Jim Shannon MP: written questions
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Civil Society: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding is available to faith-based organisations to help them support communities.
Answer: The Government works closely with faith and belief groups and organisations to support communities, and there are a wide range of potential sources of support available to them. The Common Ground Resilience Fund is providing over £3m funding to local comm...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: OverpaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants were overpaid cost of living payments in 2025; and what is the total amount of the overpayments identified in 2025.
Answer: The Department publishes fraud and error statistics annually and the data for FYE 2025 can be found here: Fraud and error in the benefit system, Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2025 - GOV.UK.
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments for Personal Independence Payment were carried out by Capita in person in 2025.
Answer: Capita delivers Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the Midlands and Wales, and on behalf of the Department for Communities (DfC) in Northern Ireland. Information relating to the Midla...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments for Personal Independence Payment were carried out by Capita by telephone in 2025.
Answer: Capita delivers Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the Midlands and Wales, and on behalf of the Department for Communities (DfC) in Northern Ireland. Information relating to the Midla...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Fire PreventionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve fire safety in healthcare settings.
Answer: The National Health Service has unique fire safety issues given the nature of its services and the patients it treats. These issues and related risks are analysed with risk reduction measures such as specific technical guidance updates and technical bulle...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Legal CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on legal costs in the last five years.
Answer: The following table shows the total legal fees for the core Department per the audited annual reports from 2020/21 to 2024/25, rounded to the nearest thousand:2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/21£46,087£37,975£35,799£37,482£39,694 The legal fees for the de...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what financial support is available for the installation of solar panels in UK domestic settings.
Answer: Solar is an important part of the Government’s strategy for increasing energy performance of buildings and contributes to meeting the government’s fuel poverty targets. The Warm Homes Plan will deliver £15 billion of public investment helping households t...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBovine TuberculosisDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms have experienced TB outbreaks in the last 12 months.
Answer: In the 12 months to September 2025, the number of new TB herd incidents was as follows: England2,307Wales595Scotland29 New herd incidents are the number of herds which were previously Officially TB Free but either had cattle that reacted to an official TB...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Mobile PhonesHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (i) prosecutions and (ii) convictions there were for the use of a mobile phone while driving in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions and convictions for a wide range of criminal offences including using a mobile phone when driving in England and Wales within the Outcomes by Offences data tool.This can be downloaded from the Crimina...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDrugs: SentencingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the a) longest and b) shortest custodial sentence handed down for possession of a Class B drug with intent to supply was in each of the last five years.
Answer: The data requested is published by the Ministry of Justice.The Sentencing Council’s guideline on ‘Possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply’ can be found here: https://sentencingcouncil.org.uk/guidelines/supplying-or-offering-to-supply-a-contr...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for an emergency ambulance response.
Answer: The Government recognises that in recent years ambulance response times have not met the high standards patients should expect.We are determined to turn things around. Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan 2025/26 is backed by almost £450 million of capital ...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of blood donation events.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood services in England. In the last financial year, NHSBT delivered over 700 donor recruitment events, resulting in 17,000 new registrations and more than 8,000 blood donation appointments booked. Cur...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFurther Education and Higher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of further and higher education funding.
Answer: The department has increased investment in 16-19 education by £400 million in the 2025/26 financial year. From the Spending Review, we will invest nearly £800 million extra in 2026/27, including and fully consolidating the £190 million boost to 2025/26 fu...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHoliday ParksDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the holiday parks industry.
Answer: DCMS recognises the significant value that the holiday parks industry provides in supporting our rural and coastal economies. The Government is committed to ensuring their long-term viability by modernising the business rates system and providing targeted...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released without accommodation in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested can be found in Table 3 of the “Housed on Release from Custody Tables” in the Offender Accommodation Outcomes statistical publication at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-accommodation-outcomes...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEducation: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle educational underachievement.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.All children and young people should have every opportunity to succeed, but too many face barriers holding them back, especially those from disadvantaged background...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to increase availability of renal psychology services for kidney patients.
Answer: Mental health and psychosocial support, such as renal psychology services, for people living with kidney disease is a key priority within NHS England’s programme to improve renal care. The Renal Service Transformation Programme, published in 2023, provide...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on NHS Dentist provision.
Answer: I regularly engage with the Northern Ireland Executive on the importance of delivering good quality, accessible healthcare in Northern Ireland. As Health and Social Care, including dental services, is a devolved matter, the Northern Ireland Department of ...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of benefits in excess of £28,000.
Answer: The Family Resources Survey (FRS) is an annual report that provides facts and figures about the incomes and living circumstances of households and families in the UK. The FRS uses a nationally representative sample of UK households and includes data on be...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding provision for the police.
Answer: The 2026–27 final police funding settlement provides up to £21.0 billion for the policing system in England and Wales.This is an increase of up to £1.3 billion compared with the 2025–26 settlement, representing a 6.7% cash increase and a 4.4% real terms i...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve dementia care in hospitals.
Answer: We want a society where every person with dementia, and their families and carers, receive high-quality, compassionate care, from diagnosis through to end of life.That is why the Government is committed to improving dementia care and is empowering local l...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKawasaki Disease: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children in the UK have Kawasaki Disease.
Answer: NHS England holds records of hospital activity, and not the number of patients who have a particular condition. Therefore, the number indicated from hospital admissions gives an indication since Kawasaki disease is treated in hospital. Between the years 2...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity Care: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to improve NHS community care.
Answer: Community health services are a fundamental part of the health and care system and an essential building block in developing a neighbourhood health service.Neighbourhood health provides the unifying framework that brings together what is already underway,...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: AccidentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many recorded incidents there have been involving scramblers in the last three years.
Answer: This information is not held in the format requested. NHS England publishes data on the cause of hospital admitted patient care activity. However, this does not distinguish between types of motorcycle vehicles. The following able shows the number of Finis...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108192More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to launch the Contingent Decision route for members of the Partnership Pension scheme.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) launched the Contingent Decision process for members who opted out of ...
Answered 9 Apr 2026
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