Phil Brickell MP: written questions
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IslamophobiaMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to tackle Islamophobia.
Answer: Islamophobia is completely abhorrent and has no place in our society. Rooting out this appalling form of hatred is a priority for this Government, and we have already taken a number of steps to achieve this.The Government works closely with the police and...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to consult on extending the list of conditions patients can be treated for under the Pharmacy First scheme.
Answer: The Government will make sure the National Health Service has the staff it needs to be there for all of us when we need it. We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the NHS. A central part of the 10-Year Health Plan will be our workforce and how w...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Pharmacy First service.
Answer: The Government will make sure the National Health Service has the staff it needs to be there for all of us when we need it. We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the NHS. A central part of the 10-Year Health Plan will be our workforce and how w...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of community pharmacists.
Answer: The Government will make sure the National Health Service has the staff it needs to be there for all of us when we need it. We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the NHS. A central part of the 10-Year Health Plan will be our workforce and how w...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLobbyingCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28748More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the Fourth Report of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee of Session 2023–24, Lobbying and Influence: post-legislative scrutiny of the Lobbying Act 2014 and
Answer: I refer the Honorable Member to PQ UIN 20199.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTax EvasionTreasuryTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27634More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue HMRC estimates has been lost due to tax evasion facilitated through overseas territories in the last five years.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics are published annually and are available at: Meas...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCyprus: Financial ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Cypriot counterpart on the use of Cyprus-based financial structures by UK (a) businesses and (b) individuals to evade VAT.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has not had discussions with Cypriot counterparts on the use of Cyprus-based financial structures by UK businesses or individuals for tax evasion. The UK and Cypriot governments committed to share expertise and invest in capacity bui...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the legal right to a care supporter in a health and social care setting.
Answer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) Fundamental Standard on Visiting and Accompanying (Regulation 9A) came into force on 6 April 2024 to strengthen requirements for CQC registered care homes, hospitals, and hospices to facilitate visiting, unless there are ...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: FraudTreasuryTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25811More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22789 on Fraud: Coronavirus, how many (a) civil and (b) criminal compliance actions has HMRC taken relating to tax offences suspected of having been committed by
Answer: HMRC conducts thousands of civil and criminal compliance actions each year. A number of these relate to tax offences suspected of having been committed by those seeking and fulfilling government contracts relating to the procurement and onward supply of P...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: FraudTreasuryTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25810More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22789 on Fraud: Coronavirus, how many (a) civil and (b) criminal compliance actions HMRC has taken on covid-related fraud since January 2020.
Answer: The COVID-19 business support schemes that were administered by HMRC were the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO).HMRC remain committed to COVID-19 scheme compliance activit...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: CoronavirusTreasuryTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25809More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22789 on Fraud: Coronavirus, what the total number of staff is who work on recovering overpayments on business support schemes in each year since 2020-21.
Answer: The COVID-19 business support schemes that were administered by HMRC were the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO). Information on the resources deployed on these schemes can...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: Crown DependenciesHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure Crown Dependencies introduce public registers of beneficial ownership.
Answer: Tackling illicit finance in the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, as well as the UK, is a priority for the UK Government. Publicly accessible beneficial ownership registers are a critical tool for tackling illicit finance. Access to accurate in...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCayman Islands: OwnershipForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) the adequacy of the Cayman Islands’ new Regulations: Beneficial Ownership Transparency (legitimate interest access) regulations 2024, (b)
Answer: At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November, I confirmed the UK Government's expectation that Overseas Territories implement fully public registers of beneficial ownership. Fully public registers have already been introduced in Montserrat and Gibra...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has set out expected levels of transparency in line with international standards in the EU’s 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive for legitimate interes
Answer: At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November, I confirmed the UK Government's expectation that Overseas Territories implement fully public registers of beneficial ownership. Fully public registers have already been introduced in Montserrat and Gibra...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Non-paymentMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds a demographic breakdown of people (a) sent to prison and (b) given suspended committal orders for non-payment of council tax in each year between 2019 and 2024.
Answer: Non-payment of council tax is not a criminal offence and cannot attract a custodial sentence. However, under the committal to prison process, a court order can provide for someone to be jailed for failing to pay a debt.Committal to prison can only ever be...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Non-paymentMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have (a) been committed to prison and (b) been given suspended committal orders for non-payment of council tax in each year since 2019.
Answer: Non-payment of council tax is not a criminal offence and cannot attract a custodial sentence. However, under the committal to prison process, a court order can provide for someone to be jailed for failing to pay a debt.Committal to prison can only ever be...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: Bolton WestDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of levels of flood preparedness in communities along the (a) Middle Brook, (b) Bessy Brook and (c) Douglas rivers in Bolton West constituency.
Answer: Flood Alerts and Flood Warnings are issued by the Environment Agency (EA) to warn residents that flood is possible, and then expected, to ensure that communities are prepared take action to reduce impacts to homes and properties. 315 properties are regist...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: CoronavirusTreasuryTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22789More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs staff time and resource was dedicated to recovering funds from covid-19 (a) business relief and (b) procurement-related fraud in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: HMRC remain committed to COVID-19 scheme compliance activity and will continue to prioritise and pursue the most serious cases of abuse. Part (a):The main COVID-19 business support schemes that were administered by HMRC were the Coronavirus Job Retention ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: AssetsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist the Central Bank of Bangladesh in repatriating UK-based assets diverted illegally from that country.
Answer: The UK is committed to assisting investigative, prosecuting and judicial authorities in combating international crime. We have robust illicit finance legislation and instruments which can be used to support asset recovery requests. We would not comment on...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Occupation: Bolton WestMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Houses in Multiple Occupation have been developed without requiring planning permission in Bolton West constituency in the last 12 months.
Answer: National permitted development rights allow a C3 dwellinghouse to change use to a C4 House in Multiple Occupation for up to six people sharing facilities without the need for a planning application. Larger Houses in Multiple Occupation require a planning ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Occupation: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of planning permission requirements for Houses in Multiple Occupation.
Answer: National permitted development rights allow a C3 dwellinghouse to change use to a C4 House in Multiple Occupation for up to six people sharing facilities without the need for a planning application. Larger Houses in Multiple Occupation require a planning ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to use UK-based assets that were expropriated by the Assad regime for (a) aid and (b) re-development projects to help the Syrian people.
Answer: UK-based assets expropriated by the Assad regime remain frozen. As with all our sanctions, we keep our approach under review.We do not comment on future designations as to do so lessens their potential impact.
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Crime: Crown DependenciesHome OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure UK law enforcement authorities use criminal measures against professional enablers of economic crime who have exploited Crown Dependencies.
Answer: Professional enablers are a critical facilitator of serious and organised crime.As part of the Economic Crime Plan 2, the National Economic Crime Centre launched a cross-system strategy to tackle the threat posed by professional enablers to the UK earlier...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: Crown DependenciesHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Crown Dependencies are not used to launder the proceeds of corruption.
Answer: The Crown Dependencies are separate, self-governing jurisdictions responsible for their own domestic affairs, including financial services regulation. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for managing the UK’s constitutional relationship with the Crown ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCompany Accounts: FinesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the late filing penalties from companies failing to file their annual accounts within the deadline were in each financial year between 2018-19 and 2023-24.
Answer: Official statistics on the value of collected late filing penalties are published in the annual report of Companies House. We have excerpted and reproduced the relevant figures for companies failing to file their annual accounts within the deadline below:...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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