Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Political Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has plans to introduce a cap on political donations.
Answer: Effective regulation of political finance is crucial for maintaining public trust in our electoral systems. The Government is committed to strengthening our democracy and upholding the integrity of elections and, as stated in our manifesto, we intend to s...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPress: Public OpinionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has commissioned research into trends in the level of public trust in the UK press; and whether she plans to take steps to help increase this trust.
Answer: We are aware that news consumption habits are changing and many are increasingly turning to less trustworthy news sources. The Government is committed to supporting a free, sustainable and plural media landscape, as the best way to maintain a shared under...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPress: RegulationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to shift to using the Impress regulator.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting press freedom, which is essential to a strong and functioning democracy. In the UK, there exists an independent, self-regulatory system for the press, which is crucial to maintain press freedom.The Government ther...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture, Practices and Ethics of the Press InquiryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to commission a follow-up to the Leveson report.
Answer: The Government has clearly laid out its priorities in the manifesto and in the King’s speech, and the second part of Leveson is not among them. This Government has no current plans for further legislation in this area.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture, Practices and Ethics of the Press InquiryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will fully implement the recommendations of the Leveson Report.
Answer: The Government has clearly laid out its priorities in the manifesto and in the King’s speech, and the second part of Leveson is not among them. This Government has no current plans for further legislation in this area.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure the adoption and special guardian support fund can continue to offer support beyond March 2025.
Answer: The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how its budget will be allocated for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being made as part of these discu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy Scheme: Cooperatives and Housing AssociationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a community right to buy for (a) social landlords and (b) community-led housing organisations.
Answer: Through the English Devolution Bill, we will introduce a ‘right to buy’ to empower local people to bring community assets, such as shops, pubs and community centres, into community ownership. There are no plans for this to apply to social or community-led...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy Scheme: Cooperatives and Housing AssociationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will introduce a community right to buy for social landlords and community-led housing organisations.
Answer: Through the English Devolution Bill, we will introduce a ‘right to buy’ to empower local people to bring community assets, such as shops, pubs and community centres, into community ownership. There are no plans for this to apply to social or community-led...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: DevonDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with hon. Members representing constituencies in Devon to discuss (a) the recent Ofsted report in Devon and (b) SEND provision.
Answer: The department has been working closely with Devon County Council since Ofsted’s inspection of children’s services in March 2020, in which services were found to be ‘inadequate’ overall and were placed in formal intervention under a Statutory Direction.In...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPesticides: PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of existing levels of pesticide pollution on (a) (i) terrestrial and (ii) aquatic ecosystems and (b) public health.
Answer: A pesticide may only be sold in Great Britain if it has been authorised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following thorough scientific risk assessment. Pesticides that pose unacceptable risks to the environment or human health are not authorised. ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPesticides: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of existing disposal infrastructure for pesticides in the UK at protecting (a) the environment and (b) public health.
Answer: We have no current plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of existing disposal infrastructure for pesticides in the UK. The Government’s first priority with regard to pesticides is to ensure that they will not harm people or pose unacceptable ri...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish a deadline for the implementation public registers of beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories.
Answer: At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November 2024, the Falkland Islands and St Helena committed to join Montserrat and Gibraltar in implementing fully public registers by April 2025.Other OTs, including the British Virgin Islands, Cayman, Bermuda, A...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the financial reasons for care providers closing.
Answer: Adult social care services are provided through a largely outsourced market of commercial organisations and charities. Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the care needs of their populations, and to develop and build local market ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: DevonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of staffing levels in care providers in Devon.
Answer: English local authorities have responsibility under the Care Act 2014 to meet social care needs and statutory guidance directs them to ensure there is sufficient workforce in adult social care.The Department continues to monitor adult social care workforc...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) inflation, (b) changes to National Insurance contributions and (c) local authority fee uplifts on healthcare providers.
Answer: Each year, the cost of providing healthcare changes because of changes in wages, inflation other inputs over which providers have little control. NHS England publishes a cost uplift factor to reflect these expected cost changes that forms part of the NHS ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: UkraineMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of and (b) lessons learned from the security response to the Russian invasion of Crimea; and if he will make an assessment of the impact of that respo
Answer: The Prime Minister made clear in his statement to the House on 25 February 2025 that this Government is actively responding to the security situation regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We have already commissioned a Strategic Defence Review (SDR) to ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Social Services: DevonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of changes to the level of operating costs for (a) end-of-life nursing, (b) mental health support services, (c) home care, (d) assisted living facilities and (e) other
Answer: We took necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget 2024, which enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26.The Employer ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdopt South WestDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of cutting funding for Adoption South West on parents of adopted children in Devon; and when the funding for 2025-26 will be announced.
Answer: The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how its budget will be allocated for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being made as part of these discu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to continue funding the adoption and special guardianship support fund for financial year 2025-26.
Answer: The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how its budget will be allocated for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being made as part of these discu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Licensed Private Hire Car Association on the potential impact of the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bi
Answer: Departmental officials engage regularly with local authorities to understand the challenges they face and will continue to monitor this situation. We do not expect there to be a significant impact on home-to-school travel for children with special educati...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the provisions in the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill on the ability of local authorities to fulfil the
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Newton Abbot to the answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 26397.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the provisions in the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill on the ability of children with special education
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Newton Abbot to the answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 26397.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Teign: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will (a) support and (b) meet with the community organisation Friends of the River Teign, in the context of South West Water's plans for tackling levels of overflow a
Answer: The Government commends the work of community groups in bringing attention to environmental issues, such as the state of our rivers. The local Environment Agency Team last met with the Friends of the River Teign (FORT) through the South Devon Catchment Pa...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: RussiaDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) Russian (ii) shadow fleet and (ii) trade vessels and (b) other vessels that have travelled to and from Russian ports that have entered UK waters in the last 12 mo
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 07 February 2025, to Question 27704.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Teign: MonitoringDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will submit an environmental information request to South West Water seeking to obtain details of the (a) testing and (b) monitoring they have carried out along the River Teign i
Answer: Access to testing and monitoring data is vital for transparency and to hold water companies to account to deliver protections for our rivers, lakes and seas. There are a number of provisions to ensure that Government, regulators and the public have access...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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