Kim Johnson MP: written questions 2024
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Prison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving an imprisonment for public protection sentence in prison were originally given a tariff of (a) six months, (b) 12 months, (c) 18 months, (d) two years, (e) three yea
Answer: The number of prisoners serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) who have never been released, as of 30 June 2024, and were sentenced to tariffs of six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years, three years and five years or under, fiv...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPupil Referral UnitsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 14 October 2024 to Question 7569 on Special Educational Needs and Question 7570 on Pupil Referral Units, how many and what proportion of children who had been excluded from school wer
Answer: The department does not currently hold statistics showing how many children who had been excluded from school were then registered at Pupil Referral Units. However, there are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time educ...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum and ImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to consult civil society before publishing the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
Answer: The King’s Speech on 17 July confirmed the Government will introduce the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to deliver enhanced powers to tackle organised immigration crime whilst providing for strong and effective border security. Work is under...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department confidentially destroys third party data received as part of Equifax checks conducted in fee waiver applications.
Answer: The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to minimise unnecessary data (a) collection and (b) sharing through Equifax during the fee waiver application process.
Answer: The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department began using Equifax checks as part of the fee waiver assessment process for leave to remain applications.
Answer: The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: TravellersDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Education Policy Institute's Annual Report 2024, published on 16 July 2024, what steps she plans to take to tackle disadvantage gaps identified in that report for (a) Gypsy and Roma pupils
Answer: Every child, regardless of background, deserves the opportunity to progress and succeed in school and beyond. This government is committed to breaking the link between young people’s backgrounds and their future success.The department recognises the issue...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlternative Education: TravellersDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Institute for Public Policy Research's report entitled Who is losing learning, the case for reducing exclusions across mainstream schools, published on 5 September 2024, what steps her Departm
Answer: The government has committed to taking a community-wide approach to improving inclusion of all children in mainstream schools, whatever their background. The department will see alternative providers working with mainstream schools to provide high quality...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Furniture PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty taskforce plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of furniture poverty on families in social rented homes.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce has started urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in Spring and will explore all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. The taskforce is exploring a ...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the end of the Household Support Fund on the number of people in poverty.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the impact of the Household Support Fund on poverty. The Government announced funding to extend the Household Support Fund for a further 6 months, from 1 October 2024 until 31 March 2025. An additional £421 million has been ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Furniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of households living in social housing without essential pieces of furniture.
Answer: The department does not collect data on the number of households living in social housing without essential pieces of furniture. Social housing residents in need may be able to get help with essential items from their local council through the ‘Household ...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRacial DiscriminationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government, whether she plans to respond to the report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination entitled Concluding observations on the combined twenty-fourth to twenty-
Answer: The UK condemns all forms of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia and related forms of intolerance and we remain steadfast in our commitment to combatting it, at home and abroad. This includes bringing forward new legislation to tackle persistent ...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish an equality impact assessment of the potential impact on groups with protected characteristics of the counter-extremism strategy review.
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned a rapid review of extremism and our current approach to tackling this issue. We are reviewing a range of work, as well as engaging and learning from a range of voices across government, academia, communities and interna...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that her Department's new counter-extremism strategy effectively distinguishes between (a) legitimate political or religious expression and (b) actions that pose
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned a rapid review of extremism and our current approach to tackling this issue. We are reviewing a range of work, as well as engaging and learning from a range of voices across government, academia, communities and interna...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the (i) fairness, (ii) effectiveness and (iii) proportionality new measures introduced following her Department's rapid review of extremism
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned a rapid review of extremism and our current approach to tackling this issue. We are reviewing a range of work, as well as engaging and learning from a range of voices across government, academia, communities and interna...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there will a formal consultation process for her Department's rapid review of extremism policy.
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned a rapid review of extremism and our current approach to tackling this issue. We are reviewing a range of work, as well as engaging and learning from a range of voices across government, academia, communities and interna...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish (a) the terms of reference for, (b) details of who will be involved in and (c) details of a consultation process for the review of her Department's counter-extremism strat
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned a rapid review of extremism and our current approach to tackling this issue. We are reviewing a range of work, as well as engaging and learning from a range of voices across government, academia, communities and interna...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's planned timetable is for its rapid review of extremism policy.
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned a rapid review of extremism and our current approach to tackling this issue. We are reviewing a range of work, as well as engaging and learning from a range of voices across government, academia, communities and interna...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPupil Referral UnitsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are registered at pupil referral units by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity, (c) free school meals status and (d) region.
Answer: Information on pupil referral units is reported within the school census. The most recent publication is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics. By following this link yo...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children attend special educational needs schools by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity, (c) free school meals status and (d) region.
Answer: Information on children attending special schools is reported within the school census, with the most recent publication available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics. To access...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Tables 5Aii and 6Aii in the official statistics entitled Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to July 2024, published on 17 September 2024, if she will make an assessment
Answer: It is our aim to make the right decision as early as possible in the process. To support this we have made improvements to our decision-making processes, giving Decision Makers additional time to proactively contact customers if they think additional evid...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people whose personal independence payment appeals resulted in the decision being (a) lapsed and (b) overturned at tribunal hearing had their decision changed from no awa
Answer: The table below provides information on the total number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals, which were either lapsed or overturned at a tribunal hearing. It also includes the number of claimants who had no award prior to the appeal, and had t...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment appeals resulted in the decision being (a) lapsed and (b) overturned at tribunal hearing in each of the last five years.
Answer: The tables below provide information on the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal clearances; and whether they were lapsed or overturned at a tribunal hearing.Data provided is for the last five financial years. Table 1: Number of appeals cl...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordStudents: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce an alternative student finance product for Muslim students.
Answer: The department is committed to introducing an Alternative Student Finance (ASF) product, compatible with Islamic finance principles, as quickly as it can. To support this, in November we are reconvening the ASF working group, made up of representatives fr...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordConvictions: CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of compensation arrangements for people wrongly convicted of crimes in the context of the Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Oliver Campbell and The King, refer
Answer: The Government is unable to comment on individual cases. Anyone who has had their conviction quashed in an out of time appeal is able to apply for compensation under the statutory Miscarriage of Justice Application Service (MOJAS). The Law Commission is u...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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