Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Written questions
Listed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that religious organisations’ assets are scrutinised before making decisions regarding an extension of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
Answer: The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme offers grants towards the VAT incurred on eligible repairs and renovations and is open to all listed places of worship. The future of the grant scheme will be considered as we work through the output of the Spendi...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTour de France: TelevisionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with UK broadcasters on ensuring that television coverage of the Tour de France remains available to UK viewers.
Answer: The Government recognises concerns raised about losing free-to-air coverage of the Tour de France. Ensuring live cycling can be enjoyed by a wide reaching audience is important to growing the sport and inspiring the next generation of cyclists. Profession...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTour de France: TelevisionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of ceasing television coverage of the Tour de France in the UK on levels of interest in British cycling.
Answer: The Government recognises concerns raised about losing free-to-air coverage of the Tour de France. Ensuring live cycling can be enjoyed by a wide reaching audience is important to growing the sport and inspiring the next generation of cyclists. Profession...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTour de France: TelevisionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to ensure that television coverage of the Tour de France remains available to UK viewers.
Answer: The Government recognises concerns raised about losing free-to-air coverage of the Tour de France. Ensuring live cycling can be enjoyed by a wide reaching audience is important to growing the sport and inspiring the next generation of cyclists. Profession...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWorking HoursDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered the findings of the most recent four day week pilot; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure businesses have a structured forum in which to share insights on effecti
Answer: We are aware of the findings of the 4 Day Week Foundation’s recent trial. A four-day week is an example of a flexible working arrangement. Currently, all employees have the right to request a flexible working arrangement, and we are changing legislation t...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWorking HoursDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has reviewed the findings of the recent national four-day working week pilot; and whether he plans to respond to the 4 Day Week Foundation’s recommendation to establish a working time counci
Answer: We are aware of the findings of the 4 Day Week Foundation’s recent trial. A four-day week is an example of a flexible working arrangement. Currently, all employees have the right to request a flexible working arrangement, and we are changing legislation t...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: VATDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the rules that allow private companies working in the NHS to avoid paying VAT.
Answer: HM Treasury is committed to implementing the Public Sector Value Added Tax (VAT) reform which will remove the current disparity for VAT recovery between National Health Service trusts and private companies working in the NHS.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: VATDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue new guidance to NHS Trusts advising them not to set up wholly owned subsidiary companies to avoid paying VAT.
Answer: The current NHS England guidance dated February 2024, titled Guidance for assuring and supporting complex change – subsidiaries guidance for trusts forming or changing a subsidiary, sets out the VAT position of wholly owned subsidiaries and confirms that ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: VATDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of NHS Trusts setting up wholly owned subsidiary companies to avoid paying VAT.
Answer: The current NHS England guidance dated February 2024, titled Guidance for assuring and supporting complex change – subsidiaries guidance for trusts forming or changing a subsidiary, confirms that the Department “reminded all NHS provider finance directors...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking Offences: FinesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy review the level of fines that local authorities can levy in relation to illegal parking.
Answer: While councils are responsible for their own parking arrangements, we are determined to reduce costs for motorists which is why we keep a limit on the fines councils can give. These limits can be found in The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventio...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what current restrictions are placed upon tourist visitors from China.
Answer: Chinese nationals travelling to the UK as tourists are able to use the Standard Visitor route to come to the UK for up to six months, though they will need to apply for a Standard Visitor visa prior to travel. This requirement applies to all visa national...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: BankcruptcyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing new restrictions on developers who have a history of bankcruptcy on the housing sector.
Answer: No such specific assessment has been made by my Department. I refer the hon. Member to the information on restrictions for people who have declared bankruptcy available on gov.uk here.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: RedundancyDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of job losses at (a) Bournemouth University and (b) the wider higher education sector on the (i) quality of education and (ii) range of courses availab
Answer: The department recognises that some higher education (HE) providers are making difficult decisions around staffing in order to safeguard their financial sustainability. Ultimately the sector is independent from government and as such must continue to make...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an updated assessment of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on the number of people who will lose their entitlement to PIP.
Answer: As I made clear in my statement to the House, Hansard, 1 July, col 219, any changes to PIP eligibility will come after a comprehensive review of the benefit, which I am leading, and which will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that re...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish an updated assessment of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on levels of poverty.
Answer: Updated analysis on the potential impact of Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on levels of poverty will be published shortly.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for manufacturing 12 new F-35 A jets.
Answer: The UK will purchase 12 new F-35A fighter jets and join NATO’s dual capable aircraft nuclear mission in a major boost for national security. The Secretary of State for Defence has said he expects those F-35As to start being delivered before the end of the...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new jobs will be created in the UK from the manufacture of 12 new F-35 A jets.
Answer: UK industry contributes approximately 15% by value of F-35 production, working with over 100 suppliers and supporting more than 20,000 jobs. The Ministry of Defence will purchase 12 F-35A aircraft as part of the previously agreed F-35B procurement schedul...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the 12 new F-35 A jets will be manufactured.
Answer: UK industry contributes approximately 15% by value of F-35 production, working with over 100 suppliers and supporting more than 20,000 jobs. Although final assembly of all F-35 aircraft takes place at Lockheed Martin's facility in Fort Worth, Texas, the U...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost of the 12 new F-35 A jets will be.
Answer: Final prices will be identified during contract negotiation.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ChessMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58502, how many prisons currently hold regular chess activity sessions.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice is aware of research that is in progress in relation to regular chess sessions across the prison estate. To date, no formal assessment has been made of any effect on re-offending.As chess is not a structured physical activity, it i...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ChessMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58502, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of chess in prisons on reducing offending behaviour.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice is aware of research that is in progress in relation to regular chess sessions across the prison estate. To date, no formal assessment has been made of any effect on re-offending.As chess is not a structured physical activity, it i...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Education and SportsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58502, what the total discretionary budget across the prison estate for (a) education and (b) sports in 2024-2025.
Answer: Non-discretionary spending on education in the adult prison estate and part of the private prison estate is funded from the Prison Education Framework budget. Governors are able to supplement this with provision from the Dynamic Purchasing System budget (...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFoxes: HuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward a consultation on fox hunting.
Answer: As per our manifesto, this Government will ban trail hunting. Work to determine the best approach for doing so is ongoing and further announcements will be made in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Social ServicesHome OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, if she will make it her policy to include consideration of the social contribution o
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Artificial Intelligence and CamerasMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to introduce AI integration and camera use in family law proceedings.
Answer: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. Within the Ministry of Justice, we ar...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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