Kim Johnson MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Prisons: ProcurementMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question HL3055, Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance, whether the public sector will be allowed to bid for new contracts for the provision of maintenance services for pr
Answer: The Ministry of Justice will not be inviting public sector bids for the provision of maintenance services for prisons. A 2023 assessment undertaken in partnership with the Cabinet Office determined that a privatised solution was the preferred option for m...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence have been recalled to prison due to criminal allegations made against them which did not result in further polic
Answer: Data on the number of offenders recalled to custody after becoming homeless are not held centrally and could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.Information about the number of IPP recalls is published in quarterly offender management statistics - O...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence have been recalled to prison by (a) category and (b) reason for recall, in each of the past eight quarters.
Answer: Data on the number of offenders recalled to custody after becoming homeless are not held centrally and could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.Information about the number of IPP recalls is published in quarterly offender management statistics - O...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HomelessnessMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an IPP sentence have been recalled to prison because of homelessness in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: Data on the number of offenders recalled to custody after becoming homeless are not held centrally and could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.Information about the number of IPP recalls is published in quarterly offender management statistics - O...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HomelessnessMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been recalled to prison because of homelessness in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: Data on the number of offenders recalled to custody after becoming homeless are not held centrally and could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.Information about the number of IPP recalls is published in quarterly offender management statistics - O...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMerseyrail: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislation to allow the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region to appoint a public sector operator to run Merseyrail services.
Answer: The Mayor of the Liverpool City Region already has the power to appoint a public sector operator to run Merseyrail services. There are no plans to change this.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the needs of the palliative and end of life care sector will be represented in the upcoming NHS workforce plan.
Answer: The refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan will deliver the transformed health service that we will build over the next decade and will ensure that patients get the treatment they need, when and where they need it, including those at the end of their lives. I...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether palliative and end of life care will prioritised in the new NHS 10-year plan.
Answer: We have committed to developing a 10-year plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. We will carefully be considering policies, including those that impact people with palliative and end of life care needs, with input from the public, p...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFuel Poverty: LiverpoolDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Marie Curie report Dying in Poverty, published on 12 November 2024, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) tackle fuel poverty and (b) reduce the number of peop
Answer: The Government is committed to a preventative approach to public health. Keeping people warm and well at home and improving the quality of new and existing homes will play an essential part in enabling people to live longer, healthier lives, reducing pres...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPoverty: LiverpoolDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled Dying in Poverty, published by Marie Curie in November 2024, what steps she is taking to tackle the levels of people dying in poverty in Liverpool.
Answer: The Department has noted the recommendations made in the report, and values Marie Curie as a key stakeholder which engages with us constructively in this area. The primary way the Department supports people nearing the end of life is through special benef...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to communicate to eligible (i) EU, (ii) migrant and (iii) other voters the provisions of the Elections Act 2022.
Answer: The Electoral Commission has a statutory duty to raise public awareness of all elements of the democratic process, including changes made to it, to ensure voters can participate. The Government will continue to support the Commission in communicating the ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVoting RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to (a) voter groups and (b) civil society organisations on changes to voter eligibility requirements under the Elections Act 2022.
Answer: The Electoral Commission, as the independent electoral regulator, holds responsibility for issuance of guidance and support for candidates, agents and local authorities on electoral registration and voting.This can be found at: Our guidance | Electoral Co...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Voting RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) guidance and (b) support her Department provides to local (i) councillors and (ii) authorities on voter eligibility requirements.
Answer: The Electoral Commission, as the independent electoral regulator, holds responsibility for issuance of guidance and support for candidates, agents and local authorities on electoral registration and voting.This can be found at: Our guidance | Electoral Co...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on (a) exemptions for and (b) flexibility in (i) sponsored visa and (ii) skilled workers visa guidance staff in her Depar
Answer: The Secretary of State, and ministers, regularly meet with Cabinet and ministerial colleagues, regarding a range of matters. DWP takes the welfare of its staff very seriously and continues to provide a range of support to colleagues employed on time limit...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Labour TurnoverDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish (a) staff turnover, (b) the number of new recruits and (c) the number of vacancies in her Department in each of the last three months.
Answer: a) The annual turnover rate for DWP ending in the last three months is 7.0% in September, 6.8% in October and 6.6% in November. Annual end of year turnover rates are published in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts.b) DWP has had 2,063 new recruits between...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department are required to pay the NHS Health Surcharge.
Answer: The Department does not hold the data requested.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which of her Department's offices there are staff employed on sponsored visas who will not meet the salary threshold at the end of the current visa term.
Answer: DWP currently sponsors 169 employees. The number of DWP staff that are currently sponsored by the department who will not meet the salary threshold at the end of their current visa is unknown. Each case will depend on the individuals’ specific circumstanc...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department are on sponsored visas; and how many will not meet the skilled worker visa salary threshold at the end of their visa term.
Answer: DWP currently sponsors 169 employees. The number of DWP staff that are currently sponsored by the department who will not meet the salary threshold at the end of their current visa is unknown. Each case will depend on the individuals’ specific circumstanc...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Open PrisonsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Parole Board recommendations on moving (a) prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence and (b) other prisoners to open conditions were rejected by the Governme
Answer: In the response to PQ 15952, it was explained that the transfer of an indeterminate sentence prisoner to open conditions is a decision for the Secretary of State. It was also explained that there is no current power for the Government to overrule a Parole...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordParoleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15952, on Prisoners, how many and what proportion of Parole Board recommendations on releasing (a) prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection se
Answer: In the response to PQ 15952, it was explained that the transfer of an indeterminate sentence prisoner to open conditions is a decision for the Secretary of State. It was also explained that there is no current power for the Government to overrule a Parole...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordParoleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15952 on Prisoners, how many and what proportion of Parole Board recommendations were rejected by the Government in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: In the response to PQ 15952, it was explained that the transfer of an indeterminate sentence prisoner to open conditions is a decision for the Secretary of State. It was also explained that there is no current power for the Government to overrule a Parole...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordColombia: EmbassiesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the British Embassy in Colombia is offering to young protestors who remain incarcerated after protests in 2021.
Answer: The UK supports the right of Colombians to protest peacefully. We have raised concerns with the Colombian authorities since the start of the 2021 protests, urging them to investigate any excessive use of force and for those responsible to be held to accou...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the Association of Colleges' report entitled The educational provision for 14 to 16-year-olds in further education colleges in England, published in November 2024, whether she
Answer: The department has noted with interest the Association of Colleges report about educational provision for 14 to 16-year-olds in further education (FE) colleges in England. Funding for 14 to 16-year-olds in FE colleges is based on the same approach as for ...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many potential violations of international humanitarian law by Israel he has assessed since 8 October 2023.
Answer: The MOD works closely with the FCDO, who continue to assess Israel’s commitment and capability to comply with International Humanitarian Law.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Parole Board decisions on (a) moving prisoners to open conditions, and (b) releasing prisoners were overruled by the Government in each of the last (i) 12 months, and (ii) 5 years.
Answer: The transfer of an indeterminate sentence prisoner to open conditions is a categorisation decision for the Secretary of State. However, historically, before approving transfer the Secretary of State has sought the advice of the Parole Board. Even where th...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
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