Jim Shannon MP: written questions
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Courts: PoliceMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve relationships between courts and local police.
Answer: Close working between partners is vital to the smooth running of the Criminal Justice System. At a local level, the 41 Local Criminal Justice Boards across England and Wales bring together partners from across the Criminal Justice System, including courts...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: OvercrowdingMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of overcrowding in prisons.
Answer: This Government inherited a prisons system in crisis and took immediate action to ensure it did not collapse. However, SDS40 was not a long term solution and we are once again at over 99% capacity. Recently, we only had 732 places left across the whole of...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Government AssistanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans.
Answer: This is a Government of service that will always stand up for those who serve our country. I am working across Government and with civil society to ensure veterans get access to the health, housing, employment and other support they need.Housing support i...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVacancies: AdvertisingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will legislative steps to ensure job advertisements do not ask about political views.
Answer: Employers should follow a fair process when recruiting. They must not discriminate, in terms of the Equality Act 2010, and they must comply with data protection legislation. Compliance involves being clear what information is collected about candidates an...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Social MediaDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase awareness of the risks of social media in schools.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.For schools in England, pupils are taught about online safety as part of statutory relationships and health education in primary schools and relationships, sex and ...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRosaceaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with rosacea by age since 2016.
Answer: This information is not held in the format requested. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), published by NHS England, provide a count of Finished Admission Episodes with a primary and/or secondary diagnosis of 'Rosacea' by patient age group for each year fro...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: Northern IrelandDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the roll out of free breakfast clubs in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter and any decision to require breakfast clubs in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Executive.I have met with Paul Givan, Minister of Education for Northern Ireland. My hon. Friend, the Minister for School Standards meets wi...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Sexual OffencesCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48910More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of sexual assaults that occur in the workplace.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 29th April is attached.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Officers: Protective ClothingMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing stab vests to prison officers.
Answer: HM Prison & Probation Service has commissioned a review to establish whether it is necessary for our brave and hard-working prison officers to wear Protective Body Armour (PBA) either routinely or when working in high-risk environments within the pris...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: Chemical WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help prevent Russian forces increasing the use of banned gas weapons in Ukraine.
Answer: Russia’s use of chemical weapons on the front lines in Ukraine is wholly unacceptable. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has published two reports confirming the presence of CS gas in samples collected by Ukraine from the bat...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: ChinaDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of continuing to pursue partnerships with Chinese Defence Universities.
Answer: The UK welcomes international partnerships, including with China, which make a positive impact on the UK’s higher education (HE) sector, our economy and society as a whole. However, we will always protect our national security interests, human rights and ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: EyesightDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that drivers are meeting the eyesight standards for driving.
Answer: Driver licensing is devolved in Northern Ireland. In Great Britain, drivers are required by law to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) if they develop a medical condition that may affect safe driving or if they are no longer able to meet...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOrforglipronDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the weight loss pill Orforglipron will be available on the NHS.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, medicines need to have a licence before they can be marketed. These are granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Licences confirm the health condition the medicine should be used for and the recomme...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding will be allocated to electric vehicle charging points in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Northern Ireland will receive funding as part of their devolved settlement. Office for Zero Emission Vehicles’ domestic and commercial chargepoint grants are available throughout the UK, including Northern Ireland.In addition, Northern Ireland has been aw...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of children waiting two years for mental health treatment on the NHS.
Answer: We know that too many children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need and that waits for mental health services are too long. We are determined to change that.Nationally, the Government is providing £7 million of funding to ex...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTheftHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce thefts of (a) mobile phones, (b) handbags and (c) other personal items.
Answer: Through our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee we will place thousands of additional police officers and police community support officers in neighbourhood policing roles to provide a more visible and effective service to the public, with each neighbourhood...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: EmploymentMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help promote support groups that provide training for employment for former prisoners.
Answer: We are committed to breaking the cycle of re-offending, by better supporting prisons to link with employers and the voluntary sector to get more people with convictions into work. We know that finding employment after release reduces the chances of re-off...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48402More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been prosecuted for hate crimes in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes hate crimes in England and Wales. In the year to December 2024, in England and Wales the CPS prosecuted 14,657 defendants for offences flagged as hate crimes with a charge rate of 87.4%, and a conviction rate...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: InternetTreasuryTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48401More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of online HMRC services.
Answer: Accessibility is a priority for HMRC, and its digital services are continuously assessed against the obligations of the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations (PSBAR) (2018), which came into force in September 2020. Technical accessibility testing...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of ambulance and emergency waiting times in England.
Answer: The Government recognises that urgent and emergency care performance has fallen short in recent years and is committed to restoring ambulance response times and accident and emergency waiting times to the National Health Service constitutional standards.A...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with diabetes have access to free blood glucose kits.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the planning and commissioning of diabetes care. If an individual patient is eligible or deemed suitable for flash, specifically Freestyle Libre, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) or hybrid closed loop (...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationals Abroad: AbductionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the kidnapping of British citizens abroad.
Answer: Whenever a British person is kidnapped abroad, we will try to do everything we can to make sure they are released safely. Wherever possible we will work with the government and law enforcement agencies where the kidnapping has happened, as they will norma...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland on tackling unsafe road conditions.
Answer: As transport is a devolved matter, it is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive to mitigate for unsafe road conditions. Where appropriate, the Department for Transport will work with the Northern Ireland Executive on shared transport challen...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds information on the number of buildings that do not meet standards for safe cladding.
Answer: The department publishes monthly data on the number of 11m+ residential buildings identified with unsafe cladding and their remediation progress. This can be found here: Building Safety Remediation - GOV.UK. The latest release shows that as at 31st March ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning AuthoritiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure community cohesion within local planning departments.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is leading cross-government efforts to develop a longer-term, more strategic approach to social cohesion, working in partnership with communities and local stakeholders to rebuild, renew an...
Answered 1 May 2025
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