Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions 2025
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Housing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to help promote age-appropriate homes.
Answer: The government is giving careful consideration to the recommendations in the final report of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce. We are committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market and we will continue to consider t...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her statement of 30 July 2024 entitled, Building the homes we need, what steps she has taken to help ensure that the needs of an older population form part of h
Answer: The government is giving careful consideration to the recommendations in the final report of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce. We are committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market and we will continue to consider t...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUNRWA: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, column 631, what assessment he has made of the potential i
Answer: Since the Foreign Secretary restored funding to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in July 2024, the UK has committed £41 million this financial year to UNRWA to deliver essential services for civilia...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34212More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) nurses, (b) teachers and (c) police offers that could be employed via an increase in spending equivalent to 0.2 per cent of GDP.
Answer: The Government values the vital contribution that public sector workers make across the UK, delivering the public services we all rely on. The Treasury does not hold information on how many additional public sector workers could be employed via a specific...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHistoric England: Crime and Disorder Act 1998Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making Historic England a named body for the purposes of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Answer: Defra has made no such assessment as the Department is neither responsible for Historic England nor for the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: EligibilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a breakdown by (a) disability and (b) long-term illness of eligibility for (a) Universal Credit, (b) Employment and Support Allowance, (c) Disability Living Allowance and (d) Persona
Answer: Statistics by primary disabling condition are already published for Employment and Support Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, and Personal Independence Payment at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of appeals that are subsequently successful related to claims for disability and long term sickness benefits.
Answer: Appeals are the responsibility of His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service who publish information on tribunal outcomes by benefit type here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics. In particular please refer to Main Tables ODS f...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of appeals related to claims for disability and long term sickness benefits.
Answer: Appeals are the responsibility of His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service who publish information on tribunal outcomes by benefit type here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics. In particular please refer to Main Tables ODS f...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of returning the assessment process for disability and long term sickness benefits in-house.
Answer: Delivery of functional assessments to support health and disability benefit processing has been outsourced by DWP since 1998. New five-year contracts for these services commenced in September 2024. In advance of the procurement of these contracts, a deliv...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to review the organisations that carry out the assessment process for disability and long term sickness benefits.
Answer: The new Functional Assessment Services (FAS) contracts went live on 9 September 2024. The FAS suppliers are focused on embedding strong performance following the transition from the previous contractual arrangements. Based on strict assessment criteria an...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to review the assessment process for disability and long term sickness benefits.
Answer: We are working to develop proposals to reform the system of health and disability benefits and will set these out in due course.This Government is committed to putting the views and voices of disabled people at the heart of all that we do. We are committe...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Disability and HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department plans to use when reforming the system of disability and ill health benefits.
Answer: We are working to develop proposals to reform the system of health and disability benefits and will set these out in due course.This Government is committed to putting the views and voices of disabled people at the heart of all that we do. We are committe...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to assess (a) the social determinants of ill health and (b) the measures necessary to address any causes.
Answer: The Government’s Health Mission commits to building a National Health Service fit for the future, including through a shift from treatment to prevention. To support the mission, we are taking a range of action which will address the underlying causes of i...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people of working age currently claiming sickness and disability benefits that would be unable to find gainful employment as a result of their disability or l
Answer: No estimate has been made of the number of people of working age currently claiming sickness and disability benefits that would be unable to find gainful employment as a result of their disability or long-term sickness
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential causes of the (a) disabilities and (b) long-term illnesses that have contributed to the trends in the number of working age people
Answer: The number of working age people reporting long-term health conditions and disabilities had been growing steadily since at least the late 1990s, before accelerating since the COVID-19 pandemic. These increases are likely to be caused by a combination of c...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings Accounts: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32899More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to reduce the Cash ISA allowance.
Answer: ISAs are tax-free savings accounts, which incentivise individuals to save and invest. An ISA investor does not pay tax on interest, income, or gains received in an ISA and there is no need to declare any ISA interest, income, or capital gains on a tax ret...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGender RecognitionWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32898More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she is taking steps to simplify the process whereby anyone seeking to change gender in the UK must get approval from a panel of doctors and lawyers.
Answer: In our manifesto, we committed to modernising, simplifying, and reforming gender recognition law while upholding the Equality Act and its provisions on single-sex exceptions. We will remove indignities for trans people whilst retaining the need for a diag...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: ProfitsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Citizens Advice entitled Debt to society: what the network companies should do with their windfal
Answer: Ofgem recognised that recent higher than expected inflation increased equity value for network companies due to fixed-rate debt financing. In 2023, Ofgem consulted on options to address this and will change the way it regulates network company investment,...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made with Ofgem of the potential impact of the RIIO2 price control on network company performance.
Answer: Through the price control, Ofgem regulates network company investments and sets a fair rate of return to ensure necessary investments can be made. Ofgem utilises a framework of incentives and penalties to drive up performance and is currently considering ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: DogsHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will undertake a review of the necessity of using dogs in regulatory testing across all sectors.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the uptake and development of alternative methods to the use of animals in science. The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasin...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: DogsHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing plant protection product testing to remove the need to use dogs for testing.
Answer: GB pesticides regulations contain rules that require sharing of tests and studies involving vertebrate animals between pesticide companies to ensure that such testing is minimised. The assimilated regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 requires that testing on vert...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce and (b) replace the use of dogs in testing required under plant protection product legislation.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to maintaining a rigorous regulatory system which ensures that animal research and testing is carried out only where no practicable alternatives exist and under controls which keep suffering to a minimum. The GB pesticides r...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of plant protection product legislation on trends in the level of animal testing on dogs in the last five years.
Answer: While we have not made an assessment of the potential impact of plant protection product legislation on trends in the level of animal testing, the UK Government is committed to maintaining a rigorous regulatory system which ensures that animal research an...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring private health providers to pay a fee back to the NHS.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the merits of private health providers paying a fee back to the National Health Service.Independent healthcare providers do have a role to play to strengthen the overall health service in England. NHS England and the Indepen...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a requirement for health professionals to spend at least three years in the NHS following training before they can practice priva
Answer: The Department consulted on a tie-in to National Health Service dentistry for graduate dentists in 2024. We are considering the responses and will set out our position in due course. No assessment has been made for other healthcare professionals.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
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