Jim Shannon MP: written questions
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Cannabis: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the health impact of the long term use of marijuana.
Answer: The Department is committed to reducing the harm from all illicit drugs. Any illegal drug use, including cannabis, can be harmful, due to both the immediate side-effects and long-term physical and mental health problems. Cannabis use can contribute to and...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of her policies of the designation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern by the US.
Answer: The UK Government does not comment on our partners' decisions on individual designations.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Nurses: Northern IrelandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on the retention of district nurses.
Answer: Officials from the Department regularly meet with their counterparts in the devolved administrations to discuss and update on the development of the 10-Year Health Plan in England.As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government is committed to makin...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVietnam: StormsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Vietnam.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are closely monitoring the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Vietnam. Current assessments indicate significant disruption to affected communities, including six confirmed fatalities and extensive damage to home...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the recent announcement by the United States to provide Ukraine with more military equipment through NATO, what plans he has provide additional military equipment to Ukraine.
Answer: The UK is ramping up military support to Ukraine to bolster Ukraine’s defences through the depths of winter. The UK have entered a tech sharing agreement with Ukraine which will facilitate the mass production of thousands of advanced air defence intercept...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: Video ConferencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of video links used for remote court proceedings.
Answer: All prisons in England and Wales now have some modern video provision to support remote court hearings. In 2024/25, prisons facilitated almost 440,000 video links: over 212,000 of these related to remote court hearings, an increase of 17% on the previous ...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of humanitarian support to Syria over the last 5 years.
Answer: Since 2011, Syria has seen one of the worst and most protracted humanitarian crises in the world. The annual UN humanitarian appeals have been consistently underfunded and the trend has worsened in recent years, with just 36.6 per cent of the appeal met i...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: AhmadiyyaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with Bangladeshi counterpart on the (a) proposed Islamist rally in Dhaka on 15 November and (b) protection of the Ahmadiyya community in that cou
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided for question 87224.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFamilies: Food PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support families with food poverty in winter 2025-26.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Universal Credit is claimed by more than 8.2 million people across the UK and we are committed to reviewing it to make sure it is doing the job we wan...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for breast cancer research.
Answer: Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Cancer is one of the largest areas of spend at ov...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle underage drug use.
Answer: This Government is committed to protecting young people from the harms of drug use through a range of universal and targeted prevention activity and are using the recent report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) ‘A Whole-System Respon...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Government AssistanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support grassroots sports.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone should have access to, and benefit from, quality sport and physical activity opportunities.In England, the Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sports through our Arm’s Length Bod...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Northern IrelandDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland on electric vehicle charging provision.
Answer: My officials regularly engage with the Department for Infrastructure on zero emission vehicle (ZEV) initiatives, including charging infrastructure provision. Minister Lightwood met the Northern Ireland Minister for Infrastructure in April during the Briti...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Mental HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to promote more positive mental wellbeing in the workplace.
Answer: Good work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. In our March Green Paper, we set out our Pathways to Work Guarantee, backed by £1 billion a year of new addi...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have been arrested for knife crime-related incidents in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Home Office collects data on arrests in England and Wales, by offence group, as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series. The latest available data, to the year ending March 2025 can be accessed here: Police powers and procedures ...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FoodDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage healthier eating in schools.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The department is committed to raising the healthiest generation ever. To ensure quality and nutrition in meals for the future, we are working with experts across t...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: Freedom of ExpressionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to uphold free speech in universities.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.This government is absolutely committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom in universities. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, confi...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the number of early interventions for prostate cancer.
Answer: Early cancer diagnosis remains a key priority for the Government, and we recognise the importance of implementing early interventions to provide faster diagnoses and quicker access to treatment, including for patients with prostate cancer.To help develop ...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: HomicideForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recent murder of an Alawite school teacher in Homs, Syria.
Answer: We remain deeply concerned about incidents of violence in Syria, including the reports of Reham Hammouda's murder. We continue to advocate for an inclusive political transition, a greater focus in social cohesion, and protection of the rights of all Syria...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with PowerNI on electricity prices in autumn 2025.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: Military AircraftForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Estonian counterpart on reports that Russian jets entered Estonian airspace.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to question 81195 on 20 October 2025.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure police officers are able to perform day to day duties during protests outside hotels housing migrants.
Answer: The Government recognises the operational challenges posed by protests including those taking place outside hotels housing asylum seekers and remains committed to supporting policing so that forces can maintain core duties while managing public order.Rout...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Diseases: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of integrating psychological support into care pathways for people with rare diseases.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases and continues to make progress under the UK Rare Diseases Framework. Mental health and psychological support has featured as a focus area under England’s rare diseases a...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring that rare autoimmune rheumatic disease patients have named care coordinators.
Answer: We are aware there remains unmet need on coordination of care for people with rare diseases and work is underway to improve this.Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for working with their local communities to understand the needs of the local po...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Northern IrelandDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support working parents with childcare costs in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The early education and childcare entitlements are a devolved matter.Parents may be eligible for childcare support through Tax-Free Childcare or Universal Credit Childcare which are UK-wide offers. Tax-Free Childcare can help with an additional 20% contri...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
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