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1736454

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date	23/10/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: Pensioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits extending the eligibility for the winter fuel payment to pensioners in receipt of Attendance Allowance who suffer with medical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or certain other income-related benefits. They will continue to be worth £200 for eligible households, or £300 for eligible households with someone aged 80 and over.</p><p></p><p>Entitlement to Attendance Allowance is based on the on-going need for frequent personal care and attention, or supervision to ensure personal safety, rather than on the individual’s medical condition. It is paid out of general taxation and is a tax-free, non-contributory, and non-means-tested benefit so is not affected by other income or savings.</p><p> </p><p>Pensioners in receipt of Attendance Allowance and on a low-income may qualify for Pension Credit if all other eligibility criteria are met. Moreover, pensioners on low incomes and in receipt of Attendance Allowance can qualify for an additional amount in Pension Credit, providing they meet the other eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 28/10/2024 17:23:17 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1735604

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Department of Infrastructure on (a) pothole repairs and (b) resurfacing.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State met her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure in her first days of office and the departments regularly discuss matters of mutual interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 28/10/2024 14:17:20 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1735607

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Department of Communities in Northern Ireland on support for families in relative poverty.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish the child poverty strategy in the Spring.</p><p><br> Officials have already held discussions with the Department of Communities. The Taskforce Co-Chairs have written to First Ministers to set out their aspirations for partnership working across our four nations and there will be regular engagement as the Strategy takes shape.</p><p> </p><p>In developing the UK-wide Child Poverty Strategy, we will draw on both reserved and devolved policy levers and work closely with Devolved Governments, recognising the progress that has been made on their poverty strategies and policies.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 28/10/2024 12:01:07 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1735608

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to encourage young people not in education, employment or training into (a) further education and (b) employment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Under our plan to get Britain Working, we are working closely with the Department for Education to develop the new Youth Guarantee that will ensure that all young people aged 18-21 in England can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or help to find work. This will sit alongside; a new national jobs and careers service to help get more people into work, work health and skills plans for the economically inactive, and the launch of Skills England to open new opportunities for young people. We will set out further detail in the upcoming ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper.</p><p> </p><p>Currently through the Youth Offer, we provide labour market support to young people aged 16-24 claiming Universal Credit through a range of tailored interventions to help reduce the barriers young people may face, bringing them closer to employment or appropriate training opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 28/10/2024 12:17:44 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1735442

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include a review of the current arrangements for religious education in the planned review of the national curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>Religious education (RE) is an important subject that should provide pupils with an opportunity to learn about a wide range of religious and non-religious beliefs. Religious education should help pupils to better understand the values and traditions of different religious communities, which is why it remains a compulsory subject in all state-funded schools in England for each pupil up to the age of 18.</p><p>The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, which is chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The review will seek to deliver a curriculum that reflects the issues and diversities of our society, ensuring that all children and young people are represented in their learning and have access to a broad range of subjects.</p><p>The review group has recently launched a call for evidence, which sets out key questions and themes where it would particularly welcome input.</p><p>Anyone can access and respond to the call for evidence or register to join a live event. The review is looking to hear from a range of experts across the sector, in addition to the regular contact departmental officials have with stakeholders on the matter of religious education.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell grouped question UIN 9921 9922 question first answered 28/10/2024 11:17:59 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1735444

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to hold discussions with the (a) National Association of Teachers of RE, (b) RE Council and (c) National Association of Standing Advisory Councils on RE on the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>Religious education (RE) is an important subject that should provide pupils with an opportunity to learn about a wide range of religious and non-religious beliefs. Religious education should help pupils to better understand the values and traditions of different religious communities, which is why it remains a compulsory subject in all state-funded schools in England for each pupil up to the age of 18.</p><p>The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, which is chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The review will seek to deliver a curriculum that reflects the issues and diversities of our society, ensuring that all children and young people are represented in their learning and have access to a broad range of subjects.</p><p>The review group has recently launched a call for evidence, which sets out key questions and themes where it would particularly welcome input.</p><p>Anyone can access and respond to the call for evidence or register to join a live event. The review is looking to hear from a range of experts across the sector, in addition to the regular contact departmental officials have with stakeholders on the matter of religious education.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell grouped question UIN 9920 9922 question first answered 28/10/2024 11:17:59 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1735445

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the proposal of the Religious Education Council’s National Content Standard for Religious Education; and whether she plans to include the National Content Standard for Religious Education in the planned review of the National Curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>Religious education (RE) is an important subject that should provide pupils with an opportunity to learn about a wide range of religious and non-religious beliefs. Religious education should help pupils to better understand the values and traditions of different religious communities, which is why it remains a compulsory subject in all state-funded schools in England for each pupil up to the age of 18.</p><p>The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, which is chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The review will seek to deliver a curriculum that reflects the issues and diversities of our society, ensuring that all children and young people are represented in their learning and have access to a broad range of subjects.</p><p>The review group has recently launched a call for evidence, which sets out key questions and themes where it would particularly welcome input.</p><p>Anyone can access and respond to the call for evidence or register to join a live event. The review is looking to hear from a range of experts across the sector, in addition to the regular contact departmental officials have with stakeholders on the matter of religious education.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell grouped question UIN 9920 9921 question first answered 28/10/2024 11:17:59 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1734668

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of recent changes to the early release scheme.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>SDS40 is a necessary measure to avoid the collapse of the Criminal Justice System. In designing the measure, we took every possible step to mitigate risk including an 8-week implementation period, clear offence exclusions, and a huge amount of collaboration with partners across the Criminal Justice System.</p><p>Once released, offenders will be closely monitored by probation and subject to strict licence conditions, which if breached could lead to their immediate recall to prison.</p><p>Following the first tranche of SDS40 releases that took place on 10 September, the Ministry of Justice and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service have consulted our frontline and cross government partners on how things went. Following the release of prisoners under Tranche 1 on 10 September 2024 and Tranche 2 on 22 October, we are determined to continue to take every step possible to bring the prisons system under control, reduce reoffending and to keep the public safe.</p><p>As the Lord Chancellor has previously announced, the change will be reviewed in 18 months.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 24/10/2024 15:50:33 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1734669

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hare Coursing: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of gangs that are involved in hare coursing.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of tackling rural and wildlife crime and the impact hare coursing can have. We are committed to safeguarding rural communities, with tougher measures to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, strengthened neighbourhood policing, and stronger laws to prevent farm theft and fly-tippers.</p><p>The National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU), which the Government provides funding to, oversees the police national response to wildlife crime, including hare coursing. It provides bespoke analytics each year to the 32 forces that are signed up to Operation Galileo, which has resulted in a 40% reduction in hare coursing, and have been successful in disrupting and prosecuting organised crime groups.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Wildlife and Rural Crime Strategy aims to target hare coursing through better preventative action, improved intelligence and enforcement.</p><p>Policing in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 25/10/2024 13:44:16 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1734671

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Wind Power: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with large energy companies in Northern Ireland on funding for onshore wind farms in (a) Strangford and (b) rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>Energy policy is devolved to Northern Ireland but our ambition for onshore wind covers the UK and Northern Ireland will hopefully be a major contributor, already hosting a tenth of UK onshore wind capacity.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, collaboration between the UK Government and Devolved Governments is essential to accelerate Net Zero and deliver the Clean Energy Superpower Mission. The Government is working closely with governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to help work towards delivery of our respective climate targets and carbon budgets and Ministers from this department and the Devolved Governments met recently in Edinburgh to discuss this.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Published declarations include the purpose of the meeting and the names of any additional external organisations or individuals in attendance.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 25/10/2024 13:13:02 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon