Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of increases in airport drop off charges since 2021.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Most airports in the UK are managed and operated as private businesses. The provision of and charging for car parking at airports, including drop-off and pick-up charges, is a matter for the airport operator as a commercial business.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in levels of renewal premiums for insurance.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Government has not made an assessment. The Government does not set the terms, conditions, or prices for insurance policies. Insurers make commercial decisions about pricing based on their assessment of the relevant risks.

The Government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator of the insurance industry, requires firms to ensure their products offer fair value. The FCA has stated that it will monitor firms to ensure they provide products that offer fair value and will take action if necessary.

In 2022, the FCA introduced rules that require firms to offer a renewal price that is no greater than the equivalent new business price the firm would offer to a new customer. The FCA estimated that these new rules would save consumers £4.2 billion over ten years.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of domestic abuse on levels of knife crime.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

Physical abuse, violent or threatening behaviour often form part of controlling or coercive behaviour. As set out in the statutory guidance under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 on controlling or coercive behaviour, this can involve use, or threats of use, of ‘weapons’, such as knives, and coercing the victim into carrying out criminal behaviour such as carrying weapons.

This government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency. As part of our mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, we will ask the police to relentlessly pursue those perpetrators who pose the greatest risk to women.

We are clear that this is not a problem that can be solved by one government department, by one piece of legislation, or by one agency. It will require focused, coordinated, and joined up long-term action between all our key partners.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eligibility requirements for the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is the United Kingdom’s expert committee that advises the Government on immunisations programmes.

In June 2023, JCVI advised on introducing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation programmes to protect older adults and infants at greatest risk of harm from RSV infection.

Following a competitive tender and in line with JCVI advice, the new RSV vaccination programmes began in England on 1 September 2024 for pregnant women and adults aged between 75 and 79 years old. Both programmes use Pfizer’s Abrysvo® vaccine, which is approved only for use in pregnant women from 28 weeks, for infant protection, and older adults, following clinical trials in these groups.

When advising the introduction of an RSV vaccination programme for adults aged between 75 and 79 years old, the JCVI considered that there was less certainty about how well the vaccine works in people aged 80 years old and over, as there were not enough people of this age in the clinical trials to be able to see if the vaccines are protective in this age band.

The structure of an immunisation programme is dynamic and the JCVI will continue to keep evidence under review. The Department will consider any further JCVI advice on who should be offered an RSV immunisation in due course.

Found: Chris Coghlan; Bobby Dean; John Grady; Dame Siobhain McDonagh; Lola McEvoy; Dr Jeevun Sandher; Yuan Yang

Found: Blake; Bobby Dean; John Glen; John Grady; Dame Siobhain McDonagh; Lola McEvoy; Dr Jeevun Sandher; Yuan Yang

Found: Blake; Bobby Dean; John Glen; John Grady; Dame Siobhain McDonagh; Lola McEvoy; Dr Jeevun Sandher; Yuan Yang

Found: Treasury Committee Member present: Yuan Yang.