Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Health: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what due diligence steps his Department takes to assess national security risks before awarding public health data contracts to firms with links to (a) foreign intelligence or (b) military operatio
Answer: In awarding the contract for the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), NHS England made an assessment of the cyber risk and the protections offered by each bidder. The FDP has extensive security arrangements in place to manage cyber risk, including: strong n...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60617More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken a cross-Government security risk assessment of sensitive data contracts awarded to Palantir Technologies Inc.
Answer: It is long-standing policy that the Government does not disclose the specifics of its security arrangements, including with suppliers.The UK takes national security extremely seriously and has taken robust action to ensure the security of sensitive govern...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether contracts awarded to Palantir Technologies Inc. for NHS data infrastructure permit cross-border data sharing without UK regulatory approval.
Answer: In awarding the contract for the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), NHS England made an assessment of the cyber risk and the protections offered by each bidder. The FDP has extensive security arrangements in place to manage cyber risk, including: strong n...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a cyber risk assessment of the use of Palantir’s software in centralised NHS data platforms.
Answer: In awarding the contract for the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), NHS England made an assessment of the cyber risk and the protections offered by each bidder. The FDP has extensive security arrangements in place to manage cyber risk, including: strong n...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer 13 June 2025 to Question 57485 on Chemicals: Sanitary Products, what further (a) research and (b) evidence does his Department plan to commission.
Answer: In February, the Government published a draft Code of Conduct setting out how we intend to consult when using the new powers in the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill - Product safety: checks and balances on developing policy and legislation - GOV.UK. ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer 13 June 2025 to Question 57485 on Chemicals: Sanitary Products, which groups his Department plans to consult.
Answer: In February, the Government published a draft Code of Conduct setting out how we intend to consult when using the new powers in the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill - Product safety: checks and balances on developing policy and legislation - GOV.UK. ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60553More
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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the proposed funding increase for hospice care.
Answer: We are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices in England to ensure they have the best physical environment for care. The funding will help hospices to provide the best end of life care to ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that NHS data handled by Palantir Technologies cannot be accessed or processed by non-UK government entities.
Answer: The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) has been designed with stringent safeguards to ensure that patient data is protected in full compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.Access to National Heal...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalantirTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60373More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the National Cyber Security Centre on (a) long-term contract costs and (b) cybersecurity implications of awarding government-wide data infrastructure work to Palantir Tec
Answer: The National Cyber Security Centre is part of GCHQ, and works closely with the rest of Government to improve the cyber security of critical infrastructure and systems.It is HMG policy not to comment on the details of the Single Intelligence Account, inclu...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has consulted UK defence and intelligence agencies on awarding NHS data platform contracts to foreign-owned companies with defence-sector operations.
Answer: NHS England conducted an independent and transparent procurement exercise in full compliance with public contract regulations. The selection of the preferred supplier was not determined by a single individual but was the result of a rigorous assessment pr...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing and Private Rented Housing: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on reviewing the balance of funding between housing support for private rents and long-term capital
Answer: My department has been supporting the development of a long-term housing strategy which the government intends to publish later this year. At Spending Review 2025, the government announced the biggest boost to social and affordable housing investment for ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, regarding Housing Benefit, if she will make it her policy to commit a portion of benefit funding into social housing.
Answer: Housing support is delivered through Housing Benefit (HB) and the Housing Element of Universal Credit (UCHE). These are means tested benefits intended to help people pay their rental costs, including around two-thirds of households living in the social re...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the total amount of housing benefit paid to private landlords in the last ten years.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit and Universal Credit: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of increased availability of social housing on levels of demand for (a) hou
Answer: My department has been supporting the development of a long-term housing strategy which the government intends to publish later this year. At Spending Review 2025, the government announced the biggest boost to social and affordable housing investment for ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit and Social Rented Housing: CostsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of (a) Housing Benefit and (b) the provision of social housing in each of the next ten years.
Answer: The information requested on Housing Benefit (HB) expenditure over the next ten years is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, expenditure on HB for the years up to and including 2029/30 is available in the B...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the proportion of housing benefits that are paid to private landlords in (a) the UK and (b) other OECD countries.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of Universal Credit on the level of payments made to private landlords.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The Department does not hold data on the level of payments made by claimants to private landlords, either under Universal Credit or legacy benefits. Wh...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Housing Benefit as a mechanism for supporting people to live in the private rented sector.
Answer: Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum levels of housing support for households claiming Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit and who rent in the private rented sector. LHA rates are reviewed annually, usually at an Aut...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help incentivise private landlords to rent to benefit recipients.
Answer: Rental discrimination against people who receive benefits has no place in a fair and modern housing market. The Renters’ Rights Bill takes direct action to stop discriminatory practices against households receiving benefits in the private rented sector. I...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) Housing Benefit and (b) other housing subsidies on rent levels in the private rented sector.
Answer: The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum housing support for low income tenants in the private rented sector (PRS). In April 2024, LHA rates were set at the 30th percentile of local market rents and have been maintained at the same levels ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Housing Benefit was paid to private landlords (a) in real terms and (b) as a proportion of total Housing Benefit expenditure in each of the last ten years.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Housing Benefit is paid to private landlords in each (a) region and (b) local authority.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of Housing Benefit is paid to private landlords.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit and Universal Credit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of (a) Housing Benefit and (b) the housing element of Universal Credit is paid to private landlords.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Housing Benefit recipients live in (a) private rented accommodation and (b) social housing.
Answer: In 2023/24 financial year, 490,000 Housing Benefit claimants lived in private-rented accommodation. This accounted for 21% of all housing benefit claimants. In 2023/24 financial year, 1.9 million Housing Benefit claimants lived in social housing. This acc...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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