Amanda Martin MP: written questions
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Child Arrangements OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of Child Arrangement Orders were (a) shared care and (b) sole residency since 2019.
Answer: The requested information is not recorded centrally. The relevant data could only be obtained by an analysis of individual case files at disproportionate cost. The welfare of the child is paramount in any decision regarding child arrangements. In determin...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Maintenance Service has received in collection fees from (a) paying and (b) receiving parents in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table below shows collection fees received in each of the last five years, for which audited figures are available.Collection fees2019/20202020/20212021/20222022/20232023/2024£000£000£000£000£000(a) Paying Parent Collection Fees Received£34,771£34,428...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: ImmigrationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June to Question 57910 on Legal Aid Scheme, how much the Legal Aid Agency paid in fees to Duncan Lewis LLP in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23, (c) 2023-24, and (d) 2024-25 related to immigra
Answer: The requested information can be found in the table below. Information filterable by financial year, legal aid provider, and type of legal aid can be viewed on the Provider explorer dashboard of the Legal aid provider completions and starts statistics dat...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Force: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the (a) names and (b) locations of former airforce bases within the UK that are no longer in use by the Royal Air Force but remain part of the Ministry of Defence estate as of 1 Septe
Answer: No, a historical list is not held. The Defence Disposal Database details all Ministry of Defence sites the Department plans to release when they become surplus to Defence requirements. This is published on gov.uk: Disposal database: House of Commons repor...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration OfficersHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by her Department at the rank of Chief Immigration Officer at the end of the 2015-16 financial year.
Answer: Border Force had 760 BFOs at grade CIO as of FY 2015/16.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging schools to fully fund one-to-one music tuition for pupils eligible for pupil premium funding.
Answer: Art and design, music and drama within English are important parts of the national curriculum, and the government trusts schools to determine how best to teach all arts subjects, including teaching time.Schools are expected to fund the teaching of arts su...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase dedicated arts funding for schools to ensure (a) music, (b) drama and (c) art are delivered as core subjects.
Answer: Art and design, music and drama within English are important parts of the national curriculum, and the government trusts schools to determine how best to teach all arts subjects, including teaching time.Schools are expected to fund the teaching of arts su...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) requiring secondary schools to provide at least one hour per week of (i) music, (ii) drama and (iii) art teaching and (b) abolishing arts carousel t
Answer: Art and design, music and drama within English are important parts of the national curriculum, and the government trusts schools to determine how best to teach all arts subjects, including teaching time.Schools are expected to fund the teaching of arts su...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Coastal AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 905440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve biodiversity in coastal areas impacted by algae overgrowth.
Answer: In the most ambitious target on water pollution in history, we will halve sewage pollution by 2030. We are restoring our waterways to good health so communities can once again take pride in their rivers, lakes and seas. We are abolishing Ofwat and establi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants with disabilities who are in receipt of the Personal Independence Payment and legacy work-related benefits will be treated as new claimants for the purposes of the proposed changes to
Answer: The Department plans to complete migration of ESA claimants to UC by March 2026. As part of this ESA claimants will be migrated to the UC Health Element. To protect any claimants who have not migrated by April 2026 we intend to mirror as closely as possib...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ChildrenMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for support for education professionals working with armed forces children; and what steps he is taking to ensure that funding in this a
Answer: Understanding that education is a devolved matter, the Secretary of State for Defence does not issue core funding to educational settings for Service children.However, the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Armed Forces Families Fund provides additional funding ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ChildrenMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is planning to take to improve the (a) quality and (b) availability of data on the educational (i) outcomes and (ii) experiences of armed forces children; and if he will make it his policy to develo
Answer: We are committed with counterparts in Government to maintaining robust data around the educational outcomes of all children to inform future strategic and policy development. It is important to remember that education is a devolved matter, and caution sho...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure distinct recognition for children from service families in education policy; and whether she will adopt a whole person, whole journey approach for such children.
Answer: The Armed Forces Covenant aims to ensure that service people and their families are not disadvantaged by their service to our country. The government is dedicated to recognising and supporting the education of children and young people from military famil...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: Exhaust EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that projects supported by the Zero Emission Vessel Infrastructure fund in (a) Aberdeen (b) Portsmouth and (c) the UK are able to proceed with vessel plug-in demons
Answer: The Zero Emission Vessel Infrastructure (ZEVI) fund provided £80 million of funding to ten projects, including over £25 million for cold ironing projects in Portsmouth, Aberdeen and Falmouth. Our UK SHORE programme delivery partner Innovate UK, monitors, ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: Energy SupplyTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63838More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the VAT treatment of (a) shore power supplied to ships and (b) the services provided by contractors who connect or disconnect that supply; and if she will m
Answer: VAT charged on electricity generated through shore power and supplied to ships can be recovered by businesses operating these ships subject to the normal rules of the tax. Extra-Statutory Concessions (ESCs) are remissions of revenue that allow relief in s...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Emissions Trading Scheme: ShippingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's document entitled Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy, published on 25 March 2025, when he will announce the outcome of the consultation on the application of
Answer: A second, technical consultation on the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to include the maritime sector closed in January 2025. The UK ETS Authority is currently analysing responses and finalising policy design for implementation. The consulta...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Legal Aid Agency paid in fees to (a) Kingsley Napley LLP, (b) Leigh Day LLP, (c) Wilson Solicitors LLP, (d) Bindmans LLP and (e) Duncan Lewis LLP in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23, (iii) 2023-24 and (iv)
Answer: The requested information for financial years 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-24 can be found in the table below: 2021-222022-232023-24Bindmans LLP£2,889,044.98£3,567,543.29£3,434,244.42Duncan Lewis Solicitor LTD£29,281,007.13£26,328,354.77£33,111,592.51Kin...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing student loans for apprentices.
Answer: Apprenticeships are jobs with training, allowing apprentices to earn a wage whilst getting hands-on industry experience. Apprenticeships training is funded by the government and by employers, meaning that apprentices do not have to pay towards the cost of...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to utilise private sector capacity to (a) reduce backlogs and (b) improve services in the NHS; and if he will ensure that the NHS remains free at the point of use.
Answer: Independent sector providers have a role to play in supporting the National Health Service as trusted partners to recover elective services by using additional capacity to tackle the backlog, whilst delivering value for money. The independent sector plays...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDyslexia: ScreeningDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) develop and (b) implement in-classroom screening tools for dyslexia; and if she will include those tools in the (i) training and (ii) resources provided to teachers.
Answer: The statutory guidance ‘SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years’ is clear that meeting the needs of a child with special educational needs (SEN) does not require a diagnostic label or test. Instead, the department expects teachers to monitor the progress of ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPortsmouth City Council: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Portsmouth City Council on their voluntary position on the Devolution Priority Programme.
Answer: Portsmouth City Council joined the Devolution Priority Programme alongside Southampton Council, Hampshire County Council and the Isle of Wight Council earlier this year. I met with local leaders across the region, including Portsmouth City Council, on 4 F...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPortsmouth City Council: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is that (a) growing and (b) reorganising Portsmouth City Council will increase it's financial stability.
Answer: The government was elected on a manifesto that pledged to fix the foundations of local government alongside a transfer of power and funding out of Westminster through devolution. Local government reorganisation is central to this pledge, and we have set o...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) devolution and (b) local government reorganisation.
Answer: The overall case for devolution and local government reorganisation is set out the English Devolution White Paper. The White Paper sets an ambitious new framework for English devolution, moving power out of Westminster and back to those who know their are...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: PortsmouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the sale of illegal vapes in Portsmouth.
Answer: The Government is investing £10 million of new funding into Trading Standards for 2025/26, to support the enforcement of illicit and underage tobacco and vape sales in England, and the implementation of the measures in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.The Tradi...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Portsmouth NorthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve (a) patient access to, (b) staff retention in and (c) recruitment to NHS dentistry in Portsmouth North constituency.
Answer: We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions.The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including NHS dentistry, to...
Answered 15 May 2025
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