Jim Shannon MP: written questions
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Undocumented Migrants: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people working in the UK illegally after their visa has expired.
Answer: The Home Office does not currently hold a reliable estimate of the number of individuals working in the UK following the expiry of their visas.The government takes illegal working very seriously, and we are determined to clamp down on the employment of in...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women aged between (a) 50-60 and (b) 60-70 years olds have been diagnosed with bowel cancer in the last 12 months.
Answer: Using the Rapid Cancer Registration Data between June 2024 and May 2025, the most recent 12-month period available:a total of 2,221 female patients aged 50 to 59 years old were diagnosed with bowel cancer in England; anda total of 3,380 female patients ag...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with ADHD in the last 12 months.
Answer: There is no single established dataset that can be used to monitor the numbers of people diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or to monitor waiting times for the assessment and diagnosis for ADHD by gender in England.For the firs...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: ProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for unpeaceful protest in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions for a wide range of offences including violent disorder in England and Wales within the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: C...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of water pollution in England.
Answer: Defra publishes an annual suite of indicators that assess progress on protecting and improving the water environment. These reports are publicly available at GOV.UK. The latest report has several trend assessments, each one is useful for understanding dif...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using Functional Electrical Stimulation devices to support people with Parkinson's disease.
Answer: The Department delivers research into Parkinson’s disease via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). While no specific assessment has been made, the NIHR is funding the STEPS II trial, which aims to determine whether Functional Electr...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: Further Education and TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support young disabled people into further (a) training and (b) education.
Answer: Our plan to Get Britain Working includes a new Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 in England to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or help to find work. Eight Youth Trailblazers across England are cu...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce inequalities for young disabled people in the labour market.
Answer: As set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper, we will launch a new Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 in England to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or help to find work. The Government recogn...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCholeraDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many confirmed cases of cholera there have been in the UK in the last 10 years.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) holds data on cholera cases diagnosed in the United Kingdom by the Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit.The number of people with cholera in the UK is published as part of the UKHSA’s Travel-associated infection r...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Humanitarian SituationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Nigeria.
Answer: Humanitarian needs in Nigeria remain high, particularly in the northern states. The protracted humanitarian crisis in Nigeria's North East continues to displace people, disrupt livelihoods and hinder access to essential services. There are an estimated 7....
Answered 2 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFraudHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of fraud to the economy; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that cost on departmental funding decisions.
Answer: We recognise the financial and emotional impacts that fraud, and wider economic crime, can have. The Home Office does not hold a specific figure on the annual cost of fraud to the economy, however, the estimated total cost of fraud to society was £6.8bn i...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: Public SectorHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the effectiveness of fraud (a) prevention and (b) detection by public sector bodies.
Answer: We recognise the financial and emotional impacts that fraud, and wider economic crime, can have. The Home Office does not hold a specific figure on the annual cost of fraud to the economy, however, the estimated total cost of fraud to society was £6.8bn i...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies HouseDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what resources he is providing to Companies House to (a) detect and (b) prevent the use of fraudulent corporate structures for criminal activity.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring Companies House is fully resourced to fulfil its new functions. In May 2024, the incorporation fee and annual fee increased from £12 to £50, and £13 to £34 respectively. This funding, alongside £19m from the Economi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic CrimeHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase (a) funding and (b) staffing for public agencies responsible for investigating (i) fraud and (ii) economic crime.
Answer: We recognise the financial and emotional impacts that fraud, and wider economic crime, can have. The Home Office does not hold a specific figure on the annual cost of fraud to the economy, however, the estimated total cost of fraud to society was £6.8bn i...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBenefits Rules: Supported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of benefit rules on the risk of supported housing residents who increase their working hours being in rent arrears.
Answer: It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of harm reduction policies on levels of drug-related crime.
Answer: The Government is determined to tackle drug harms and drug-driven crime. This includes investment in drug treatment and wider healthcare services, support for those recovering from drug dependence, enforcement to tackle drugs supply overseas, at the borde...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to build partnerships with (a) charities, (b) community organisations and (c) people with lived experience of cancer.
Answer: The Department is committed to engaging with charities, community organisations, and people with lived experience of cancer to make sure that the Government hears and learns from different voices to meet the challenges in cancer care in England.The forthc...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding within the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework to help pharmacists deliver on their expanded roles under the 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, community pharmacies will have a vital role in the Neighbourhood Health Service, working closely with other primary care providers at a neighbourhood level to deliver services.We expect services, including those that...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the expanded Independent Prescribing and clinical services granted to community pharmacists in the 10-year health plan will be funded.
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, community pharmacies will have a vital role in the Neighbourhood Health Service, working closely with other primary care providers at a neighbourhood level to deliver services.We expect services, including those that...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan will be published; and what support he plans to provide to the community pharmacy workforce to deliver this plan.
Answer: We will publish our 10 Year Workforce Plan by the end of this year. The 10 Year Workforce Plan will replace the Long Term Workforce Plan with a more sustainable model. Instead of asking ‘how many staff do we need to maintain our current care model over th...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGastrointestinal System: DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase clinical and public awareness of small bacterial overgrowth symptoms and (b) ensure that patients with digestive problems receive the proper diagnosis and tr
Answer: In the diagnosis and treatment of digestive conditions like small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) we expect health professionals to take into account best practice guidance, including that published by the National Institute for Care Excellence (NIC...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve early diagnosis of glaucoma and (b) monitoring of deterioration of the condition in patients.
Answer: Regular sight tests play a crucial role in the early detection of glaucoma, which is often symptomless in the early stages. Free National Health Service sight tests are available for many, including individuals diagnosed with glaucoma or aged 40 years old...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHouthis: Red SeaMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help improve the protection of cargo ships in the Red Sea from Houthi missile and drone attacks.
Answer: The UK Government strongly condemns the illegal and abhorrent attacks by the Houthis on merchant vessels; we are clear the Houthis must end their aggression immediately. The Department for Transport, supported by the Royal Navy's UK Maritime Trade Operati...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJob CreationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to increase job creation in the UK.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade outlined a clear mission: to support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and economic growth across the UK. Key departmental initiatives that support job creation include championing free trad...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTurki al-JasserForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the case of Turki al-Jasser.
Answer: No aspect of our relationship with Saudi Arabia prevents us from speaking frankly about human rights. We regularly raise concerns about individual cases, and officials in our Embassy in Riyadh have raised Turki Al-Jasser's case with the Saudi authorities....
Answered 3 Sept 2025
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