James Naish MP: written questions 2025
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Gaza: War GravesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps with his international counterparts to (a) help ensure that an assessment is made of the condition of and (b) protect the (i) Gaza and (ii) Deir el Belah Commonwealth War Grave Cemeteri
Answer: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) reports that as a result of the recent conflict in Gaza, both the Gaza War Cemetery and the Deir al Balah War Cemetery have suffered extensive damage, including to approximately 10% of the headstones. A more d...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: InformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require (a) Instagram and (b) other social media channels to add posting dates to all
Answer: The government is committed to making the internet safer. Media literacy can help users engage critically with online content, including contextual data and labelling. Since 2022, DSIT has provided £3 million in funding for media literacy projects that em...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: LiabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with members of ForThe100 to discuss duty of care owed by higher education providers to their students.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend the member for Rushcliffe to the answer of 08 January 2025 to Question 21515.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Shared Business ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the use of NHS Shared Business Services for finance services such as (a) payroll, (b) pensions, (c) procurement and (d) taxation.
Answer: NHS Shared Business Services provides these services though contract framework agreements which it hosts. In late 2023, NHS England launched an Accredited Framework Host programme and successfully accredited 20 Procurement Framework Host organisations, of...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInternal Drainage Boards: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to reform funding arrangements for Internal Drainage Board levies.
Answer: MHCLG recognises the need for a long-term solution and are working with Defra to explore potential approaches.In line with the previous two years, at the 2025-26 provisional Local Government Finance Settlement the government announced that it will provide...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support healthcare providers to ensure (a) uninterrupted access to essential patient care and (b) maintain the stability of primary care services.
Answer: It is vital that patients can access primary care services when they need it.In October 2024, we provided an £82 million boost to the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, enabling the recruitment of 1,000 newly qualified general practitioners (GPs) acro...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: ConservationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is encouraging developers to make provisions for (a) hedgehogs and (b) other wildlife.
Answer: The revised National Planning Policy Framework we published on 12 December 2024 expects developments to provide net gains for biodiversity, including through incorporating features which support priority or threatened species such as swifts, bats and hedg...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined Heat and Power: Climate Change LevyTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22118More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of changing the climate change levy exemption for natural gas combined heat and power.
Answer: The Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a tax on the supply of energy to businesses and the public sector, introduced in 2001 to encourage energy efficiency. There are a number of CCL exemptions and reliefs, including for energy used by members of the Combined H...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeoengineeringDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government (a) participates in and (b) funds geoengineering activities; what information his Department holds on organisations in the UK which participate in geoengineering; and w
Answer: Geoengineering can be considered to include both greenhouse gas removal technologies (GGRs) and solar radiation modification (SRM). GGRs are important for achieving Net Zero. Government is developing GGR Business Models to incentivise private investment i...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a weekly cap on domiciliary care costs.
Answer: We announced on 3 January 2025 that we are launching an independent commission into adult social care as part of our critical first steps towards delivering a National Care Service. Chaired by Baroness Louise Casey and reporting to the Prime Minister, the...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been fined for accessing prescriptions without a valid Maternity Exception Certificate.
Answer: There are no plans to revise the application process for maternity exemption certificates that provide entitlement to free National Health Service prescriptions. The NHS Business Services Authority has advised that in 2024, 48,063 Penalty Charge Notices w...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will simplify the process for obtaining Maternity Exception Certificates.
Answer: There are no plans to revise the application process for maternity exemption certificates that provide entitlement to free National Health Service prescriptions. The NHS Business Services Authority has advised that in 2024, 48,063 Penalty Charge Notices w...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordParking Offences: Debt CollectionDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that parking enforcement debt collection practices are equitable.
Answer: Local authorities may only charge reasonable costs in relation to fees for enforcement agents, these are clearly set out in the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014. Enforcement agents responsible for executing warrants of control on behalf of ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the formal response to the public consultation on options for changing the way pavement parking is managed outside London, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing fo
Answer: In 2020, the Department undertook a public consultation on measures for changing the way pavement parking is managed outside London. We are assessing all options and will publish a formal response to the consultation, summarising the views received and an...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSecond Homes: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will amend planning regulations to facilitate converting holiday lodges into permanent primary homes.
Answer: It is for local planning authorities to consider whether holiday lodges would be suitable to become permanent primary homes. Where a holiday lodge is judged to be unsuitable for use as a permanent home, for example due to its size, location or access to a...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) review and (b) update the definition of anti-social behaviour in the (i) Antisocial Behaviour Act 2003 and (ii) Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
Answer: The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 was repealed and replaced by the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. Section 2(1) of the 2014 Act defines antisocial behaviour as “a) conduct that has caused, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or d...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing non-academic routes for people to train as nurses.
Answer: We have a complete apprentice pathway for nursing, from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice. NHS England is expanding routes into healthcare professions through apprenticeships. Our 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Serv...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDelivery Services: Roads and Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) regulate delivery drivers working for food delivery companies to ensure they are using roads and pavements safely.
Answer: Everyone who drives, rides or cycles, including delivery drivers and riders, has a duty to behave in a safe and responsible manner, and to follow the rules set out in The Highway Code. They must also hold the necessary registration, tax, licence and appro...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Assistive TechnologyDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all further education colleges comply with (a) accessibility regulations on (i) access to assistive technology and (ii) the use of accessible design in learning resources
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring that all learners, including learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), have access to a world-class education that sets them up for life and supports them to achieve positive outcomes.Further ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Vision Impairment education services; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations proposed by th
Answer: For too long the education and care system has not met the needs of all children, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and this includes pupils with vision impairment. This government’s ambition is that all childre...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRugby: ClubsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received representations about the funding of small rugby union clubs.
Answer: Rugby Union has a vital role to play in our national identity. My department continues to work with the RFU, representatives of Premiership clubs and Championship clubs, and the wider sport sector to support the ongoing sustainability of elite and communi...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of (a) supervisor and (b) designated prescribing practitioners.
Answer: NHS England is investing in training for independent prescribers, as well as initiatives to support the development and safe practice of designated prescribing practitioners (DPPs) and educational supervisors. This will ensure the National Health Service ...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
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