John McDonnell MP: written questions
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Members: CorrespondenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the correspondence dated 7 December 2024 from the Public and Commercial Services Union.
Answer: A response to the Public and Commercial Services Union was sent on 3 February 2025. I apologise for the delay in responding. Defra officials will discuss the implementation of the new framework with the relevant unions.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health: Debt CollectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of (a) debt collection practices and (b) the use of bailiffs by (i) private companies, (ii) local authorities and (
Answer: We recognise the effect that debt collection practices and the use of bailiffs can have on some people’s mental health. That is why we have worked with colleagues at HM Treasury and the Money and Pensions Service to promote the mental health Breathing Spa...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the judgment in Clifford v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2025] EWHC 53 (Comm), for what reason she proceeded with the case.
Answer: The Courts have found the previous government failed to explain their proposals adequately. We felt, on balance that the consultation that was under challenge had provided people with sufficient information and time to respond intelligently to the proposa...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability Assessment: Public ConsultationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of the legal fees incurred in the judicial review of the work capability assessment consultation.
Answer: Judgment was handed down in the Work Capability Assessment (WCA): Activities and Descriptors consultation Judicial Review on 16 January 2025. DWP’s litigation costs between 1 November 2023 and 21 January 2025 were £211,345.42. DWP has been ordered to pay ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring NHS trusts to develop long-term plans for the (a) cancer and (b) diagnostic workforce including (i) training and (ii) consultant p
Answer: The Government recognises that a cancer-specific approach is needed to meet the challenges in cancer care, and to improve outcomes for people living with cancer. Following publication of the 10-Year Health Plan, we will publish a new national cancer plan,...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer and Radiology: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase speciality training places in (a) radiology and (b) oncology.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need, including radiologists and oncologists, to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places meets the d...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recruitment freezes in the NHS diagnostics workforce on plans to ensure same day scan results in Community Diagnostic Centres.
Answer: We are aware of cases where trusts have put recruitment restrictions in place for diagnostic services. How systems and trusts resource plan internally within their budgets is a matter for local discretion, and as such we will not be taking action at a nat...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer and Radiology: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include an expansion of (a) radiology and (b) oncology speciality training places in the next iteration of the Long Term Workforce Plan.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need, including radiologists and oncologists, to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places meets the d...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTonnage TaxTreasuryTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23116More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to discuss the Tonnage Tax scheme with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) shipowners and (c) maritime trade unions as part of the current Spending Review.
Answer: Tonnage Tax is an advantageous corporation tax regime for shipping companies. It was introduced in 2000 to improve the competitiveness of the UK’s shipping industry. As set out on GOV.UK, the Government forecasts that the cost of the regime in 2024-25 w...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: Tonnage TaxTreasuryTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23115More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the update to Non-structural tax relief statistics, published on 5 December 2024, if she will provide an annual breakdown of the relief from Corporation Tax received by qualifying shipowners in the
Answer: Tonnage Tax is an advantageous corporation tax regime for shipping companies. It was introduced in 2000 to improve the competitiveness of the UK’s shipping industry. As set out on GOV.UK, the Government forecasts that the cost of the regime in 2024-25 w...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Film InstituteDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the British Film Institute on public sector duties under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: No.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Film InstituteDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the British Film Institute on the potential adverse impacts on equality grounds of the position of Education/Film Programmer, Adult Community.
Answer: No, ministers have not had any such discussions with the BFI. Staffing decisions within the BFI are operational matters for the organisation, which is responsible for ensuring its compliance with relevant equality legislation and its own equality, diversi...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Film InstituteDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the British Film Institute on the potential impact on Black (a) communities and (b) audiences of the position of Education/Film Programmer, Adult Community.
Answer: No, ministers have not had any such discussions with the BFI. Staffing decisions within the BFI are operational matters for the organisation, which is responsible for ensuring its compliance with relevant equality legislation and its own equality, diversi...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Film InstituteDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the British Film Institute on a race equality impact assessment for the position of Education/Film Programmer, Adult Community.
Answer: No, ministers have not had any such discussions with the BFI. Staffing decisions within the BFI are operational matters for the organisation, which is responsible for ensuring its compliance with relevant equality legislation and its own equality, diversi...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Film InstituteDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the British Film Institute on the position of Education/Film Programmer, Adult Community.
Answer: No, ministers have not had any such discussions with the BFI. Staffing decisions within the BFI are operational matters for the organisation, which is responsible for ensuring its compliance with relevant equality legislation and its own equality, diversi...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHouseboatsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to help ensure that the children of the families of boat dwellers without a permanent mooring are able to reasonably achieve daily access to education without t
Answer: Navigation authorities are responsible for operational matters on their waterways, and that boaters using navigable waterways are required to comply with the terms of their licences for the benefit of all waterway users. The Canal and River Trust has prov...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInland WaterwaysDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) the Transport Infrastructure Planning Unit has had recent discussions with the Canal and River Trust on a proposal for (i) an order under the Transport and Works
Answer: Defra officials meet regularly with Canal and River Trust senior management to discuss a range of issues. The Trust has recently announced the formation of an independent Commission to review the legal framework around boat licensing so that it reflects t...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHouseboatsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent boat dwellers without a permanent mooring from (a) having their homes seized and (b) being financially penalised in enforcement action by (i) the Canal
Answer: All navigation authorities in England and Wales are responsible for operational matters on their waterways, including setting fees and charges for those using them and the use of corresponding enforcement powers, under the relevant statutory provisions. T...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many targeted case reviews her Department expects to have carried by the end of 2024.
Answer: Since the start of Targeted Case Review, the Department expects to have completed around 815,000 Universal Credit claim reviews by the end of December 2024. Figure is rounded to the nearest 5000.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether algorithm driven risk scoring is being used in the process of selecting Universal Credit claimants for a Targeted Case Review.
Answer: Algorithm driven risk scoring is not used when selecting cases for a Targeted Case Review.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14622 on Alaa Abd El-Fattah, whether the Prime Minister made representations to his Egyptian counterpart on the case of
Answer: The UK Government remains committed to securing the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah. We continue to raise Mr El-Fattah's case at the highest levels with the Egyptian Government. The Prime Minister did not raise the case with President Sisi at the G20 summit...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Manchester AirportHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what redeployment options are available to Border Force staff who are potentially unable to work new rosters at Manchester Airport from 1 April 2025.
Answer: Manchester Airport Group are investing £1.3 Billion in infrastructure transformation at Manchester Airport. During 2025, the Airport will transition from being a three-terminal operation to two terminals, and forecast passenger growth of 22% over the next...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Manchester AirportHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has held with the PCS union over proposed changes to Border Force rosters at Manchester Airport from 1 April 2025.
Answer: Manchester Airport Group are investing £1.3 Billion in infrastructure transformation at Manchester Airport. During 2025, the Airport will transition from being a three-terminal operation to two terminals, and forecast passenger growth of 22% over the next...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Manchester AirportHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what equality impact assessment has been made of the proposed changes to Border Force rosters at Manchester Airport from 1 April 2025.
Answer: Manchester Airport Group are investing £1.3 Billion in infrastructure transformation at Manchester Airport. During 2025, the Airport will transition from being a three-terminal operation to two terminals, and forecast passenger growth of 22% over the next...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordProducts: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward secondary legislation under the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill once enacted.
Answer: The Bill will give us the powers we need to make necessary changes to the product regulation framework. Secondary legislation is subject to the Bill receiving Royal Assent and subsequent parliamentary time in passing any secondary legislation. It is too e...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
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