Josh Simons MP: written questions
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Written questions
Employment SchemesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on implementing the proposals in the Get Britain Working white paper.
Answer: We are getting on with delivery. Fundamental reform will be delivered through:• Transformation of jobcentres to support people into and on in work.• Working with local areas to tackle economic inactivity.A Youth Guarantee for 18-21's in England to benefit...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFireworks: MakerfieldDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to reduce firework misuse in Makerfield constituency.
Answer: Enforcement powers exist for local authorities to take action when fireworks are unsafe, sold illegally or misused. Local authorities and the police also have powers to tackle anti-social behaviour caused by the misuse of fireworks. It is for local areas ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMigraines: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support for people who experience migraines; and whether he plans to provide additional support.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guideline, Headaches: Diagnosis and management of headaches in young people and adults, updated in December 2021, sets out best practice for healthcare professionals in the care, treatment, an...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDisposable Wipes: PlasticsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to ban the (a) sale and (b) manufacture of wet wipes that contain plastic.
Answer: The Government is working together with the devolved Governments to understand the issue, with a view to legislate to ban wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversities: ChinaDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) ensure that academic (i) funding and (ii) other resources are not used to support Chinese state surveillance and (b) protect universities from national security r
Answer: The UK welcomes international partnerships and students, including those from China, who make a very positive impact on the UK’s higher education (HE) sector, economy and society as a whole. However, the UK will always protect its national security intere...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much has been spent on the statutory element of Shared Parental Leave since its inception (a) in total and (b) by (i) geographical area and (ii) industry.
Answer: Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that the total value of payments made to individuals in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay was £178.9m between 2014/15 and 2023/24 (the latest year for which full year data is available). The table bel...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the contractual regime for Sunday working for train conductors in the North West; and what steps she plans to take to ensure that Sunday services ar
Answer: Sundays currently fall outside of the working week for 95 per cent of Northern’s conductors in the North-West, making the service reliant on staff volunteering to work their days off. This is a key contributing factor to the unacceptably high levels of ca...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Contributions: British Nationals AbroadTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8512More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the Exchequer loss from UK citizens working abroad paying Class 2 NICs to build up entitlement to a state pension; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requirin
Answer: The Government has made no estimate of this. The Government keeps all tax policy under review.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPregnancy TestsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests, published in March 2024.
Answer: We are hugely sympathetic to the families who believe that they or their children have suffered because of using hormone pregnancy tests (HPTs). The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, together with the wider Government, have committed to...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) his planned timescale is and (b) the terms of reference are for the review of parental leave; and who will conduct the review.
Answer: As committed to in the Plan to Make Work Pay, the Government will review the system of parental leave to ensure that it better supports working parents. We are still in the early planning stages for this Review and are actively considering the parameters ...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to compensate women wrongly underpaid their state pension.
Answer: The Department is addressing two areas which have resulted in the underpayment of State Pension. We expect the majority of customers affected to be women.On the State Pension Underpayment Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practices (LEAP) exercise and...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMineworkers Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to return money the Government (a) has received and (b) will receive from the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.
Answer: Our Manifesto committed to reviewing the surplus sharing arrangements and transferring the Investment Reserve back to scheme members. We are committed to ending the injustice of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme and work on delivering these commitments is a...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: RegistrationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people being removed from dentist registries due to (a) missing appointments and (b) failing to make timely appointments.
Answer: Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly. NHS dental practices are contracted to deliver a course of treatment to an individual irrespective...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Gas: BillingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with Ofgem on British Gas's billing system migration; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of that migration on customers.
Answer: Regulation of energy suppliers is a matter for Ofgem. All retail energy suppliers are required to meet the standard license conditions set out by Ofgem which detail the minimum standards customers must be provided. Suppliers are expected to provide custom...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Hindley: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for the expansion of HMP Hindley.
Answer: The expansion at HMP Hindley will deliver c.500 places through two new houseblocks, as part of our wider prison build programme. The contract is being finalised and once concluded we expect the construction period to take c.3 years.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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