Kim Johnson MP: written questions
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Written questions
Universal Credit: ChildcareDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to update Universal Credit childcare costs regulations and guidance in line with paragraph 4.18 of the 2025 Budget.
Answer: The regulations and guidance will be updated when the childcare costs changes, announced at the 2025 Budget, are implemented.
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: ReorganisationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in relation to the FCDO 2030 restructuring review, when she expects to publish comparative data on staffing numbers by grade before and after the restructuring.
Answer: The Department recognises the importance of staff morale and retention, as well as continuity of delivery, throughout this process. Senior leadership are engaging regularly with staff to provide clarity and support. HR continues to meet trade unions twice...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: ReorganisationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in relation to the FCDO 2030 restructuring review, Ministers have undertaken of departmental priorities to reflect any anticipated short-term disruption to delivery.
Answer: The Department recognises the importance of staff morale and retention, as well as continuity of delivery, throughout this process. Senior leadership are engaging regularly with staff to provide clarity and support. HR continues to meet trade unions twice...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: ReorganisationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in relation to the FCDO 2030 restructuring review, what steps she is taking to ensure continuity of departmental delivery during the period in which staff are applying for ne
Answer: The Department recognises the importance of staff morale and retention, as well as continuity of delivery, throughout this process. Senior leadership are engaging regularly with staff to provide clarity and support. HR continues to meet trade unions twice...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: ReorganisationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the restructuring process on staff morale and retention.
Answer: The Department recognises the importance of staff morale and retention, as well as continuity of delivery, throughout this process. Senior leadership are engaging regularly with staff to provide clarity and support. HR continues to meet trade unions twice...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether prisoners who are engaged in work make contributions to their pension funds.
Answer: Prisoners can normally make voluntary contributions to their own existing private pension, in line with the rules of their scheme or terms of contract, and subject to proceeds of crime rules. However, prisoners engaged in paid work while serving a sentenc...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPensions: PrisonersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether prisoners above pension age receive pensions in accordance with the contributions they have made.
Answer: In relation to private or occupational pensions, a custodial sentence does not generally affect an individual's entitlement to receive benefits from a private or workplace pension. Members may continue to receive pension payments in accordance with the ru...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the interventions available to unreleased prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection differ from those available to other prisoners serving such sentences.
Answer: There are a range of interventions aimed at reducing reoffending and aiding resettlement into the community. These are allocated on an individual basis. Those working with prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) will identi...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to unreleased prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection.
Answer: The Government remains determined to support the rehabilitation of IPP prisoners, through the IPP Action Plan, which we published on 17 July 2025. The Plan sets out actions and associated targets, to ensure that those serving IPP sentences, including thos...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Education and Employment SchemesMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made between prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection and those serving determinate sentences of levels of access to (a) education, (b) employment train
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all prisoners, including those serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences, have access to appropriate rehabilitative support. Access to education, employment training and resettlement services i...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Mental HealthMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department receives from NHS providers on the mental health conditions of prisoners serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection.
Answer: The NHS is responsible for delivering healthcare services, including mental health services, in prisons in England and Wales.All prisoners, including those serving IPP sentences, have access to integrated mental health services. Healthcare provision is ba...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: StressDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection have been diagnosed with Continuous Traumatic Stress.
Answer: The information requested is not held by NHS England as it does not hold sentencing information.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were in prison on recall on 30 April 2026.
Answer: The power to recall is a vital public protection measure. Where an offender serving an IPP sentence is recalled to custody, it is because the Probation Service has assessed that the offender’s risk has escalated to the point where the offender may no long...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release and Prisoners' TransfersMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection received a positive direction from the Parole Board for (a) release and (b) transfer to open conditions following a
Answer: The power to recall is a vital public protection measure. Where an offender serving an IPP sentence is recalled to custody, it is because the Probation Service has assessed that the offender’s risk has escalated to the point where the offender may no long...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release and Prisoners TransfersMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection received a positive direction from the Parole Board for (a) release and (b) transfer to open conditions following a
Answer: The power to recall is a vital public protection measure. Where an offender serving an IPP sentence is recalled to custody, it is because the Probation Service has assessed that the offender’s risk has escalated to the point where the offender may no long...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordParole: CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of Parole Board hearings relating to people serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection who had been recalled to custody having not committed
Answer: The power to recall is a vital public protection measure. Where an offender serving an IPP sentence is recalled to custody, it is because the Probation Service has assessed that the offender’s risk has escalated to the point where the offender may no long...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection were recalled to custody having not committed a further offence in each of the last three reporting years.
Answer: The power to recall is a vital public protection measure. Where an offender serving an IPP sentence is recalled to custody, it is because the Probation Service has assessed that the offender’s risk has escalated to the point where the offender may no long...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of recommendations made by Local Advisory Panels to downgrade prisoners from Category A status were (a) agreed by the Category A Review Team, (b) approved by senior decision-makers wi
Answer: Prisoners held as Category A / Restricted Status are subject to a structured review process, with a formal review after two years and annually thereafter. These reviews are informed by progress reports and considered by a Local Advisory Panel (LAP), which...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were (a) made, (b) granted and (c) refused for Category A oral hearings in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Prisoners held as Category A / Restricted Status are subject to a structured review process, with a formal review after two years and annually thereafter. These reviews are informed by progress reports and considered by a Local Advisory Panel (LAP), which...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education regarding the treatment within the immigration system of care leavers formerly looked after by local authorities in the context o
Answer: The Home Office continues to engage with the Department for Education regarding the treatment within the immigration system of adult care leavers formerly looked after by local authorities in the context of enforced removals.There is no prohibition on the...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department’s policy to prioritise the enforced removal of individuals who are care leavers formerly looked after by a local authority; and what mandatory safeguarding and best intere
Answer: There is no policy that prioritises the enforced removal of individuals who are care leavers formerly looked after by a local authority.Decisions on whether to remove people from the UK are made on a case-by-case basis and the safety and practicality of a...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUSA: Airspace and Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legal basis under international law underpins the Government’s definition of “defensive operations” in relation to support for United States military activity.
Answer: As stated by the Prime Minister on 2 March 2026, our action is rooted in the principle of collective self‑defence of regional partners and in the protection of British lives. We have published a summary of our legal position, which sets this out clearly. ...
Answered 27 May 2026
Original Parliament recordUSA: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK locations, including civilian airports, have been used to support United States aircraft transiting to operations in the Middle East since the start of the Iran conflict in February 2026.
Answer: For operational security reasons, we will not comment further on foreign nations’ military aircraft movements.
Answered 27 May 2026
Original Parliament recordMilitary BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Government authorisation is required for refuelling, staging, maintenance, intelligence support and overflight, in addition to aircraft launching from UK territory.
Answer: Permissions to utilise UK military bases are considered on a case-by-case basis and the decision to grant permission is dependent on the nature and purpose of their activity. This includes consideration of the applicable legal and policy frameworks.
Answered 27 May 2026
Original Parliament recordUSA: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he reviews target-level information before approving United States missions supported from UK bases.
Answer: As announced by the Prime Minister on 1 March 2026, the Government agreed to a US request to use UK bases for specific and limited defensive purposes against facilities in Iran which are involved in launching strikes at regional allies. All UK support to ...
Answered 27 May 2026
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