Jim Shannon MP: written questions
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Agriculture: ProfitabilityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help improve the profitability of UK farm produce.
Answer: The Farming Roadmap and the full Government response to the Farming Profitability Review will be published later this year, which will set out the wider plan to boost profitability and long-term viability. The Government is currently already taking forwar...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the environmental impacts associated with poor animal health.
Answer: Defra has made several assessments of the environmental impacts associated with animal health, including the impacts on greenhouse gas emissions. Improved animal health is recognised as important in reducing agricultural greenhouse gas mitigations in the ...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure effective regulation and enforcement is in place to tackle the environmental and financial impact of waste crime.
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling waste crime from the fly-tippers who blight our towns and villages to the serious and organised crime groups who are exploiting the waste sector. Those responsible for committing waste crime, rather than taxpayers...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her most recent annual estimate is for the amount of waste deposited illegally across England and Wales.
Answer: Waste is a devolved matter and the information provided in this answer is for England only. The Environment Agency (EA) focuses on tackling large-scale waste crime in England, often linked to organised criminal activity while fly-tipping is managed by loc...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: EmploymentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the labour supply to the agri-food sector.
Answer: The Government recognises that access to a sufficient workforce is essential for the resilience and productivity of the farming. Whilst Defra does assess the number of people currently working in agriculture this does not include questions related to adeq...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPlastics: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to set a target for the reduction of the use of single-use plastic.
Answer: Defra does not currently have plans to bring forward legislative proposals to set a target for the reduction of the use of single-use plastic. This Government is committed to moving to a circular economy and will publish a Circular Economy Growth Plan tha...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to improve food supply security across the UK.
Answer: The UK has a resilient food supply chain built on supply from diverse sources, strong domestic production as well as imports through stable trade routes. Defra works with industry and across Government to monitor risks that may arise. This includes extens...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRemand in CustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales are on remand awaiting trial.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the untried remand population in custody in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication. This data can be found in Population Table 1_Q_2 of OMSQ: Offender management statistics quarterly: July...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman TraffickingHome OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who are victims of human trafficking.
Answer: The Home Office does not have an up-to-date estimate of the number of victims of human trafficking. Understanding the true scale of modern slavery is difficult due to a few factors, including the hidden nature of the crime.We understand from recent estima...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Learning DisabilityMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in the prison population are deemed to have a learning difficulty.
Answer: The data we hold is for public sector prisons in England only (education in Wales is a devolved responsibility) and is limited to prisoners who have undertaken an assessment of educational standard prior to enrolment on an education course, rather than th...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Working HoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to maximise the amount of time surgeons spend in theatre.
Answer: The Government is taking steps to maximise the amount of time surgeons spend in theatre so they can get through theatre lists more quickly. This includes providing additional capacity via surgical hubs to get through high volume, low complexity lists, and...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCystic Fibrosis: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that people with cystic fibrosis have access to Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio on the NHS.
Answer: In July 2024, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved three disease modifying treatments, Orkambi, Symkevi, and Kaftrio, as treatment options for eligible National Health Service patients with cystic fibrosis, under the terms of ...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce regional inequalities in health outcomes.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to increase the amount of time people spend in good health and prevent premature deaths, with an ambitious commitment to halve the healthy life expectancy gap between the richest and poorest regions.We know that everyda...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRespite CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve respite services for carers.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role of unpaid carers and is committed to ensuring they have the support they need.In England, the Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable, high-quality care and support services,...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAddictions and Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking help improve addiction and mental health treatment.
Answer: We know that people with co-occurring substance use and mental health needs do not receive the integrated, person-centred care they require and deserve. The Department and NHS England have recently published the Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Us...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Offences against ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that child sex offenders are separated in prisons.
Answer: Safety in prisons is a key priority. We are working hard to make prisons as safe as possible for those who live and work in them. Safe prisons are vital to enable prisoners to engage in rehabilitative activities that reduce re-offending. Staff are trained...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Learning DisabilityMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with a learning disability have (i) entered and (ii) exited the prison population in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The information requested is not held within the Ministry of Justice.
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people being held in prisons in England and Wales have not been found guilty in a court.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the untried remand population in custody in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication. This data can be found in Population Table 1_Q_2 of OMSQ: Offender management statistics quarterly: July...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many online child sexual abuse offences have been recorded in England and Wales in the last 3 years.
Answer: Online child sexual abuse offences are captured in police recorded crime via an online crime flag being applied to a series of offences deemed most likely to be child sexual abuse. This includes contact sexual offences and obscene publications offences wh...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLife Imprisonment: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many life sentences have been handed out to people under the age of 16 in the last five years.
Answer: Between year ending September 2021 and year ending September 2025, 10 defendants aged under 16 have been given a life sentence. This is a further breakdown of published sentencing outcomes data released routinely as part of the Accredited Official Statist...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure additional funding for community pharmacies to meet demand.
Answer: Funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework increased to £3.073 billion for 2025/2026. This represented the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service, over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26. This shows a first ste...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure vulnerable children in care are given the best start in life.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Reforming children’s social care is essential to ensuring vulnerable children have the best start in life. We are shifting the system toward early, preventative sup...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMigraines: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist doctors and nurses for headaches.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment of the adequacy of the number of specialist doctors and nurses for headaches employed in the National Health Service in England.Patients presenting with headaches may be treated through multiple points of contact ...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Telephone ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reasonable adjustments are in place for people with disabilities to access GPs without going through telephone services.
Answer: General practices (GP) are independent businesses contracted by the National Health Service to deliver essential services. As part of their contract, practices must provide online consultation tools. Online consultation tools are designed to accommodate a...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children in England are epileptic.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of children in England with epilepsy. However, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline cites evidence that epilepsy affects about 533,000 in England and Wales, 112,000 of whi...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
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