John Glen MP: written questions
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Defence Industrial Joint CouncilMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the (a) financial and (b) related professional services industry is represented on the Defence Industrial Joint Council.
Answer: The Defence Industrial Joint Council (DIJC) aims to harness a wide and diverse set of expertise to shape the future of Britain's defence manufacturing, supply chain and innovation. The DIJC's top-level council is comprised of experts from across the secto...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of disputes involving religious communities in the Bukovina region of Ukraine; an
Answer: We are deeply disturbed by the impact of Russia's illegal war on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in Ukraine. Ukraine's democracy is well known for its commitment to religious pluralism. The UK regularly engages with Ukrainian religious groups and the...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Pension FundsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, under what circumstances she would direct Local Government Pension Funds to a specific asset pool.
Answer: The government’s firm preference is for pool membership to be determined on a voluntary basis at a local level. In the Pension Schemes Bill, the government has made provision for a power to protect the Local Government Pension Scheme over the long term. T...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Sciences: FinanceTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61139More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, how much and what proportion of the additional British Business Bank funding will be allocated to the life sciences sector.
Answer: This Government is committed to ensuring high-potential life sciences businesses can access the finance they need to innovate, grow, and boost the UK economy. As part of the Industrial Strategy, the British Business Bank will invest £4 billion across key ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Sciences: Venture CapitalTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61138More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the British Business Bank's publication Small Business Equity Tracker 2024, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) venture capital investment in the life sciences in the UK and the US and
Answer: The UK remains Europe’s leading destination for life sciences venture capital (VC) investment, according to the British Business Bank’s Small Business Equity Tracker 2024. The US market is larger in scale, supporting late-stage growth with deeper capital ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Treasury on (a) the Hughes Report and the recommendations for valproate, (b) redress for those harmed by sodium valproate.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government departme...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCongenital Abnormalities: Foetal Valproate Spectrum DisorderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children with a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome also have a diagnosis of (a) spina bifida, (b) neural tube defects, (c) cardiac malformations, (d) kidney malformations and (e) cleft
Answer: Everyone who has been harmed from sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies. The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism and Foetal Valproate Spectrum DisorderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder also have a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome.
Answer: Everyone who has been harmed from sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies. Information on the number of children diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder and a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome is not collected centrally.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPakistan: GirlsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of (a) abductions, (b) forced marriages and (c) religious conversions of (i) Chri
Answer: Promoting the rights of religious minorities is a core part of the UK's diplomatic engagement in Pakistan. I am deeply concerned by reports of abductions, forced marriages and religious conversions of Christian and other minority girls. I raised the impor...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCredit: RegulationTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60040More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to require merchants that might offer unregulated Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) once BNPL regulation is in force to provide clear information to consumers to make it clear that certain consu
Answer: Regulating the Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) sector is a government priority. On 19 May, the government introduced legislation to bring BNPL products into regulation. Our legislative approach will disapply the elements of the consumer credit regulatory regime...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCredit: RegulationTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60039More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Financial Conduct Authority is able to deliver final rules for Buy Now, Pay Later regulation that are proportionate to the product.
Answer: Regulating the Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) sector is a government priority. On 19 May, the government introduced legislation to bring BNPL products into regulation. Our legislative approach will disapply the elements of the consumer credit regulatory regime...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCredit: RegulationTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60038More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that consumers are made aware that some forms of buy now, pay later will remain unregulated when BNPL regulation is in force.
Answer: Regulating the Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) sector is a government priority. On 19 May, the government introduced legislation to bring BNPL products into regulation. Our legislative approach will disapply the elements of the consumer credit regulatory regime...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNepal: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the protection of religious freedom for Christian communities in Nepal, in the context of (a) recent political movements advoca
Answer: The UK condemns all forms of discrimination based on religion or belief, recognising that freedom of religion is a cornerstone of human rights and democratic societies. Our Embassy in Kathmandu engages a range of different faith leaders and civil society ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the market costs of specialist assessments given under the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund; and whether applicants applying for an assessment of need will
Answer: The department took a range of factors into account when setting the new £3,000 fair access limit for the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF). In the 2024/25 financial year, the average cost per ASGSF recipient was £3,170 for therapy an...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the market cost of therapeutic support interventions delivered via the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, and what assessment her Department has made of the
Answer: The department took a range of factors into account when setting the new £3,000 fair access limit for the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF). In the 2024/25 financial year, the average cost per ASGSF recipient was £3,170 for therapy an...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) allocated Departmental budget, (b) amount of overspend, (c) amount of surrendered funds not used by local authorities and (d) amount of surrendered funds repurposed for other applications for the a
Answer: The table below provides the data requested on the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF). 2023/24 financial year2024/25 financial yearAverage amount of ASGSF funding awarded per recipient (total covers therapy and specialist assessments ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the average amount of funding allocated per child awarded via the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: The table below provides the data requested on the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF). 2023/24 financial year2024/25 financial yearAverage amount of ASGSF funding awarded per recipient (total covers therapy and specialist assessments ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press notice entitled Government outlines ambitious plans to level up activities for young people, published on 1 February 2022, whether it remains her Department's policy t
Answer: This government recognises the transformative role that youth services play in young people’s lives. That is why we are co-producing a new National Youth Strategy with young people and the sectors that support them.We committed to maintaining or increasin...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious FreedomMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of (a) freedom of religion or belief and (b) rights for people to engage in peaceful religious expression; and what
Answer: Freedom of religion or belief expression is a fundamental human right. The Government believes that everyone in Britain has the right to feel safe and at ease in the place where they live. Any individual or group is free to express views and beliefs, but ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: FinanceTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50483More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43043 on Environment Protection: Finance, if she will make it her policy to remove the provisions in the (a) UK Climate Transition Benchmarks and (b) UK Paris-align
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answers given to his questions in PQ UIN 48396 on 1 May 2025, PQ UIN 43043 and 43449 on 9 April 2025, PQ UIN 47194 on 28 April, and PQ 47196 on 30 April 2025.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceTreasuryTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49340More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of EU green finance regulations on levels of investment from Europe into UK defence (a) firms and (b) shares.
Answer: This Government does not see a conflict in green and sustainable investment contributing to our world-leading defence sector. There is considerable work to support the sector ongoing across government, including through the Chancellor’s growth mission and...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: FinanceTreasuryTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48884More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33375 on Environment Protection: Finance, whether the defence sector will be included in the UK Green Taxonomy.
Answer: The government has set out its ambition for the UK to be the world leader in sustainable finance. This includes delivering a regulatory framework to support sustainable growth and enable the private sector to realise the opportunities of the transition. T...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive on (a) Northern Ireland, (b) UK firms trading with the EU and (c) levels of di
Answer: Responsibility for assessing the impact of EU legislation ultimately lies with the European Commission, who have published their own impact assessment of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).CSDDD will apply to UK companies generat...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrident Submarines: ProcurementTreasuryTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48396More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43449 on Trident Submarines: Procurement, if she will make it her policy to amend assimilated EU law under the UK Benchmarks Regulation to remove the EU legacy law
Answer: As set out in the recent Call for Evidence on the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, having an effective regulatory environment is key to maintaining and enhancing our position as a global financial centre so that it can support growt...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Environment ProtectionMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33375 on Environment Protection: Finance, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) divestment and (b) the UK green finance framewor
Answer: This Government is clear that we see no conflict between sustainable investment and investment in our world-leading defence sector. The new Defence Industrial Strategy will align the UK’s economic and security priorities and unlock the potential of every ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
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