Neil Shastri-Hurst MP: written questions 2025
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County Courts: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the retention of district judges and circuit judges in the County Court.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Court: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the retention of judges in the High Court.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Injury: CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce personal injury claims being block listed in the County Courts.
Answer: Listing decisions, including whether a claim is suitable for a block list, are a matter for the independent judiciary.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGivinostatDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) ITF Pharma UK to ensure that NHS Trusts have the necessary resources and guidance to take part in the Early Access Programme for
Answer: The Department understands the impact that Duchenne muscular dystrophy has on those living with it and their families, and the urgent need for new treatment options. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recently published guidance ...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGivinostatDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in accessing givinostat through the Early Access Programme on boys and young men living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the UK.
Answer: The Department understands the impact that Duchenne muscular dystrophy has on those living with it and their families, and the urgent need for new treatment options. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recently published guidance ...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35073 on Private Education: VAT, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the additional independent school closures over the
Answer: As made clear in the HM Treasury impact assessment, the introduction of VAT is anticipated to have extremely limited impact on the number of pupils in private schools. The department has not seen any evidence that contradicts the expectations set out in t...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArtillery: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 24 Archer artillery systems ordered in 2019 were operationally ready on 14 March 2025.
Answer: A total of 14 Archer 6x6 artillery systems were procured in 2023 to fill a capability gap following the Granting in Kind of AS90 to Ukraine. Archer reached Initial Operating Capability in November 2024 and there are no current plans to procure any additio...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Army Medical CorpsMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time regular personnel were serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps on 14 March 2025; and if he will make an estimate of the number of full-time regular personnel who will be serving in the (a) 20
Answer: The Royal Army Medical Corps have been amalgamated with Royal Army Dental Corps and Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps to form the Royal Army Medical Service. As at 1 January 2025 there were 3,954 Trade Trained Regular personnel in the Royal Army ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional (a) tanks and (b) armoured vehicles are expected to be operational in 2027-28, in the context of increases in defence spending.
Answer: Whilst the Army’s modernisation will continue over the next decade with a programme of investment worth billions of pounds, future capability development priorities will be guided by the Strategic Defence Review (SDR). There are no current plans to procur...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of additional service personnel who will be recruited to the (a) Royal Navy, (b) British Army, (c) Royal Air Force in the 2027-28 financial year, in the context of increase
Answer: The increase in defence spending is a vital part of ensuring the nation can realise the ambition which will be set out in the Strategic Defence Review (SDR). All Defence personnel - in and out of uniform - are at the heart of Defence's plans. The SDR has ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst Aid: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of mandating CitizenAID training within the national curriculum.
Answer: All state-funded schools are required to teach about first aid as part of the statutory health education set out within the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance. Independent schools are required to cover health education as pa...
Answered 22 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeorgia: RussiaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of interference by Russia in Georgia.
Answer: Georgia remains at the forefront of Russian hybrid aggression, with Russian military units stationed just 30 minutes from the capital, Tbilisi. In December 2024 I discussed with Georgian Dream representative, Maka Botcharishvili, Russian interference in G...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the application of VAT on independent school fees on the number of independent school closures in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 f
Answer: Approximately 50 mainstream private schools close each year. There are a range of reasons for closure, including financial viability and action taken by the department where schools are not meeting standards. We expect the number of private school closure...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: DeathDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of road traffic fatalities related to potholes in (a) Solihull Borough, (b) the city of Birmingham, (c) Warwickshire, (d) Oxfordshire and (e) Worcestershire i
Answer: Statistics on reported road injury collisions in Great Britain are published based on data reported by police via the data collection known as STATS19. Within STATS19, reporting police officers can assign up to 6 factors which they believe may have contri...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Protective ClothingMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 3M Combat Arms Earplugs V2 his Department purchased between 2003 and 2015.
Answer: 3M Combat Arms Ear Plugs V2 were purchased by the Ministry of Defence during this period, however records of the quantities purchased are no longer held.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual workforce and activity cost is of the (a) Regular Army Infantry Battalion, (b) Army Reserve Infantry Battalion, (c) Royal Armoured Corps Regular Army Regiment and (d) Royal Armoured Corps
Answer: We do not hold a central record of detailed workforce costings and activity at the granular unit level requested.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) workforce and (b) other costs are to maintain the (i) 4th Light Brigade Combat Team, (ii) 20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team, (iii) 102 Operational Sustainment Brigade and (iv) 1st Deep Reconnaissance
Answer: We do not hold a central record of detailed workforce costings and activity at the granular unit level requested.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNegligence: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for implementing fixed recoverable costs to clinical negligence claims.
Answer: Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on a wide range of matters, including clinical negligence costs reform, and we will announce our position in due course.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to he Answer of 27 January 2025 to question 24346 on NHS: Standards, how many additional Value Weighted Activity appointments have been delivered since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Between July 2024 and November 2024, the latest available data, there were 1,635,136 more value-weighted activity appointments compared to the period July 2023 to November 2023.This includes elective ordinary and day case admissions, outpatient first appo...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Protective ClothingMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 3M Combat Arms Earplugs V2 his Department has purchased in the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence holds no records of any 3M Combat Arms Earplugs V2 being purchased in the past five years.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Professional OrganisationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions he has met representatives of each medical Royal College since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Meetings with external organisations are routinely disclosed in the Department’s transparency publications. Two returns have been published since 5 July 2024, one in September, and one in December. Further information is available at the following link:ht...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he is measuring the delivery of 40,000 more NHS appointments a week.
Answer: Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission, and we will deliver an additional two million operations, scans, and appointments during our first year in Government, which is equivalent to 40,000 per week, as a first step in our commitment to...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which appointments will count towards the plan to deliver 40,000 more NHS appointments a week.
Answer: Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission, and we will deliver an additional 2 million operations, scans, and appointments during our first year in Government, which is equivalent to 40,000 per week, as a first step in our commitment to e...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: SanitationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Health and Safety Executive has made in its review of the Approved Code of Practice and guidance in the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 on provision of disposal
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are reviewing the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) and guidance of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 regarding provision of disposal facilities in workplace toilets. This work is included wit...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Navigation Satellite Systems: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve the UK's space-based (a) positioning, (b) navigation and (c) timing capabilities, in the context of encrypted and alerting services.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not currently have any UK space-based position, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities, nor any plans for a future space based PNT system. The MOD works closely with the National PNT Office, in the Department for Scien...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
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