Caroline Johnson MP: written questions
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Prisoners: Gender RecognitionMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 51904 on Prisoners: Gender Recognition, how many of the prisoners with a Gender Recognition Certificate are housed in the correct prison facility for their biolog
Answer: The latest published data (a snapshot from 31 March 2024) shows that there were 10 prisoners known to have a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). The full data report can be viewed here: HMPPS Offender Equalities Report 2023/24 - GOV.UK.Because the numbe...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Gender RecognitionMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 51904 on Prisoners: Gender Recognition, how many of the prisoners with a Gender Recognition Certificate are biological (a) males and (b) females.
Answer: The latest published data (a snapshot from 31 March 2024) shows that there were 10 prisoners known to have a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). The full data report can be viewed here: HMPPS Offender Equalities Report 2023/24 - GOV.UK.Because the numbe...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Armed ForcesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the confidentiality of NHS data for serving personnel.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. friends, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Secretary of State for Defence, are united in their commitment to ensuring serving military personnel receive excellent health services through the Defence Medical Service work...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services and Health Services: Armed ForcesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on (a) medical and (b) dental healthcare provision for serving military personnel.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. friends, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Secretary of State for Defence, are united in their commitment to ensuring serving military personnel receive excellent health services through the Defence Medical Service work...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Dental HealthMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are categorised as NATO dental fitness Category (a) 2 and (b) 3 on the basis that they need dental care or treatment to achieve optimal dental fitness.
Answer: As at 1 April 2025 (latest available data) 21,461 Armed Forces personnel were categorised as NATO Category 2. As at 1 April 2025 13,742, were categorised as NATO Category 3, meaning that they require either preventative or interventive treatment to achiev...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Dental ServicesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel are waiting for dental treatment as of 3 June 2025.
Answer: As at 1 April 2025 (latest available data) 21,461 Armed Forces personnel were categorised as NATO Category 2. As at 1 April 2025 13,742, were categorised as NATO Category 3, meaning that they require either preventative or interventive treatment to achiev...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: DentistryMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full time equivalent dentists are employed by (a) his Department, (b) the armed forces, (c) the Royal Air Force, (d) the British Army and (e) the Royal Navy.
Answer: I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntimicrobial Resistance: Developing CountriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he had had with stakeholders on the potential impact of poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income countries on the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Answer: The Government continues to deliver the United Kingdom’s second five-year National Action Plan on Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The Action Plan recognises the need to support international action on AMR alongside domestic activity, especially i...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: LincolnshireMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to (a) maintain and (b) expand the Greater Lincolnshire Defence and Security Cluster.
Answer: This Government recognises the invaluable role Regional Defence and Security Clusters (RDSC) have played in the sector since the first such Cluster was instituted in 2020. Their success in bolstering collaboration between regional industry, academia, loca...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) industry bodies, (b) defence industry companies, (c) media organisations and (d) other non-Government bodies or people were given access to the Strategic Defence Review 2025 ahead of its publication; an
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was published on 2 June 2025, setting Defence's strategic direction for the next decade. Before the Secretary of State made his Statement in the House of Commons at 1700, the Ministry of Defence organised for selected st...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in (a) schools and (b) healthcare facilities in low and middle-income countr
Answer: We remain committed to work in partnership with governments to strengthen the systems to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools and health care facilities in low and lower-middle income countries. Our WASH Systems for Health Programme wor...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase the level of funding available for water, sanitation and hygiene programmes.
Answer: The UK is committed to action on Global Health, including water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as part of our development partnerships. Current UK bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend on WASH totalled £37 million in 2023, and we continue t...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: Cost EffectivenessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether reducing ICB costs by 50 per cent will lead to reductions in front line services.
Answer: This change is not about reductions to front line services. We are clarifying the role of the integrated care boards (ICBs), to focus on strategic commissioning. Alongside this, there is a need to move ICBs to the same level of efficiency in their adminis...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he received the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration report on resident doctors pay.
Answer: The Department received the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration’s report on 29 April 2025. The report contains findings and recommendations from the independent pay review body on resident doctor’s pay for 2025/26.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the impact assessment for the Medical Devices and Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2025, published on 25 February 2025, whether the calculations used to estim
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is subject to the increase in employer National Insurance contributions announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget. For their current fees uplift, the MHRA modelled their future costs, using historic...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Public BodiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are employed by (a) NHS England, (b) Health Education England, (c) NHS Digital, (d) NHS Improvement, (e) Health Research Authority, (f) Human Tissue Authority, (g) Human Fertilisati
Answer: Several of the bodies mentioned in the question no longer exist. Health Education England, NHS Digital, and NHS Improvement have all been merged into NHS England in recent years. With regards the remaining bodies, the latest published figures on headcount...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Public BodiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the decrease in the Lower Earnings Limit for National Insurance contributions announced in the Autumn 2024 Budget applies to (a) NHS England, (b) Health Education England, (c) NHS Digital,
Answer: The increase in employer National Insurance contributions (ENICs) and decrease in the lower earnings limit applies to all the employers listed. The Government will publish the ENICs allocations to reimburse public sector employers alongside departmental b...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Public BodiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the increase in employer National Insurance contributions announced in the Autumn 2024 Budget applies to (a) NHS England, (b) Health Education England, (c) NHS Digital, (d) NHS Improvement,
Answer: The increase in employer National Insurance contributions (ENICs) and decrease in the lower earnings limit applies to all the employers listed. The Government will publish the ENICs allocations to reimburse public sector employers alongside departmental b...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of average cost per activity under the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service, in the context of value-for-money references during the Urgent Question on the NHS Volunt
Answer: The National NHS and Care Volunteer Responders programme was first established as part of the COVID-19 response and then adapted to respond to other organisational pressures. However, a model that worked well in a national crisis is no longer the most cos...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has produced an impact assessment on the closure of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service.
Answer: Since relaunching the programme in September 2022, the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders (NHSVCR) programme has 48,078 registered volunteers who have completed their identification check, in order to be able to carry out tasks.The NHS Volunteer recruitmen...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each (a) month, (b) quarter and (c) year since January 2023.
Answer: The National NHS and Care Volunteer Responders programme was first established as part of the COVID-19 response and then adapted to respond to other organisational pressures. However, a model that worked well in a national crisis is no longer the most cos...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that patients receive adequate support following the closure of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service.
Answer: Since relaunching the programme in September 2022, the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders (NHSVCR) programme has 48,078 registered volunteers who have completed their identification check, in order to be able to carry out tasks.The NHS Volunteer recruitmen...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Urgent Question on the NHS Volunteer and Care service on 19 May 2025, when he plans to launch the new volunteer portal.
Answer: Since relaunching the programme in September 2022, the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders (NHSVCR) programme has 48,078 registered volunteers who have completed their identification check, in order to be able to carry out tasks.The NHS Volunteer recruitmen...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many volunteers are registered with NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service.
Answer: Since relaunching the programme in September 2022, the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders (NHSVCR) programme has 48,078 registered volunteers who have completed their identification check, in order to be able to carry out tasks.The NHS Volunteer recruitmen...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS and Social Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tasks and (b) shifts booked from 1 June 2025 onwards with the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service have been cancelled.
Answer: The Royal Voluntary Service provides reports on activity to NHS England. These reports do not separate out tasks and shifts. The following table provides a breakdown of activities, which could be tasks or shifts, in each month from May 2023 to February 20...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
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