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1717964

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date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Rosyth Dockyard: Nuclear Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure the safety and (b) mitigate potential risks posed by the decommissioning of nuclear submarines at Rosyth Royal Dockyard for surrounding residential areas.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	26197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/05/2024 13:31:13 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1717966

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether changes to taxation arrangements of furnished holiday lets will apply to purpose-built holiday lodges on sites designated for leisure and tourism purposes.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	26198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has announced that it will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) tax regime from April 2025, equalising the tax treatment of all individual FHL and non-FHL businesses. This will make the taxation of property fairer and simpler while raising revenue for vital public services. The changes will not penalise or prohibit the provision of FHLs more widely.</p><p> </p><p>The status of individual businesses, and so the application of tax rules, will always depend on the specific facts of each case.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all aspects of tax policy under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/05/2024 08:15:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1718174

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government support for women experiencing misogyny in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Misogyny is unacceptable in any workplace.</p><p>This Government has committed to protect workers from misogyny through a robust legal framework, we made that clear in our response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s Misogyny in Music report, published in April.</p><p>We also supported the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 which received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. This will strengthen protections for employees against workplace sexual harassment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/05/2024 14:57:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1702380

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	United Kingdom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the UK's constitutional arrangements on the strength of the Union.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>In line with the longstanding practice of successive administrations, Cabinet discussions are confidential, and details are not normally disclosed. But I will say that the United Kingdom is one of the world’s most successful political and economic unions. When we work together as one United Kingdom, we are safer, stronger and more prosperous.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 25/04/2024 16:35:40 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1698594

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with the Scottish Government on the potential impact of the Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023 on the transport of dogs between England and Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	20371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Defra Ministers have written regularly to Ministerial counterparts in Scotland to encourage a UK–wide approach to the ban on XL Bully type dogs. This included highlighting the implications of the ban in England and Wales on the movement of XL Bully dogs between England and Wales, and Scotland. We also offered several meetings to discuss the XL Bully ban with the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>Defra officials continue to engage with officials from all the devolved administrations on a weekly basis to discuss the implementation of the ban.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 15/04/2024 09:15:18 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1693688

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress her Department has made on improving access to GP appointments.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	901818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <ul><li><p>Thanks to the efforts of superb GPs up and down the country, in England there is now a record additional 50 million appointments per year being made available.</p></li><li><p>Our Primary Care Recovery Plan for England is focussed on improving access for patients and reducing bureaucracy for GPs.</p></li><li><p>Health is devolved to Scotland and I’m sure the honourable lady will use our excellent record to challenge SNP Ministers on their performance.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/03/2024 17:12:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1688115

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects pension adjustments for police officers affected by the McCloud judgement to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	13615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Neither the policy responsibility nor administrative responsibility for police pension scheme falls to the Department of Work and Pensions. There have, therefore, been no such discussions.</p><p>The relevant legislation provides that all eligible members will be given a choice to remedy the discrimination set out in the McCloud judgment and that information should be provided to eligible members by 31 March 2025. Adjustments to individual members’ benefits are an administrative matter, and the police pension scheme is locally administered by each of the separate police forces in England and Wales (policing is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland).</p><p>The Home Office has policy responsibility for the police pension scheme but does not have any role in the administration of police pensions. Information on the progress of forces with the remedy process is therefore not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 13616 question first answered 19/02/2024 15:49:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1688116

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on pension adjustments for police officers affected by the McCloud judgement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	13616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Neither the policy responsibility nor administrative responsibility for police pension scheme falls to the Department of Work and Pensions. There have, therefore, been no such discussions.</p><p>The relevant legislation provides that all eligible members will be given a choice to remedy the discrimination set out in the McCloud judgment and that information should be provided to eligible members by 31 March 2025. Adjustments to individual members’ benefits are an administrative matter, and the police pension scheme is locally administered by each of the separate police forces in England and Wales (policing is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland).</p><p>The Home Office has policy responsibility for the police pension scheme but does not have any role in the administration of police pensions. Information on the progress of forces with the remedy process is therefore not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 13615 question first answered 19/02/2024 15:49:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1685476

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the use of electronic communications during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	11843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Scottish Government’s use of electronic communications is a matter for the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 05/02/2024 15:50:33 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1680848

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the total number staff days lost to long term sick absences in each Department in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	8810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Cabinet Office publishes sickness absence data for the Civil Service on an annual basis on gov.uk. Our preferred measure is Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year which accounts for workforce size and composition. The table below provides the data requested, days lost per department, along with AWDL for context. Data for 2023 are in production for planned publication by end March 2024.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table: Long Term Sickness Absence by Department 2021 and 2022</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2" scope="col"><p>Organisation</p></th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><p>2021</p></th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><p>2022</p></th></tr><tr><th scope="col"><p>Days</p></th><th scope="col"><p>AWDL</p></th><th scope="col"><p>Days</p></th><th scope="col"><p>AWDL</p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Attorney General's Departments</p></td><td><p>5,250</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>7,190</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>18,530</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>23,570</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious Fraud Office</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>34,010</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>47,160</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>13,090</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>20,750</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Savings and Investments</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charity Commission</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>s</p></td><td><p>s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities</p></td><td><p>6,850</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>7,670</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition and Markets Authority</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>4,110</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td><td><p>219,380</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>149,690</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>3,960</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>6,820</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>9,580</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>20,410</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>19,210</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>27,070</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESTYN</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office</p></td><td><p>16,750</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>18,830</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food Standards Agency</p></td><td><p>3,850</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>4,500</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Health and Safety Executive</p></td><td><p>7,440</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>10,520</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p></td><td><p>20,880</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>27,770</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Revenue and Customs</p></td><td><p>189,360</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>243,040</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Treasury</p></td><td><p>2,770</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>3,990</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>109,360</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>148,080</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>435,690</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>596,420</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Crime Agency</p></td><td><p>10,640</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>15,180</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Office</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services &amp; Skills</p></td><td><p>6,530</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>9,270</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Gas and Electricity Markets</p></td><td><p>2,260</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Rail and Road</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland Office (incl. Office Advocate General for Scotland)</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Government</p></td><td><p>111,300</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>134,510</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>51,950</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>71,260</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom Statistics Authority</p></td><td><p>9,250</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>10,070</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Export Finance</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Supreme Court</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales Office</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water Services Regulation Authority</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welsh Government</p></td><td><p>14,590</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>20,110</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>243,230</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>383,320</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li><p>Annual Data for year ending 31 March 2021 and 31 March 2022</p></li><li><p>Source – Management Information</p></li><li><p>Days rounded to nearest 10 days, AWDL rounded to 1 decimal place</p></li><li><p>s = suppressed due to data review, * = suppressed due to low counts</p></li><li><p>For sickness absence publications see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence</a></p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/01/2024 14:43:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine