Bradley Thomas MP: written questions
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West Midlands Rail Franchise: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with West Midlands Railway on restoring the number of services between North Worcestershire and Birmingham to six per hour.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had discussions with West Midlands Trains on this specific matter, but officials have done so. We keep service provision under constant review but have to balance the costs of providing additional services with the needs of ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiology: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the provision of radiographers in the NHS.
Answer: The refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan, which will be published this summer, will deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, and will ensure that the National Health Service has the right people, including radiographers, in...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic: HagleyDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to reduce levels of congestion in Hagley resulting from recurring roadworks.
Answer: Highway authorities have a range of powers to manage and co-ordinate road works on their road network and reduce the impact they have on congestion. Councils can also introduce lane rental schemes to target works on the busiest roads at the busiest times....
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: BromsgroveDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to fund new schools in Bromsgrove constituency.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for providing enough school places for children in their area. Where the need for a new school has been identified, local authorities must currently seek proposals for a new academy, or free school, under section 6A of th...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial Cars: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28834More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to procure British manufactured vehicles for use by the Government Car Service.
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) is committed to supporting British businesses wherever possible, and approximately half of the vehicles in the GCS fleet are manufactured in the United Kingdom. However, public sector procurement is governed by clear princ...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28831More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to increase the Income Tax Personal Allowance.
Answer: At our first Budget, we decided not to extend the freeze - implemented by the previous Government - on the Personal Allowance. As a result, the Personal Allowance will rise with inflation from April 2028.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to increase the grading of students that move to state schools from independent schools.
Answer: This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham, to write to the hon. Member for Bromsgrove directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of deporting foreign nationals resident in the UK that engage in activities contrary to British values.
Answer: It is already government policy to pursue deportation where a foreign national:is convicted of an offence that has caused serious harm or if, the person has not yet been convicted of an offence, there is compelling circumstantial evidence that the person’...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordM42Department for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of building Westerly slip road access to the M42 from J1 of the M42.
Answer: There are no plans to introduce westbound access to the M42 at Junction 1 owing to the close proximity of the Junction to the M5 Catshill interchange, half a mile to the west. National Highways has determined that due to the significant amount of weaving ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: TestingDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the time period between MOTs for privately registered passenger vehicles under ten years of age from one to two years.
Answer: The MOT test is a vital part of keeping our roads safe. Many motorists rely on it to identify and fix potentially dangerous faults with their vehicle. Any changes made to the frequency of testing risk increasing the number of serious injuries and fataliti...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military pensions are unclaimed; and what steps his Department is taking to increase the claimant rate of those pensions.
Answer: The estimated number of unclaimed pensions as of March 2024, the end of the last financial year, was 14,797. Tables on membership can be found at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66977e29a3c2a28abb50d0d1/Armed_Forces_Pens...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reducing academic barriers to entry to the nursing profession.
Answer: No such assessment has been made.Universities are responsible for setting their entry requirements in line with standards of proficiency, conduct and performance of nurses, as set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. It would not be appropriate for t...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28747More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of business rate reform to incentivise retail business investment in (a) Bromsgrove constituency and (b) across the United Kingdom.
Answer: The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. At Autumn Budget 2024, we made the first step with the announcement of permanently lower tax rates for the Retai...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote apprenticeships in the vocational skills required to deliver the Government's target of 1.5m homes during this Parliament.
Answer: This government has an ambitious plan for re-building Britain, delivering 1.5 million homes in England in this Parliament. We want to support employers, including in construction, to develop the skills they need to thrive. That is why we are widening the ...
Answered 21 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a 0% interest rate for student loans for the study of specific courses.
Answer: Student loans are subject to interest to ensure that those who can afford to do so contribute to the full cost of their degree, irrespective of the subject studied. The student loan system has significant borrower protections, and the government has not m...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMarried People: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28742More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the Married Couple's Allowance.
Answer: The Married Couple’s Allowance allows married couples and civil partners to reduce their tax bill by 10 per cent of the allowance amount, provided that at least one partner was born before 6 April 1935. At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government uprated the Ma...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of mandatory design codes for local planning authorities.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 6867 on 15 October 2024 and to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 12 November 2024 (HCWS209).
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of capping annual net-migration into the United Kingdom.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer provided on 05 December to Question UIN 16705.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: BromsgroveHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to not build new asylum accommodation in Bromsgrove constituency.
Answer: The Government has no plans to build new asylum accommodation at the current time.Home Office relies on pre-existing accommodation to house asylum seekers.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28704More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to change the historic vehicle tax exemption threshold to 30 years.
Answer: At Budget 2014 the previous Government announced that it would introduce a rolling 40-year VED exemption for classic cars. This means that currently vehicles constructed before 1 January 1984 are exempt from paying VED. The law does not specifically defi...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging asylum seekers for costs associated with their settlement in the UK.
Answer: Current Home Office policy in this area remains the same as that in place under the previous government.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: Retail TradeTreasuryTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28405More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of retail businesses operating as a front for money laundering.
Answer: The 2020 National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing found that cash-based money laundering risks remain high, often involving cash-intensive businesses such as retail used to mask criminal sources of wealth. The Treasury collabor...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Barriers: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to reduce trade barriers between Northern Ireland and (a) Bromsgrove and (b) other parts of Great Britain.
Answer: This Government is committed to implementing the Windsor Framework in good faith, to taking all steps necessary to protect the UK internal market, and to taking forward Safeguarding the Union. The Windsor Framework ensures Northern Ireland’s businesses ha...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: BromsgroveCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28390More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants funded by central government work in Bromsgrove constituency.
Answer: The location of civil servants is mapped and published at International Territorial Levels (ITLs) and Local Administrative Units (LAUs) only, and not by parliamentary constituency. However, the boundary for the parliamentary constituency of Bromsgrove ali...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMagistrates: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of numbers of magistrates.
Answer: The Government is committed to increasing the number of magistrates and we aim to recruit up to 2,000 magistrates per year. We are investing in recruitment to ensure that we build a larger and more diverse group of magistrates to meet the needs of our cou...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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