Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Visas: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the employer sponsorship model.
Answer: A key objective of the sponsorship system is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses. All sponsors are required to comply with wider UK law, including the Modern Slavery Act, and the Home Office can, an...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to implement sector sponsorship for immigrant social care workers.
Answer: The Government keeps all aspects of the immigration system under review, subject to our objective to reduce levels of net migration, but we have no plans to change the current rules in this area.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the pension review will consider adequacy.
Answer: This government is committed to enabling tomorrow’s pensioners to have security in retirement– which is why we announced the landmark Pensions Review days after coming into office in July.The first phase is focussed on boosting investment and economic gro...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Libraries: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of professional school librarians on pupils (a) learning and (b) outcomes.
Answer: The department has not specifically assessed the impact of professional school librarians on pupils’ learning or outcomes. It is for individual schools to decide how best to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils, including whether to emp...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Libraries: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with Ofsted on the (a) availability and (b) quality of school library provision.
Answer: The department has not specifically assessed the impact of professional school librarians on pupils’ learning or outcomes. It is for individual schools to decide how best to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils, including whether to emp...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the Primary-Secondary School Transitions Emotional Wellbeing Scale being developed by the University of Manchester and the University of Du
Answer: The government recognises the importance of monitoring and understanding trends in the emotional wellbeing of children and young people, including through means such the Primary-Secondary School Transitions Emotional Wellbeing Scale developed at the Unive...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFilm and Television: RecruitmentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring that a minimum number of (a) local and (b) regional freelance professionals are hired by (i) TV and (ii) film companies when film
Answer: The Department has not made any assessment of the potential merits of the particular suggestion of per-production employment quotas. However, our public service broadcasters are already subject to regional production quotas set by the regulator Ofcom. One...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Housing AssociationsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to prevent housing associations levying commercial rated energy costs onto residents for domestic usage.
Answer: Under the maximum resale price direction landlords cannot directly profit from re-selling energy to their tenants. There should therefore be no advantage to landlords for their tenants to have high bills. The previous Government ran a call for evidence on...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to key recommendation 3 of the Office for Environmental Protection’s report entitled Progress in improving the natural environment in England 2023 to 2024, published on
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to the hon. Member for Brent West on 10 December 2024 and 6 January 2025, PQs 17500 and 20559.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Environment: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect blue carbon habitats from damaging human activities.
Answer: In England, we have established a comprehensive network of 181 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which cover the majority of our saltmarsh and seagrass habitats. While blue carbon habitats may not always be an explicitly designated feature, MPA protection ma...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will implement a (a) transparent and (b) meaningful method of production labelling.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central, Gareth Snell on 19 December 2024, PQ 20692.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled, Consultation on fairer food labelling, which closed in May 2024, when he will publish the outcomes of that consultation.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central, Gareth Snell on 19 December 2024, PQ 20692.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles plans to publish guidance on the options for the charging of electric vehicles.
Answer: The Government regularly publishes guidance for local authorities, industry and other key stakeholders on different aspects of electric vehicle (EV) charging, including the recent guidance on ‘cross-pavement solutions for charging electric vehicles’ and a...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Funds: InvestmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring a at least 25% of all new pension contributions to be invested in social and green infrastructure projects.
Answer: Investing in the right assets to deliver good saver returns, support growth and meet our environmental aims is key to the Government’s pensions initiatives. Proposals put forward by the November 2024 Interim Report of the Pensions Investment Review, aim t...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWealth: EqualityTreasuryTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26998More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the review of the UK’s national resilience will include the impact of wealth inequality on society.
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share of tax. That is why the Chancellor announced a series of reforms at Autumn Budget 2024 to help fix the public finances in as fair a way as possible.While income ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWealth: EqualityTreasuryTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26997More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in the level of wealth inequality.
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share of tax. That is why the Chancellor announced a series of reforms at Autumn Budget 2024 to help fix the public finances in as fair a way as possible.While income ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordShingles: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of shingles.
Answer: To increase awareness of the shingles programme and of potential vaccination benefits amongst health professionals and the wider public, the UK Health Security Agency provides a comprehensive suite of public facing resources and assets, including informat...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUrinary Tract Infections: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) conditions and (b) treatments for people with a chronic urinary tract infection.
Answer: NHS England published Excellence in Continence Care on 23 July 2018, bringing together evidence-based resources and research for guidance for commissioners, providers, and health and social care staff. This guidance covers both urinary and bowel, also kno...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWealthTreasuryTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26703More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for National Statistics Wealth and Assets Survey, published on 24 January 2025, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the trends in (a) financial and (b) physical wealth for
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share of tax. That is why the Chancellor announced a series of reforms at Autumn Budget 2024 to help fix the public finances in as fair a way as possible.While income ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWealth: Economic PolicyTreasuryTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26702More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the data on monitoring the longitudinal fluctuations in the wealth held by the wealthiest 1% of households in Round 8 of the ONS Wealth and Assets
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share of tax. That is why the Chancellor announced a series of reforms at Autumn Budget 2024 to help fix the public finances in as fair a way as possible.While income ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of charging different licensing fees for people using firearms for (a) work and (b) recreation.
Answer: The issuing of firearms certificates is a matter for individual Chief Constables who are in turn held to account by Police and Crime Commissioners. The performance of forces is also being actively monitored by the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s lead fo...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms licence renewals took more than three months in the last financial year.
Answer: The issuing of firearms certificates is a matter for individual Chief Constables who are in turn held to account by Police and Crime Commissioners. The performance of forces is also being actively monitored by the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s lead fo...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIsraeli Settlements: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the lifting of sanctions on Israeli settlers by the US government.
Answer: We are deeply concerned by recent events in the West Bank. The Foreign Secretary has been clear with Israeli Ministers that the Israeli government must clamp down on settler violence and end settlement expansion. Sanctions are an important tool the UK, ou...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: MediaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help facilitate media access to Gaza.
Answer: The UK remains committed to media freedom and to championing democracy and human rights around the world. Independent media is essential to a functioning society. We understand this is an incredibly difficult time for journalists who are carrying out cruc...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: CeasefiresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with the (a) International Criminal Court, (b) International Court of Justice and (c) UN agencies to investigate allegations of genocide in Gaza during
Answer: The UK is fully committed to international law. We respect the independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is the primary international institution for investigating and prosecuting the most serious crimes of international concern. The ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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