Callum Anderson MP: written questions
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Employee OwnershipTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35474More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) Company Share Option Plans, (b) Save As You Earn and (c) Share Incentive Plans in encouraging employee ownership.
Answer: The Government offers four tax-advantaged employee share schemes, which all enable employers to offer their employees tax-advantaged shares or share options in their business. These are Save as You Earn (SAYE), Share Incentive Plan (SIP), Enterprise Manag...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployee OwnershipTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35473More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support businesses in offering employee share schemes.
Answer: The Government offers four tax-advantaged employee share schemes, which all enable employers to offer their employees tax-advantaged shares or share options in their business. These are Save as You Earn (SAYE), Share Incentive Plan (SIP), Enterprise Manag...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDirectors: WomenDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help improve the representation of women in senior leadership positions within large (a) public and (b) private companies.
Answer: Promoting equal opportunities for women is a key part of this Government's Plan for Change, ensuring fair access to the best jobs. To that end, the Department for Business and Trade sponsors the FTSE Women Leaders Review, which collaborates with the UK's ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed rail reforms on commuter services from Bletchley.
Answer: The Railways Bill will enable the biggest overhaul of the rail sector in a generation. It will create stronger leadership by establishing Great British Railways as a new ‘directing mind’ for the industry, unifying track and train under a single public bod...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire are expected to benefit from the increase in the Early Years Pupil Premium to £1 per hour in 2025-26.
Answer: Early education gives all children the best start in life. That is why we are delivering the largest ever uplift to the early years pupil premium, increasing the early years pupil premium rate by over 45%, from 68p per hour in the 2024/25 financial year t...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure early education providers in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire comply with the updated statutory guidance on additional charges for government-funded entitlements.
Answer: Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to secure funded early education and childcare for eligible children in their area. The early education and childcare statutory guidance sets out what local authorities must do as required by legislation,...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the projected allocation of the expansion grant for early education providers in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire will be for financial year 2025-26.
Answer: In 2025/26, the government plan to spend over £8 billion on the early years entitlements. This government has increased the early years pupil premium by 45% and are providing further supplementary funding of £75 million for the Early Years Expansion Grant...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal and Plant Health AgencyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the transformation of the Animal and Plant Health Agency facility at Weybridge into a National Biosecurity Centre on bio-se
Answer: Defra has committed to transforming the Animal and Plant Health Agency facility at Weybridge into a state-of-the-art National Biosecurity Centre. This will ensure that the UK continues to prevent, detect and respond to the increasing threats from animal d...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: ResearchDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how funding from the farming innovation programme will be allocated among different agri-technology research and development projects.
Answer: Applicants to the Farming Innovation Programme are assessed by the Programme’s delivery partner, Innovate UK, on how they address a particular challenge identified by industry (for industry-led partnership competitions) or by Defra (for thematic competiti...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to establish the annual number of Seasonal Worker visas.
Answer: The Home Office works closely with the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to set the annual quotas for the Seasonal Worker route. This process takes into consideration a range of data and information including previous years’ usages, work f...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the projected annual quota for the Seasonal Worker Visa Scheme over the next five years.
Answer: The Home Office works closely with the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to set the annual quotas for the Seasonal Worker route. This process takes into consideration a range of data and information including previous years’ usages, work f...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to encourage inward investment into the UK.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has tasked the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to use its diplomatic influence to champion the UK economy overseas. Our diplomats will be the sales force for UK plc, working with colleagues from across government ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help meet the mental health needs of children from underserved communities in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: We know that waits for children and young people's mental health services are far too long and that some disadvantaged groups are less likely to access support. That is why the National Health Service’s planning guidance for 2025/26 makes it clear that on...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Buckinghamshire CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on what the value of business rates written off by Buckinghamshire Council was in each of the last three financial years.
Answer: Data on the amount of business rates that local authorities have written off are published as part of the annual ‘Collection of council tax and business rates’ statistical release, published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-stat...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in Local Government Pension Scheme asset allocation to UK equities in the last ten years.
Answer: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) invests approximately 9% of its total assets of c. £392 billion in UK equities (or 17% of its total equity holdings) compared to over 20% a decade ago. The government’s landmark pensions review aims to unlock inv...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33718More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential contribution of the Mansion House compact on levels of pension investment.
Answer: The Mansion House Compact is a voluntary industry-led initiative with eleven signatories to secure better outcomes for defined contribution (DC) savers by increasing pension investment into unlisted equity. The ambition is to allocate at least 5% of the D...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: Economic GrowthTreasuryTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33717More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) Venture Capital Trusts, (b) the Enterprise Investment Scheme, (c) the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and (d) the Social Investment Tax Relief on econom
Answer: Growth is the central mission of the Government, and investment is a vital part of addressing the growth challenge. The venture capital schemes are a key part of this. The venture capital schemes were evaluated in 2022, and these evaluations were publishe...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnterprise Investment SchemeTreasuryTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33716More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies that received funding through the Enterprise Investment Scheme in the each of the last five financial years were in their first year of trading.
Answer: The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) offers tax reliefs for investors investing into companies below a certain age. This ensures it is targeted towards the most early-stage, high-risk companies, who face the greatest struggle securing the investment the...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnterprise Investment Scheme: BuckinghamshireTreasuryTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33715More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Enterprise Investment Scheme funding was provided to companies based in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: HMRC publish national statistics for the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) every year. HMRC’s most recent published statistics are for the 2022 to 2023 tax year. HMRC publish statistics outlining regional investment, but this is not broken down further. ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: ChinaTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24345More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to take steps to support greater supervisory data sharing between UK and Chinese financial regulators.
Answer: As the Chancellor’s Statement to the House on 14th January set out, the dialogue has delivered a set of tangible benefits to ensure that British firms have greater access to the world’s second largest economy, while safeguarding our national security and ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: ChinaTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24344More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of new UK-China over-the-counter bond trading on future trends in the UK's economic growth rate.
Answer: As the Chancellor’s Statement to the House on 14th January set out, the dialogue has delivered a set of tangible benefits to ensure that British firms have greater access to the world’s second largest economy, while safeguarding our national security and ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: ChinaTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24343More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of China's commitment to issue an inaugural offshore sovereign green bond on the competitiveness of the domestic financial sector.
Answer: As the Chancellor’s Statement to the House on 14th January set out, the dialogue has delivered a set of tangible benefits to ensure that British firms have greater access to the world’s second largest economy, while safeguarding our national security and ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: ChinaTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24342More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled 2025 UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue: fact sheet, published on 11 January 2025, what steps the Government plans to take to help implement new (a) com
Answer: As the Chancellor’s Statement to the House on 14th January set out, the dialogue has delivered a set of tangible benefits to ensure that British firms have greater access to the world’s second largest economy, while safeguarding our national security and ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: ChinaTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24341More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to take to help asset management firms access the Chinese market.
Answer: As the Chancellor’s Statement to the House on 14th January set out, the dialogue has delivered a set of tangible benefits to ensure that British firms have greater access to the world’s second largest economy, while safeguarding our national security and ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestmentTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24340More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent trends in the level of retail investment on economic (a) growth and (b) resilience.
Answer: The Government wants to see more consumers participate in capital markets and benefit from the long-term financial security and returns that investing can provide. The Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy call for evidence, which close...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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