Bernard Jenkin MP: written questions
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Written questions
Members: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex dated 10 of June concerning Mr Lewis Mounteny’s questions about NHS Penalty Charge Regulations.
Answer: The Department replied to the Hon. Member on 9 September 2026.
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria the NHS Business Services Authority applies when determining whether a person has acted wrongfully or with any lack of care for the purposes of Regulation 2(3)(g)(ii) of the National
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority considers the evidence in each case on its own merits, and cancels a penalty charge, under the provisions of Regulation 2(3)(g)(ii) of the National Health Service (Penalty Charge) Regulations 1999, where it is satisfied...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider allowing the export of live animals for to the EU for fattening and slaughter as part of the dynamic alignment provisions of the proposed sanitary and phytosanitar
Answer: It is illegal to export livestock or horses for slaughter or fattening under the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024. This Government understands the strong sentiment that led to legislation to ban live exports for slaughter and fattening. This Go...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordA120: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 901063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to upgrade the A120 from Hare Green to Harwich.
Answer: Through its Safety National Programme, National Highways is considering targeted measures, including junction upgrades, improved signage and road markings, barrier enhancements, and speed management interventions on the A120 between Hare Green and Harwich...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out in detail where he expects to be able to fulfill the commitment of £10.7bn included in the spending projections on page 73 of the Defence Investment Plan.
Answer: Defence is committed to efficiency and ensuring every pound spent on Defence is used in the best way for our Armed Forces and the taxpayer. Section 4 of the Defence Investment Plan (DIP), published 30 June 2026, outlines our extensive Reform and Efficienc...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider allowing the export of live animals to the EU as part of the dynamic alignment provisions of the proposed sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU.
Answer: The Government does not currently prohibit the export of live animals to the EU, except for slaughter and fattening. This Government is currently negotiating a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement to make agrifood trade with our biggest market cheap...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEconomic Growth: UK Membership of EUTreasuryTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7099More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made by her Department of the statistical reliability of the OBR's claim that the UK economy is growing more slowly than if the UK had remained in the EU after 2021; and if she will set out
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government’s independent official forecaster and is responsible for producing economic and fiscal forecasts.The OBR has included assessments of the economic impacts of leaving the EU in its forecasts since...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEconomic Growth: EU LawTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6712More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of measures proposed in the EU reset on economic growth, taking account costs on business and the taxpayer of, inter allia, i) new regulations and dire
Answer: At a time of great global uncertainty, we must deepen our relationships with allies whose values we share and whose interests are tied to our own. This is why we will pursue a closer relationship with the EU where it is in our national interest to do so. ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEconomic Growth: BrexitTreasuryTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3178More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of leaving the EU on the underlying growth rate of the UK economy; and what recent analysis her Department has undertaken on that issue.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the government’s official forecaster. The OBR has included assessments of the economic impacts of leaving the EU in its forecasts since 2016. In March 2020 the OBR estimated that, as a result of the deal negot...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: VettingCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128180More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the assessments made by UKSV arising from the developed vetting of individuals proposed for public appointments since the enactment of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 come into f
Answer: UKSV does not centrally categorise individuals by their specific terms of appointment, such as whether they are a public appointee. In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security mat...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordElectricity: SuffolkDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK electricity that will pass through the Bramford substation (a) in an average year and (b) at periods of highest demand through Bramford after
Answer: This information is not held centrally.
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she will give a substantive reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex dated 18 November 2025 on the road/rail crossing at Manningtree.
Answer: A response was sent on 12th March.
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: EssexMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his decision for postpone the Mayoral election in Essex, if he will make an estimate of the cost to local authorities of the preparations for that election, including
Answer: No assessment has been made by central government. Spend on these elections is a matter for the relevant local authorities.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNuclear Regulatory ReviewDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which Ministers are responsible for overseeing the implementation of the recommendations of the Nuclear Regulatory Review 2025; and if he will set out the timeline for their implementation.
Answer: The recommendations of the Taskforce will radically move the dial on the regulatory regime for civil and defence nuclear in this country, and ministers from a number of government departments will have a role in overseeing the implementation of the recomm...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordA1331: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on allocating funding for the proposed A1331 link road.
Answer: £100m from the Housing Infrastructure Fund has been provided to Essex County Council to deliver Phase 1 of the A1331 Link Road, which is under construction. We have been working closely with the council and are expecting them to submit a formal request to...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office and Civil ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84133More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will investigate the source of internal Government briefings on the future of the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service; and if the Prime Minister will make a statement.
Answer: The Cabinet Secretary continues to have the support of the Prime Minister. They are working closely together to deliver on the priorities of the British public.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStatutory InstrumentsLeader of the HouseTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68335More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, if she will publish a list of the statutory instruments made since the last general election and set out the provisions in the parent act of Parliament which are relied upon to provide statutory authority for the making of
Answer: The information requested can be found at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLiverpool Street StationDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station on the surrounding heritage buildings.
Answer: The initial plans brought forward by a previous developer have now been replaced by a revised scheme. This new approach seeks to address heritage concerns while preserving the benefits of commercial development. Crucially, it enables significant improveme...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLiverpool Street Station: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station on the economy.
Answer: The redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station will enable £500m investment in the busiest station in the UK at no cost to the taxpayer. Officials in my Department are engaged with Network Rail Property and Planning teams around the redevelopment proposal...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the public purse of local government reorganisation in Essex.
Answer: The overall case for local government reorganisation is set out the English Devolution White Paper.A PWC 2020 report estimated that reorganisation of the then 25 two-tier areas to a single unitary would have a one-off cost of £400 million, with the potent...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office and Prime Minister: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27507More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) officials and (b) advisers are employed by (i) his Department and (ii) Number 10 Downing Street.
Answer: Data on the number of officials in the Cabinet Office is published monthly at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-workforce-management-data-2023-to-2024 and Business Unit level data including for Business Units in Number 10 Downing S...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: Essex and SuffolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 6 January 2026 on Health and Adult Social Care Reform, Official Report, Column 597, where new diagnostic centres in (a) Essex and (b) Suffolk will be based.
Answer: The Elective Reform Plan, published on 6 January 2025, sets out that we will deliver additional community diagnostic centre (CDC) capacity in 2025/26 by expanding a number of existing CDCs and building up to five new ones. Capital investment agreed at the...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: Skilled WorkersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of skilled labour and (b) extent of the shortage of the particular skills required to deliver the proposed upgrades to the National Grid electrici
Answer: Reinforcing Great Britain’s electricity network to meet net zero will require a range of skills in engineering, IT professionals, physical scientist and environmental professionals, project managers, chartered surveyors and quality control, metal working ...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what the evidential basis is that unitary councils save mo
Answer: The Case For Local Government Reorganisation in the English Devolution White Paper, states “In 2020 a PwC report, “Evaluating the importance of scale in proposals for local government reorganisation”, for the County Councils Network, estimated that reorga...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOfgem: PublicationsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what definition his Department uses for socio-economic welfare, the context of publications by Ofgem.
Answer: Socio-economic welfare is a standard economic tool that aims to identify how much better off the country would be if an improvement is made by tracing the effects on the economy. In this regard, Ofgem uses the same definitions of welfare as used in other ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
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