Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the criteria were for award of the contract for Research on the operation and impact of Safety Valve agreements on children, young people and their families.
Answer: In April 2024, all suppliers registered with the Crown Commercial Service’s RM6126 Research & Insights Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), with the relevant skills and experience, were invited to apply to conduct a research project in relation to the Saf...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the future of the SEND Change Programme.
Answer: Change Programme Partnerships (CPP) have provided valuable insights and learning across the special educational needs and disabilities and alternative provision system. This includes informing government’s thinking about effective, inclusive, mainstream p...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Youth Parliament: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has plans to continue funding the UK Youth Parliament after March 2026.
Answer: This government values the contribution young people have to make on decision making at all levels of government and understand this leads to better, more impactful policy locally, regionally and nationally. We are committed to ensuring young people have ...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of assessing entitlement to benefits on individual income.
Answer: The Department provides support for different needs across a range of benefits. Each of these benefits has its own assessment criteria and entitlements dependent on the claimant’s circumstances. The Secretary of State continues to monitor all support prov...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordClothing: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the environmental impact of fast fashion.
Answer: The Government has not made an assessment of the environmental impact of fast fashion. The Government is funding action on textiles through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). As part of this work, WRAP has produced a number of reports includ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLocksmiths: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making locksmithing a regulated profession to tackle rogue traders.
Answer: The UK’s framework for occupational regulation upholds public protection, while ensuring regulatory burdens on industry are proportionate. Although the locksmithing profession is not subject to statutory regulation, several self-regulating trade associati...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDigital 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
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