Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Fire and Rescue ServicesHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, what discussions she has had with fire and rescue services on the (a) adequacy of the Settlement Funding Assessment for 2024-25 and (b) potential impact
Answer: Overall, fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.87 billion in 2024/25. Decisions on how their resources are best deployed to meet their core functions are a matter for each fire and rescue authority based on its analysis of risk and local circ...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFoodDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce a new Food Bill for England in this Parliament.
Answer: Our ambitious food strategy will set and deliver clear long-term outcomes that create a healthier, fairer, and more resilient food system. We will consider the need for legislation as we develop the strategy and will seek to make space in the legislative ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFoodDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to establish a cross-government working group on food.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of innovation and technologies in supporting farmers to drive productivity and profitability, boosting Britain’s food security and improving nature’s recovery. The Government is supporting the development of agricu...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce mandatory reporting by food and beverage companies on nutrition, health and sustainability metrics.
Answer: Defra, DHSC and FSA have worked in partnership with food and beverage businesses and academics through the Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP) to identify approaches to health and sustainability reporting. Minutes from the FDTP’s working groups are ...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of uto-enroling eligible families to the Healthy Start scheme.
Answer: The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies and young children under four from very low-income households. It can be used to buy, or put towards the cost of, fruit, vegetables, pulses, milk and in...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHorticultureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the horticulture sector.
Answer: The Government appreciates and values the vital work of our agricultural sectors including the fundamental part played by horticulture growers. As part of our mission-driven Government we are currently considering how we can achieve our ambitious, measura...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Meals: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will update the School Food Standards and introduce compliance monitoring to (a) reflect the latest evidence based dietary guidelines on sugar and fibre (b) remove the requirement to offer meat and a des
Answer: This government is committed to raising the healthiest generation ever. It is important that children eat nutritious food at school and the department encourages schools to have a whole school approach to healthy eating.The School Food Standards (the Stan...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to expand the Government Buying Standards across the wider public sector.
Answer: Defra already encourages the wider public sector to use the Government Buying Standards. Using these standards provides one way of tenders achieving value for money and environmental policy priorities, and this will be further supported later this month b...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant Foods: Salt and SugarDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to issue guidance to industry on steps to reduce (a) sugar and (b) salt in baby and toddler foods.
Answer: A 2019 evidence review showed that babies and young children are exceeding their energy intake requirement and are eating too much sugar and salt. Some commercial baby foods, particularly finger foods, had added sugar or salt, or contained ingredients tha...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to introduce legislation on advertising restrictions for foods that are high in (a) fat, (b) sugar and (c) salt.
Answer: Implementing restrictions on the advertising of less healthy food and drink products on television and online is a commitment for the Government. This includes a 9:00pm watershed on television and a 24-hour restriction on paid-for advertising of these pro...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of President Trump's remarks on the future of Gaza and the Palestinian people made on 4 February 20
Answer: The government's objective remans a negotiated two-state solution, with a sovereign Palestinian state, which includes the West Bank and Gaza, alongside a safe and secure Israel. In order to deliver this, it is clear that Palestinian civilians must be perm...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to invest in the Affordable Homes Programme after 2026.
Answer: We will set out details of new investment to succeed the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme at the Spending Review. This new investment will deliver a mix of homes for sub-market rent and homeownership, with a particular focus on delivering homes for Soci...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing and Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to (a) revise the National Planning Policy Framework and (b) redefine affordable housing.
Answer: The government published a revised National Planning Policy Framework on 12 December 2024, including an amended definition of affordable housing in its glossary.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCuba: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his US counterpart on removing Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary had a call with his recently appointed US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on 27 January. The readout is available on gov.uk.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCuba: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his US counterparts on the case for an end to the economic blockade of Cuba.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary had a call with his recently appointed US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on 27 January. The readout is available on gov.uk.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report entitled Talking about School Transition, published by the University of Manchester in April 2020.
Answer: The primary-secondary school transition is a significant milestone in a child’s life and the government recognises the importance of supporting the emotional wellbeing of children and young people during these transition periods. This is critical to high ...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the employer sponsorship model.
Answer: A key objective of the sponsorship system is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses. All sponsors are required to comply with wider UK law, including the Modern Slavery Act, and the Home Office can, an...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to implement sector sponsorship for immigrant social care workers.
Answer: The Government keeps all aspects of the immigration system under review, subject to our objective to reduce levels of net migration, but we have no plans to change the current rules in this area.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the pension review will consider adequacy.
Answer: This government is committed to enabling tomorrow’s pensioners to have security in retirement– which is why we announced the landmark Pensions Review days after coming into office in July.The first phase is focussed on boosting investment and economic gro...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Libraries: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of professional school librarians on pupils (a) learning and (b) outcomes.
Answer: The department has not specifically assessed the impact of professional school librarians on pupils’ learning or outcomes. It is for individual schools to decide how best to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils, including whether to emp...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Libraries: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with Ofsted on the (a) availability and (b) quality of school library provision.
Answer: The department has not specifically assessed the impact of professional school librarians on pupils’ learning or outcomes. It is for individual schools to decide how best to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils, including whether to emp...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the Primary-Secondary School Transitions Emotional Wellbeing Scale being developed by the University of Manchester and the University of Du
Answer: The government recognises the importance of monitoring and understanding trends in the emotional wellbeing of children and young people, including through means such the Primary-Secondary School Transitions Emotional Wellbeing Scale developed at the Unive...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFilm and Television: RecruitmentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring that a minimum number of (a) local and (b) regional freelance professionals are hired by (i) TV and (ii) film companies when film
Answer: The Department has not made any assessment of the potential merits of the particular suggestion of per-production employment quotas. However, our public service broadcasters are already subject to regional production quotas set by the regulator Ofcom. One...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Housing AssociationsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to prevent housing associations levying commercial rated energy costs onto residents for domestic usage.
Answer: Under the maximum resale price direction landlords cannot directly profit from re-selling energy to their tenants. There should therefore be no advantage to landlords for their tenants to have high bills. The previous Government ran a call for evidence on...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to key recommendation 3 of the Office for Environmental Protection’s report entitled Progress in improving the natural environment in England 2023 to 2024, published on
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to the hon. Member for Brent West on 10 December 2024 and 6 January 2025, PQs 17500 and 20559.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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