James Naish MP: written questions
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Written questions
Air Force: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the duration of the recruitment process for the Royal Air Force.
Answer: The current Government inherited a crisis in recruitment and retention from the last administration but are taking steps to address it. Since June 2024, the recruitment timeline for Enlisted Aviator entrants has reduced by over 10 per cent and work is ong...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription Drugs: PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that pathfinder sites in the NHS Community Pharmacy Independent Prescribing Pathfinder Programme are able to provide services without interruption from Decemb
Answer: The Pathfinder programme will conclude in December 2025. NHS England is working with system leaders and stakeholders, using learning from the Pathfinder to design independent prescribing in future community pharmacy clinical services.NHS England aims to p...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure on-site biodiversity net gains offsets are (a) formally registered and (b) adequately monitored.
Answer: The Government has provided over £35 million of new burdens funding to Local Planning Authorities (LPAs), county councils and combined authorities thus far to help them implement mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG). The uses to which the funding can be ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ringfencing funding for local authorities from planning fees for (a) monitoring and (b) enforcing on-site biodiversit
Answer: The Government has provided over £35 million of new burdens funding to Local Planning Authorities (LPAs), county councils and combined authorities thus far to help them implement mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG). The uses to which the funding can be ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) resources, (b) mechanisms and (c) funding his Department plans to make available to enable effective (i) monitoring and (ii) enforcement of on-site biodiversity net gain.
Answer: The Government has provided over £35 million of new burdens funding to Local Planning Authorities (LPAs), county councils and combined authorities thus far to help them implement mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG). The uses to which the funding can be ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOut-of-School EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that high-quality education provision is available for children who are unable to attend (a) mainstream education and (b) special unit add-ons.
Answer: This government is committed to ensuring that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to thrive in their education and make a successful transition into adulthood, including those who ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOut-of-School Education: NottinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with Nottinghamshire County Council to improve its Education Otherwise Than At Schools provision; and whether she plans to make additional funding available for Education Oth
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.When a local autho...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOut-of-School Education: NottinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Nottinghamshire County Council on the allocation of funds for Education Otherwise Than At School provision in Nottinghamshire.
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.When a local autho...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that newly-qualified (a) nurses and (b) other healthcare professionals trained in the UK have sufficient job opportunities.
Answer: Decisions on the availability of job opportunities for newly qualified nurses and other healthcare professionals trained in the United Kingdom are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Health ProfessionsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending free childcare funded hours to people undertaking accredited professional healthcare courses in (a) nursing and (b) other subjects.
Answer: From September 2025, the government will expand government-funded childcare so eligible working parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of funded childcare per week, over 38 weeks of the year, from the term after their child turns nine months o...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Society: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to established (a) community and (b) charitable groups.
Answer: This government recognises the vital role that charitable organisations and community groups play in providing crucial support to families and individuals across the country. These organisations, as well as the wider Voluntary, Community and Social Enterp...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBosnia and Herzegovina: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his European counterparts to support state institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the context of alleged attempts to undermine the Dayton Pea
Answer: In response to unconstitutional activities by Republika Srpska entity President Dodik, the UK, with European counterparts, is working to ensure a strong and unified international response that encourages Bosnian state institutions to act to protect Bosnia...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: RushcliffeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of chiropractors in supporting people in Rushcliffe constituency to return to work.
Answer: Whilst no assessment has been made on the potential merits of chiropractors in supporting people in Rushcliffe constituency to return to work, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire & Rutland District offers a range of employment support interventions for indi...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMusculoskeletal Disorders: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for musculoskeletal services in Rushcliffe constituency; and if he will consider the use of chiropractors as regulated healthcare professionals to re
Answer: NHS England does not nationally commission chiropractic care as it is a complementary and alternative medicine. There are no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of integrating chiropractic care into centrally commissioned National Health S...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: NottinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the availability of apprenticeships in the education sector meets demand in (a) Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire; and whether she is taking steps to (i) increase the ra
Answer: There are a number of apprenticeship standards available in the education and early years sector including level 3 Teaching assistant, level 5 Early years lead practitioner and level 6 Teacher.To support employers to access apprenticeships, the government...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCatering: ContractsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his speech at the NFU conference on 25 February 2025, whether the requirement for government catering contracts to favour high-welfare products will be determined wit
Answer: The National Procurement Policy Statement underscores the Government's commitment to increasing the procurement of food that meets higher environmental standards, supporting local suppliers and upholding ethical sourcing practises across public sector con...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle (a) wildlife crime, (b) hare coursing and (c) badger baiting.
Answer: Wildlife crime is unacceptable. Defra is providing £424,000 for the National Wildlife Crime (NWCU) in 2025-2026. The NWCU helps prevent and detect wildlife crime by obtaining and disseminating intelligence, undertaking analysis which highlights local or n...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Management Companies: Housing AssociationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has issued recent guidance to housing associations on the level of contribution they should make to estate service management fees.
Answer: The Department has not issued recent guidance around the level of contribution Housing Associations make to estate management fees.Housing Associations may be responsible for managing communal areas on estates that they own, and the extent to which they c...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46916More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will (a) increase the tax-free childcare allowance and (b) allow parents to use that allowance in place of funded hours.
Answer: The £2,000 Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) top-up, which can be claimed per year and per child up to age 11 (and £4,000 per disabled child, up to age 16), was set at this level because the Government believes it strikes the right balance between helping parents ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty Property: Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending council tax legislation so new owners bringing previously empty properties back into use are not required t
Answer: The government recognises there may be circumstances where it would not be appropriate for a council tax premium to apply. That is why this government introduced a number of exceptions to council tax premiums which came into effect from 1 April 2025. This...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCats: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Animal Welfare Committee’s December 2024 report recommendation to ban any further delibera
Answer: The Government welcomes the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices. We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendations.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Associations: Property Management CompaniesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of standardising the contribution that Housing Associations make to estate service management fees.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment of the implications of standardising the contribution that Housing Associations make to estate management fees.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCompetition and Markets Authority: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress has been made on the appointment of a new chair for the Competition and Markets Authority; and when this position is likely to be filled.
Answer: Doug Gurr was appointed Interim Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) on 21 January 2025 for a period of up to 18 months. The Secretary of State is grateful for the leadership Doug Gurr has shown in re-focusing the CMA on growth, investme...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTelephone Services: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to limit phone line rental charges for analogue landlines; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of phone-only line rental charges following the transition to
Answer: The Department does not have plans to limit phone line rental charges for analogue landlines as this is a matter for industry. However, under Ofcom’s telephony universal service conditions, BT and KCOM (in Hull) are required to offer a voice service to ev...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: StudentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) limit and (b) prohibit the use of joint and several liability contracts in student housing.
Answer: The government does not intend to restrict or prohibit the use of joint and several liability contracts in the student housing market. This is a well-established practice in the sector, allowing groups of students to choose to live together with their fri...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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