Jim Shannon MP: written questions 2024
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Economic Growth: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Department for Economy on Northern Ireland growth deals.
Answer: The UK Government is investing £617m through the four City and Growth Deals which cover the whole of Northern Ireland.My officials meet regularly with their counterparts from the Northern Ireland Departments of Economy and Finance to discuss delivery of t...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTelevision Licences: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to widen the eligibility criteria for a (a) free and (b) discounted TV licence.
Answer: As part of the next Charter Review, the government will engage with the BBC and others to consider how to ensure the BBC thrives well into the next decade and beyond. This will include discussions on a range of important issues, including how we ensure th...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing Associations: Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of service charges by housing associations.
Answer: The government recognise the considerable financial strain that rising services charges are placing on leaseholders and tenants of housing associations.The level of service charge that leaseholders pay depends on many factors, including the terms of a lea...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMenopause: Sick LeaveDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women are on long term sick leave due to menopausal symptoms.
Answer: Although the government does not collect this data, we have proposed a wide-ranging set of generational reforms to boost protections for workers, including women experiencing menopause symptoms at work. The Government has also committed to publishing guid...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: AccessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that pharmacies are accessible.
Answer: Local Authorities’ Health and Wellbeing boards have statutory responsibility to assess if the local provision of pharmaceutical services meets the populations needs, publishes these assessments (PNAs) every three years, and keeps these assessments up to d...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: SafetyDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the safety of teachers.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Teachers should not be subjected to any form of abuse simply for doing their jobs. Any form of violence in school is completely unacceptable and should not be toler...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking to steps to support the National Crime Agency to implement a recruitment strategy for meeting operational challenges presented by small-boat crossings in the English Channel.
Answer: We work closely with the National Crime Agency to ensure it has the resources it needs to investigate organised immigration crime leading to small boat crossings. Since July, we have funded an extra 100 specialist NCA intelligence and investigative office...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMortgages: First Time BuyersTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18939More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with mortgage providers on the availability of low deposit mortgages for first time buyers.
Answer: The Government is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their business, including the provision of finance to first time buyers. This Government will turn the dream of owning a home into a reality by fixing the planning system and b...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Northern IrelandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on tackling homelessness.
Answer: MHCLG Ministers and officials engage regularly with their counterparts in the devolved administrations to discuss a range of issues, including tackling homelessness.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on its decision to not proceed with the approval of Durvalumab for recovering cancer patients.
Answer: The Department has regular discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) about a range of issues, including access to cancer treatments for National Health Service patients.The NICE currently has a number of appraisals rela...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBoilers and Heat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) gas boilers, (b) oil boilers, (c) heat pumps and (d) biofuel boilers there were in 2023; and if he will make an estimate of the numb
Answer: The department only collects data on installations under Government Energy Efficiency schemes and does not hold data on privately installed heating systems. The latest heat pump deployment figures can be found here: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/heat-p...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of aid provided by his Department's Freedom of Religion or Belief programme in financial year 2024-25.
Answer: The UK remains strongly committed to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. We are championing the right to FoRB and promoting tolerance and...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFrance: Religious PracticeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Holy See on the future of the Tridentine Mass at the Chartres pilgrimage in France.
Answer: This is an internal matter for the Catholic Church. We continue to engage the Holy See regularly bilaterally and in multilateral fora on areas of mutual interest. Most recently, on 27 November Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner met Cardinal Parolin, with...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Job CreationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate the Government has made of the number of green jobs created by the (a) production and (b) uptake of renewable liquid gases.
Answer: Established within DESNZ , The Office for Clean Energy Jobs will focus on developing a skilled workforce in core energy and net zero sectors, critical to meeting our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. Our Mission to make the UK a Clean Ener...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRenewable FuelsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17815More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including renewable liquid gases in the green taxonomy.
Answer: The purpose of implementing a green taxonomy is to support investment into activities aligned with sustainability goals, and to mitigate greenwashing.However, the government is aware that taxonomies can be complex in practice, and feedback on their value ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many registered farmers there are in each constituency in Northern Ireland.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIVF: PaymentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the payments made to women for their eggs from 1 October 2024 on trends in the number of (a) low income women and (b) students wh
Answer: The Department has no plans to make an assessment, as the compensation rate for egg donation is set by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), as provided for in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. The HFEA has advised that t...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Workers: Powers of EntryMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on reviewing powers of entry for social workers.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice has no remit for powers of entry for social workers. Therefore, there have been no discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the issue. Any review of such powers would be a matter for the Department of H...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Older PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review legal protections around the (a) abuse and (b) neglect of older people.
Answer: Any form of elder abuse or neglect is unacceptable. Whilst the Government has no immediate plans to conduct a specific review of the range of legal protections already in place around the abuse and neglect of older people, it continues to engage with part...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIVF: PaymentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason (a) women are paid of £985 per cycle for their eggs and (b) men are paid £45 per donation for their sperm.
Answer: The Department has not commissioned research into the potential long-term health impact on young women's bodies of egg retrieval. However, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) set out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Co...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIVF: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has commissioned research into the potential long-term health impact on young women's bodies of egg retrieval.
Answer: The Department has not commissioned research into the potential long-term health impact on young women's bodies of egg retrieval. However, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) set out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Co...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEurope: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of changes in the level of anti-Christian (a) discrimination and (b) hate crimes in Europe.
Answer: There is no space for religious intolerance in pluralistic, modern societies. This Government is committed to using the strength of our global network to protect and promote Freedom of Religion or Belief for all. This work is mutually reinforcing of our w...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign and Commonwealth Office: AhmadiyyaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had meetings with Ahmadiyya Muslim representatives in London in the last six months.
Answer: On 20 November, I attended a meeting with Pakistan's Minister of Interior Mosin Naqvi, where the British High Commissioner and I raised concerns about threats of violence directed towards Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan. The British High Commissioner also r...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIVF: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women from the three lowest multiple deprivation deciles donated eggs between 2011 and 2020.
Answer: There are no plans to make an assessment on banning advertisements for egg donors. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Code of Practice states that advertising should be designed with regard to the sensitive issues involved in recruiti...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIVF: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment his Department made of the increase in the amount paid to egg donors on 1 October 2024.
Answer: There are no plans to make an assessment on banning advertisements for egg donors. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Code of Practice states that advertising should be designed with regard to the sensitive issues involved in recruiti...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
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