Jo White MP: written questions
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Written questions
Police: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 to allow widows to continue to receive pension income following remarriage.
Answer: The 1987 Police Pension Scheme provides a pension for the widow, widower or civil partner of a police officer who dies. In common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, these benefits cease to be payable where the widow, widower or c...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has set a minimum quality threshold under the apprenticeship accountability framework for training providers to continue offering new starts on a standard in the apprenticeship programme
Answer: The Apprenticeship Accountability Framework (AAF) is the department’s main tool for improving apprenticeship quality. The AAF evaluates Qualification Achievement Rates alongside nine other quality indicators, such as Ofsted outcomes, withdrawal rates and ...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme recipients there are in each constituency.
Answer: The number of scheme members in each constituency is listed in the attached table. This information is from the scheme trustees and correct as at 30 October 2024. Some of these scheme members will not yet be in receipt of their pension, but we do not have...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35446More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will outline the timeline for the review of the Green Book.
Answer: The review of the Green Book will report back at the conclusion of the Spending Review in June.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Holdings and Allotments Act 1926Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1926.
Answer: We recognise the importance of allotments and the immense contribution they make to the health, wellbeing and spirit of communities. We have not made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the Small Holdings and Allotments Act.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAllotmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the timescales Parish Councils have to increase allotment spaces.
Answer: The Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 requires local authorities including parish councils to provide enough allotments if they deem there is sufficient demand from the local population. They must also consider local representations submitted under t...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAdult Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any (a) devolved and (b) delegated responsibility agreements with devolved authorities prohibit them from setting up individual learning accounts within the Adults Skills Fund.
Answer: The government has devolved approximately 60% of the Adult Skills Fund to the nine Mayoral Strategic Authorities of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North East, South Yorkshire, Tees Valley, West Midlands, West o...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: VisasHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas have been issued in each of the last ten years, broken down by country.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visas granted, by year, visa route, and nationality are published in table Vis_D02 of the Entry clearance visas detailed dataset. Inf...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many financial penalties her Department has applied to Serco for underperformance on its Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office applies Service Credits as per the contracts performance management framework, but disclosure of this information is commercially sensitive.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on Serco’s compliance with Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts requirements for each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office holds detailed information on the compliance of its contractors with the requirements set out in Schedule 2 of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC). The Home Office monitors Serco’s performance through a robust performance...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing temporary blue badges to people recovering from operations.
Answer: The Blue Badge scheme is primarily about helping people with a long-term disability, that affects their capacity to access the goods and services they need to use. Anyone may be entitled to a badge if they meet the eligibility criteria. The Department has...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Fusion: ResearchDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph 3.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, what support will be provided for fusion energy research in financial year 2025-26.
Answer: On 16th January 2025, the Government announced £410 million investment to accelerate development of fusion energy and kickstart economic growth as part of its Plan for Change. The funding will support the rapid development of the UK fusion energy sector o...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Dental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on introducing tooth brushing lessons in primary schools.
Answer: The department is working with the Department of Health and Social Care to help promote and deliver supervised toothbrushing programmes for 3 to 5-year-olds in the most deprived communities.The department recognises that prevention is better than cure. Fo...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDiscrimination: Social MediaWomen and EqualitiesTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901928More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle misogyny on social media platforms.
Answer: The Online Safety Act requires services to protect all users from illegal misogynistic content, and children from harmful misogynistic content including content which is violent, hateful or abusive.The largest services (category 1) will also need to remov...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employers who (a) pay and (b) do not pay the apprenticeship levy started new learners on apprenticeship programmes in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: The below table shows the number of apprenticeship service employers accounts with apprenticeship starts in the 2023/24 academic year.Employer Type2023/24Levy13,157Non-levy57,017Total70,174 The figures are for the number of employer accounts instead of em...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgricultural ProductsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the public to buy British produce.
Answer: This Government will always back British farmers who produce some of the highest quality food in the world, contribute billions to our economy, and are the custodians of our countryside. We want more people to be able to access nutritious, and locally sou...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: ConductMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides on the potential sanctions available to local authorities in instances when councillors are found to have breached an authority's code of co
Answer: The Government considers that the current local government standards regime is broadly ineffectual, inconsistently applied, and lacking in adequate powers to effectively sanction members found in serious breach of their codes of conduct.We are actively co...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which integrated care boards have reimbursed dental practices for up to 110% of General Dental Services contracts.
Answer: In the 2023/24 financial year, 37 integrated care boards (ICBs) reimbursed at least one dental practice for over 100%, and up to 110%, of their General Dental Services contract value. These ICBs are as follows:Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB;South Yorksh...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMineworkers' Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people are in receipt of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme in each constituency.
Answer: Every constituency in the country has at least one person in receipt of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme. The number of scheme members in each constituency is listed in the table below. This information is from the scheme trustees and correct as at 30 Octob...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure all schools teach financial literacy.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Basstettlaw to the answer of 14 October 2024 to question 7255.
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAdult Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total underspends for the non-devolved adult education budget were in England in each year since 2018-19.
Answer: The budget and the actual spending of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) element of the Adult Education Budget from 2018/19 to 2023/24 financial year is set out in the table below. Funding to providers is allocated on an academic year and unde...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCompulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Social Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review payments of benefits to people serving full life terms in secure psychiatric units.
Answer: Where a court has decided that someone has committed a criminal offence but that they should say be sent to hospital rather than receiving a custodial sentence in prison, the length of their stay is determined by their recovery and the extent to which the...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the prisoners released under the early release scheme (a) are foreign nationals and (b) will be deported.
Answer: We are unable to provide the requested prisoner release figures at this time, as they form a subset of prisoner releases data scheduled for future publication. Numbers of custodial releases for the period covering July 2024 to September 2024 will be publi...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign nationals who receive a custodial prison sentence are deported on completion of their sentence.
Answer: The Home Office regularly publishes statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders by nationality and year. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, Year Ending June 2024, which are available at: Immigration system statistics...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship LevyTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4292More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will raise apprenticeship levy funding.
Answer: The Apprenticeship Levy (AL) is currently paid by large employers, charged at a rate of 0.5% on an employer’s annual pay bill of over £3 million. The annual apprenticeship budget is then set by HMT, which funds training and assessment costs for apprentice...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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