Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
1308 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the amount of eligible Pension Credit that has been unclaimed as of 28 February 2025.
Answer: The Department does not have data for the period up to February 2025. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2022 to 2023 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFerries: PayDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with harbour authorities in (a) Poole and (b) Portsmouth on the application of the Seafarers Wages Regulations 2024 on ferry services scheduled to operate from these ports in 202
Answer: Department for Transport officials engaged with all harbour authorities with services in scope of the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 and Regulations 2024 to explain how the legislation applies, ahead of it coming into force. This included Poole and Portsmouth....
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDFDS: Roll-on Roll-off ShipsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with trade unions on seafarer jobs providing DFDS services to Jersey from (a) Poole and (b) Portsmouth.
Answer: Ministers and officials meet regularly with the trade unions to discuss seafarers. The issue of seafarer jobs on the new DFDS services to Jersey has not been raised.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDFDS: Roll-on Roll-off ShipsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list the vessels certified by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for DFDS’s roll-on roll-off ferry services to Jersey from (a) Poole and (b) Portsmouth.
Answer: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency currently do not certify any vessels operated by DFDS on services to Jersey from Poole or Portsmouth.The Maritime and Coastguard Agency are currently working with DFDS in relation to vessels taking up operations from the...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHunting: FoxesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission a review into the prevalence of fox hunting across England and Wales.
Answer: Defra has no current plans to commission a review into the prevalence of foxhunting. The Hunting Act 2004 makes it an offence to hunt a wild mammal with dogs except where it is carried out in accordance with the exemptions in the Act. The full details of ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the guidance entitled Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 in preventing children from being returned to abusive parents.
Answer: Local authorities have a duty to protect all children, including those returning home from care.The statutory 'Children Act 1989 guidance and regulations volume 2: care planning, placement and case review' is clear that where the plan is for a child to re...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of continued funding of the Music Hub programme.
Answer: Music Hubs play a crucial role in providing music education both within the school curriculum and beyond. The government currently allocates £79 million annually to support the Music Hub programme, including funding for the 2024/25 academic year. The depa...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: UnemploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the utilisation of (a) unemployed and (b) underemployed healthcare professionals in the NHS.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: UnemploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential causes of (a) unemployment and (b) underemployment among qualified healthcare professionals.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professionals: UnemploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of (a) unemployment and (b) underemployment among healthcare professionals.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Workers: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of recently announced increases in Social Work England registration fees.
Answer: As set out in the Children and Social Work Act 2017, Social Work England (SWE) is responsible for setting the level of registration fees. The relevant sections of the Act can be found here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/16/part/2/enacted#secti...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many agricultural workers are claiming Universal Credit.
Answer: The requested information is not held. We do not systematically collect data on the employment sector background of Universal Credit (UC) claimants because this does not affect entitlement to UC.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Basic IncomeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Joanna Poulton, Jak Richardson, Kathleen Pollitt and Cleo Goodman entitled Sowing the Seed
Answer: The report cited by the honourable member proposes a system of untargeted farming subsidy based on regular and unconditional cash payments made to farmers. Evidence suggests that untargeted subsidies such as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and delinked pay...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing child related benefits annually in line with trends in level of (a) inflation and (b) wages.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce is exploring how we can use every available lever across Government to reduce child poverty before publishing a strategy which will deliver lasting change.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Older People’s Housing Taskforce entitled Our Future Homes: Housing that promotes
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 34216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of implementing a cross-Government approach to older people's housing.
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 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 record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →