Ben Lake MP: written questions
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Drax Power Station: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that public subsidies provided to data centre partnerships are not used to support Drax Power Station.
Answer: AI Growth Zones (AIGZs) were announced in January as part of the Prime Minister's AI Opportunities Action Plan.In April, following an informal call for interest where we received over 200 proposals, we launched the application process to identify AIGZs. W...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMuseums and Galleries: Fees and ChargesTreasuryTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77122More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the flat rate anti-money laundering supervision fee regime on small art galleries.
Answer: Economic crime presents a substantial threat to UK security and stability, and anti money laundering supervisors have an important role to play to ensure that supervised businesses understand and manage the risks to which they are exposed. HM Revenue &...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMuseums and Galleries: Fees and ChargesTreasuryTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77121More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) relief and (b) a discounted rate for small art galleries following the increase in anti-money laundering supervision fees.
Answer: Economic crime presents a substantial threat to UK security and stability, and anti money laundering supervisors have an important role to play to ensure that supervised businesses understand and manage the risks to which they are exposed. HM Revenue &...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July to Question 64209 on Western Sahara: Human Rights, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Morocco on the details of what auto
Answer: The UK has endorsed Morocco's autonomy plan as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting solution of the Western Sahara conflict and welcomed Morocco's stated commitment to provide further details of what autonomy within a Moroccan state...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Migrant CampsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to increase the provision of aid to the Sahrawi refugee camps, following the UN Secretary General’s report entitled Question of Western Sahara of 31 July 202
Answer: The UK continues to regularly meet and consult regional and international partners to discuss the issue of Western Sahara, including those from the peacekeeping mission, the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), the UN, ci...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: UN High Commissioner for Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on the blocking of visits by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to occupied Western
Answer: The UK has endorsed Morocco's autonomy plan as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting solution of the Western Sahara conflict and welcomed Morocco's stated commitment to provide further details of what autonomy within a Moroccan state...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) ringfencing a minimum amount of community justice funding specifically for residential rehabilitation services, (b) establishing formal pathways betwe
Answer: We know continued engagement with treatment and recovery throughout an offender’s journey is vital to reduce drug misuse, drug-related crime, and reoffending. Responsibility for funding and commissioning of substance misuse treatment lies with the Departm...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to include residential rehabilitation treatment in her plans for justice reform.
Answer: We know continued engagement with treatment and recovery throughout an offender’s journey is vital to reduce drug misuse, drug-related crime, and reoffending. Responsibility for funding and commissioning of substance misuse treatment lies with the Departm...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBlock Grant: WalesTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68529More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 66247 on Public Expenditure: Wales, when her Department plans to publish a new release of Block Grant Transparency data.
Answer: The Block Grant Transparency publication breaks down all changes in the devolved governments’ block grant funding from the 2015 Spending Review to Main Estimates 2023-24. The most recent report was published in July 2023. The next publication will include...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: International CooperationTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67429More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2024 to Question 4409 on Taxation: International Cooperation, what recent steps she has taken to support the implementation of UN General Assembly resolution A /RES/78/230 on t
Answer: The UK is committed to working with all stakeholders to ensure inclusive and effective international tax cooperation, and has been engaging in discussions at the UN over a future Framework Convention, including the recent informal sessions for the technic...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMcClure Solicitors: InsolvencyMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to (a) identify and (b) support people affected by the collapse of McClure solicitors.
Answer: We are aware that the collapse has had a serious impact on a substantial number of former clients of McClure solicitors, particularly in relation to Family Protection trusts and other estate planning arrangements. The responsibility for regulation of such...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMcClure Solicitors: InsolvencyMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate has she made of the number of people in Wales who have had difficulty in dealing with their (a) property and (b) other investments placed in trusts following the collapse of McClure solicitor
Answer: We are aware that the collapse has had a serious impact on a substantial number of former clients of McClure solicitors, particularly in relation to Family Protection trusts and other estate planning arrangements. The responsibility for regulation of such...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: WalesTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66247More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the total amount of Barnett consequential funding which will be made available to Wales following the City Region Local Transport funding announced on 4 June 2025.
Answer: The 2025 Spending Review set the Department for Transport’s budget for 2026-27 to 2028-29. In line with the Statement of Funding Policy, the Barnett formula is applied to changes in overall department settlements, not to individual programmes. As a result...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to establish an alternative disputes resolution process for people affected by changes in state pension age for women.
Answer: We have no such plans.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
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