Jayne Kirkham MP: written questions
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Cervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the intervals between cervical screenings on instances of cervical cancer.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Southport on 30 June 2025 to Question 60149.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support and (b) incentivise the adoption of (i) lower impact and (ii) highly selective fishing methods in UK waters; and whether he plans to reform the g
Answer: We strongly support the use of gear that is more selective and which lowers the environmental impacts. We have been promoting this through a number of routes, including fisheries funding, measures introduced through annual consultations and negotiations w...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a replacement to the Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme.
Answer: Legislation was introduced in July 2023 that prevents English Producer Organisations submitting new operational programmes and the extension of existing programmes that would end on or after 1 January 2026. This effectively closed the scheme in England.Ou...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewables ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will bring forward his planned timeline for consulting on the future of the Renewables Obligation Certificate scheme.
Answer: A number of generating stations under the Renewables Obligation scheme come to the end of their support in 2027. The Government is aware that may affect their commercial viability. We are assessing the impact that the end of support will have on security ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: AutismMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in prison convicted under joint enterprise law have autism.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not collect centrally information on whether a person in prison has autism, or whether their conviction related to joint enterprise.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Higher Education and ResearchHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase to the standard qualifying period for settlement on (a) higher education and (b) research.
Answer: A technical annex has been published alongside the White Paper. It can be found at the following link: Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper - GOV.UK.We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further de...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Health ServicesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase to the standard qualifying period for settlement on trends in the level of NHS staffing levels.
Answer: A technical annex has been published alongside the White Paper. It can be found at the following link: Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper - GOV.UKWe will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further det...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Public ConsultationHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the consultation on the earned settlement scheme.
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed increase to the standard qualifying period for settlement to ten years will apply retrospectively.
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the proposed increase to the standard qualifying period for settlement to ten years will come into force.
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure the sustainability of early years providers.
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity. We want 75% of children to achieve a good level of development by the end of reception by 2028. By focusi...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAiding and AbettingMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has reviewed the effectiveness of legislation relating to joint enterprise.
Answer: Joint enterprise is a complex area of law which is not set out in statute but evolves through case law. It is an important principle ensuring that those who act with others to commit crimes are held to account.The Government is aware of concerns about the...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Terminal IllnessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on issuing payments to terminally ill veterans under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has made significant progress in issuing payments to terminally ill Veterans under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme. All eligible terminally ill Veterans who have applied for the Dismissed or Discharged payment have been paid....
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT Financial Recognition SchemeMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many payments have been issued under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.
Answer: As of 9 June 2025, 44 Veterans had received payments through the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme (FRS). Payments made by the FRS are not compensation payments and do not seek to compensate for any pecuniary losses or attempt to place personnel in a fina...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: VettingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consider introducing enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks as a condition of being a councillor.
Answer: Disclosure and Barring Service checks (‘DBS checks’) for local government members are currently optional; it is for individual local authorities to adopt eligible DBS checks as they feel necessary.I am considering the benefits and disbenefits to potential...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime and Policing Bill: Financial ServicesHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made made of the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on levels of protections for (a) bank, (b) building society and (c) banking hubs workers.
Answer: Through our Crime and Policing Bill, this Government has introduced a standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker to protect the hardworking and dedicated staff that work in stores.Our definition of a ‘retail worker’ is intentionally narrow given the...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: MisconductMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consider introducing stronger (a) censure and (b) sanction options for serious breaches of member codes of conduct in local authorities.
Answer: In December 2024 the Government launched a consultation seeking views on proposed measures to strengthen the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England, including the introduction of the sanction of suspension, to empower local autho...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual DysfunctionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 50758 on Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction, which regulatory options are under consideration; and what his planned timefr
Answer: Following the next meeting of the Expert Working group (EWG), the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will seek advice from the Commission on Human Medicines on the recommendations of the EWG, on a wide range of regulatory options f...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56570More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) transgender and (b) intersex (i) people and (ii) groups are consulted on Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance on the Supreme Court judgement in the case of
Answer: The EHRC has opened its consultation on the draft updated statutory Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations, seeking views from affected stakeholders. We encourage people to ensure their views are heard by submitting a response to...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Equipment and StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that fire and rescue services have the (a) personnel and (b) life saving equipment they need to safely respond to incidents of (i) f
Answer: The 2025/26 Local Government Finance Settlement, published on 3 February by the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG), sets out funding allocations for all local authorities, including Fire and Rescue Authorities. Standalone Fire ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPer- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to align the UK with EU regulatory protections for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in his revised Environmental Improvement Plan.
Answer: The revised EIP, which will be published later this year, will set out action the government is taking to address environment risks from chemicals, including PFAS. We have reset our relations with our European partners, and we now need to use our strength...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProcessed Food: TaxationTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50761More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tax on ultra-processed food.
Answer: The ‘Strengthening the Soft Drinks Industry Levy’ consultation, published last month, seeks ways to encourage producers to remove added sugar from soft drinks. Specifically, it sets out proposals to reduce the minimum sugar threshold at which the levy app...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProcessed Food: HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new Food Strategy Advisory Board will make assessment of the merits of the association between higher consumption of ultra-processed foods and adverse health outcomes.
Answer: The Food Strategy Advisory Board will stress test ideas and provide advice to shape the outcomes the food strategy should deliver, including looking at ways of improving health outcomes.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the report entitled Recipe for health: A plan to fix our broken food system by the House of Lord
Answer: After the House of Lords’ Food, Diet and Obesity Committee report published in October 2024, the Government published its response to the report on 30 January 2025. It is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governmen...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual DysfunctionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) NHS England provide to people who are prescribed SSRIs on the risks of developing Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved product information provided to healthcare professionals and patients for all selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) was updated in 2019 to inform them that reports had been ...
Answered 13 May 2025
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