Neil Coyle MP: written questions
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Metropolitan PoliceHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps with the Metropolitan Police to move officers and staff out of the capital whose responsibilities are (a) national and (b) not wholly London-focused.
Answer: Decisions on the location of officers and staff in the Metropolitan Police Service are an operational matter for the Commissioner. This includes resources that support existing national units.Any future proposals on structural reform to policing in Englan...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood BanksDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the causes of the reduction in foodbank use in this calendar year and (b) how this trend can be built upon.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We have already introduced the Fair Repayment Rate, reducing the Universal Credit overall deductions cap from 25% to 15% of a customer’s standard allowan...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Education Authorities: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025WithdrawnUIN 88676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding does her Department provide to each Local Education Authority.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordRestaurants: VATTreasuryTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88675More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of lowering VAT on restaurant customers.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution made by hospitality businesses to economic growth and social life in the UK. VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. VAT is the U...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCharities: SubscriptionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take legislative steps to provide for an excluded contract waiver for charitable memberships in proposed secondary legislation on subscription contracts under the Digital Markets, Competiti
Answer: The government consulted on the implementation of the new subscriptions contract regime and are analysing the responses, including submissions from the charity and not-for profit sector. Officials have met with relevant representatives and individual org...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) monitor and (b) report on the operational impact of drones supplied to the Ukrainian armed forces; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the steps taken
Answer: The UK has worked closely with the Ukrainian Armed Forces to provide military capabilities that meet their needs. This process includes feedback from the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the operational impact of drones supplied, to inform decisions on which dro...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase flood resilience in (a) Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency and (b) other flood-prone areas.
Answer: The Government, through the Environment Agency (EA), is investing £2.65 billion between 2024/25 and 2025/26 to build and maintain flood and coastal defences, better protecting around 52,000 properties from flooding. The Thames Barrier and tidal wall defen...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Timms Review into Personal Independence Payments will include assessments of the potential impact of proposed changes on levels of homelessness.
Answer: The Timms Review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, carers, clinicians, experts, parliamentarians and other stakeholders to ensure a wide range of views and voices are heard. I have announced that the Review w...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to help reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 83747 on 27 October 2025.
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Safety RegulatorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the Building Safety Regulator works within its intended timeframes to process applications.
Answer: We recognise there have been operational challenges within the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), which is why we announced a series of reforms to strengthen it in June. Improvements to ensure applications are processed within the intended timeframes are al...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what date he will publish the Warm Homes Plan.
Answer: We are working across government on a comprehensive Warm Homes Plan to cut energy bills for good. We will publish more details soon.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will hypothecate funding saved from hotel closures for legal aid to reduce the backlog of asylum claims.
Answer: As per the Spending Review the Government has committed to delivering savings of £1.1bn by 28/29 from exiting hotels and these savings have been factored into the Home Office budget. The Spending Review settlement includes transformation funding to accele...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOppression: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure representatives of the People’s Republic of China employed in the (a) UK embassy, (b) consulate and (c) Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London do not engage i
Answer: The safety and security of Hong Kongers in the UK is of the upmost importance. The UK will always stand up for the rights of the people of Hong Kong.We continually assess potential threats in the UK, and take protection of individuals’ rights, freedoms, a...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to require short-term holiday lets to (a) provide a fire extinguisher and (b) meet the same minimum fire safety standards as other rental accommodation.
Answer: Article 13 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requiresthose responsible for fire safety in their premises to, where necessary, ensure it is equipped with appropriate fire-fighting equipment. We published guidance for short term lets in Apri...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Relations: ChineseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has appointed a lead official to cover the issues (a) raised by and (b) that affect the British Chinese community.
Answer: As a part of my Department’s ongoing work to understand, hear from and support communities, including to drive cohesion, officials engage with a range of ethnically and religiously diverse communities. There are no plans for specific engagement with Briti...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRespect Orders: Pilot SchemesHome OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will announce the pilot areas for Respect Orders.
Answer: In February, we introduced new Respect Orders through our Crime and Policing Bill. The Bill recently completed Second Reading in the House of Lords, with Committee Stage expected to begin in November.Respect Orders will be tough behavioural orders aimed a...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: GrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help raise awareness of the reintroduction of maintenance grants.
Answer: This government is committed to supporting the aspiration of every person who meets the requirements and wants to attend higher education (HE). We must, therefore, reform the HE system to better support disadvantaged students. That is why we announced, on...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrisis and Resilience FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish new guidance on the Crisis and Resilience Fund.
Answer: We plan to publish guidance for the Crisis and Resilience Fund in January 2026. Provisional allocations will be published as part of the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, ahead of the scheme going live in April 2026.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Safety RegulatorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications have waited longer than the 12-week timeframe that the Building Safety Regulator says it will take to complete its process in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has reported that 930 Gateway 2 applications decided in the last 12 months (between 24 October 2024 and 23 October 2025) took longer than 12 weeks to reach a decision.The BSR is already making operational and policy cha...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMortgages: LoansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking with the (a) financial sector and (b) regulators to help ensure that mortgage lenders provide loans to leaseholders affected by building safet
Answer: Officials in my department have regular engagement with financial sector stakeholders. A product of this is the lenders’ statement on cladding which has signatories from ten major banks and building societies. These lenders have committed to consider mort...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will encourage the Building Safety Regulator to provide a timeline for decision on the 338 social homes intended for the former Bermondsey Biscuit Factory development site.
Answer: The Building Safety Regulator has received three Building Control Applications for new higher risk buildings to be built on the Biscuit Factory site. Progress on each application is set out in the following table. Please note that assessment of applicatio...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: Alternative FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the supply of sustainable aviation fuel increases to match demand.
Answer: The Department for Transport is taking a comprehensive approach to ensure the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) increases to match demand. In January 2025, the Government introduced the SAF Mandate, obligating jet fuel suppliers to blend increasin...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the most recent National Study of Health and Wellbeing.
Answer: The latest prevalence data from the National Study of Health and Wellbeing (also known as the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey) found that 1 in 5 adults in England were experiencing a common mental health condition in 2023/24, up from 1 in 6 a decade ag...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure ICBs meet national requirements for hospice performance.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications. The statutory guidance states that ICBs m...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Charging PointsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Transport to (a) expand electricity capacity and (b) ensure the adequacy of the number of EV charging stations in new hous
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that strategic policies set out in development plans should make sufficient provision for energy. The government recently amended the existing permitted development rights for electric vehicle charging po...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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