James Naish MP: written questions
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Dental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for dental practices to (a) relocate to and (b) open new practices in underserved areas.
Answer: Dental practices are private businesses and therefore able to decide how they operate. It is their own responsibility to secure dental premises. The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry, to me...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear FusionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to support the fusion energy sector to commercialise its technologies.
Answer: On 16 January 2025, the Government announced a record £410m for fusion R&D to fund world leading new facilities and provide support for the UK’s thriving industry and skill provision across the UK. The Government is supporting rapid development of the...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MagnetsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of developing high-temperature superconducting magnet technology in the UK.
Answer: High Temperature Superconducting magnets will not only be critical for fusion energy machines such as STEP, but have potential to revolutionise aviation, trains, marine propulsion, medical scanners, wind turbines, materials processing, big science facilit...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Intellectual Property and Trade MarksDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to take steps to support small businesses whose intellectual property and trademarks are being challenged by large corporate firms; and to if he will make an assessment
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges faced by small businesses who become involved in litigation. Small businesses and unrepresented parties litigating at the IPO Tribunal have high levels of support available, including being able to email or phone e...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason 31 councils were granted Transitional Provisions under The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024.
Answer: We have set out that every local authority will be required to collect food waste for recycling by 31 March 2026. In some exceptional circumstances, certain local authorities may need longer to implement separate food waste collections for households due ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordComplex Regional Pain SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS guidance and training is (a) in place and (b) being put in place to ensure Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is understood by medical professionals across England.
Answer: The National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service (NCARDRS) is part of the National Disease Registration Service (NDRS), and NHS England. The NCARDRS aims to collect, curate, quality-assure, and analyse data from patients in England di...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordComplex Regional Pain SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is undertaking on the (a) causes, (b) symptoms and (c) treatment for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
Answer: The National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service (NCARDRS) is part of the National Disease Registration Service (NDRS), and NHS England. The NCARDRS aims to collect, curate, quality-assure, and analyse data from patients in England di...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordComplex Regional Pain SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data is collected on the prevalence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in England; and how this data is being used to understand the condition.
Answer: The National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service (NCARDRS) is part of the National Disease Registration Service (NDRS), and NHS England. The NCARDRS aims to collect, curate, quality-assure, and analyse data from patients in England di...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the provisions of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 forbidding the handling of chickens by their legs on farms
Answer: The Government is firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and wants to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. Having reviewed the advice and recommendations in the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the wel...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: NottinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding her Department has allocated to Nottinghamshire County Council for special educational needs provision following the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Following the Autu...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: British National (Overseas)Department for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of having a teaching qualification from an English university on the ability of a British National (Overseas) visa holder to gain Qualified Teacher Status
Answer: Since February 2023, eligible teachers who trained in an increased number of overseas countries, including Hong Kong, have been able to apply for qualified teacher status (QTS) through our new digital service if they meet the robust criteria.This recognit...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordParking Offences: Debt CollectionDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure equitable parking enforcement debt collection practices.
Answer: To ensure an enforcement regime that is fair and proportionate, the Department for Transport published the ‘Statutory guidance for local authorities in England on civil enforcement of parking contraventions’, which sets out the appropriate debt collection...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Development: Departmental CoordinationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to promote cross-Departmental work to invest in communities following violent disorder in summer 2024.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to UIN 19795 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPolio: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help to care for the estimated 47,000 people affected by polio in the UK.
Answer: Although there is currently no cure for post-polio syndrome, a range of treatments and support is available to help manage the symptoms and improve quality of life.Once post-polio syndrome is identified, patients with the condition can usually be managed ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: 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
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