James Naish MP: written questions 2025
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Digital Technology: TrainingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to offer (a) rural and (b) agriculture-specific digital skills training as part of its national digital inclusion initiatives.
Answer: The Government published its Digital Inclusion Action Plan in February 2025, which outlines the first five actions we are taking over the next year to boost digital inclusion in every corner of the UK, including rural areas.These will be targeted at local...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordShared Rural Network: RushcliffeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the shared rural network is fully implemented in the Rushcliffe district council area by the end of 2025.
Answer: According to the latest information published by Ofcom, outdoor 4G coverage in Rushcliffe, from all four operators currently stands at 99% and coverage from at least one mobile network operator is almost 100%. Consequently, there will not be any further c...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordYoghurt: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of export opportunities for UK-produced yoghurt following the signing of recent trade agreements.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade recognises the importance of supporting UK dairy exports, including yoghurt. DBT works closely with industry partners such as the Dairy Export Taskforce and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board to unlock...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordYoghurtDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including specific daily recommendations on yogurt intake in dietary guidelines.
Answer: Government dietary advice is depicted in the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide, and information is available through NHS.UK website.Government advice encourages the consumption of milk and dairy foods, such as cheese and yoghurt, or ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordYoghurt: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance his Department has issued on the (a) nutritional value of and (b) recommended intake of yoghurt for (i) children and (ii) young people.
Answer: Government dietary advice is depicted in the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide, and information is available through NHS.UK website.Government advice encourages the consumption of milk and dairy foods, such as cheese and yoghurt, or ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDairy FarmingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of the yoghurt industry to economic growth in the dairy sector.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. We have a vibrant, resilient and productive dairy sector which produces a range of healthy nutritious products which bring value of £5-£6 billion at farm level, and many times higher when that milk is processed into a div...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordYoghurt: NutritionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including daily recommendations on yoghurt intake in dietary guidelines.
Answer: Government dietary advice is depicted in the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide, and information is available through NHS.UK website.Government advice encourages the consumption of milk and dairy foods, such as cheese and yoghurt, or ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: SuicideDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the independent report entitled National review of higher education student suicide deaths, published on 21 May 2025, whether she plans to introduce a duty of candour for the higher education
Answer: This government is committed to working with higher education providers, experts, and students to turn the findings of the national review of higher education (HE) student suicides into real, lasting improvements. That means better support for students, a...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of procuring used vehicles for the Motability Scheme.
Answer: Whilst the Department for Work and Pensions works closely with Motability, the Motability Scheme is overseen by Motability Foundation (the charity) and delivered by Motability Operations. Motability is independent of Government and is wholly responsible f...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his department has had with HM Treasury on funding for the delivery of the recommendations in the Hughes Report, published on 7 February 2024.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government departme...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has set a timetable to ensure that people harmed by Valproate receive their Interim Payment, as recommended by the Patient Safety Commissioner in the report entitled The Hughes Report: O
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government departme...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to consult with local authorities on the development of a revised Disabled Facilities Grant allocations formula.
Answer: The Government is reviewing the formula for allocating Government Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding to local authorities in England to ensure the funding is better aligned with local needs. It is important that we take the time to consider the issue...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether hon. Members will be able to give evidence to her Department's review of the Disabled Facilities Grant allocations formula.
Answer: The Government is reviewing the formula for allocating Government Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding to local authorities in England to ensure the funding is better aligned with local needs. It is important that we take the time to consider the issue...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in what month in 2025 her Department plans to publish its consultation on a new Disabled Facilities Grant allocations formula; and if she will make it her policy to publish the o
Answer: The Government is reviewing the formula for allocating Government Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding to local authorities in England to ensure the funding is better aligned with local needs. It is important that we take the time to consider the issue...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for (a) completing the review of the Disabled Facilities Grant allocations formula, (b) publishing the findings of that review and (c) implementing
Answer: The Government is reviewing the formula for allocating Government Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding to local authorities in England to ensure the funding is better aligned with local needs. It is important that we take the time to consider the issue...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: LiteracyDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a place-based approach to early years services to support literacy.
Answer: The government supports a place-based approach to early years services, recognising that local areas are best placed to understand and respond to the needs of their communities. Through the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, the department is enabl...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health: ReadingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) parents and (b) carers reading to young children on the mental wellbeing of (i) children, (ii) parents and (iii) carers.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. We know that, according to research, reading helps to reduce stress levels and could be beneficial to mental health and well-being.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling dental assistants to perform dental procedures under supervision.
Answer: We support making the best use of the range of skills held by dental teams so that they work to their full scope of practice. This enables clinicians to deliver more complex care and reduce delays for patients.The General Dental Council’s (GDC) Scope of P...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: British National (Overseas)Home OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending British National (Overseas) nationality status to BN(O) visa holders' dependents residing in the United Kingdom.
Answer: Registration for British National (Overseas) status closed on 1 July 1997 and no new applications can now be made. BN(O) visa holders’ dependants who are on the BN(O) route in the UK may apply for British citizenship after 5 years’ qualifying residence, a...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: British National (Overseas)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of extending British National (Overseas) nationality status to BN(O
Answer: Those with BN(O) status and their eligible family members can come to the UK to live, study and work in virtually any capacity, on a pathway to citizenship. The UK committed in the Joint Declaration that no person would acquire British Dependent Territori...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the annual uprating of benefits does not result in a net loss of income for vulnerable claimants who are subject to transition
Answer: There has been no assessment on the rules relating to Universal Credit’s Transitional Protection. Transitional Protection protects benefit entitlement levels at the point of moving to Universal Credit. It is a temporary measure to maintain benefit entitle...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Severe Disability PremiumDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of Universal Credit transitional protection rules on claimants who were previously in receipt of the severe disability premium.
Answer: The purpose of the Transitional Severe Disability Premium Element (TSDPE) is to protect certain customers entitled to a severe disability premium who moved to Universal Credit from legacy benefits following a change in their circumstances. The TSDPE is su...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of Universal Credit transitional protection rules on claimants migrating from legacy benefits.
Answer: No such assessment has been made, however we publish Move to Universal statistics quarterly, which includes a breakdown of households paid Transitional Protection.. Stat-Xplore - Home - All eligible customers who claim Universal Credit as part of managed ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEGNOS: MembershipDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to reinstate the UK's membership of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service.
Answer: The Government is considering options for UK access to a satellite-based augmentation system, following our withdrawal from the EU's European Geostationary Navigation Overlay (EGNOS) system. This work is ongoing and no decision has yet been made.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: ReconstructionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Arab Plan for Early Recovery, Reconstruction and Development.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary welcomed the Arab initiative of a Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza, alongside Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Italy on 8 March. To prepare for implementation, the UK has been working with partners to build internati...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
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