Jim Shannon MP: written questions
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Gambling: InternetDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support young men at (a) schools and (b) universities who are gambling online.
Answer: We are committed to protecting children and young people from gambling harm. In December last year, the Government laid a draft regulation introducing new stake limits for online slots games, including a lower stake limit of £2 for adults aged 18 to 24.We...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help de-escalate violence against Christians in Nigeria.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to uphold the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). We do this through our position at the UN, G7 and other multilateral fora as well as raising FoRB bilaterally with the Government of Nigeria and other influential ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman TraffickingHome OfficeTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on tackling human trafficking.
Answer: Responsibility for modern slavery and human trafficking sits within the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls' portfolio in the Home Office.Modern slavery is a global crime and the Government is committed to working with internati...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Religious FreedomDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make representations with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development to her French counterpart on the impact of the hijab ban in sports in France on freedom of r
Answer: Sport must be open to everyone. The UK will continue to champion freedom of religion or belief for all, both at home and abroad. No one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in.The Government expects sports bodies in the UK to take...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSports Competitors: Religious FreedomDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support freedom of religion or belief for athletes.
Answer: Sport must be open to everyone. The UK will continue to champion freedom of religion or belief for all, both at home and abroad. No one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in.The Government expects sports bodies in the UK to take...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChristianityChurch CommissionersTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24429More
Question: To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to recognise the positive impact of ecumenical relations with other Christian denominations.
Answer: The Church of England is committed to ecumenical partnerships at every level and is seeking to increase its work with others, including newer partnersEcumenical activity in the Church of England is overseen by the Council for Christian Unity (CCU). This i...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChurch of England: Religious FreedomChurch CommissionersTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24428More
Question: To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to ensure the next Archbishop of Canterbury upholds the values of Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Answer: Lord Evans of Weardale KCB DL was appointed by the Prime Minister to be the Chair of the Crown Nominations Committee (CNC) for the See of Canterbury on 16th December: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-chairman-of-the-crown-nominations-comm...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the severe asthma service specification in ensuring eligible severe asthma patients are able to access biologic medicines.
Answer: NHS England’s current severe asthma service specification is being revised by the Specialised Respiratory Clinical Reference Group. The revised specification will support the management of patients who require further investigation and treatments, includi...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce emergency admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Answer: Respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are a clinical priority within the NHS Long Term plan and the National Health Service is investing in the provision of more and better rehabilitation services for respiratory pa...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: DeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality.
Answer: Respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are a clinical priority within the NHS Long Term plan and the National Health Service is investing in the provision of more and better rehabilitation services for respiratory pa...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15751 on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services, when he expects NHS England to finalise the development of their approach for
Answer: Respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are a clinical priority within the NHS Long Term plan and the National Health Service is investing in the provision of more and better rehabilitation services for respiratory pa...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AntisemitismDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle anti-semitism in schools.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The government has committed £7 million of funding to tackle antisemitism in education in the wake of the unacceptable rise of antisemitism across the country. £500...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve patient care for (a) primary biliary cholangitis and (b) other non-genetic rare diseases.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, including non-genetic rare diseases such as primary biliary cholangitis. The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities, collaboratively developed with the rar...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Biliary Cholangitis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis of primary biliary cholangitis (a) overall and (b) in women.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, including non-genetic rare diseases such as primary biliary cholangitis. The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities, collaboratively developed with the rar...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Biliary CholangitisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase (a) awareness and (b) understanding of primary biliary cholangitis among (i) general practitioners and (ii) other healthcare professionals.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, including non-genetic rare diseases such as primary biliary cholangitis. The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities, collaboratively developed with the rar...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the number of school children that are in absolute poverty.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.This government is committed to tackling child poverty as part of our mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child. Child poverty has increased...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: ForgeryHome OfficeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for using forged passports at airports in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on detected irregular air arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK’ statistics release, available at:Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UKWe do not hold central data on the number of ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of aid sent to Ukraine to help track down Russian war criminals.
Answer: The UK has provided £10.7 million in aid supporting Ukraine's domestic work to document, investigate, and prosecute war crimes. This includes launching the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group in May 2022 in partnership with the EU and US, to ensure our donor s...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDairy FarmingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of dairy farmers in the last ten years.
Answer: Information relating to the question on the number of UK dairy producers can be found publicly available here: (Livestock populations in the UK, Latest UK milk prices and composition of milk, Structure of the agricultural industry in England and the UK at...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in the new Syrian government on protecting the rights of minority religious communities in Syria.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary underlined the importance of an inclusive political process with interim Foreign Minister Al Shaybani during a meeting in Riyadh on 12 January. In December 2024, senior FCDO officials met with the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and t...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRemote Working: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to encourage people with physical illnesses to work from home.
Answer: Backed by £240m investment, the Get Britain Working White Paper launched on 26 November will drive forward approaches to tackling economic inactivity and work toward the long-term ambition of an 80% employment rate. As part of the Get Britain Working plan...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the safety of LED headlights on cars (a) generally and (b) on country roads.
Answer: All types of road vehicle headlamps are designed, tested, and approved to internationally recognised standards to help prevent undue glare and ensure safety on a broad range of roads and environments. However, noting increased public concern about headlam...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected AreasMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding he is providing for infrastructure projects in the marine protected area.
Answer: The protection of Maritime ecosystems is devolved to the four UK nations. There are 178 Marine Protected Areas in English waters alone, covering 51% of inshore and 37% of offshore waters, and there are similar numbers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Irela...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: Older PeopleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support elderly people with digital inclusivity.
Answer: Digital inclusion is a priority for this Government. We want everyone to have the access, skills, support and confidence to participate in a modern digital society, whatever their circumstances. We also understand that digital exclusion disproportionately...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: MedicineDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on using AI algorithms to analyse medical images.
Answer: In taking forward all 50 of the AI Opportunities Action Plan’s recommendations, DSIT shows its commitment to leveraging AI to deliver economic growth, improved lives, and better public services.AI technologies are being developed to accelerate disease dia...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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