Terry Jermy MP: written questions
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Social Security Benefits: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing (a) digitalisation and (b) automation in the provision of welfare services.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has already implemented many automation initiatives and remains dedicated to identifying future opportunities for further enhancements. To date, 58 automations have been deployed across the DWP, with 38 of them c...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to Work: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timetable is for making the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper accessible for persons with disabilities online.
Answer: Further accessible formats will be published on GOV.UK in due course. The consultation will close 12 weeks after the point at which all accessible versions of this Green Paper are available. We have published this paper ahead of all accessible versions to...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCystic Fibrosis: Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what he has made of the potential merits of using pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy for people with cystic fibrosis.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on best practice, based on an assessment of clinical and cost effectiveness. The NICE’s guideline on the diagnosis...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to increase funding to (a) Shelter and (b) other charities to support their work in (i) South West Norfolk constituency, (ii) Norfolk and (iii) Engla
Answer: Funding for homelessness and rough sleeping in England will increase by £233 million in 2025/26. Allocations of funding in 2025/26 can be found here and future funding will be subject to the Spending Review. Through our grant programmes, we will continue ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCharities: Government AssistanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to increase support for (a) Citizens Advice and (b) other charitable organisations in (i) Norfolk and (ii) England.
Answer: DWPs funding will be confirmed once the outcome of the Spending Review is known.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Leave: Workplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that women on maternity leave are not subject to discrepancies in their pension employer contributions.
Answer: The Government is committed to raising labour standards and protecting workers' rights. Employer compliance with Automatic Enrolment is high with over 2.4 million employers complying with their duties to date. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has a statutory ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Leave: Workplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women have been affected by pension employer contribution discrepancies while on maternity since auto-enrolment began in 2012.
Answer: The Government is committed to raising labour standards and protecting workers' rights. Employer compliance with Automatic Enrolment is high with over 2.4 million employers complying with their duties to date. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has a statutory ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help protect the use of children’s personal data on social media.
Answer: We are taking steps in the Data (Use and Access Bill) to require the ICO to have regard to the fact that children merit specific protection because they may be less aware of the risks in relation to the processing of their personal data. The ICO will need...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGun Sports: LeadDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on phasing out lead ammunition for gamebird shooting.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has now published a final Opinion on their restriction proposal for lead in ammunition, informed by information from public consultations, as well as independent scientific advice. Now Defra has received HSE’s final O...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving horses took place between 2019 and 2024 in (a) England, (b) East Anglia and (c) South West Norfolk constituency.
Answer: The department publishes statistics on road injury collisions which occur on the public highway and are reported by police via the STATS19 system.The number of such collisions involving ridden horses are shown in the table below for 2019 to 2023, which is...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArts and Copyright: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the most effective steps to protect copyright and the creative industries against the increase of artificial intelligence usage.
Answer: The government recognises the importance of the UKs copyright regime to the economic success of the cultural and creative industries, one of eight growth-driving sectors as identified in our Industrial Strategy. We also recognise the basic principle that ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to publish the Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Governance consultation.
Answer: The Government published its consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on 17 December 2024. This closed on 25 February 2025.The Government’s priority now is to review all responses to the consultation, to help inform its approach to copyr...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure copyright protections remain (a) robust and (b) fit for purpose from artificial intelligence.
Answer: Copying protected material in the UK will infringe copyright unless it is licensed, or an exception to copyright applies.The Government recently consulted on several topics relating to the interaction between copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), in...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of education, health and care plan tribunals that were lost by Norfolk County Council in each year since 2019.
Answer: Information about appeal outcomes to SEND is published at: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 - GOV.UK.Appeal outcomes are not broken down by Local Authority in the routinely published data as requested in this PQ. These data are provi...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents or young people have taken Norfolk City Council to appeal at a tribunal against an Education, Care and Health Plan decision in each of the last five years; and what (a) number and (b) proportion
Answer: Information about appeal outcomes to SEND is published at: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 - GOV.UK.Appeal outcomes are not broken down by Local Authority in the routinely published data as requested in this PQ. These data are provi...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to tackle the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) backlog in (a) England and (b) South West Norfolk constituency.
Answer: Although the First-tier Tribunal (SEND) has responded well to the significant increase in appeals it has experienced in recent years, we acknowledge that more needs to be done to reduce the time parents and young people have to wait to have their appeals ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to protect UK (a) military personnel and (b) armed forces bases from potential drone attacks from Russia.
Answer: The UK employs a broad approach to deterring and defeating air and missile threats, including those from Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS or drones). The Ministry of Defence (MOD) collaborates closely with the Home Office on Homeland C-UAS issues, providing expe...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the outcomes from the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme consultation, which closed on 28 February 2025.
Answer: The outcome of the consultation will be published shortly, once all responses received have been fully considered and any decisions made about the final payment scheme.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding for services for children with eating disorders.
Answer: Too many people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are far too long. As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future, we will recruit an extra 8,500 me...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate (a) training and (b) support for GPs in helping to diagnose cancer.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 28805 on 14 February 2025.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: LeadMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Housing Ombudsman suggesting in January 2025 that there should be a pilot study to test and sam
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the Question UIN 27855 on 6 February.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of potential impact of intensive animal farming on (a) water ways and (b) agricultural land.
Answer: Agriculture and rural land management is one of the greatest pressures on the water environment, impacting 45% of water bodies in England. We recognise intensive farming is not without risk. Intensive pig and poultry farms above specified size thresholds ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the use of AI in farming.
Answer: The Government recognised AI as an opportunity of a generation in its response to the AI Opportunities Action Plan. The application of AI in agriculture will help to inform farmers’ decision making, automate operations and reduce costs for a more producti...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLead: ContaminationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assess lead levels in food produced near to abandoned lead mining sites.
Answer: Lead is naturally present in the environment, making it impossible to eliminate completely from food. Maximum levels are set to be as low as reasonably achievable, and enforcement action can be taken if food safety concerns arise whether or not maximum le...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLead: ContaminationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned recent research on the potential impact of the use of lead shot on the environment.
Answer: In Spring 2021, Defra asked the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency (EA) to prepare a UK REACH restriction dossier for lead ammunition, including lead shot, in all habitats. The HSE and the EA have considered the evidence of ris...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
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