Adam Thompson MP: written questions
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Internet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an Online Safety Act fee regime through which the fees charged to individual platforms is equal to the costs to Ofc
Answer: Companies raising revenue from online services should cover the costs of regulation to keep the online environment safe for users. The Online Safety Act allows Ofcom to charge providers above a revenue threshold a justifiable and proportionate fee.The Sec...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the consultation document entitled Online Safety - fees and penalties: Consultation on implementing fees and penalties under the Online Safety Act 2023, published on 2
Answer: Companies raising revenue from online services should cover the costs of regulation to keep the online environment safe for users. The Online Safety Act allows Ofcom to charge providers above a revenue threshold a justifiable and proportionate fee.The Sec...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the consultation document entitled Online Safety - fees and penalties: Consultation on implementing fees and penalties under the Online Safety Act 2023, published on 2
Answer: Companies raising revenue from online services should cover the costs of regulation to keep the online environment safe for users. The Online Safety Act allows Ofcom to charge providers above a revenue threshold a justifiable and proportionate fee.The Sec...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) maternal mental health services launched in 2019 and (b) maternal mental health services pregnancy and baby loss pathways in su
Answer: A National Institute for Health and Care Research-funded study has been commissioned to examine the effectiveness and the implementation of maternal mental health services, including the services’ provision of support for perinatal loss. The study will he...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Windrush GenerationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901202More
Question: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support victims of the Windrush scandal.
Answer: Justice and change that victims of the Windrush Scandal deserve has not been delivered.Recently, I met with the WNO and Windrush Cymru Elders as part of this Government’s fundamental reset, and am proud that since taking office, we have re-established the...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordJoint European TorusDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the UK Atomic Energy Authority on ensuring that expertise gained through the Joint European Torus (JET) experiment is (a) retained and (b) used by the UK STEP
Answer: The UKAEA has developed world-leading fusion expertise having hosted JET for 40 years. A decision was made to cease operations at the end of 2023 as major upgrades to JET’s ageing infrastructure would offer only limited scientific value. Most of the staff...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: NottinghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding had been (a) budgeted and (b) provided for (i) the Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital and (ii) the New Hospital Programme in total by 2 July 2024.
Answer: Up to the end of 2023/24, the total amount of funding received by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for the Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital scheme was £7.5 million. The breakdown of how much the Trust received for their new hos...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: NottinghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding (a) the Queen's Medical Centre and (b) Nottingham City Hospital received from the National Hospital Programme until the end of the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: Up to the end of 2023/24, the total amount of funding received by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for the Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital scheme was £7.5 million. The breakdown of how much the Trust received for their new hos...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: NottinghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) business case status and (b) RIBA stage is for the delivery of works on (i) Queen's Medical Centre and (ii) Nottingham City Hospital as part of the New Hospital Programme.
Answer: The standard process for confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to support plannin...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: NottinghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost to the public purse of work on (a) the Queen's Medical Centre and (b) Nottingham City Hospital via the New Hospital programme.
Answer: The standard process for confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to support plannin...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInnovate UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to encourage collaboration between business and universities to increase economic growth.
Answer: The Government encourages university-business collaboration through a range of incentives, funding and knowledge exchange. The Higher Education Innovation Fund, managed through Research England, providing £280m annually for knowledge exchange, including £...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordApprentices: DegreesDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the contribution of degree apprenticeships to the delivery of skills needs (a) locally, (b) in the East Midlands and (c) nationally.
Answer: The latest figures for the 2023/24 academic year show there have been 44,060 apprenticeship starts at degree level, including 3,540 in the East Midlands.Degree apprenticeships can provide school leavers and older learners alternative routes into degree le...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the report entitled Replacing the Research Excellence Framework published by UK Day One on 8
Answer: The next Research Excellence Framework (REF) is currently being developed by Research England and the three Devolved higher education funding bodies, in collaboration with the higher education sector.As development of REF 2029 proceeds, the funding bodies...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordResearch: PublishingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report by UK Day One entitled Reform Academic Publishing to Unblock Innovation, published on 5 September 2024, if he will make an assessment of (a) the potential m
Answer: The UKRI open access policy aims to make the results of publicly funded research immediately available so they can be accessed and built upon. UKRI encourages preprints across research disciplines and reserves the right to require preprints where necessar...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: SafetyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) progress can be monitored on all maternity safety improvement schemes and (b) all schemes can be effectively evaluated to assess impact.
Answer: Improving safety and outcomes for women and babies is central to NHS England’s three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services, which is built on recommendations from recent maternity safety inquiries and specifically addresses the key themes...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private schools closed in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) upper tier local authority in England between 11 May 2010 and 5 July 2024.
Answer: 1102 private schools closed between 11 May 2010 and 5 July 2024.The data in the attached table breaks this down into a) Parliamentary constituency and b) Upper tier local authority in England.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3323More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the viability of an amendment to section 180(1)(a) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, to increase the maximum value of employer loans in the context of levels of in
Answer: Within the current benefit in kind tax rules employers are able to provide their employees with a loan, which can be provided tax free, as long as the total value of the loan is below £10,000. This type of loan can be used to make purchases such as train ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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