Kim Johnson MP: written questions
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Written questions
Schools: Adrenaline Auto-injectorsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it mandatory for all schools to hold spare AAIs, and ensure relevant staff are trained in their use.
Answer: The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2017 have allowed all schools to buy adrenaline auto-injectors (AAI devices) without a prescription for emergency use on children who are at risk of anaphylaxis but whose own device is not available or not worki...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: VATTreasuryTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99247More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with hospitality businesses on the potential impact of the current rate of VAT on the viability of those businesses.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution made by hospitality businesses to economic growth and social life in the UK. The Chancellor and other Ministers meet with a range of businesses and their representatives to understand the impacts of G...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: SecurityDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) spending by the rail industry on private security and (b) her Department's funding for the British Transport Police.
Answer: The Department is committed to working with the rail industry as we move towards the creation of Great British Railways to ensure that security provision on the network keeps staff and passengers safe. The Department are currently undertaking analysis of ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: SecurityDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made on (a) value for money and (b) quality of service of bringing outsourced rail security provision in-house as contracts expire.
Answer: Ensuring value for money is a requirement for all DfT contracted train operators. Publicly owned train operators also have a duty to follow the guidance on managing public money.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTrain Operating Companies: SecurityDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of the train companies contracted to the DfT have outsourced security contracts; and the value and length of those contracts are.
Answer: The majority of DfT contracted train operators have contracts for specialist passenger facing security provision. Contract details for public sector operators can be found at this link https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder. Details of private sector operato...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it mandatory for all new housing development projects to ensure that 50% of the developed units are built for social rent, allowing the remaining 50% to be used f
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) makes clear that local authorities should assess the size, type, and tenure of housing needed for different groups, including those who require affordable housing (including Social Rent), and reflect this in t...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the ethnicity of individuals convicted under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018; and what steps are being taken to monitor and address any dispari
Answer: The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data on the number of convictions at criminal courts for an assault on an emergency worker by age and ethnicity in England and Wales. This data can be found in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be do...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on individuals with mental health conditions or neurodivergent profiles.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data on the number of convictions at criminal courts for an assault on an emergency worker by age and ethnicity in England and Wales. This data can be found in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be do...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals over the age of 18 have been convicted under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in each year since its introduction.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data on the number of convictions at criminal courts for an assault on an emergency worker by age and ethnicity in England and Wales. This data can be found in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be do...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the proportionality of arrests under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018, particularly in cases involving low-level contact or
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Home Office.The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, by financial year, sex, ethnicity, age group, offence group, and Police Force Area, as part of the Police Powers and Proc...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were arrested under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in the most recent year for which data is available, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Home Office.The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, by financial year, sex, ethnicity, age group, offence group, and Police Force Area, as part of the Police Powers and Proc...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 were made by each police force in England and Wales in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Home Office.The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, by financial year, sex, ethnicity, age group, offence group, and Police Force Area, as part of the Police Powers and Proc...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals arrested under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 were also arrested for other offences at the same time in each year since that Act's commencement
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Home Office.The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, by financial year, sex, ethnicity, age group, offence group, and Police Force Area, as part of the Police Powers and Proc...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were arrested under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in each year since its introduction; and how many of those arrests resulted in no further ac
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Home Office.The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, by financial year, sex, ethnicity, age group, offence group, and Police Force Area, as part of the Police Powers and Proc...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUnited Arab Emirates: Arms TradeMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 68798 on Yemen: Military Intervention, whether his Department maintains its Tracker database of alleged instances of breaches or violations of Internationa
Answer: The UK maintained a database of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law by members of the Saudi Led Coalition in Yemen, including the United Arab Emirates. As the Coalition no longer operates in Yemen and there have b...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many incidents have been logged as alleged international humanitarian law violations reportedly conducted by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan since the civil war broke o
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 18 November.
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: DeathMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the current total amount of (a) compensation and (b) civil claim payments made to families of prisoners who have died in custody while serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Pr
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. Information relating to payments relating to civil claims following the death in custody of prisoners is not broken down by sentence-type. It remains a priority for the Government that all those on IPP sent...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for the termination of IPP licences have been refused in each of the past 12 months; and what proportion of total applications that represents.
Answer: The process of terminating an IPP licence does not require an application to be made. Rather, the Secretary of State for Justice has a statutory obligation to refer an offender serving an IPP sentence to the Parole Board once three years have elapsed sinc...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison 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
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