Christine Jardine MP: written questions
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Driving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for driving tests.
Answer: As of April 2025, the average waiting time for a car practical driving test in Great Britain was 22.3 weeks. The attached Excel document shows the average waiting time for a car practical driving test at each driving test centre in Scotland, as of 26 May ...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: ScotlandDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the waiting time for a practical driving test is at each of the test centres in Scotland.
Answer: As of April 2025, the average waiting time for a car practical driving test in Great Britain was 22.3 weeks. The attached Excel document shows the average waiting time for a car practical driving test at each driving test centre in Scotland, as of 26 May ...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the reselling of block-booked driving tests.
Answer: As of April 2025, the average waiting time for a car practical driving test in Great Britain was 22.3 weeks. The attached Excel document shows the average waiting time for a car practical driving test at each driving test centre in Scotland, as of 26 May ...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChiropracticDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report published by the University of York entitled The Impact of Chiropractors on Workplace Productivity in NHS MSK Pa
Answer: No assessment has been made on the potential implications for policies of the report published by the University of York entitled The Impact of Chiropractors on Workplace Productivity in NHS MSK Pathways.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChiropracticDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of integrating chiropractic care into the National Musculoskeletal health strategy.
Answer: NHS England does not nationally commission chiropractic care as it is a complementary and alternative medicine. There are no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of integrating chiropractic care into centrally commissioned National Health S...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 on (a) small websites, (b) personal blogs and (c) community forums.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, in-scope user-to-user and search services must risk assess for content that is illegal and harmful to children. Ofcom, the independent regulator for this regime, set out what steps small, low-risk providers need to take to ful...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the meeting of the UK and Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council between 19 and 21 November 2024, what progress has been made on the implementation
Answer: Work is ongoing to improve beneficial ownership transparency in the Overseas Territories. At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November 2024, the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena committed to join Montserrat and Gibraltar in implementing fully publi...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Visual ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure blind and partially sighted people have access to health information in an accessible format.
Answer: Under the Equality Act 2010, health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers are ex...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Edinburgh and Greater LondonDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason her Department has chosen to decline to support more open access services along the Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley via Newcastle route.
Answer: As detailed in the 4 February response to the Office of Rail and Road, the Department did not support Lumo’s applications to operate additional Open Access services between London Kings Cross and Newcastle, and to extend existing Newcastle/Edinburgh servi...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to address the pension shortfalls experienced by police officers who, affected by the McCloud judgement, are classified as being in Immediate Detriment.
Answer: While the Home Office has responsibility for overarching policy and legislative changes to the police pension regulations in England & Wales, the police pension scheme is locally administered by individual police forces. The Home Office is working wit...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase the availability of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Answer: We have committed £200m funding in the Autumn budget to support charging infrastructure rollout. This is on top of over £6 billion in private investment committed out to 2030, and bolsters existing grants and funding to support chargepoint installation. T...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Sexual HarassmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help protect female members of the armed forces from sexual harassment.
Answer: Sexual Harassment has no place in our Armed Forces. Every individual must be treated with dignity and respect. We have a Zero Tolerance policy in Defence – unacceptable behaviour of any kind is not tolerated people will be held accountable. All criminal b...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: EssexTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26057More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 11845 on Employers’ Contributions: Essex, whether she plans to (a) collect and (b) publish data on the number of (i) businesses and (ii) employers impacted by ch
Answer: HMRC monitors Employer National Insurance Contributions through receipts monitoring, and information collected from Real Time Information returns.Receipts are published via the monthly HMRC tax and National Insurance receipts publication: https://www.gov....
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19752More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the independent review into the loan charge will include consideration of the issuing of section 684 notices prior to 2011.
Answer: At Budget, the Government committed to an independent review of the Loan Charge to help bring the matter to a close for those affected whilst ensuring fairness for all taxpayers. Further details will be set out in due course.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInternational AssistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will take steps to re-establish a separate department for International Development.
Answer: As set out in the 2024 Labour Party manifesto, the Government's plans are to strengthen international development work within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTropical Diseases: Health EducationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help (a) raise awareness of neglected tropical diseases and (b) tackle neglected tropical diseases.
Answer: The UK's new Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis in Africa programme (ELFA), that will receive £15 million of funding from 2024-25 to 2026-27, supports the broader Reaching the Last Mile Fund initiative to eliminate the neglected tropical diseases lymphatic ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPakistan: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart about (a) freedom of religion in that country and (b) the case of Ehsan Shan.
Answer: The UK condemns the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan. I underlined the importance of promoting religious tolerance and harmony when I met with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister Azam Tarar on 19 November. On 20 November, I attended a meeting ...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14070More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting an exemption to the extra money owed in vehicle tax for cars with a list price of more than £40,000 if the vehicle is a registered taxi with wheelch
Answer: The Expensive Car Supplement (ECS) is an additional Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) supplement payable from year 2-6 of a car’s lifecycle, and liable on new cars with a list price of £40,000 or more.Any vehicle modifications for disabled users made prior to fir...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndia: Bilateral AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to review bilateral development aid to India in the context of India’s continuing trade relationships with Russia.
Answer: The UK Government recognises India's long and historic relationship with Russia. The UK Government regularly raises Russia's actions in Ukraine with India. Most recently, the Foreign Secretary raised this with Indian External Affairs Minister in September...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRosyth Dockyard: Nuclear SubmarinesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure the safety of and (b) mitigate potential risks posed by the decommissioning of nuclear submarines at Rosyth Royal Dockyard for surrounding residential areas.
Answer: All the submarines currently stored at Rosyth have already been defueled, which has significantly reduced overall potential risk. Further, steps include contractual requirements with Babcock International around safety and environmental factors. These inc...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to retain the graduate visa route at the current eligibility salary threshold.
Answer: The Graduate route does not have a salary threshold for eligibility.As set out in by the Home Secretary in her written statement on the 30th July, this Government values the economic and academic contribution that international students make to this count...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 900425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle biodiversity loss.
Answer: Britain’s nature is in crisis. Nearly half of our bird species and a quarter of our mammal species are at risk of national extinction. Biodiversity has been declining at an unprecedented rate since 1970. That is why this Government has wasted no time in a...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorism: Remand in CustodyHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a person remanded in custody is prevented from receiving (a) visits and (b) phone-calls from next-of-kin if they have been arrested under counter-terrorism legislation but not charged with ter
Answer: The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) and the accompanying PACE codes of practice establish the powers of the police to combat crimes while protecting the rights of the public. PACE Code H focuses on detention, treatment and questioning by the ...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidTreasuryTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 824More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will take steps to restore the level of funding allocated to international development and aid projects to 0.7% of GDP.
Answer: This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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