James Wild MP: written questions
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Written questions
Driving: DisqualificationMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending legislation so that driving disqualification periods commence at the end of any custodial sentence imposed.
Answer: Courts can impose a driving disqualification for any offence committed after 01 January 1998.Driving bans generally start from the day they are imposed at sentencing. This is because, if the offender’s ban was set to commence at the usual point of release...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on what the average fine was for parents who had failed to secure their child’s regular attendance at school under section 444(1) of the Education Act 1996 in the latest pe
Answer: Information held on the average values of fines for parents who had failed to secure their child’s attendance at school will be held by local authorities.The amount payable was £60 if paid within 21 days of receipt, rising to £120 if paid between 22 and 2...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of fines in tackling levels of attendance at schools.
Answer: Tackling absence is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity. If children are not in school, it does not matter how effective or well-supported teaching and learning is, they will not benefit. Thanks to the hard w...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCertification Quality MarksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to (a) update guidance on the use of Conformité Européenne marking for construction products and (b) expand testing and certification capacity in the UK.
Answer: (a) The guidance pages on the use of CE marking for construction products are regularly updated. They were most recently updated on 26th of February 2025. You can find the guidance here: Construction Products Regulation in Great Britain - GOV.UKConstructi...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many operational drones are held by the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Army.
Answer: Details of the number of Unmanned Aircraft Systems held by the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Army are published in the UK Armed Forces Equipment and Formations on gov.uk. The statistics for 2024 can be found at the following link: UK armed forces equipm...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSickness BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people waiting for elective treatment are claiming sickness benefits.
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Department. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) plans to link NHS waiting times data to Census, DWP Benefits and HMRC PAYE records to analyse the relationship between waiting time duration (for various hea...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: MinistersMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2024 to Question 28652 on Ministers: Aviation, how much air passenger duty has been paid for ministerial travel on the RAF Envoy since 5 Jul 2024.
Answer: The total amount of Air Passenger Duty paid for Ministers who travelled on the RAF Envoy between 5 July and 31 December 2024 is £4,282.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that prison leavers under the Early Release Scheme are supported in securing housing upon release.
Answer: Those released under the Standard Determinate Sentence (SDS40) changes who are at risk of homelessness can be referred to H M Prison & Probation Service’s Community Accommodation Service, Tier 3, which can provide up to 12-weeks’ temporary accommodati...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) support prisoner rehabilitation and (b) reduce trends in the level of homelessness amongst released prisoners.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving rehabilitation services for offenders by giving them the tools to move away from crime. We work alongside other government departments investing in a wide range of interventions to directly support a prisoner’s reh...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28652More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether flights made by (a) the Prime Minister and (b) other Ministers in the Royal Air Force's No. 32 Squadron are subject to Air Passenger Duty.
Answer: Air Passenger Duty (APD) is payable for travel undertaken on aircraft that are on the civilian register – it is not payable for aircraft on the military register. It is therefore payable for all ministerial travel undertaken on the RAF Envoy as that is cu...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent officials are working on the New Hospitals Programme in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England.
Answer: As of 31 December 2024, there were 25 full-time equivalent (FTE) officials working on the New Hospital Programme (NHP) in the NHP Sponsor Team in the Department, along with 165.4 FTE officials working in the NHP Delivery Team in NHS England. These figures...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConcreteDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, published on 20 January 2025, whether (a) NHS England and (b) his Department plan to approve business ca
Answer: The site-by-site report that has been commissioned on the seven hospitals in the New Hospital Programme (NHP) that were built predominantly with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) will help inform individual development plans, which continue to...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what approvals process (a) NHS England and (b) his Department has for business cases under the New Hospitals Programme.
Answer: Each National Health Service trust seeking approval for their New Hospital Programme (NHP) scheme will need to follow the business case process as set out in HM Treasury’s Green Book. Trusts will need to develop and gain approval for a Strategic Outline C...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordQueen Elizabeth Hospital King's LynnDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled New Hospitals Programme: plan for implementation, published on 20 January 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the d
Answer: An equality impact assessment was carried out for the review which included assessing the extent to which service users might be impacted by these delivery proposals, with specific reference to the impact that these might have on relevant protected charac...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordQueen Elizabeth Hospital King's LynnDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the commissioning of an updated site-by-site report of the RAAC hospitals as set out in the policy paper entitled New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, published on 20
Answer: The Department is in final stages of contract award with third party contractors to provide an updated report on the condition of the seven critical reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete hospitals, including Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn. Once ...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordQueen Elizabeth Hospital King's LynnDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Mott MacDonald on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete of April 2022, what recent assessment he has made of whether the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn wil
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out a credible and deliverable plan for the new hospital schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP) on 20 January 2025, following the conclusion of the review of the NHP. The Plan f...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP Garth: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution of 5 November 2024, Official Report column 164, and to the oral contribution of 14 January 2025 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Official Report c
Answer: We are working hard to deter, detect and disrupt the illegal use of drones to deliver contraband into prisons. HM Prison & Probation Service uses targeted countermeasures such as improvements to windows, netting and grills to stop drones delivering co...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: RegulationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) UEFA, (b) FIFA and (c) the International Olympic Committee on the publication of correspondence on the proposal to introduce a football regulator.
Answer: This Government, and the previous one, has engaged extensively with a wide range of stakeholders as the policy set out in the Football Governance Bill has developed over the last 3 years. This includes engagement with UEFA and FIFA. These discussions have...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Oral Statement of 4 November 2024 on Higher Education Reform, Official Report, column 46, what progress she has made on the leak inquiry; and if she will make a statement.
Answer: The investigation remains ongoing and all reasonable lines of inquiry will be pursued.
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: BloombergTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23862More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Bloomberg subscriptions her Department has.
Answer: HM Treasury has 3 subscriptions to Bloomberg News.
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) strategic (b) outline and (c) final business cases were submitted to his department in each of the last three years.
Answer: From 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, a period of three years, the Department had 13 strategic outline cases, 100 outline business cases, and 116 full business cases submitted for review. For 2022, this was five strategic outline cases, 46 outline busi...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: ProcurementTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23860More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) strategic (b) outline and (c) final business cases were submitted to her Department in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Treasury Approvals Process requires departments and their arm's length bodies to submit business cases to HM Treasury for scrutiny when spending meets specific criteria. These criteria are detailed in Treasury Approvals Process guidance. The Treasury ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: StatisticsTreasuryTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22986More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to National Audit Office's report entitled, public service pensions, published on 19 March 2021, whether her Department plans to publish updated statistics on the balancing payments made to pensions s
Answer: Figures showing the net Exchequer balancing payments for unfunded Public Service Pension Schemes (PSPS), along with details on contribution income and scheme expenditure, are regularly published as part of the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO). The ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services and Speech and Language Therapy: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in reducing waiting times for (a) speech and language therapy services and (b) neurodevelopmental services.
Answer: The Department and NHS England are committed to reducing long waits and improving timely access to community health services. This includes improving access to Speech and Language Therapy through the Early Language and Support for Every Child (ELSEC) path...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients waiting over 52 weeks for elective care in (a) England, (b) Norfolk and Waveney ICB area and (c) Queen Elizabeth King's Lynn Hospital Trust; and
Answer: Across England, at the end of November 2024, over 221,000 patient pathways involved waits of more than 52 weeks for elective treatment, which is down by over 80,000 since June 2024. At the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board, at the end of November ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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