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring workers in the creative industries have immigration routes that work for them. The United Kingdom has an excellent immigration offer for workers within the creative industries and we continually keep our policies un...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: ArtsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on supporting non-UK (a) artists, (b) sponsors and (c) creative workers to work in the UK.
Answer: We have had no such recent meetings, but there are already several routes that provide opportunities for artists and creatives to come to the UK. The UK’s domestic rules allow musicians, entertainers, artists, and their technical staff, from non-visa nati...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Data ProcessingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the potential impact of international text and data exceptions on (a) development of AI products and (b) creative industries.
Answer: We are engaging with international partners to better understand their approaches to copyright and AI issues.The Government will launch a consultation soon on a package of measures to address copyright and AI issues, and welcomes views and evidence of imp...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Data ProcessingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department's Green Paper entitled Invest 2035: The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, published in October 2024, whether his Department has made an assessment of the
Answer: The Government believes in both human-centred creativity and the potential of text and data mining and AI to open up new creative frontiers.This is requires a balanced solution – one that supports all the sectors listed in the Invest 2035 industrial strat...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CopyrightDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential value to the economy of licensing agreements between AI developers and the UK's creative industries for copyright protected
Answer: The Government recognises that licensing is an important tool to ensure rights holders are remunerated appropriately. We have made no specific estimate at this stage of the potential economic value of licensing agreements between AI developers and rights ...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Data ProcessingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the copyright regime for text and data mining on the (a) AI sector, (b) creative industries and (c) wider
Answer: Greater certainty over copyright and AI would support growth in both the creative and AI sectors.The Government will launch a consultation soon on a package of measures to address copyright and AI issues. This will seek views and evidence of potential imp...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate is for prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection who are released.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data in the proven reoffending quarterly statistics on the proportion of offenders serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences who reoffend. Figures can be found in Table C2a: proven-reoffending-o...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: ArtsHome OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of training for Border Force officers on temporary visas for creative workers.
Answer: Border Force officers are trained to the highest of standards to be able to carry out their role to enforce immigration policy at the border. Officers undergo several weeks of training prior to taking up their role at the primary control point, within whi...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: ArtsHome OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) issue guidance to and (b) deliver training on temporary admission procedures for entry to the UK for creative workers to Border Force officers.
Answer: Border Force officers are trained to the highest of standards to be able to carry out their role to enforce immigration policy at the border. Officers undergo several weeks of training prior to taking up their role at the primary control point, within whi...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWelfare Assistance SchemesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to develop a long-term strategy and funding settlement for local welfare after the Household Support Fund ends in March 2026; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential m
Answer: We want to fix the fundamentals of the social security system so that people are not reliant on crisis support for the cost of essentials. To support the upcoming Child Poverty Strategy, we will continue to provide substantial funding to Local Authorities...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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