Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Written questions
High Income Child Benefit Tax ChargeTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51597More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the High Income Child Benefit Charge on (a) single-earner and (b) dual-earner households with similar or higher combined incomes.
Answer: By withdrawing Child Benefit from high-income parents where the higher earner earns £60,000 or more, the HICBC helps to ensure the sustainability of the public finances and protect our vital public services. Information on the number of households that ha...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Income Child Benefit Tax ChargeTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51596More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that have a joint income of over £90,000 that are not subject to the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
Answer: By withdrawing Child Benefit from high-income parents where the higher earner earns £60,000 or more, the HICBC helps to ensure the sustainability of the public finances and protect our vital public services. Information on the number of households that ha...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Income Child Benefit Tax ChargeTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51595More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using household income to levy the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
Answer: By withdrawing Child Benefit from high-income parents where the higher earner earns £60,000 or more, the HICBC helps to ensure the sustainability of the public finances and protect our vital public services. Information on the number of households that ha...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels and Offshore IndustryDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to (a) end fossil fuel subsidies and (b) provide support for people working in the oil and gas industry to transition to other sectors.
Answer: The UK joined the Coalition on Phasing out Fossil Fuel Subsidies (COFFIS) at COP29, which demonstrates the UK’s continued engagement on fossil fuel subsidy reform. The UK has recognised for a long time that our economy will need to become less reliant on ...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: TrainingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to allocate funds toward supporting the re-training of oil and gas workers.
Answer: DESNZ has established the Office for Clean Energy Jobs (OCEJ) to ensure that clean energy jobs are abundant, high quality, paid fairly, and have favourable terms and good working conditions. Through OCEJ we have launched several pilot initiatives, includi...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: TrainingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to support the re-training of oil and gas workers to help them transition to renewable energy.
Answer: By 2030, the clean energy transition could create hundreds of thousands of good new jobs across the UK, with evidence demonstrates that there is a high degree of transferability of skills between oil and gas and renewables roles. The Government recently l...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ParentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how her Department holds records of children with a parent in prison; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding this information in (a) a single and (b) multiple databases.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold records of children with a parent in prison. Where professionals are concerned about a child’s welfare, they consider whether a referral to local authority children’s social care is required and should always refer im...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to limit access to gambling advertising to people with problem gambling.
Answer: This government recognises that while advertising is a legitimate advantage which licensed operators have over unlicensed gambling firms, increased exposure to gambling advertising can have an impact on gambling participation. Some forms of advertising ca...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of creating a young cancer patient travel fund.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for North Cornwall on 24 April 2025 to Question 46605.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) school support workers and (b) other relevant stakeholders in the drafting of the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: Clauses to establish the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) were introduced in Parliament as part of the Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024.The department has policy responsibility for school support staff and the SSSNB. The department w...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to amend regulations on the (a) composition, (b) marketing and (c) labelling of commercial infant and toddler foods, in the context of products with (i) a high nutritional value an
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influences many aspects of well-being in later life.It is vital that we maintain the highest standards for foods consumed by babies and infants, which is why we ha...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: Power FailuresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) risk assessment and (b) contingency plan his Department has produced for the National Grid in the event of a national blackout, in the context of the situation in Spain and Portugal
Answer: Great Britain has a highly resilient energy system, and a total failure of power supplies is assessed in the National Risk Register as a high impact but low likelihood event. In its 75-year history, the National Electricity Transmission System has never e...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will require additional public reporting from water companies placed into (a) special measures or (b) special administration.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular discussions with a range of stakeholders, and representatives, on various issues, including issues related to the water sector in England. As part of our Plan for Change, we have delivered on our promise to put water c...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a statutory obligation for water companies in special measures to prioritise environmental repair in their restructuring plans.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular discussions with a range of stakeholders, and representatives, on various issues, including issues related to the water sector in England. As part of our Plan for Change, we have delivered on our promise to put water c...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofwat's powers to enforce compliance with (a) environmental and (b) financial regulations by water companies.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular discussions with a range of stakeholders, and representatives, on various issues, including issues related to the water sector in England. As part of our Plan for Change, we have delivered on our promise to put water c...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the conditions on which water companies' licences are renewed where there is repeated (a) pollution or (b) non-compliance.
Answer: Where companies have failed to meet their statutory or licence obligations, Ofwat have the power to take action through an enforcement order or financial penalty. This Government will continue to work with water sector regulators to hold water companies t...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: InsolvencyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that costs incurred by the Government for water companies entering special administration are recovered from that company's creditors.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular discussions with a range of stakeholders, and representatives, on various issues, including issues related to the water sector in England. As part of our Plan for Change, we have delivered on our promise to put water c...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings officials in his Department have held with (a) investor groups, (b) asset managers and (c) shareholder representatives with interests in UK water companies since July
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular discussions with a range of stakeholders, and representatives, on various issues, including issues related to the water sector in England. As part of our Plan for Change, we have delivered on our promise to put water c...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDistrict Councils: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to hold district council elections in 2027.
Answer: Under the local government reorganisation programme, we anticipate that, on the most ambitious timelines, there could be elections to ‘shadow’ unitary councils in May 2027, ahead of “go live” of new councils on 1 April 2028. For Surrey, our expectation is...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary Councils: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to delay planned local elections for new unitary authorities after 2027.
Answer: Under the local government reorganisation programme, we anticipate that, on the most ambitious timelines, there could be elections to ‘shadow’ unitary councils in May 2027, ahead of “go live” of new councils on 1 April 2028. For Surrey, our expectation is...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's timetable is for responding to submissions from local authorities in relation to local government reorganisation, received by 21 March 2025.
Answer: The government’s invitation on 5 February 2025 to two-tier authorities asked them to develop interim plans by 21 March 2025 for local government reorganisation. All proposals will be assessed against all the criteria in the invitation.We are currently rev...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBeaches: ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect beaches between the mouth of the River Exe and mouth of the River Dart.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) has recruited two new Water Industry Regulation teams who are increasing regulation of water company sites in Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, undertaking more compliance checks (including unannounced inspections), translat...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCompulsorily Detained Psychiatric PatientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Answer: Representations received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been used to modernise the Mental Health Act, to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and to ensure that everyone...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: DevonDepartment for EducationTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding she plans to make available for schools in Devon in the 2026-27 financial year.
Answer: Ensuring schools have the resources and buildings they need is a key part of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life.Capital funding for the 2026/27 financial year to improve the condition...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPsychiatric HospitalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve conditions in psychiatric hospitals.
Answer: In January 2025, the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) concluded its series of investigations into mental health inpatient settings. These identified ways we can improve mental health care, protect patients and the public, and create a sa...
Answered 20 May 2025
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