Jim Shannon MP: written questions
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Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that minimally invasive cancer therapies are available for patients across the country.
Answer: Data on the number of cancer patients that have had access to minimally invasive cancer therapies in the last year by integrated care board (ICB), is not collected. The adoption of new treatments, including increasing the number and availability of minima...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Department for the Economy on protecting small businesses in Northern Ireland.
Answer: DBT Ministers have engaged with the Northern Ireland Executive since assuming office, including productive meetings and correspondence at SoS and Minister of State level as well as detailed and ongoing official level dialogue regarding the interests of No...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDomicilTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2331More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to reform the tax status of people with non-domiciled residency.
Answer: The government has published a policy note setting out its plan to remove the concept of domicile status from the tax system, and to implement a new residence-based regime which is internationally competitive and focused on attracting the best talent and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTobacco and Vapes BillDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Answer: As set out in the King’s Speech, a bill will be introduced to progressively increase the age at which people can be sold cigarettes and impose limits on the sale and marketing of vapes. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will pave the way for a smoke-free United ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPesticides: NeonicotinoidsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to discontinue the use of the pesticide thiamethoxam, in the context of its alleged toxicity to bees.
Answer: Pesticides are strictly regulated based on the risks and benefits of use. The Government will always take decisions according to these legal requirements and with full consideration of the evidence. This government recognises that nature is at a crisis po...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCars: Hire ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her (a) Department and (b) agencies take steps to (i) monitor and (ii) prevent the use of vehicles by car rental operators registered outside of the UK to circumvent the zero emission vehicle mandate.
Answer: The Department for Transport works closely with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the Devolved Governments to verify vehicle registration and location data for use in compliance. The ZEV Mandate includes a range of measures to prevent and penali...
Answered 3 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCars: Hire ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to enforce vehicle excise duty rules for car rental companies that use vehicles registered outside the UK.
Answer: Foreign registered vehicles brought temporarily into the UK by non-UK residents are exempt from UK registration and the payment of vehicle excise duty for up to six months in any 12-month period.When the keeper of a vehicle becomes resident in the UK, or ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPostal Workers: Dangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to help prevent dog attacks on postal workers.
Answer: Responsibility for dog control is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In England and Wales, owners whose dogs are dangerously out of control are breaking the law and the maximum penalty is a custodial sentence of up to 14 years. This includes in re...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: WomenHome OfficeTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle violent crimes against women.
Answer: To make our streets safe, we must drastically reduce serious violent crimes and violence against women and girls; increase confidence in the police; stop young people falling into crime and make our criminal justice system work for victims. This Governmen...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Mayor of London on steps to tackle knife crime.
Answer: The Home Secretary has already met the Mayor of London to discuss knife crime and other related issues, and will maintain regular discussions with the Mayor and other key stakeholders throughout the country to tackle this awful crime..
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussion with his Northern Ireland counterpart on trends in waiting times for access to CAMHS.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care had an introductory meeting with Northern Ireland's Minister of Health on 6 July 2024. During the meeting the ministers outlined their priorities and commitment to collaboration, which included discussion ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help people with care home fees.
Answer: Adult social care is devolved across the United Kingdom. In England, the current system of charging for care is based on a long-standing principle of personal responsibility. However, where an individual has assets of less than £23,250, they are entitled ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2081More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing Barnett consequentials for dental services in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Funding for dental services in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive. Barnett consequentials provided as a result of changes to UK Government department budgets are not ringfenced and it is for the Northern Ireland Execu...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAir Ambulance Services: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of air ambulance response times in rural areas.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made centrally by the Department. Air ambulance response times are not routinely published by Air Ambulance Charities.
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of sustainability of GP practices in rural areas.
Answer: We recognize that patients are struggling to access general practice (GP), and more must be done to improve the sustainability of the National Health Service both nationally and in rural areas. The Government is committed to fixing the front door to the N...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDairy Products: Avian InfluenzaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential future impact of the H5N1 virus on dairy projects.
Answer: Through our bulk milk testing, wider surveillance and monitoring of past infections in cattle, we are confident the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus strain B3.13 that has been responsible for incidents of influenza of avian origin in cattle ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWind PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to provide incentives to local communities for support for onshore wind projects in their areas.
Answer: Communities should benefit from hosting local renewable energy infrastructure and the Government will shortly publish updated community benefits guidance for onshore wind in England. The devolved administrations have their own policies regarding community...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Hearing ImpairmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department (a) is providing and (b) plans to provide to veterans that experienced hearing loss during their service.
Answer: There is no individual compensation scheme for hearing loss. The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) compensates for any injury (including Noise-Induced Sensorineural Hearing Loss), illness or death which was caused by or worsened by service on or aft...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: CybersecurityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) modernise NHS IT systems and (b) protect them from cyber attacks.
Answer: The National Health Service has made significant progress in digitising and modernising their services in recent years. Notably, we are on course to ensure that 93% of NHS trusts have an electronic patient record (EPR) system by the end of this year, redu...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAviation: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with representatives of the aviation industry on levels of compensation for passengers whose flights are cancelled.
Answer: Regulation 261/2004 sets out passenger rights in the event of certain flight disruptions. Under this Regulation, passengers who have their flight cancelled are entitled to a refund or alternative flight. In some circumstances, passengers may also be entit...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Urban AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to support high street retailers.
Answer: This Government is focused on its five-point plan to breathe life back into Britain’s high streets. Our plans include tackling retail crime, ensuring a level playing field between online and high street businesses, stamping out late payments and ending th...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHeart DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome as of July 2025.
Answer: The most recent data shows that there were 186 diagnoses in the year 2021, the latest year for which data is available, which resulted in 87 live births. Further information is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/pu...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that NHS workers receive above inflation pay awards.
Answer: The Government uses the independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process to set pay for all public sector workers. In reaching a decision on what to recommend, the PRBs consider recruitment, retention, funding, and the Government’s inflation target. The PRBs are...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Communities Minister on the termination of the JobStart programme for 16-25 year olds in Northern Ireland.
Answer: I have not had any discussions with the Northern Ireland Communities Minister regarding the JobStart scheme. The Northern Ireland Department for the Communities is responsible for the delivery of the scheme which has received £15 million New Deal for Nort...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase public awareness and (b) reduce stigma in men about early screening for prostate cancer.
Answer: The Department actively supports campaigns to increase public awareness of the symptoms of prostate cancer. NHS England is running the Help Us Help You campaigns to raise awareness of cancer symptoms, including symptoms of prostate cancer, and to encourag...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
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