Shaun Davies MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Reserve Forces: RetirementMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the retirement age of reservists from 60 to 65.
Answer: I am grateful for the contribution of our Reserve Forces who provide the UK with the ability to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, with the scale, skills, agility and connection to society that it needs, in a cost-effective way. Alongside the ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: Older PeopleMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists are aged between 55 and 60; and how many will be 60 in the next 12 months.
Answer: I am grateful for the contribution of our Reserve Forces who provide the UK with the ability to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, with the scale, skills, agility and connection to society that it needs, in a cost-effective way. Alongside the ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish any centrally-owned workforce planning documents for early years provision.
Answer: The early years workforce is at the heart of this government’s mission to give every child the best start in life and deliver our Plan for Change. We will continue to drive forward our progress on our 2028 Plan for Change target for a record proportion (7...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of early years professionals required in each region in each of the next five years.
Answer: To meet the additional demand placed on the childcare sector by expanding government funded entitlements to childcare, the department estimates that around 35,000 additional staff (headcount) nationally are needed above the 31 December 2023 baseline for a...
Answered 7 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years teachers there are in each region.
Answer: The department does not hold data on staff qualification levels by region.In 2024, 42% of staff within school-based providers and 11% of staff within group-based providers held graduate-level qualifications, as per the 2024 Early Years Provider Survey.
Answered 7 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years professionals were recruited following the introduction of the £1000 tax-free cash incentive.
Answer: The early years workforce is at the heart of the government’s mission to ensure every child has the best start in life. Early education and childcare is delivered by a mixed market of private, voluntary and independent provision who recruit and employ the...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on its scheme to offer £1000 sign-on incentives to help recruit early years professionals.
Answer: The early years workforce is at the heart of this government’s mission to give every child the best start in life and deliver the Plan for Change. We have set a milestone of a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on programmes to help recruit early years professionals in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) programme and (b) region and nation.
Answer: The early years workforce is at the heart of this government’s mission to give every child the best start in life and deliver the Plan for Change. We have set a milestone of a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on programmes aimed at recruiting (a) primary and b) secondary education teachers in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) programme and (ii) region and nation.
Answer: High quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcome in schools and colleges. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total amount owed to the Home Office by companies that receive money to house irregular migrants in hotels since 2019; and what discussions she has had with those com
Answer: The Home Office is currently conducting an open book audit covering the seven contracts with the three suppliers of Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts. Following completion of the audit, excess profits will be returned to the Home Office in line w...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to welfare spending on the Household Support Fund.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper’(opens in a new tab). A further programme of analysis to support development of the...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with social housing providers on (a) the Decent Homes Standard and (b) the provision of furnished tenancies in social housing in relation to levels o
Answer: My Department engages actively with registered providers of social housing on all issues facing social housing tenants.We will be consulting this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.People in need may be able...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many social care staff there are by gender in each (a) region and (b) nation.
Answer: The policy for health and adult social care is devolved across the United Kingdom, and the Department is responsible for adult social care in England. The following table shows the number of filled posts in adult social care, both for local authorities an...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial WorkersDepartment for EducationTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many social workers there are by gender in each region.
Answer: Information on child and family social workers, including breakdowns by worker characteristics, is published annually in the Children’s Social Work Workforce Official Statistics release. This can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.servic...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) membership is and (b) terms of reference are of the NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel; and whether that panel will be guided by the public procurement rules
Answer: The Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel is a non-statutory administrative arrangement established to help resolve disputes about the application of the Provider Selection Regime. The membership of the panel is publicly available at the follow...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS (a) has received and (b) is outstanding in charges from foreign nationals in each year that data is available.
Answer: For this answer, we have taken ‘foreign nationals’ to mean chargeable overseas visitors.The Department publishes data on the income identified from chargeable overseas visitors in England in its Annual Report and Accounts. The consolidated National Health...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRapid Transit Systems: TelfordDepartment for TransportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the construction of a new light rail line in Telford constituency.
Answer: The Department has not held any discussions on the opening of a new light rail line or tramway system in the Telford constituency. Departmental officials have however held discussions with Telford Council, Transport Design International, Eversholt leasing...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordM6: TollsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the owners of the M6 toll road on the potential merits of removing toll barriers.
Answer: M6 Toll is a privately-owned asset. My Department is aware that Midland Expressway Limited (MEL), which is a private consortium responsible for building and operating the M6 toll road, has ambitions for removing toll barriers which would potentially requi...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 45981 on Parental Leave, what the breakdown in the Other/Unknown category is between (a) the Channel Islands, (b) the Isle of Man and (c) unknown for
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade do not hold this information. Information in relation to statutory parental payments are based on HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) system, HMRC do not provide further breakdown of regional information as it risks disc...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEvents Industry: PublicityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to promote the UK business event sector.
Answer: Government recognises that the business events sector is a machine for economic growth, local prosperity and international importance, helping to enhance the UK's global reputation and foster international business relationships.The Business Events Growth...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBank ServicesTreasuryTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50944More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money is held in dormant bank accounts, broken down by (a) bank and (b) region.
Answer: HMT does not hold information on the level of dormant assets across UK bank accounts as this would be client information held by the banks themselves. However, the Government does have information on the level of funds pertaining to the UK’s official Dorm...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: National Insurance ContributionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of the State Pension live outside the UK have less than (a) 35, (b) 20, (c) 10 and (d) 5 years of National Insurance contributions.
Answer: The information on the years of National Insurance contributions for State Pension recipients living outside the UK is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The Department publishes the volumes of State Pension recipie...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust and (b) Shrewsbury and Telford ICB on (i) patient safety, (ii) waiting times, (iii) value for money and (iv) regulator
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has had no discussions with the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust or the Shrewsbury and Telford Integrated Care Board about these issues since July 2024.The Shrewsbury and Telfor...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: BusinessHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas for business events her Department has received in each of the past 3 years; how many of those applications were successful in that time period; what the (a) shortest,
Answer: The requested data is not centrally held by the Home Office, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: TelfordMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reopen court rooms at Telford Justice Centre.
Answer: I recently visited Telford Justice Centre and observed for myself the state of the court estate. Of the eight courtrooms at Telford Justice Centre, seven are currently operational, with one courtroom temporarily out of use due to damage caused by water in...
Answered 14 May 2025
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