Adam Thompson MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Public Buildings: TextilesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help expand the pipeline of qualified floor layers to deliver (a) public housing, (b) hospitals, (c) schools and (d) other infrastructure projects.
Answer: Government is investing £625 million in construction skills over this Parliament. This includes Foundation Apprenticeships, expanded Skills Bootcamps, and the launch of Construction Technical Excellence Colleges. These measures aim to deliver up to 60,000...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: ApprenticesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) organisations delivering commercial flooring apprenticeships and (b) other independent specialist training providers can access funding and opportunities at pa
Answer: The funding band of each apprenticeship standard sets out the maximum amount that the government will contribute to the costs of apprenticeship training and assessment. This is irrespective of the type or size of funding provider. New training providers c...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic Venues: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83369More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed higher multiplier for business rates on (a) The Underworld, (b) Soul Mama and (c) other grassroots music venues with a rateable value of over £500
Answer: As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure properties with rateable values (RVs) below £500,000, including grassroots music venues, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut ...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPreventive MedicineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 905922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent ill health.
Answer: The 10 Year Health Plan announced ambitious measures to prevent ill health by making the healthy choice the easy choice. This includes a moonshot to end the obesity epidemic through mandatory healthy food sales reporting and introducing business targets t...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: Cost EffectivenessDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the assessment of the value for money of Government funding for universities.
Answer: The government has commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies to update their 2020 research report on the impact of undergraduate degrees on lifetime earnings, and this will be published in early 2026.The 2020 research suggests that higher education (H...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad WorksDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the maximum value of fixed penalty notices for breach of permit conditions, relating to offences under the New Roads and Street Works Act to provide a stronger deterrent to utilities companie
Answer: The Government is taking decisive action to reduce unnecessary disruption caused by street works by increasing the value of Fixed Penalty Notices. For certain offences, such as undertaking works without a permit, breaching permit conditions, or failing to...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAttendance AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of people who pass away before their attendance allowance appeal is concluded.
Answer: For Attendance Allowance Appeals raised in the 2024/25 year, 10 claimants died before their appeal was concluded. Please note that the figure supplied is derived from unpublished information and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Offic...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAttendance AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for attendance allowance are processed each year; and what proportion of those applications do not proceed to assessment.
Answer: The number of Attendance Allowance (AA) applications cleared are measured weekly. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. In 2022/23, 415,800 applications were cleared.In 2023/24, 508,200 applications were cleared.In 2024/25, 517,200 applications we...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic Venues: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department monitors progress of the grassroots ticket levy.
Answer: The Government wants to see the music industry supporting the ticket levy to back the artists, venues, festivals and promoters who make up our grassroots sector. We are working closely with the sector to monitor progress, particularly with LIVE and the Mu...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic Venues: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) music concert event organisers, (b) large venue event organisers, (c) ticketing platforms and (d) others on the amount expected to be raised by the grassroot
Answer: The Government wants to see the music industry supporting the ticket levy to back the artists, venues, festivals and promoters who make up our grassroots sector. We are working closely with the sector to monitor progress, particularly with LIVE and the Mu...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming Arts: Skilled WorkersDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on investment in skills in the grassroots performing arts.
Answer: This government is making a substantial investment in skills across the economy, with over £1 billion of additional funding by 2028-29, on top of the phase 1 settlement for 2025-26. This protects opportunity, delivers the workforce needed for the Plan for...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming Arts: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68043More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend (a) film and (b) high-end TV tax relief to grassroots performing arts.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of the creative industries, including the key role they play in driving economic growth.The Government supports the creative industries through tax reliefs and funding, where the recently published Creative Industr...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is clear understanding within (a) her Department and (b) employers of which payments and benefits from employers are treated as income for the purposes of c
Answer: CMS staff have a clear understanding of what is classed as income from training and internal guidance. With regards to employers, income included in the basic child maintenance calculation is the same as that used in HMRC calculations of taxable income. ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHong Kong: Overseas CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment in (a) the six monthly report on Hong Kong and (b) the overseas business risk guidance for UK firms of the potential impact of declinin
Answer: Assessments in the six-monthly report and the overseas business risk guidance will be made in usual way. No decision has yet been made on whether to include analysis on the ombudsman archives and company, land, and court records in Hong Kong. As a co-sign...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which water, sanitation and hygiene programmes his Department plans to continue funding through the Official Development Assistance budget in the next five years.
Answer: Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) remain a key part of the UK's focus on global health; our work on tackling climate change; and our humanitarian action. The latest consolidated Statistics on International Development report shows UK bilateral Official...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into the UK’s international (a) climate adaptation and (b) resilience programmes.
Answer: Since 2020 we have supported UNICEF to help governments in climate-vulnerable countries strengthen the resilience of water, sanitation and hygiene services. This work extends from climate risk assessments, capacity building and systems strengthening, to e...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to encourage (a) the private sector and (b) other donors to increase funding for?water, sanitation and hygiene programmes.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) recognises the potential of private investment to accelerate progress on water supply, sanitation and hygiene. We work with governments in eight countries to improve the performance of the water and ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Sanitation and WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the delivery of Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation by 2030.
Answer: The UK is committed to supporting delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030. Steps we are taking to help deliver SDG 6 include the Enhanced Water Leadership in a Changing Climate programme. This is raising the profile of the water, sanit...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture: Fire PreventionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to furniture and furnishings fire safety regulations on fire safety.
Answer: The Government is committed to maintaining a high level of fire safety for domestic upholstered furniture. The Policy paper The fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture published on 22 January sets out the Government’s intention for wider reforms to ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture: Fire PreventionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that the chemical flame-retardant sector is represented in discussions on furniture and furnishings fire safety regulations.
Answer: The Government is committed to maintaining a high level of fire safety for domestic upholstered furniture. The Policy paper The fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture published on 22 January sets out the Government’s intention for wider reforms to ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Electrical EngineeringDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of electrotechnical apprenticeships in equipping the workforce with skills in renewable technologies.
Answer: Upskilling the country’s workforce is vital to meet the government’s clean energy 2030 target, with apprenticeships playing an important role in supporting employers in clean energy industries to develop the skills they need.Employers and learners can ben...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for apprenticeships.
Answer: This government is widening the apprenticeships offer into a levy-funded growth and skills offer. This will create opportunities for learners of all ages and give employers greater flexibility to address critical skills shortages in their workforce, while...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: Job CreationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of future workforce demand in the electrical sector in the next five to ten years.
Answer: This government continues to make available education and training opportunities in electrical and plumbing sectors across the country, including in Erewash.A range of apprenticeships are available, including the level 3 plumbing and domestic heating tech...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSkilled Workers: Electricity and PlumbingDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle the skills shortage in the (a) electrical and (b) plumbing sectors in (i) Erewash constituency and (ii) England.
Answer: This government continues to make available education and training opportunities in electrical and plumbing sectors across the country, including in Erewash.A range of apprenticeships are available, including the level 3 plumbing and domestic heating tech...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular Diseases: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing coronary artery calcium scoring in routine NHS cardiovascular health checks.
Answer: The Department has made no assessment of the inclusion of coronary artery calcium scoring in National Health Service cardiovascular health checks.The NHS Health Check, a core component of England’s cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme, assess...
Answered 13 May 2025
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