Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions 2026
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Public Libraries: ReadingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues and local authorities to increase the number of community libraries to mark the Year of Reading 2026.
Answer: Public libraries are central to the success of the National Year of Reading’s campaign to engage people of all ages with reading, as free and trusted spaces for learning and connection at the heart of their communities.On 2 March DCMS announced £150,000 f...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: StaffDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of 31% of libraries now using unstaffed hours on early literacy rates and access to libraries for children.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for assessing the needs of their local communities and designing a library service to meet those needs within available resources, including the opening hours, staffed and unstaffed, of its libraries. This includes ensuri...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: Opening HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of UNISON research that indicated that library opening hours have decreased in England by 22% since 201
Answer: This government is delivering fairer funding for local authorities, targeting money where it is needed most through the first multi-year Settlement in a decade. The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement will make available £78 billion in Core ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on the potential impact of reductions in library staff numbers since 2010 on access to library services for the most vulnerable
Answer: This government is delivering fairer funding for local authorities, targeting money where it is needed most through the first multi-year Settlement in a decade. The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement will make available £78 billion in Core ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic LibrariesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help increase access to local library services.
Answer: This government is delivering fairer funding for local authorities, targeting money where it is needed most through the first multi-year Settlement in a decade. The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement will make available £78 billion in Core ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help increase pay for library workers.
Answer: This government is delivering fairer funding for local authorities, targeting money where it is needed most through the first multi-year Settlement in a decade. The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement will make available £78 billion in Core ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic LibrariesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on the potential impact of the increased use of unstaffed hours at community libraries on access to local library services.
Answer: This government is delivering fairer funding for local authorities, targeting money where it is needed most through the first multi-year Settlement in a decade. The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement will make available £78 billion in Core ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: Opening HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of the decline in council run library hours and what steps he is taking with local authorities to help
Answer: This government is delivering fairer funding for local authorities, targeting money where it is needed most through the first multi-year Settlement in a decade. The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement will make available £78 billion in Core ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOffensive Weapons: SalesHome OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce age restrictions of 18 plus for the purchasing of catapults and slingshots.
Answer: The Government shares concerns over the misuse of catapults, whether against people, property or wildlife.There is existing legislation relating to the carrying and use of offensive weapons, Anti-Social Behaviour and wildlife crime; however, the Governmen...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTeachers: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Every child achieving and thriving, published on 23 February 2026, how much and what proportion of the proposed teacher training will be delivered in per
Answer: We are currently in the design phase of the £200 million professional development package referenced in the Every Child Achieving and Thriving White Paper. We are working with a wide range of experts, including the department’s Inclusion Expert Advisory G...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) estimate her Department has made of the number and (b) assessment of the adequacy of availability of trained professionals required to meet the Experts at Hand plan.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Poole to the answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 121419.
Answered 10 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHunting: FoxesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2026 to Question 114681 on Hunting: Birds of Prey, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of fox hunts exploiting the Falconry exemption t
Answer: The Department has made no assessment of the likelihood of fox hunts exploiting the Falconry exemption to hunt mammals with hounds.
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: TaxationTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116401More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of exempting the state pension from taxation.
Answer: Exempting the State Pension from income tax entirely would undermine the public services we all rely on, including the NHS.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116360More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many outstanding Loan Charge cases will be settled as a result of the McCann Review.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 February 2026 to UIN 109841.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116359More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the value-for-money of the Loan Charge.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 February 2026 to UIN 109841.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116358More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Loan Charge and HMRC’s approach to dealing with so-called disguised remuneration schemes.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 February 2026 to UIN 109841.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the extension of settlement routes for those on family visas from 6 to 10 years in 2012 on the number of illegal migrants arriving in the UK.
Answer: Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway to Settlement” (CP1448), were subject to a public consultation, which opened on 20 November 2025 and closed on 12 February 2026.The responses to the co...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the extension of settlement routes for those on family visas from 6 to 10 years in 2012 on the number of people leaving (a) voluntarily and (b)
Answer: Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper “A Fairer Pathway to Settlement” (CP1448), were subject to a public consultation, which opened on 20 November 2025 and closed on 12 February 2026.The responses to the co...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUSA: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 908081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Monroe Doctrine.
Answer: It is for the United States to set its own security and defence policy, as it is for any government.However, there are many issues and initiatives where we share common objectives with the US, ranging from the AUKUS treaty and our joint work on critical m...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out what the asylum accommodation move-on period will be for all groups after 28 February 2026.
Answer: A decision has now been taken to set the notice period for all individuals granted leave exiting the asylum accommodation estate at 42 days, from the point they are notified of a positive asylum decision. Individuals will continue to receive a minimum of ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to make a decision on the future of the 56-day asylum move on pilot.
Answer: A decision has now been taken to set the notice period for all individuals granted leave exiting the asylum accommodation estate at 42 days, from the point they are notified of a positive asylum decision. Individuals will continue to receive a minimum of ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to work with industry to end the routine culling of male chicks.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 21 January 2026 to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole, PQ UIN 105878.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEducation: PooleDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Mission Coastal on young people in Poole.
Answer: The Schools White Paper launched Mission North East and Mission Coastal. The aim of the missions is to transform outcomes for children and young people and provide a blueprint for national change. The scope of Mission Coastal is still being developed.
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStreet Wardens: Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council on volunteer groups that patrol local streets.
Answer: My department has not issued any such guidance.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStreet Wardens: DorsetHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has issued guidance to Dorset Police on volunteer groups that patrol local streets.
Answer: The Government is delivering our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, putting 13,000 additional police personnel into neighbourhood roles, ensuring everyone has a named and contactable officer, enquiries are responded to within 72 hours and officers are cond...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
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