Written questions

Jim Shannon

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have transitioned in each of the last three years.

11 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help ensure that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe can return to the UK safely from Iran.

11 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to create more (a) training and (b) employment opportunities for student nurses.

10 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homes needed to be built or adapted to meet the accessibility and adaptability standard equivalent to Category 2 of Part M of the Build

10 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with homebuilders on providing accessible and adaptable housing.

10 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Housing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential cost benefits of reducing VAT on (a) building products and (b) low-carbon technologies used to r

9 Mar 2021 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the church is taking to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions ahead of COP26.

9 Mar 2021 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Land

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the church is taking to encourage (a) regenerative agriculture, (b) more treeplanting and (c) good stewardship of hedgerows across its rural estates.

9 Mar 2021 · Church Commissioners

Remote Education

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the church has taken to provide support for the teaching of children at home during the covid-19 lockdown.

8 Mar 2021 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Land

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the church is taking to provide affordable, sustainable and beautiful housing on land it owns.

8 Mar 2021 · Church Commissioners

Religious Freedom

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the church is making in countries where people are being persecuted for their faith or belief.

8 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: BBC

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reverse the decision taken by China to ban the broadcast of BBC World News in that country.

8 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of covid-19 patients that have required dialysis in a clinical setting since March 2020.

3 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the rollout of a covid-19 mental health recovery strategy for children and young people.

3 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department’s plans to accelerate planning permission have taken into account any of the unintended consequences caused by relaxing permitted development rights for th

3 Mar 2021 · Church Commissioners

Church Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of whether the online broadcasting of services during the covid-19 outbreak has increased the number of people participating in worship.

3 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Bank Services: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to require banks to publish their bank transfer scam data.

3 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on (a) providing a free TV licence for people aged over 75 and (b) decriminalising licence evasion for people aged over 75.