Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions 2024
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Digital Technology: GrantsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his policy is on the future of the Digital Growth Grant after April 2025.
Answer: The DSIT settlement of £15.1 billion in 2025/26 announced at the October Budget provides the investment required to further the UK’s science and technology ambitions. DSIT is undertaking an internal allocations process to set 2025/26 budgets but until the...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential risks associated with aggregating NHS performance data; and what steps he is taking to provide transparent data on an individual hospital level for emer
Answer: NHS England is publishing more data about patient care in hospital emergency departments than ever before. Performance data is published at an organisational level, so that it is appropriately aligned with accountability.The Government will continue to co...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordService Charges: AuditMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require (a) all service charge accounts to be audited every year by independent accountants and (b) that the cost of this audit
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 7465 on 15 October 2024.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordService Charges: BillingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to extend to ten years the time limits for tenants and residents to request invoices and receipts in relation to service charges.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 7465 on 15 October 2024.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordService ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to cap service charge rises annually at the rate of CPI inflation.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 7465 on 15 October 2024.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTenants: OverchargingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to pay automatic compensation to all tenants when landlords and managing agents are slow to reimburse tenants after overcharging.
Answer: Since 2014, all letting and managing agents in England have been required by law to be members of one of two mandatory agent redress schemes. These schemes already have statutory powers to require agents to pay compensation in circumstances where their ac...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTenants: OverchargingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require landlords and managing agents to pay automatic compensation to tenants when overcharging occurs.
Answer: Since 2014, all letting and managing agents in England have been required by law to be members of one of two mandatory agent redress schemes. These schemes already have statutory powers to require agents to pay compensation in circumstances where their ac...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSchool Meals: Animal ProductsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will amend regulations on school meals so that there is no obligation to serve animal-derived foods.
Answer: 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 regulate the food and drink provided at lunchtime and at other times of the scho...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity RelationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help strengthen communities after the riots in August 2024.
Answer: The Government has made £15 million available to the places most severely affected by disorder through the Community Recovery Fund to support the immediate recovery. Officials from my department have also carried out an extensive engagement process with t...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: GrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children's Hospital Grant will be (a) centrally distributed, (b) ringfenced and (c) take account of the recent proposed increase in employers National Insurance contributions.
Answer: 2023/24 was the final year of the Children’s Hospice Grant. In 2024/25, however, NHS England provided £25 million of funding for children and young people’s hospices, maintaining the level of funding from 2023/24.For the first time, however, this funding ...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average pension paid for members of auto enrolled schemes is.
Answer: The data requested for the average pension paid to members of automatic enrolment schemes is not available. The department publishes the Pensioners’ Income Series. This provides estimates on the level and source of pensioners’ incomes, including income fr...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workers are included in auto enrolled pensions.
Answer: Automatic enrolment has succeeded in transforming pension saving with over 11 million employees having been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension since 2012. These statistics are available from The Pensions Regulator and are updated on a monthly...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on extending the Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023 to (a) include auto-
Answer: Security in retirement is a key priority for this Government. AE has seen over 11.1 million people automatically enrolled into a workplace pension to date and more than 2.4 million employers have complied with their legal duties. This has helped to delive...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBoats: Synthetic FibresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider the potential merits of launching a pilot project in Poole to recover (a) stranded and (b) sunken glass fibre boats to help ensure that they do not pollute local wa
Answer: Sunken or stranded boats within Poole Harbour, and pollution arising from them, fall within the responsibility of the Poole Harbour Master’s Office. We encourage the public to report pollution via our incident hotline, by calling 0800 80 70 60 at any time...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FloodsHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a national capability for flood rescue (a) led by Fire and Rescue Authorities and (b) underpinned by a statutory duty.
Answer: Defra is the lead government department for flooding in England, they hold the Flood Rescue National Asset Register, a list of teams or assets that voluntarily join the register and maintain availability for national deployment in England.This is coordina...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13665More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance to all Departments to require them to use alternative social media sites to X.
Answer: The Government uses a range of channels to reach and engage the public. Any use of these platforms would be assessed against the high standards for digital safety set out in the Government Communication Service (GCS) SAFE framework. The four core principl...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBoats: Synthetic FibresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned recent research into the potential impact of glass fibre boats on ecology.
Answer: End of life recreational vessels are often made from glass reinforced polymer, or fibreglass, and are recognised as a source of marine litter when abandoned offshore or on shorelines where their degradation can lead to macro and micro litter. Defra has no...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBoats: Synthetic FibresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the recycling of glass fibre boats.
Answer: In our manifesto, the Government committed to reducing waste by moving to a circular economy. A circular economy is a system that decouples economic activity from new resource extraction, using a systemic approach across the full material and product life...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Child health GP hubs on access to specialists in local GP settings.
Answer: We will trial neighbourhood health centres to bring together a range of services, ensuring healthcare is closer to home and patients receive the care they deserve. This is part of our broader ambition to move towards a neighbourhood health service, with m...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Poverty TaskforceCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13376More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions the child poverty taskforce has had with medical professionals.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce understands the importance of children’s health in tackling child poverty. In December, children's health will be discussed at the external experts meeting as part of strategy development for ensuring low-income families are ab...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFerries: Channel IslandsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions officials in her Department have had with the (a) States of Jersey, (b) States of Guernsey, (c) ferry operators and (d) trade unions on the long term provision of ferry services from (i)
Answer: Maritime officials within the Department have had no discussions on the long-term provision of ferry services from (i) Poole and (ii) Portsmouth to the Channel Islands. Ferry services are predominantly run on a commercial basis without UK government inter...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPolling Stations: Visual ImpairmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will ensure that (a) audio and (b) tactile solutions are available at polling stations to enable (i) blind and (ii) partially sighted voters to vote (A) indepen
Answer: I refer my hon Friend to the answer given to Question UIN 10319 on 29 October 2024.
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDuchy of Cornwall and Duchy of LancasterTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12856More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with the Royal Household on the administration of the Duchies of (a) Cornwall and (b) Lancaster.
Answer: The Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster are private estates, and neither Duchy manages public money. The government has a limited number of functions in relation to their administration, prescribed by Acts of Parliament.
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: HospicesTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12815More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, if she will make it her policy to exempt hospices from the increase in employers’ National Insurance Contributions.
Answer: Resource spending for the Department of Health and Social Care is set to increase by £22.6 billion in 2025-26 compared to 2023-24 outturn, providing a real-terms growth rate of 4% for the NHS, the largest since before 2010 excluding Covid-19 years. The Go...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGreyhound RacingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning greyhound racing in England.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Eastleigh, Liz Jarvis, on 18 September 2024, PQ 5214.
Answered 5 Nov 2024
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