Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Police: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support police officers unable to benefit from the final ten years of enhanced accrual under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme.
Answer: The main public service pension schemes – including the police pension schemes – were reformed following the recommendations of the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission in 2011. This reviewed the public service pensions landscape and the potenti...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will adjust pension calculations for police officers who completed the majority of their service under the 1987 Pension Scheme.
Answer: The main public service pension schemes – including the police pension schemes – were reformed following the recommendations of the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission in 2011. This reviewed the public service pensions landscape and the potenti...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the transition from the 1987 Police Pension Scheme to the 2015 Career Average Revalued Earnings Scheme on officers who served nearly 20 years un
Answer: The main public service pension schemes – including the police pension schemes – were reformed following the recommendations of the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission in 2011. This reviewed the public service pensions landscape and the potenti...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a path for settlement for Ukrainians in the UK linked to the 100 year partnership with Ukraine.
Answer: We recognise the Ukrainian government’s desire for the future return of its citizens to Ukraine to assist in the rebuilding of the country. It is important our approach respects these wishes.This is why the temporary sanctuary Ukraine visa Schemes do not ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFines: ReparationsTreasuryTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33672More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to allow a portion of the fines collected by (a) Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation and (b) other enforcement agencies to be directed toward reparations.
Answer: The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) is responsible for issuing civil monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions.The money collected from monetary penalties is deposited into the Consolidated Fund, in line with the general p...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCorruption and Human Rights: SanctionsHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to enable the repurposing of assets seized from sanctions violations to fund reparation for victims and survivors of serious human rights or humanitaria
Answer: Prosecutors and/or law enforcement agencies are currently able to confiscate or permanently seize assets where someone has benefitted from their offending or where their assets have or will have links to criminality, by making use of powers under the Proc...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31092 on Armed Forces: Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of that proposal on service members at pension age.
Answer: This is a Government of service and I am leading work across Government and with civil society to look at the best ways to ensure all Veterans get access to the support and opportunities they need and deserve. This year, we will set out our plans for Vete...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31092 on Armed Forces: Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that service members who are not eligible for pensions due to them falling under pre-1975 cr
Answer: This is a Government of service and I am leading work across Government and with civil society to look at the best ways to ensure all Veterans get access to the support and opportunities they need and deserve. This year, we will set out our plans for Vete...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Newton AbbotDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to provide support to homes with an EPC rating of D and below in Newton Abbot constituency.
Answer: There are various schemes currently delivering home energy efficiency improvements across Great Britain, including Newton Abbot, such as the Energy Company Obligation and the Great British Insulation Scheme. Owner occupier households are eligible if they ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: Charitable DonationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21470 on Hospices: Charitable Donations, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the potential impact of declining charitable income on h
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for provid...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21470 on Hospices: Charitable Donations, what proportion of the recently announced investment for hospices has been allocated; and how much has
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for provid...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21470 on Hospices: Charitable Donations, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of recent
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for provid...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to trial Avian Flu vaccinations in poultry farms in Devon.
Answer: Defra have established a cross-government and industry taskforce to explore potential for use of vaccination as a preventive measure for avian influenza. In conjunction with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), Defra will continue to monitor the de...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Avian InfluenzaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to provide additional (a) financial and (b) social support to poultry farmers affected by Avian Flu quarantine measures.
Answer: We recognize that avian influenza outbreaks are very distressing for the individual poultry farmers and businesses who are on the frontline of this terrible disease. Compensation is paid for any healthy birds culled by the Government for avian influenza d...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Avian InfluenzaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to provide additional (a) funding and (b) other support to free range poultry farmers affected by Avian flu.
Answer: The UK poultry sector is highly resilient, adaptable and continues to supply healthy and affordable products in spite of the many challenges it has faced in recent years including the war in Ukraine and Avian Influenza outbreaks. In Autumn 2024 Defra anno...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Medical TreatmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) fund and (b) support the Superhumans war trauma centre in Ukraine.
Answer: The Superhumans War Trauma Centre in Ukraine provides innovative rehabilitation services to people who have been impacted by war. Last year, FCDO-led, multi-donor programme - the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU) - supported the Superhumans ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Medical TreatmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to (a) support and (b) provide training to medical practitioners on the use of (i) prostheti
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) partners continue to support medical practitioners in Ukraine. For example, the FCDO contributed to £320,000 of funding to the Superhumans War Trauma Centre in Ukraine last year. The clinic provides ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Cluster MunitionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take in response to Russian use of cluster munitions in Ukraine.
Answer: As a State Party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), the UK has made a commitment not to produce or use cluster munitions and to discourage their use. We stand by that.As President of the CCM in 2022 the UK frequently highlighted the use of clus...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSuperhumans UkraineMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) hold discussions and (b) take steps with Super Humans Ukraine to provide (i) training, (ii) equipment for (A) prosthetics and (B) medical (1) assistance and (2) training and (iii) other support in
Answer: As a world leader in military rehabilitation, the UK Ministry of Defence, in consultation with our Ukrainian partners has chosen to contribute to the NATO Comprehensive Assistance Package (CAP) funded Project RENOVATOR, a project to support the developmen...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the 20-hour-per-week work limit for international students during term time.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to my response to the Member for Bournemouth East’s question of 17 October 2024 [09875].
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for student visa applications in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce processing times for such applica
Answer: Our published transparency statistics can be found here and include data on service standards. The current publication covers to Q3 2024.Visas, status and immigration data: Q3 2024 - GOV.UKWe continue to operate within our service standard of 15 days for ...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: Discrimination and Hate CrimeDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce (a) hate crime and (b) discrimination against international students.
Answer: The department condemns all forms of hatred on our campuses. Every student, irrespective of their background, should feel safe to pursue their studies at university.As autonomous institutions, universities should have robust processes in place to prevent ...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas StudentsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33208More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the inclusion of international students in net migration figures.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 24th February is attached.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing international students to reduce skills shortages in key sectors through the Graduate Route visa.
Answer: The Graduate route enables international students who have successfully completed an eligible qualification to stay in the UK and work, or look for work, at any skill level for 2 years, or 3 years for doctoral students. It includes the ability to switch i...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21470 on Hospices: Charitable Donations, if he will provide financial support to hospices to directly cover declining charitable incomes.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for provid...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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