Julian Lewis MP: written questions
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Charities: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17761More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on the ability of (a) Citizens Advice services and (b) other community-centred cha
Answer: In order to repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the Government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance. HMRC recently published on 13 November a Tax Infor...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAnalgesicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on (a) doctors and (b) other qualified medical personnel administering pain-relieving drugs which may shorten lives; and whether regulations on that issue changed after the convi
Answer: A wide variety of medicines are used for the purpose of pain-relief, and they have differing levels of regulation. Some items can be bought off-the-shelf without a prescription, whilst others require authorisation from a medical professional. The Human Me...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17064More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Fire and Rescue Service is not receiving the exemption from the rise in National Insurance contributions as the other Emergency Services.
Answer: To repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to fund public services, the Government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance. The Government will provide support for public sector employers, including ...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNurses: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure the availability of learning disability nursing studies programmes in the South East.
Answer: Individual universities are responsible for the courses that they offer. We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service. A central and core part of this plan will be our workforce, and how we ensure we train and provide the s...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the remit of the Care Quality Commission to include vision rehabilitation services for blind and partially sighted people.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities in England have a legal duty to support people with sight loss to develop practical skills and strategies to maintain independence. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is now assessing how local authorities are mee...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBBC Monitoring and BBC World Service: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 4.44 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, whether any of the additional funding allocated to the BBC World Service wil
Answer: The Autumn Budget 2024 announced a government grant funding uplift for the BBC World Service in 2025-26. The uplift is for the BBC World Service only, ensuring it can continue to operate in 42 languages and helping to maintain its crisis response capabili...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help end violations of freedom of religion or belief in Afghanistan.
Answer: The Government continues to call for the human rights of all Afghans to be protected, including the freedom of religion or belief, and we regularly press the Taliban on this through our Doha based UK Mission to Afghanistan. Ministers and officials also en...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBuilding Alterations: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will remove the presumption in favour of granting planning permission for developments which build extra stories on top of occupied apartment blocks.
Answer: As set out in our consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, the government supports upward extensions as a route to urban intensification. Planning policy makes clear that local authorities should support upward extension...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHip ReplacementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS patients harmed by cobalt poisoning from modular neck hip replacements in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is aware of concerns regarding modular neck hips and the risk of cobalt poisoning. We are investigating the issue with our stakeholders including the British Orthopaedic Association, British H...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on the security of the Diego Garcia strategic base; whether he consulted Lord Robertson of Port
Answer: This historic agreement protects the long-term secure operation of the UK-US base on Diego Garcia with Mauritius, which plays such a crucial role in regional and international security. We have full Mauritian backing for robust security arrangements, incl...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants attempting to enter the United Kingdom illegally in small boats have died in the English Channel in each of the last five years: how many such fatalities were children; and how many
Answer: There have been 31 tragedies, since August 2019, where 97 people are confirmed to have died and at least 14 people have been reported as missing at sea, presumed dead, as a result of or linked to attempting these dangerous crossings.Numbers of fatalitiesD...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRussia: UkraineMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the use of gas by Russia in Ukraine; and whether he plans to supply respirators to Ukraine.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence continues to assess and monitor the evolving threat picture in Ukraine, including Russian use of chemicals as a method of warfare. The UK has been at the forefront of international support and assistance to the armed forces of Ukra...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFreeportsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the (a) freeport approved for the Solent area and (b) freeports programme.
Answer: Future plans for the Freeports Programme are being carefully considered as part of the ongoing Spending Review process.This does not change the fact that Solent Freeport, alongside the other seven English Freeports and the two Scottish Green Freeports, ha...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: ContractsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of the outsourcing by a commercial subcontractor of work to coders based in Belarus; what remedial steps he has taken; whether he has ma
Answer: Both the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Rolls-Royce Submarines (RRS) investigated a subcontractor's outsourcing of development work for a RRS intranet page; this IT system is separate to the RRS classified systems. The investigation found no evidence that ...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHomicide: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances an individual arrested for murder is (a) held in custody and (b) released on police bail.
Answer: A suspect arrested on suspicion of murder may be held in custody before charge where the custody officer a) is determining whether he has before him sufficient evidence to charge them with the offence for which he was arrested and b) has reasonable ground...
Answered 3 Sept 2024
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