Jayne Kirkham MP: written questions
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Social Security Benefits: DisqualificationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a yellow card warning system in place of immediate benefit sanctions for certain groups of claimants.
Answer: There are no such plans. Details on the Department’s assessment and position on a number of benefit sanctions related matters, including the potential use of warnings, can be found in our recent response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on Recomm...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: LandfillDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's policy paper on the UK methane action plan, published on 29 October 2025, what his planned timeline is for implementing a transitional support mechanism for
Answer: Government is aware that support under the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme will end for existing landfill gas generators from April 2027, which could affect the commercial viability of these generators. We recognise the importance of providing commercia...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTidal PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his ambitions for tidal stream are in the upcoming renewable auction.
Answer: Tidal stream continues to be eligible for our main support mechanism for low-carbon electricity, the Contracts for Difference scheme, through which over 120 MW of capacity has already been secured. The parameters for Allocation Round 7 were published in J...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSupply Teachers: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of school supply spending that is retained by private agencies rather than paid to teachers; and what assessment she has made of the impact on school budgets.
Answer: The department does not hold data on the proportion of supply spending retained by agencies.According to school financial returns, in the 2023/24 financial year, local authority maintained schools spent approximately £522 million on agency supply teaching...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming: ChildrenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of children that are able to swim 25 metres confidently.
Answer: Swimming and water safety is a vital life skill, which is why it is a mandatory part of the primary PE National Curriculum.All schools must provide swimming instruction in either key stage 1 or 2. In particular, pupils should be taught to: swim competentl...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Capital InvestmentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timeline is for the allocation of £400 million into new and upgraded grassroots sport facilities.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that communities across the UK benefit from high-quality sport facilities to help enable people to get active and build pride in place in local communities. At least £400 million is to be invested in new and upgrade...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming PoolsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to assess the (a) adequacy of levels of swimming pool provision and (b) long-term factors that might impact future levels of swimming pool provision.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that communities across the UK benefit from high-quality sport facilities to help enable people to get active and build pride in place in local communities. We are aware that factors including pressures around energ...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Affordable housing set to benefit from £100 million following CMA probe, published on 9 July 2025, whether he has consid
Answer: As the Competition and Markets Authority set out in its final decision letter published on 30 October 2025 (which can be found on gov.uk here), the government will disburse England’s proportion of the payment to the affordable homes programmes delivered b...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHeating: Renewable FuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits in recognising the role of renewable liquid fuels in decarbonising off-gas-grid households.
Answer: As sustainable biomass is a limited resource, the government expects it to be prioritised where there are limited alternatives for decarbonisation. Renewable liquid heating fuels (RLHFs) are also more expensive to use than other heating solutions. However...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in addressing the long waits for ambulances and emergency care at the acute hospital in Cornwall.
Answer: We are committed to improving urgent and emergency care and returning to the waiting time standards set out in the National Health Service constitution through actions set out in Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 and the Medium Term Planning Fram...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with energy suppliers to help prevent large increases in energy bill direct debits.
Answer: Ofgem is the energy regulator for Great Britain and works to protect energy consumers and ensure they are treated fairly. Under the terms of Ofgem’s Standard Licence Conditions, customers may challenge increased direct debit payment amounts with their sup...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSupply Teachers: Employment AgenciesDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of commercial agencies in the supply teaching sector; and whether she plans to provide funding for non-commercial operators in that sector.
Answer: Schools and local authorities are responsible for the recruitment of their supply teachers and are best placed to make decisions on this.The supply market in England is large and diverse. It includes supply pools, direct recruitment and commercial agencie...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSupply Teachers: Pay and Workplace PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating that supply staff (a) are paid according to national pay scales and (b) have access to (i) the Teachers' Pension Scheme and (ii) other rel
Answer: A supply teacher’s pay and pension depends on how the supply teacher is employed.Supply teachers employed directly by a state maintained school or local authority must be paid in accordance with the statutory arrangements for teachers laid down in the ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPets: InsecticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered requiring pet products containing pesticides that are sold off the shelf to the public to provide explicit (a) advice and (b) warnings of their potential imp
Answer: The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is aware of stakeholder concerns regarding veterinary medicines that can be sold without a prescription and are available from general retailers (AVM-GSL distribution category) for some companion animal flea and ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPets: InsecticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the planned timescales are for the action points in the Cross-government Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Group Roadmap on addressing levels of fipronil and imidacloprid detecte
Answer: The Cross-government Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PiE) Group Roadmap sets out a phased approach to addressing the presence of fipronil and imidacloprid in UK waterways. It outlines three broad categories of action: immediate efforts focused on comm...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Cornwall and the Isles of ScillyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 10,910 additional urgent dental appointments allocated to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board have been delivered since April 2025.
Answer: We have asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to commission extra urgent dental appointments to make sure that patients with urgent dental needs can get the treatment they require. ICBs have been making extra appointments available from April 2025.Appoi...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a public awareness campaign on endometriosis.
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges faced by women with endometriosis and the impact it has on their lives, their relationships, and their participation in education and the workforce.In November 2024, the National Institute for Health and Care Excel...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of deploying specialist endometriosis nurses in GP surgeries.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care for gynaecological conditions including endometriosis.As self-employed contractors to the National Health Service, it is for general practices to determine how they run th...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) physical, (b) mental and (c) financial support is available to people diagnosed with endometriosis.
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges faced by women with endometriosis and the impact it has on their lives.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guideline on endometriosis diagnosis and management recognises that endometriosi...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInstro: Arms TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has exempted the company Instro Precision UK from applying for arms export licences for the sale of targeting equipment.
Answer: The basis on which export licences are required for different military and dual-use goods is set out in the Export Control Order 2008. Export licence applications for all controlled goods are rigorously assessed on a case-by-case basis against strict asse...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Physical Infrastructure Access fees on the rollout of high speed broadband in rural areas.
Answer: As the independent regulator for telecommunications, Ofcom is responsible for making regulatory decisions in the fixed telecoms sector, including on the Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product.For this reason, while we are engaging with Ofcom on this...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support the rollout of high speed broadband in rural areas.
Answer: Project Gigabit is the government’s programme to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to UK premises that are not included in suppliers' commercial plans. Our goal is for nationwide gigabit coverage by 2032, ensuring at least 99% of UK premises can access a ...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: CornwallDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of premises have access to gigabit-capable broadband in Cornwall.
Answer: According to the independent website, Thinkbroadband.com, over 71% of premises in Cornwall currently have access to a gigabit-capable broadband connection.
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the GB Energy founding statement, published on 25 July 2024, when Local Power Plans will be published.
Answer: The Local Power Plan is a joint strategy between GBE and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. This document will outline our shared long-term vision for the local and community energy sector: to drive the growth of locally-owned renewable energy p...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing Gear: InnovationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to support fishers to adopt innovative gear with proven selectivity benefits.
Answer: As a member of the UK Gear forum, Defra will continue working with the fisheries administrations and industry to promote the commercial uptake of innovative fishing gear. Together, we are exploring opportunities to overcome barriers to the adoption of mor...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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