Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Marine Protected AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference to ensure the effective management of Marine Protected Areas.
Answer: This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are already protected from the point of designation by the planning and marine licensing regimes that cover activities such as dredgin...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected Areas: ReviewsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his department plans to ensure the forthcoming review of the English Marine Protected Area (MPA) network will deliver stronger protections for vulnerable marine habitats; and how i
Answer: Our MPAs represent our most precious marine resources. However, the MPA network is under pressure from a range of sources. The review which we announced in January will consider ways to future proof the network, for example in terms of climate change adap...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households use the radio teleswitch service for their energy meter connections in Poole constituency.
Answer: The Department does not hold constituency level data on remaining RTS meters, but we are regularly engaging with energy suppliers, Ofgem and the industry body Energy UK to review local plans for the switch-off. Energy suppliers have contacted all premises...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department are taking to reduce phone-line waits for those making an application for Pension Credit.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plans resourcing according to forecasted telephony demand in an effort to keep wait times down. Wait time performance and forecasted demand is frequently reviewed and we are continually working to improve our tel...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAttendance AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered renaming the Attendance Allowance.
Answer: There are no plans to change the name of Attendance Allowance in England and Wales. Attendance Allowance is a devolved matter in Scotland. The Scottish Government is currently replacing it with Pension Age Disability Payment.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to take steps to reduce the number of questions on the Pension Credit application form.
Answer: As the Department continues to modernise the Pension Credit service, we review the user experience, balancing simplification of application with capturing the right information to ensure accuracy of award. A key objective of DWP’s Service Modernisation Pr...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWildlife: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on steps to ensure that offences of (a) reckless and (b) negligent behaviour which causes harm to wildlife are appro
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Ministry of Justice colleagues on a range of issues.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWildlife: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect animal habitats from building developments.
Answer: Protected sites designated under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 afford a high degree of statutory protection to some of our most valuable habitats. We are committed to making sure develo...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to ban the (a) use and (b) sale of (i) glue traps and (ii) wire snares.
Answer: This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. A ban on the use of glue traps is already in place. The Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 came into force in England on 31 July 2024. It prohibits the use of glue trap...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWildlife: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing guidance on ethical principles for licensing of wildlife management.
Answer: This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Wildlife conflicts are often minor and tolerable, especially if basic avoidance measures are employed. If the problem is significant enough to warrant action, optio...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: SentencingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase penalties for crimes against wildlife so that they are in line with sentences for other animal welfare offences.
Answer: Defra has no current plans to increase the penalties for committing crimes against wildlife. Wildlife crime is unacceptable, and significant sanctions are already available for judges to hand down to those convicted of such crimes. Anyone who commits an o...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professionals: UnemploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 35617More
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: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordEquality: Impact AssessmentsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35613More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to ensure that Equality Impact Assessments are produced each time (a) policies and (b) Bills are introduced.
Answer: The responsibility for equality impact assessments lies with individual departments when developing their policies and any new legislation. Departments are fully aware of their equality duties, including when an impact assessment may be appropriate, such ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were refused an education, health and care plan assessment by their local authority in the last financial year.
Answer: The department collects information on the number of requests for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment, the number of EHC needs assessments, and the outcome of these requests and assessments.This information can be found here: https://expl...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that parents have a legal right to appeal decisions by their local authority to refuse to assess their child for an EHCP.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed and thrive in their education and as they move into adult life.Parents...
Answered 22 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of households that are dependent on the Radio Teleswitch Service for energy meter connections in Poole constituency.
Answer: The Department does not hold constituency level data on remaining RTS meters, but we are regularly engaging with energy suppliers, Ofgem and the industry body Energy UK to review local plans for the switch-off. Energy suppliers have contacted all premises...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension 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
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