Mel Stride MP: written questions
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Written questions
Business RatesTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113508More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the difference is between the 250,000 retail, hospitality and leisure businesses benefitting from business rates relief, as cited in answer to question UIN 904249, and the 750,000 businesses benefitting from th
Answer: More properties will benefit from the new retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) multipliers because there is no cash cap, meaning all qualifying properties in an RHL chain will benefit.
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112583More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the policy to write off 90% of local authority SEND debs will be funded.
Answer: This funding relates to money that has already been spent by local authorities. The effect of the decision referred to is to transfer the accounting for that historic spending from local to central government. Any impact will be reflected in the OBR’s upc...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112582More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the cost of the additional business rates support for pubs will be funded.
Answer: From April, every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget, ahead of their bills being frozen in real terms for a further two years. The cost of this support will not impact other sect...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the student loan outlay is by immigration status of the student cohort for the last five years for which data is available.
Answer: The department is not able to provide the requested data on settled status in the required timescale.Settled status is a residency category, which is data held by the Student Loans Company (SLC).However, changes in the application process over time, inclu...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of student loans issued in each of the last five years for which data is available were for students with a non-Common Travel Area immigration status.
Answer: The department is not able to provide the requested data on settled status in the required timescale.Settled status is a residency category, which is data held by the Student Loans Company (SLC).However, changes in the application process over time, inclu...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of student loans issued in each of last five years for which data is available were for students with settled status, expressed in (a) monetary terms and (b) number of students.
Answer: The department is not able to provide the requested data on settled status in the required timescale.Settled status is a residency category, which is data held by the Student Loans Company (SLC).However, changes in the application process over time, inclu...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111100More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish the total business rates receipts from all pubs for each financial year from 2023-24 to 2029-30.
Answer: Local Authorities do not report to Central Government how much business rates revenue they raise from different types of businesses. The Government therefore does not have this data to publish and nor did the previous Government.
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Written QuestionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 107979 on Defence: Expenditure tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Central Devon on 23 January 2026.
Answer: I will respond to the right hon. Member shortly.
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the spending included by the government in its calculation of spending 2.6% of GDP on NATO qualifying defence spending by 2027 includes financial transactions.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence's financial transactions support the retention of critical sovereign manufacturing capabilities and support our strategic objectives. As an integral part of the UK's national security they are included in the NATO qualifying defenc...
Answered 19 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOffice for Budget Responsibility: ForecastsTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103233More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chancellor's written statement of 5 January 2026, UIN HCWS1219, whether she plans to respond to the OBR's Spring forecast in an oral statement.
Answer: As set out in a written statement to Parliament last week, the Chancellor has asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast for publication on 3 March 2026. The Chancellor will deliver an oral statement to the...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101730More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Item 13 of Table 4.1 in the Budget Document, published 26 November 2025, if she will provide a breakdown of the fiscal impacts in each financial year for each of the operational changes included in
Answer: The Government set out further details on the relevant operational changes in its press release of 18 December.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordErasmus+ Programme: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how will the cost of the Erasmus Scheme in 2027/28 be funded.
Answer: We have agreed terms with the European Commission that represent a fair balance between the UK’s contribution and the benefits the programme offers, which paved the way for UK participation.We have agreed a 30% discount compared to the default terms in th...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordErasmus+ ProgrammeTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100843More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the OBR's fiscal forecasts included the costs of the Erasmus scheme.
Answer: As usual, any changes since the last forecasts will be included in a future forecast.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the outstanding value is of student loan debt owed by EU students; and how much of that debt is being actively repaid.
Answer: An EU borrower is a borrower who was originally domiciled in an EU country prior to entering higher education in England. Tuition fee funding for new EU students in England without 'settled' or 'pre-settled status' ceased in the 2021/22 academic year. How...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100841More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of estates subject to paying Inheritance Tax in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (b) each year up to 2030-31.
Answer: The statistics for the number of estates subject to paying inheritance tax (IHT) are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-liabilities-statistics. The statistics for the number of estates forecast to pay inheritance tax are...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99701More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether 2026-27 business rate transitional reliefs should be calculated using base liabilities which include the application of Retail, Hospitality and Leisure rate relief in 2025-26.
Answer: The government has announced support for those losing RHL relief through an expanded Support Small Business scheme which caps bill increases at the higher of £800 or the relevant TR cap. The SSB cap applies to the ratepayers’ current bill, including the 4...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been migrated from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit since July 2024.
Answer: This information will be published as part of a routinely released statistical series in February 2026.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: PregnancyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of pregnant Universal Credit claimants were deemed to have Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity due to pregnancy risk in the most recent year for which data is availab
Answer: Between January 2024 and December 2024 there were 1,150 UC claimants who were deemed to have Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) due to pregnancy risk following a health assessment. Information on all UC claimants who are pregnant is not ...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpring StatementTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96109More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be a Spring Statement in 2026 to accompany the OBR's Spring Forecast 2026; and whether the OBR's Spring Forecast 2026 will include the scoring of new measures announced since Autumn Budget 2025.
Answer: The Chancellor will set out her plans for the Spring forecast in due course.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90166More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of businesses currently eligible for retail, hospitality and leisure relief have a normal business rates liability of £110,000 or less.
Answer: Eligible retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties benefit from 40 per cent business rates relief up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business in 2025/26. MHCLG publish data on the number of properties benefitting from RHL relief. As business rates ar...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Public ExpenditureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how his Department's capital budgets (a) were allocated in each financial year since 2023-24 and (b) have been allocated for each of the next five financial years.
Answer: The Capital budget for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for FY2023-24 and 2024-25 are available via the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee - Estimate memoranda - Committees - UK Parliament, published on the UK Parliament website....
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average award is for pension credit claimants with a non-CTA immigration status.
Answer: The requested statistics are not held by the Department.
Answered 7 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of Pension Credit for each of the last five financial years, by immigration status.
Answer: The requested statistics are not held by the Department.
Answered 7 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households were exempted from the benefit cap for the latest period for which data is available, by (a) reason for exemption and (b) amount they would otherwise have had capped.
Answer: The requested statistics are not readily held by the Department and to produce them would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 7 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ExpenditureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) proportion and (b) amount of Universal Credit expenditure was for adults with non-Common Travel Area immigration status in the latest period for which information is available.
Answer: Universal Credit awards are paid to households, which may include both British and foreign nationals who are eligible. Therefore, the information requested is not readily available at the required quality and to provide it would incur disproportionate cos...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
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