Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Young Futures Hubs: PooleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to create a Young Futures Hub for young people in Poole constituency.
Answer: As set out by the Prime Minister, on 15th July, the Government will open 50 Young Futures Hubs over the next four years. 8 Early Adopter Local Authorities, in areas of high knife crime and/or antisocial behaviour, will establish the first Young Futures Hu...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: ApprenticesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department is having with relevant stakeholders on supporting small and medium sized businesses to provide apprenticeship schemes in Poole constituency.
Answer: The government facilitates and funds the Apprenticeship Ambassador Network (AAN) which comprises 2,500 employers and apprentices who volunteer to promote the benefits of apprenticeships. It operates across England through nine regional networks. These net...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Agency WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS bank shifts are paid at the same rate as contracted overtime.
Answer: National Health Service bank contracts are local contracts, the terms of which the employer has discretion over. The expectation is that the terms offered via a bank contract are agreed in partnership between employers and trade unions via local negotiati...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to enable those parts of the country with a surplus of water to redistribute it to those areas in need.
Answer: Water companies have a statutory duty to provide a secure supply of water for customers, efficiently and economically and set out how they plan to continue to supply water to their customers through statutory Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs). Thes...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFurs: Imports and SalesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of banning the (a) import and (b) sale of fur on the economy.
Answer: Defra is continuing to build the evidence base on the fur sector. This includes commissioning our expert Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) to produce a report on what constitutes responsible sourcing of fur. The AWC report will add to our understanding of th...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: CommunicationHome OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of whether communications guidance for police officers permits sufficient communication of police activity.
Answer: The Home Office does not direct operational policing decisions on police communications, including those related to the disclosure of information about a person suspected of committing an offence.Guidance on police communications for officers is provided ...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Behaviour Orders: Social MediaHome OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to review the guidance provided to police forces on the publication of information relating to Criminal Behaviour Orders on social media.
Answer: The Home Office provides statutory guidance to support police and other local agencies in the use of the powers and tools in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, including information on publicising Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBOs).Whil...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: ChessDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what lessons her Department has learned from the experience of the Strengthening Chess in Primary Schools grant made in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has announced £1.5 million in funding from 2026 to support participation in chess, which includes funding for chess in schools. The department will reflect upon insights gathered from the strengthen...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ChessDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to distribute funds to support chess in schools during 2025-26.
Answer: The core funding schools receive is not ringfenced, and it is for headteachers to decide how best to manage their budgets.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Working HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the four day week trial taking place in some local authorities.
Answer: This Government is committed to working in partnership with local authorities and will not micromanage their day-today running. However, it is Government’s view that local authorities should not be offering full time pay for part time work.
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the number of people (a) with a respiratory disease, (b) who were hospitalised during winter 2024-25 and (c) who are not eligible to receive the covid-1
Answer: From November 2024 to March 2025 inclusive, 483,876 patients were admitted to hospital in England where the primary diagnosis was a respiratory disease. Data on COVID-19 vaccine eligibility is not linked to hospital admissions data.The UK Health Security ...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to provide funding by the end of this Parliament to local authorities to enable them establish a minimum level of public transport connectivity.
Answer: The Government knows that a modern public transport network is vital to providing access to services and keeping communities connected. The Government is already providing funding to local authorities to help them deliver improved local transport and bus ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: DisciplineDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) issue national guidance and (b) set consistent reporting requirements on the use of (i) isolation and (ii) internal exclusion in schools.
Answer: All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy which outlines effective strategies that will encourage good behaviour. This government is clear schools can use sanctions as a measure to improve behaviour.The ‘Behaviour in Schools’ guidance out...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: DisciplineDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the use (a) isolation or (b) internal exclusion rooms by (a) SEND status, (b) gender, (c) ethnicity and (d) free school meal eligibility.
Answer: The department does not hold data on the use of isolation or internal exclusion rooms, sometimes referred to as removal.The department trusts headteachers to use their professional judgement, based on the individual circumstances, when issuing a sanction....
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: DisciplineDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the number of schools which use (a) isolation and (b) internal exclusion rooms and the frequency of their use in Poole constituency.
Answer: The department does not hold data on the use of isolation or internal exclusion rooms, sometimes referred to as removal.The department trusts headteachers to use their professional judgement, based on the individual circumstances, when issuing a sanction....
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Banks: PooleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of foodbank use by (a) working age and (b) pension age people in Poole constituency.
Answer: Statistics on food bank use by working-age and pension-age people are published annually in the Households below average income statistics report. The most recent publication is available here: Households below average income: for financial years ending 1...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of child poverty in Poole constituency.
Answer: Statistics on the number of children living in relative poverty on a before housing costs basis for Poole constituency are published annually in the “Children in low income families: local area statistics” publication. An assessment of trends in child pov...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Papillomavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the WHO target of 90% for the HPV vaccination programme is achieved in Poole constituency.
Answer: In March 2025, NHS England published the Cervical cancer elimination by 2040 – plan for England, which outlines how the National Health Service will improve uptake and coverage across human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and cervical screening, includin...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Papillomavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) people have had a HPV vaccination in Poole constituency in 2025.
Answer: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage is presented for England at a national, National Health Service commissioning region, and local authority level. Data is not gathered at constituency level.Vaccine coverage data for the routine school-aged HPV i...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordService ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to increase property service charge thresholds under section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the proposals set out in the consultation on strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services published on 4 July 2025 which can be found on gov.uk here. The consultation closed on 26 September, and we are analysi...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordData ProtectionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure individual personal data is secure.
Answer: All organisations in the UK that process personal data have to comply with the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA). Amongst other things, the legislation requires organisations to have...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his department has to introduce type one diabetes testing for all infants.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for providing clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and care of children and young people with diabetes. NICE’s NG18 guideline for type 1 and 2 dia...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTax CollectionTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85667More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the value of uncollected tax in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics and details of the estimate methodologies are pub...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85666More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the potential merits of requiring businesses to pay a tax equivalent to employer National Insurance contributions for each AI agent that performs tasks previously done by people.
Answer: Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are charged based on employee earnings. As AI agents do not receive earnings, it is not clear on what basis employer NICs would be levied.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to local authorities to meet the ongoing costs of SEND provision until the announcement of reforms in 2026.
Answer: The department has allocated high needs funding of over £12 billion to help with the ongoing costs of supporting children and young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the 2025/26 financial year.The funding announced a...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
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