Llinos Medi MP: written questions
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Written questions
Employers' Contributions: Welsh GovernmentTreasuryTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93122More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she last met with the Welsh Government to discuss the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance Contributions on public sector employers in Wales.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Chancellor agreed to provide funding to the public sector to support them with the additional cost associated with changes to employer National Insurance Contributions policy. The Welsh Government received £185 million of this s...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWind Power: Seas and OceansTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92852More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the number of jobs to be created through the first phase of the Floating Offshore Wind Programme in the Celtic Sea; and how many of these will be in Wales.
Answer: As part of the tender process for Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5, bidders were required to set out plans for creating onshore benefits from the development of the new wind farms. This included committing to creating new apprenticeships, and supporting thos...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Fees and ChargesTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92849More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 28 March 2025 to question 41189, how many private businesses based in Wales paid (a) lease and (b) royalties fees to the Crown Estate in 2024-25.
Answer: This information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Crown Estate will provide separate reporting for Wales in its 2025-26 annual report and accounts.
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: VATTreasuryTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91676More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a cut in VAT for the hospitality sector in Wales.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution made by hospitality businesses to economic growth and social life in the UK. VAT is a reserved tax, applying UK wide. VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Fees and ChargesTreasuryTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91674More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 41189, what was the total value of (a) rents and (b) royalty fees paid by private businesses to the Crown Estate in Wales in the 2024-2025 financial year.
Answer: The Crown Estate’s Integrated annual report and accounts are published each year, and laid before Parliament. These set out details of The Crown Estate’s financial returns and information on how it delivers value for the long-term benefit of the UK. The C...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: Skilled WorkersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which body is responsible for administering and overseeing the £625 million construction skills programme.
Answer: Following recent machinery of government changes, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will have lead responsibility for the Construction Skills Package and will act as Senior Responsible Owner (SRO). Policy responsibility and budget control for dif...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: Skilled WorkersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, over what period the £625 million for construction skills training announced at the Spring Statement 2025 will be (a) allocated and (b) released in each financial year; and how expenditure and outcomes
Answer: Following recent machinery of government changes, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will have lead responsibility for the Construction Skills Package and will act as Senior Responsible Owner (SRO). Policy responsibility and budget control for dif...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: Skilled WorkersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the £625 million of funding to train up to 60,000 additional skilled construction workers, announced at the Spring Statement 2025, will be distributed; and how much funding the Welsh Government wil
Answer: Following recent machinery of government changes, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will have lead responsibility for the Construction Skills Package and will act as Senior Responsible Owner (SRO). Policy responsibility and budget control for dif...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88461More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the time taken to issue remaining (a) Remediable Service Statements and (b) Remedial Pension Saving Statements to people affected by the McCloud remedy.
Answer: The McCloud remedy under the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes are currently implementing the remedy. As part o...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88460More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to issue remaining (a) Remediable Service Statements and (b) Remedial Pension Saving Statements to people affected by the McCloud remedy.
Answer: The McCloud remedy under the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes are currently implementing the remedy. As part o...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88459More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh government on the (a) implementation of and (b) planned timelines for the McCloud remedy for public sector pensions in Wales.
Answer: The McCloud remedy under the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes are currently implementing the remedy. As part o...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88458More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has received information from relevant Departments on their plans to issue remaining (a) Remediable Service Statements and (b) Remedial Pension Saving Statements to all people affected by the
Answer: The McCloud remedy under the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes are currently implementing the remedy. As part o...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what date his Department will announce plans for the deployment of new nuclear generation projects at (a) Wylfa and (b) Oldbury.
Answer: Great British Energy – Nuclear purchased the sites at Wylfa and Oldbury in 2024. As sites which have previously hosted a nuclear power station, both have positive attributes for new nuclear. No decisions have yet been taken on any projects to be deployed ...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity Generation: WalesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the percentage of electricity supplied to the national grid from renewable forms of energy and (b) how much of this is generated from sources in W
Answer: Data for electricity generated in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, by fuel, is published in Energy Trends: December 2024, special feature article - Electricity generation and supply in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, 2019 to 2...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity Generation: WalesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of electricity supplied to the national grid that was generated in Wales.
Answer: Data for electricity generated in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, by fuel, is published in Energy Trends: December 2024, special feature article - Electricity generation and supply in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, 2019 to 2...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company Obligation: WalesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the National Audit Office Report entitled Energy efficiency installations under the Energy Company Obligation, published on 14 October 2025, what the cost to the public purs
Answer: The remediation costs sit with the original installer and we have been clear that no household should be asked to pay any money to put things right. We expect most remediation for solid wall insulation installed under ECO4 or GBIS to cost between £250 and...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company Obligation: WalesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the National Audit Office Report entitled Energy efficiency installations under the Energy Company Obligation, published on 14 October 2025, how many homes in Wales have had
Answer: The Government commissioned an independent statistical audit in April 2025. Two random samples of audits of external (EWI) and internal wall installations (IWI), across the household populations of both schemes were commissioned to understand non‑complian...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: WalesTreasuryTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87496More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on levels of business (a) investment and (b) closures in Wales.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) announced at Autumn Budget 2024. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exc...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHinkley Point C Power StationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of potential levels of (a) employment opportunities and (b) supply chain investment generated in the South West from the construction of Hinkley Point C.
Answer: EDF’s Hinkley Point C Socio-economic Impact Report 2025 [1] states that the project has supported 26,000 direct and indirect jobs across Britain, with around 4,500 people from Somerset working at Hinkley Point C. Further, the Report states 64% of the valu...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power: EmploymentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Nuclear Industry Association's webpage entitled NIA Jobs Map 2025, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of civil nuclear jobs in Ynys Môn constituency si
Answer: New nuclear projects are expected to create thousands of high-quality jobs across the UK, with the industry-led 2024 Nuclear Workforce Assessment estimating the need for an additional 24,000 employees across civil and defence by the early 2030s.1 The Depa...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Social MediaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of social media restrictions in Afghanistan on (a) communication between people in the UK and their family members in Af
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 21 October to question 80102.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: InternetForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent nationwide internet blackouts in Afghanistan.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 21 October to question 80102.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: WalesTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82053More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 75166 on Crown Estate: Wales, whether (a) the recruitment campaign has begun for a Crown Estate Commissioner with special responsibility for Wales and (b) a spe
Answer: The recruitment campaign started on 16 October and will progress in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments. This is also a Crown appointment and as such the Prime Minister will make a recommendation to His Majesty The King and a Royal...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: WalesTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82052More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 75165 on Crown Estate: Wales, if he will publish the full minutes of the meeting between the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, the Welsh Government's Cabinet
Answer: It would not be appropriate to share the minutes of this meeting as it would inhibit open and frank discussion in the development of government policy.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWylfa Power StationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on securing a new nuclear project at Wylfa.
Answer: My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with Ministerial Colleagues on a number of issues.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
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