Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the letters of 26 September and 3 November 2023 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare sent on behalf of a constituent regarding the industrial action by junior doctors.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence of 26th September on the 18th December.
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the section 204(1) of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, what his planned timetable is for publishing that guidance.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Office is developing guidance on the new Failure to Prevent Fraud offence in collaboration with industry and key stakeholders to ensure it is a useful tool to help organisations understand how they can implement reasonable fraud prevention measures.
We will publish the guidance in 2024.
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to section 1.3 of the report entitled Strengthening Ethics and Integrity in Central Government, published in July 2023, whether Ministers appointed in the reshuffle on 13 November 2023 were asked to sign a deed to abide by Advisory Committee on Business Appointment decisions.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Government expects all former Ministers to abide by their obligations with regard to the Business Appointment Rules, as set out in the Ministerial Code. The work to develop a ministerial deed is ongoing and, as such, it has not yet been introduced.
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 6 and 15 September 2023 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of a constituent and her children about their visa applications.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 26 September 2023.
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the letters dated (a) 18 July 2023 and (b) 15 August 2023 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on Ofwat’s water network policy reforms.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letters of (a) 21 August and (b) 19 September 2023 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on the availability of Ethypharm.
Answered by Will Quince
I replied to the hon. Member on 2 October 2023.
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 30 June and 7 August 2023 on health care for older people.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I replied to the hon. Member on 19 September 2023.
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 30 May and (b) 30 June from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of Mr John Mayer and Ms Teresa Pitt on registrations for National Insurance contributions.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The correspondence was received in HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on 01 June 2023 and 03 July 2023.
HMRC apologise for the delay. The constituents were contacted by telephone on 06 September 2023. HMRC aim to reply in detail to the correspondence by 20 September 2023.
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to my correspondence of 5 June and 26 July on behalf of my constituent Lucy Foot.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The honourable Member can expect a response to be issued by Friday 8 September 2023. This case has been extremely complex, and we apologise for the delay.
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care when he plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 26 June and (b) 25 July from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare, on behalf of constituent Clare Cox on infection risks.
Answered by Will Quince
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Markham) replied to the hon. Member on 5 September 2023.