Terry Jermy MP: written questions
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Maternity Leave: Workplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women have been affected by pension employer contribution discrepancies while on maternity since auto-enrolment began in 2012.
Answer: The Government is committed to raising labour standards and protecting workers' rights. Employer compliance with Automatic Enrolment is high with over 2.4 million employers complying with their duties to date. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has a statutory ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help protect the use of children’s personal data on social media.
Answer: We are taking steps in the Data (Use and Access Bill) to require the ICO to have regard to the fact that children merit specific protection because they may be less aware of the risks in relation to the processing of their personal data. The ICO will need...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGun Sports: LeadDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on phasing out lead ammunition for gamebird shooting.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has now published a final Opinion on their restriction proposal for lead in ammunition, informed by information from public consultations, as well as independent scientific advice. Now Defra has received HSE’s final O...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving horses took place between 2019 and 2024 in (a) England, (b) East Anglia and (c) South West Norfolk constituency.
Answer: The department publishes statistics on road injury collisions which occur on the public highway and are reported by police via the STATS19 system.The number of such collisions involving ridden horses are shown in the table below for 2019 to 2023, which is...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArts and Copyright: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the most effective steps to protect copyright and the creative industries against the increase of artificial intelligence usage.
Answer: The government recognises the importance of the UKs copyright regime to the economic success of the cultural and creative industries, one of eight growth-driving sectors as identified in our Industrial Strategy. We also recognise the basic principle that ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to publish the Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Governance consultation.
Answer: The Government published its consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on 17 December 2024. This closed on 25 February 2025.The Government’s priority now is to review all responses to the consultation, to help inform its approach to copyr...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCopyright: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure copyright protections remain (a) robust and (b) fit for purpose from artificial intelligence.
Answer: Copying protected material in the UK will infringe copyright unless it is licensed, or an exception to copyright applies.The Government recently consulted on several topics relating to the interaction between copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), in...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of education, health and care plan tribunals that were lost by Norfolk County Council in each year since 2019.
Answer: Information about appeal outcomes to SEND is published at: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 - GOV.UK.Appeal outcomes are not broken down by Local Authority in the routinely published data as requested in this PQ. These data are provi...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents or young people have taken Norfolk City Council to appeal at a tribunal against an Education, Care and Health Plan decision in each of the last five years; and what (a) number and (b) proportion
Answer: Information about appeal outcomes to SEND is published at: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 - GOV.UK.Appeal outcomes are not broken down by Local Authority in the routinely published data as requested in this PQ. These data are provi...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to tackle the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) backlog in (a) England and (b) South West Norfolk constituency.
Answer: Although the First-tier Tribunal (SEND) has responded well to the significant increase in appeals it has experienced in recent years, we acknowledge that more needs to be done to reduce the time parents and young people have to wait to have their appeals ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to protect UK (a) military personnel and (b) armed forces bases from potential drone attacks from Russia.
Answer: The UK employs a broad approach to deterring and defeating air and missile threats, including those from Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS or drones). The Ministry of Defence (MOD) collaborates closely with the Home Office on Homeland C-UAS issues, providing expe...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the outcomes from the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme consultation, which closed on 28 February 2025.
Answer: The outcome of the consultation will be published shortly, once all responses received have been fully considered and any decisions made about the final payment scheme.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding for services for children with eating disorders.
Answer: Too many people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are far too long. As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future, we will recruit an extra 8,500 me...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate (a) training and (b) support for GPs in helping to diagnose cancer.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 28805 on 14 February 2025.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: LeadMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Housing Ombudsman suggesting in January 2025 that there should be a pilot study to test and sam
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the Question UIN 27855 on 6 February.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of potential impact of intensive animal farming on (a) water ways and (b) agricultural land.
Answer: Agriculture and rural land management is one of the greatest pressures on the water environment, impacting 45% of water bodies in England. We recognise intensive farming is not without risk. Intensive pig and poultry farms above specified size thresholds ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the use of AI in farming.
Answer: The Government recognised AI as an opportunity of a generation in its response to the AI Opportunities Action Plan. The application of AI in agriculture will help to inform farmers’ decision making, automate operations and reduce costs for a more producti...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLead: ContaminationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assess lead levels in food produced near to abandoned lead mining sites.
Answer: Lead is naturally present in the environment, making it impossible to eliminate completely from food. Maximum levels are set to be as low as reasonably achievable, and enforcement action can be taken if food safety concerns arise whether or not maximum le...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLead: ContaminationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned recent research on the potential impact of the use of lead shot on the environment.
Answer: In Spring 2021, Defra asked the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency (EA) to prepare a UK REACH restriction dossier for lead ammunition, including lead shot, in all habitats. The HSE and the EA have considered the evidence of ris...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimals: LeadDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals were (a) slaughtered for food consumption and (b) then tested for the presence of lead in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023 and (vi) 2024.
Answer: A summary of the number of animals slaughtered for food consumption and number of animals tested for lead can be found in the table on the following page. For information, the majority of these data are available through the Defra Food and Farming statist...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBirds: Animal BreedingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure national scale cavity nesting habitat is (a) preserved and (b) created to stabilise populations of red listed birds reliant on buildings to bre
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 22080 on 15 January 2025.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25th February to Question 31290 on Housing: Standards, whether levels of lead standardisation will be be included in the Decent Homes Standard for the s
Answer: The government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.The existing Decent Homes Standard, which applies to social housing, makes clear that a home is not decent if it contains category 1 (serio...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 27855, when the consultation for a reformed decent homes standard will be published and; what its scope will be.
Answer: The government will bring forward a consultation this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLead: Health HazardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Health and Security Agency is taking to prevent population exposure to lead.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is raising awareness and has published advice and guidance for the public and professional partners on the risk of harm from lead exposure, and effective public health interventions to reduce lead exposure. The guidan...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the amount of bereavement leave.
Answer: The Employment Rights Bill establishes a new day one statutory right to bereavement leave for employees who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The measures in the bill set a framework for the entitlement, including providing for a minimum of one we...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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