Kim Johnson MP: written questions 2025
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Prison Officers: Migrant WorkersMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers subject to dismissal following recent changes to Skilled Worker visa salary thresholds; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of those
Answer: We are clear that net migration as a whole must come down after quadrupling in recent years as we replace Britain’s failed immigration system with one that is controlled, selective and fair.Assessments of the number of individuals subject to dismissal fol...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been issued to Gazan children seeking medical evacuation to the UK since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, th...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to implement (a) foster care reforms, (b) initiatives to improve the (i) recruitment and (ii) retention of foster carers and (c) other measures outlined in the Government’s r
Answer: We must take urgent action to substantially increase foster care numbers. The government is delivering a regional programme for fostering recruitment and retention to streamline the process for prospective carers. There are ten regional fostering recruitm...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many phases of roll-out of free breakfast clubs will there be; when is the next phase due to start rolling out; which schools will be eligible for the second phase roll-out; and when can all state primary s
Answer: The government is committed to deliver on its pledge to provide a free breakfast club in every state-funded school with primary-aged children. The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill means that those schools with children on roll from Reception to Year ...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of Prison Education Service Core Education contracts between 1 October 2025 and 31 March 2026.
Answer: The value of the Prisoner Education Service Core Education contracts between 1 October 2025 and 31 March 2026 is £51 million. This figure excludes Lot 10 (West Midlands prisons), where existing contracts under the Prison Education Framework have been exte...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UN Secretary-General’s report entitled Situation concerning Western Sahara: report of the Secretary-General, published on 30 September 2025, if she will
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided on 29 October to Question 84938.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the UN Secretary-General’s report entitled Situation concerning Western Sahara: report of the S
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 30 October to Question 85129.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: Proof of IdentityCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83452More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration he has given to the role of post offices in (a) onboarding and (b) supporting people who suffer from (i) identity and (ii) digital exclusion during the roll out of the digital identity scheme.
Answer: The new digital ID will be designed to be inclusive. We will launch a public consultation and have already started to engage with a range of expert organisations and community groups. We will deliver a comprehensive inclusion programme to ensure everyone ...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83451More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of creating a dedicated form of business rates relief for post offices.
Answer: The Government has no plans to introduce a targeted business rates relief for post offices. However, as set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties with rat...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: Bank ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's Green Paper: Future of Post Office, published on 14 July 2025, what progress the Department has made in hosting discussions between Post Office and the banking sector
Answer: The Economic Secretary to the Treasury and I plan to co-chair a roundtable with the Post Office and key banks. This will provide an opportunity to discuss where future potential collaboration, on a commercial and voluntary basis, may be in the interests o...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a maximum waiting time target for children’s community health services.
Answer: Community health services are an essential building block in developing a neighbourhood health service, working closely with primary care, social care, and other community services to provide more care in the community to spot problems early.We are commit...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Integrated Care Boards to reduce waiting times for (a) speech and language therapy, (b) physiotherapy, (a) community paediatrics and (d) other communi
Answer: Community health services are an essential building block in developing a neighbourhood health service, working closely with primary care, social care, and other community services to provide more care in the community to spot problems early.We are commit...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to Integrated Care Boards to support the delivery of children’s community health services in each of the last three years.
Answer: Children’s community health services are part of integrated care board (ICB) core commissioning responsibilities. ICBs are given a non-ring-fenced allocation from which to commission services to meet these responsibilities and therefore there is no separa...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the workforce capacity in children’s community health services.
Answer: We are committed to reducing long waits and improving timely access to community health services, including for children’s community services. We are working closely with NHS England to improve access to community health services and on actions to reduce ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of waiting times for children’s community health services; and what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for those services.
Answer: Community health services are an essential building block in developing a neighbourhood health service, working closely with primary care, social care, and other community services to provide more care in the community to spot problems early.We are commit...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOrigin Marking: Western SaharaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July to Question 61881 on Western Sahara: Origin Marking, what discussions her Department has had with Tesco on the adequacy of its labelling of products fr
Answer: Under UK regulations, supermarket product selection remains a matter of retailer discretion, contingent upon compliance with food and labelling laws. Retailers operate independently and make sourcing decisions based on commercial, ethical, and consumer co...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Trade AgreementsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July to Question 61880 on Western Sahara: Trade Agreements, what discussions she has had with Sahrawi representatives on trade with Western Sahara
Answer: Trade agreements negotiated by the UK are conducted with sovereign states and in accordance with international law. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials regularly meet Sahrawi representatives to discuss UK policy on Western Sahara...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencing: ReviewsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution during the Second Reading of the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill, Official Report, column 997, what recent progress his Department has made on the review
Answer: The previous Lord Chancellor commissioned a review of the latest data on sentencing disparities and its causes. I will provide more information on this in due course.
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to make changes to the eligibility criteria for indefinite leave to remain for people who have had continuous residence in the UK for 10 years.
Answer: We will be consulting on the new settlement rules later this year. Following that, we will provide details of how this initiative will work, including on any transitional arrangements for people already in the UK.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Counter-terrorismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent attacks on Kurdish-majority areas on (a) the long-term stability of regions formerly liberated from ISIS with t
Answer: We were concerned by the recent escalation of violence in the Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods in Aleppo on 6 October and welcomed the swift ceasefire agreement reached between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Government. It is vital that both sides...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with (a) representatives of the Syrian Democratic Forces and (b) other local partners on measures to protect civilians in Kurdish-majority are
Answer: We were concerned by the recent escalation of violence in the Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods in Aleppo on 6 October and welcomed the swift ceasefire agreement reached between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Government. It is vital that both sides...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her international partners to help support humanitarian access to Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in Aleppo.
Answer: We were concerned by the recent escalation of violence in the Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods in Aleppo on 6 October and welcomed the swift ceasefire agreement reached between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Government. It is vital that both sides...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports that armed groups affiliated with the Syrian Interim Government have (a) carried
Answer: We were concerned by the recent escalation of violence in the Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods in Aleppo on 6 October and welcomed the swift ceasefire agreement reached between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Government. It is vital that both sides...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81998More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) unallocated cases and queries, (b) cases and queries allocated but not yet in progress and (c) cases and queries in progress but not yet completed being dealt with by the Civil Service Pension Schem
Answer: MyCSP; the Civil Service pension scheme administrator, does not record the data in the format requested. It reports to the Cabinet Office on a monthly basis. 85,503 new work items were received for the month of September. A work item reflects an individua...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the Fourth Report of Session 2024-25 of the Education Committee, Children’s Social Care, published on 10 July 2025, HC 430; and whether she plans to accept the recommendation on the
Answer: The department responded to the Fourth Report of the Session 2024-25 of the Education Committee, Children’s Social Care in September 2025. This includes our response to recommendation 29: ‘The Department for Education must put in place a national fosterin...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
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