Jayne Kirkham MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Personal Independence Payment: DisqualificationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides for people who have had their PIP suspended and are awaiting an appeal hearing.
Answer: There are nine possible award outcomes on a claim to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), ranging from a nil award through to an award of the enhanced rate of both the daily living and mobility component. The decision on a claim to, or an existing award o...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the waiting time for PIP appeal hearings.
Answer: We are working to reduce the outstanding caseload in the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal. Reducing outstanding caseloads is the key measure to bringing down the waiting times for tribunal hearings.HMCTS continues to invest in improvi...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of PIP assessment decisions.
Answer: PIP assessment accuracy and quality is a priority for both suppliers and the department. The department works extensively with suppliers to make improvements to guidance, training, and audit procedures to ensure a quality service. A high standard is alway...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability Living AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that staff administering Disability Living Allowance claims provide claimants with a complete understanding of the benefits they are entitled to receive.
Answer: All Disability Living Allowance (DLA) staff receive extensive training in the DLA customer journey and have an awareness of other benefits. When claiming Disability Living Allowance, a detailed notification and an additional leaflet are also issued to the...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure (a) the accuracy of Child Maintenance Service calculations and (b) that the process of correcting mistakes in those calculations is (i) faster and (ii) easier.
Answer: In the year to June 2024 there were 138,000 new applications to the CMS, an increase of 10% from the year to June 2023. To ensure calculations are accurate the department continues to build on its already proportionate and cost-effective controls, such as...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FranchisesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that local SME bus operators are able to participate in future bus franchising schemes.
Answer: The Bus Services Act 2017 already requires an authority to make a statement on how they will facilitate SMEs in service provision as part of the franchising process. On 9 September 2024, the Department consulted on updates to bus franchising guidance, the...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Cornwall and DevonMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the charge to finalisation rate for (a) rape and (b) sexual offences in (i) Devon and (ii) Cornwall.
Answer: We recognise that, due to the complex nature of cases, victims and survivors of rape and sexual offences can experience disproportionately long wait times for their trial.To address this, we have committed to fast-tracking rape cases through the courts an...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department issues guidance to integrated care boards on agreeing bespoke contractual arrangements with dental practices for NHS dental provision.
Answer: Since 1 April 2023, responsibility for commissioning primary care, including dentistry, to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to the integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. Dental contracts are underpinned by the nationally de...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 900799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to encourage international investment into the UK.
Answer: Growth is this government’s top priority. Working together with my Cabinet colleagues, I am determined to use our diplomatic and trade networks to attract inward investment and demonstrate the UK is open for business. At the International Investment Summi...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordShellfishDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2024 to Question 7677 on Shellfish, what his planned timeline is for making this decision.
Answer: Defra is currently reviewing Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA’s) proposal to increase the minimum landing size of native oysters under the Fal Fishery Order 2016. A decision will be made once the review is complete.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordShellfishDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase the minimum landing size of Fal oysters from 67 to 72mm.
Answer: The Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority have written to the Defra asking for approval of their request to increase the minimum landing size of native oysters under the Fal Fishery Order 2016. This request and the evidence for making the ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Guardianship Orders: Carers' BenefitsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure a consistent approach to calculating special guardianship allowances.
Answer: The department recognises the valuable and important role that kinship carers, including special guardians, play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children. The government is committed to working with local government to support children in care, ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship CareDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a requirement for local authorities to have a local offer for kinship care on the lines of those that required for care leavers and disabled children.
Answer: Local authorities have been expected to publish a policy detailing their approach towards meeting the needs and supporting children living in kinship care since the Family and Friends Care guidance was published in 2011. The department will soon be releas...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Higher EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people from lower-income backgrounds to study medicine, in the context of the availability of financial support for maintenance available in the fif
Answer: From year five of their undergraduate course, medical students can access the NHS Bursary. This is non-repayable and comprises payment for tuition fees, income-assessed help towards living costs, and where eligible, further allowances, such as for depende...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEngineering: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure funding is made available for skills programmes that provide pre-engineering training for young people.
Answer: All young people should have access to high-quality education and training that meets their needs and provides them with opportunities to thrive. Over £7 billion of 16-19 programme funding will be invested during academic year 2024/25, to ensure there is ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutions: Cornwall and DevonMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the charge to finalisation rate in Devon and Cornwall.
Answer: We are committed to delivering swift access to justice and reducing the outstanding caseload in the criminal courts. Whilst the Ministry of Justice and HMCTS have oversight of the timeliness with which cases move through the magistrates’ and Crown Courts,...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRoyal Fleet Auxiliary: Industrial DisputesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of industrial action at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on the (a) Royal Fleet Auxiliary, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Marines; and what steps he is taking to end that industri
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to engage with the Maritime Trade Unions (MTUs), who represent members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), to discuss a resolution to the on-going RFA pay dispute. The MOD operates a whole force model, bringing mil...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRoyal Fleet Auxiliary: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Answer: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary are highly valued, specialist personnel. We are committed to listening to their concerns and keeping a continued dialogue to address the issues they have raised. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to engage with the Maritime...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: LicensingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans that the short term lets licensing scheme will (a) allow local authorities to charge a fee to property owners to licence their property and (b) include a requirement to carry ou
Answer: Parliament has legislated for a registration scheme for short-term lets in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. We are committed to the introduction of such a scheme as soon as possible.The details of how the scheme will operate and who it will be ...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordParking Offences: Automatic Number Plate RecognitionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for a decision on the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology by local authorities as a parking enforcement tool to tackle non-complian
Answer: Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology cannot be used by Councils to enforce parking contraventions once a vehicle has left the car park. A notice of a parking charge from a Council must be given by a civil enforcement officer affixing it to...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPets: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) vets and pet owners have access to advice on the responsible use of pet parasiticides and (b) the (i) packaging, (ii) usage guidance and (iii)
Answer: The packing for the product and supporting product literature for veterinary medicines includes information on how to use the product as well as comprehensive safety information, including environmental safety, to ensure all potential risks are clearly co...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPets: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to prevent the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in off-the-shelf pet treatments.
Answer: Whilst these substances have been authorised for pesticide use, their use in animals requires authorisation as veterinary medicinal products under a different legislative framework with differing factors coming into consideration. Parasiticides, such as t...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNeonicotinoids: WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reduce the levels of fipronil and imidacloprid in UK waters.
Answer: The Government and Regulators are engaging with pharmaceutical companies to improve information on use and disposal of their products to help minimise the risk to the environment and human health. The Environment Agency (EA) is also working with the Royal...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChange of UseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to alter planning regulations to require permission for changes from residential use class to a new short term let use class.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 426 on 26 July 2024.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: LicensingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to bring forward legislation on short term lets licensing.
Answer: The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 is already in place. This will enable us to reap the benefits of a thriving visitor economy whilst protecting the spirit and fabric of communities, including by giving local authorities valuable data on short-ter...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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