James Frith MP: written questions
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Film: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55220More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of changes in the level of business rates on film studios in the UK.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that it intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFilm: Government AssistanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support the (a) long-term growth, (b) international competitiveness and (c) financial sustainability of the film production sector in the UK.
Answer: We are committed to supporting the growth and sustainability of the film sector. We provide globally competitive tax measures to incentivise production. We are investing in infrastructure through continued funding via the British Film Commission (BFC) whi...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFilm: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure the financial sustainability of film studios in the UK.
Answer: We are committed to supporting the growth and sustainability of the film sector. We provide globally competitive tax measures to incentivise production. We are investing in infrastructure through continued funding via the British Film Commission (BFC) whi...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will provide guidance to Integrated Care Boards on the minimum provision of palliative care that should be available for hospices in their area.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative care and end of life care.Whilst the majo...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of applying a currency model to the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative care and end of life care.A suite of new commun...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of palliative and end of life care on patients; and how the 10 year plan will ensure that there is adequate provision of these services.
Answer: No formal assessment has been made on the impact of palliative care and end of life care on patients, but we know that currently approximately 600,000 people die per year in the United Kingdom. Palliative care services are included in the list of services...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Community CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role his Department plans for hospices to play in shifting care into the community.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families ...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether long-term reform hospice care funding will be included in the NHS 10-year plan.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will set out how the Government will fix our broken National Health Service. Too many people, towards the end of their lives, are not receiving the support and care they deserve, and we know that waiting times for services are far ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBetIndex and Football Index: CompensationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 44518 on BetIndex and Football Index, if she will introduce a regulator levy to fund compensation for people who lost money through the collaps
Answer: Whilst the Government deeply sympathises with those impacted by the collapse of Football Index and BetIndex, we do not plan to introduce a regulator levy to fund compensation for people who lost money as a result.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGivinostatDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS England on the reason that some NHS Trusts are not yet offering access to givinostat through the Early Access Programme.
Answer: The Department understands the impact that Duchenne muscular dystrophy has on those living with it and their families, and the urgent need for new treatment options.Officials from the Department have had discussions with NHS England regarding access to gi...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGivinostatDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all eligible NHS Trusts participate in the Early Access Programme for givinostat.
Answer: The Department understands the impact that Duchenne muscular dystrophy has on those living with it and their families, and the urgent need for new treatment options.Officials from the Department have had discussions with NHS England regarding access to gi...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural HeritageDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to take steps to modernise (a) heritage and (b) community protection schemes to support (i) nightclubs, (ii) grassroots music venues and (iii) other contemporary cult
Answer: The Government is working closely with the music and nightclub sectors, to strengthen the sustainability of the entire music ecosystem. Cultural venues, like nightclubs and music venues, provide enjoyment to many thousands of people as the opportunity to ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural HeritageDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) listing and National Portfolio programmes and (b) other heritage and community protection schemes reflect (i) nightclubs, (ii) music venues and (
Answer: The Government is working closely with the music and nightclub sectors, to strengthen the sustainability of the entire music ecosystem. Cultural venues, like nightclubs and music venues, provide enjoyment to many thousands of people as the opportunity to ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Child Poverty Strategy of Parentkind's report entitled The Missing Chapter, published in March 2025.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Bury North to the answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46672.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the 2025-2026 pay review for NHS staff.
Answer: On 30 September 2024, the Government issued remit letters to the independent Pay Review Bodies (PRBs) covering the National Health Service’s staff groups, formally beginning the 2025/26 pay round months in advance of recent annual pay rounds. The Departme...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFruit Juices: Import DutiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to extend the suspension of customs tariffs on fruit juices after June 2026.
Answer: 203 suspensions are due to expire on 30 June 2026, including 27 measures that are in place on fruit juices and concentrates. The Government will consider a possible extension ahead of the measures’ expiry date. Further information about the review will be...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: SubscriptionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had meetings with providers of digital content subscription services on the potential impact of proposals on cooling-off rights within the new subscription contract regime under the Digi
Answer: The Government’s Consultation on the implementation of the new subscriptions contract regime included proposals for how refunds should work when consumers exercise their statutory cooling-off rights. The overarching aim set out in that document is for a f...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: SubscriptionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of his Department's proposals for cooling-off rights within the subscription contract regime under the Digital Markets, Competition and Con
Answer: The Government’s Consultation on the implementation of the new subscriptions contract regime included proposals for how refunds should work when consumers exercise their statutory cooling-off rights. The overarching aim set out in that document is for a f...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: SubscriptionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has received representations from providers of digital content subscription services on the potential impact of proposals on cooling-off rights within the new subscription contra
Answer: The Government’s Consultation on the implementation of the new subscriptions contract regime included proposals for how refunds should work when consumers exercise their statutory cooling-off rights. The overarching aim set out in that document is for a f...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPress: RegulationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to consult on reforms to press regulation.
Answer: The Government currently has no plans to consult on reforms to press regulation.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPress: MisconductDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that people affected by press wrongdoing have access to redress.
Answer: The Government does not intervene in or oversee the work of the UK’s independent press regulators. We are clear, however, that with this independence comes responsibility, and newspapers and regulators have a responsibility to ensure access to clear, time...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: StandardsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to help social media companies implement (a) C2PA Content Credentials and (b) other provenance standards to help (i) tackle disinformation
Answer: The Online Safety Act (OSA) represents our key legislative tool for tackling mis/disinformation and requires platforms to remove illegal mis/disinformation from their services. Our immediate focus is on quick and effective implementation. We will then loo...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: StandardsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to take steps to prevent social media companies from removing (a) C2PA Content Credentials and (b) other provenance metadata from content in order to help (
Answer: The Online Safety Act (OSA) represents our key legislative tool for tackling mis/disinformation and requires platforms to remove illegal mis/disinformation from their services. Our immediate focus is on quick and effective implementation. We will then loo...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBetIndex and Football IndexDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a regulator levy to fund compensation for people who lost money through the collapse of Football Index and BetIndex.
Answer: I refer my Honourable Friend to the answer I gave on 8 January 2025 to Question UIN 21381.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChange of Use: North of EnglandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support the conversion of (a) vacant and (b) underused mills into (i) housing and (ii) commercial space in (A) Bury North constituency and
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that substantial weight should be given to the value of using suitable brownfield land within settlements for homes and other uses and promoting an effective and efficient use of land. This includes suppo...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
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