Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Undocumented Migrants: BoatsHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to redistribute sea worthy boats used in migrant crossings to youth groups such as Sea Scouts.
Answer: The material and equipment rescued by Border Force from small boat crossings is usually totally unsuitable for any use, and there are therefore no plans to redistribute it as suggested.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 19860, Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance, whether the expected performance parameters of private sector providers have changed since these contracts were awar
Answer: The performance parameters of private sector providers are subject to ongoing contract management and are reviewed and, where appropriate, changed to align with the business requirements.
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 19860 on Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance, if she will publish the 2023 assessment.
Answer: The assessment carried out in partnership with the Cabinet Office in 2023, was conducted in line with Cabinet Office guidance and was consistent with the options appraisal approach prescribed by HM Treasury. The information contained within the assessment...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Environment: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to reform the marine licensing process.
Answer: The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for the operation of the marine licensing system. With Defra, the MMO seeks continuous improvement to ensure the system is streamlined, cost effective and proportionate, and supports economic growth ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Futures HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans the Young Future Hubs to be jointly run with third sector partners.
Answer: Young Futures Hubs will bring together services to improve access to opportunities and support for young people at community level, promoting positive outcomes, supporting crime prevention and enabling young people to thrive. The department will make use ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Futures Hubs: DorsetDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Dorset will receive a Young Future Hub.
Answer: Young Futures Hubs will bring together services to improve access to opportunities and support for young people at community level, promoting positive outcomes, supporting crime prevention and enabling young people to thrive. The department will make use ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Australia and CanadaDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a frozen overseas state pension live in (a) Canada and (b) Australia.
Answer: Data on State Pension caseloads that are not uprated overseas are published and this can be found on Stat-Xplore. Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, can access guidance on how to extract the information required. As of ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Environment: Carbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to (a) incorporate marine ecosystems into the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and (b) ensure that (i) land and (ii) sea are integrated into the carbon capture strategy.
Answer: Defra is working in partnership with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Devolved Administrations – through the UK Blue Carbon Evidence Partnership – to address evidence gaps that currently prevent the inclusion of coastal and marine habit...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Coastal AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support active restoration of coastal ecosystems; and if he will take steps to amend the licensing framework for that restoration.
Answer: The Government recognises that protecting, restoring, and sustainably managing coastal and marine habitats – such as saltmarsh, seagrass and native oyster reefs – can provide biodiversity, climate adaptation and climate mitigation benefits. Defra has fund...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase (a) the level of funding for and (b) access to Children's and Young People's Gender Services.
Answer: As my rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out during his oral statement to Parliament on 11 December 2024, the Government and NHS England are committed to implementing the recommendations of the Cass Review.NHS England ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing HormonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral statement entitled Puberty-suppressing Hormones of 11 December 2024, Official Report, column 914, what groups representing trans youth he consulted with before making his
Answer: A full list of groups which represent trans youth and that were consulted as part of the Government’s targeted consultation is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-changes-to-the-availability-of-puberty-bloc...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help protect funding streams for specialist domestic abuse services.
Answer: Supporting victims and witnesses remains a priority focus for the Department and ministers. Collectively we are committed to the Government’s pledge to halve Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in a decade.As such, I have decided to protect VAWG victi...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily HubsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to expand the reach of Start for Life services to (a) Poole and (b) other local authorities.
Answer: The Prime Minister’s Plan for Change outlined that there will be investment to continue to build up the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. In 2025/26, this investment will fund the 75 local authorities in England with high levels of deprivation tha...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential savings to the public purse of means testing the winter fuel payment.
Answer: It is estimated that the changes to Winter Fuel Payments in England and Wales will save around £1.3 billion in 2024/25, rising to £1.5 billion by 2029/30. This figure has been published in the Office of Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook ...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Winter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for a successful Pension Credit claimant to start receiving winter fuel payments.
Answer: The department does not hold data on the average time taken for a successful Pension Credit claimant to receive their winter fuel payment. However, where the customer is eligible for a Winter Fuel Payment, the department aims to make this payment within 2...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Winter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of additional Pension Credit claims received since the announcement on changing the eligibility of the Winter Fuel Payment; and what proportion of these claims
Answer: We are unable to advise how many claims for Pension Credit have been made and then awarded since 29 July 2024. This is because the Department currently reports clearance times by the week the claim was cleared, rather than the week the claim was made. As ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's Allowance: PensionersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will allow people in receipt of a state pension to claim carer’s allowance.
Answer: Pensioners can claim Carer’s Allowance, but under overlapping benefit rules it is not normally payable. I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 17 December 2024 to question UIN 18844 which sets this out.
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNeonicotinoidsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to reintroduce the use of neonicotinoid as a pesticide.
Answer: This Government is clear that we will change existing policies to end the use of neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten bees and other vital pollinators.
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: ReservesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish information on food stock-to-consumption ratios in the UK.
Answer: Defra publishes a related measure, production to supply ratio, for a range of produce in its Agriculture in the UK publication. The same publication includes stock changes in its supply and use tables for cereals. The department’s UK Food Security Report ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish a strategic plan for food security.
Answer: The Government is currently considering an ambitious food strategy that will set and deliver clear long-term outcomes that create a healthier, fairer, and more resilient food system, and in doing so will consider elements of the food system that can contr...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Bank ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to protect the privacy of people affected by proposals to allow investigators to access the bank accounts of people who claim benefits.
Answer: DWP investigators cannot access anyone's bank accounts, including under the proposed Eligibility Verification Measures within the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Bank ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce further legal protections for people affected by proposals to allow investigators to access
Answer: DWP investigators cannot access anyone's bank accounts, including under the proposed Eligibility Verification Measures within the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Bank ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposals to allow investigators to access the bank accounts of people who claim benefits.
Answer: DWP investigators cannot access anyone's bank accounts, including under the proposed Eligibility Verification Measures within the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAntisemitismMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle antisemitism.
Answer: The appalling rise in antisemitism we have seen over the last year is a stain on our society, and the Government is absolutely committed to rooting out this abhorrent form of hatred. We have been working closely with the Independent Adviser on Antisemitis...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Postal ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will have discussions with Royal Mail on ensuring that NHS correspondence is given a guaranteed next day delivery status.
Answer: The NHS has a Digital First strategy and most urgent appointments are already communicated by other means. The Government does not have a role in the operational decisions of Royal Mail as it is an independent business. However, in November, I met with Ro...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
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