Kim Johnson MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Human Tissue: StorageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the funding required to ensure equitable access to tissue-freezing services for cancer patients across England; and whether his Department is taking steps to reduce reg
Answer: Pathology services in England are delivered through 27 regional pathology networks, and offer a comprehensive range of tests, including the analysis of brain tissues. Individual pathology services maintain their own standard operating procedures (SOPs) fo...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Tissue: StorageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of geographic variation in access to tissue-freezing services; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable access to advanced trea
Answer: Pathology services in England are delivered through 27 regional pathology networks, and offer a comprehensive range of tests, including the analysis of brain tissues.Individual pathology services maintain their own standard operating procedures (SOPs) for...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to review the definition of affordable housing within planning policy to ensure it is aligned with social rent levels to better reflect local income levels.
Answer: National planning policy is clear that local planning authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including those who require social and affordable housing, and reflect this in planning poli...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: LiverpoolMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of social rent provision within the proposed 2,350-home Peel Waters development in Liverpool.
Answer: National planning policy is clear that local planning authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including those who require social and affordable housing, and reflect this in planning poli...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the National Planning Policy Framework to require a minimum of 20 per cent social rent housing in all new reside
Answer: National planning policy is clear that local planning authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including those who require social and affordable housing, and reflect this in planning poli...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSerious Violence Reduction OrdersHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the evaluation of the serious violence reduction order pilot.
Answer: Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) were piloted for two years throughout Merseyside, Sussex, Thames Valley and West Midlands police force areas. The pilot took place between 19 April 2023 and 18 April 2025.The pilot has been independently evaluated...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the document entitled Fair pay agreement consultation impact assessment, published in October 2025, if he will award an interim uplift to the pay of frontline care workers in the
Answer: Under the Employment Rights Bill, the Government will set up the Fair Pay Agreement, establishing a form of sectoral collective bargaining which will empower employers, worker representatives, and others in partnership to negotiate fair pay, and terms and...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: 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
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