Jo White MP: written questions
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Written questions
Health Services: Reciprocal ArrangementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on overseas healthcare in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by country.
Answer: NHS care is provided free at the point of use to people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, including people who were born abroad if they are not subject to immigration controls. Where the person is not ordinarily resident, the National Hea...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85434More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the membership of the Green Book Review taskforce.
Answer: The Chancellor has listened to regional leaders who have said that, for too long, the Green Book has downplayed the importance of local outcomes and the potential of targeted regional investment. The Chancellor commissioned a new review of the Green Book....
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85433More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress her Department has made on implementing the actions outlined in the document entitled Green Book Review: Findings and Actions, published on 11 June 2025.
Answer: The Chancellor has listened to regional leaders who have said that, for too long, the Green Book has downplayed the importance of local outcomes and the potential of targeted regional investment. The Chancellor commissioned a new review of the Green Book....
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: BassetlawDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many users of the Motability scheme there are in Bassetlaw constituency.
Answer: The Department is unable to provide figures for the number of Motability Scheme users there are in Bassetlaw constituency, because only information related to PIP claimants with an active Motability Scheme contract is held centrally for analysis.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: InfrastructureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made progress on the Residual Waste Infrastructure Capacity Note.
Answer: Defra published the Residual Waste Infrastructure Capacity Note and an accompanying statement on 30 December 2024. This statement set out that government will only back new Energy from Waste projects that meet strict conditions. Proposals for new faciliti...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to support the clean energy transition through the adoption of new nuclear power.
Answer: The Clean Power 2030 Action Plan makes clear that nuclear will play an important role in our future energy system, providing low-carbon, baseload power to the grid.We are delivering the biggest new nuclear building programme in a generation having committ...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: 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
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