Ben Maguire MP: written questions 2025
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Speech and Language Therapy: North CornwallDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of (a) speech and (b) language therapists in North Cornwall constituency.
Answer: Community health services, including speech and language therapy, are locally commissioned to enable systems to best meet the needs of their communities.North Cornwall Speech and Language therapist services are commissioned through the National Health Ser...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders have the Child Maintenance Services applied for in respect of non-resident parents who have repeatedly failed meet their child maintenance payment obligations in each of the la
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service may seek a Liability Order only when a Paying Parent has not met their obligations and other measures have been exhausted. In England and Wales, such orders may enable referral to enforcement agents, previously known as baili...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of bailiff action have occurred as a result of outstanding child maintenance payments in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service may seek a Liability Order only when a Paying Parent has not met their obligations and other measures have been exhausted. In England and Wales, such orders may enable referral to enforcement agents, previously known as baili...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents who have repeatedly failed to meet their child maintenance payment obligations have had their driving licenses disqualified as a consequence in each of the last five years.
Answer: The 2012 child maintenance reforms are designed to increase cooperation between separated parents and to ensure that children receive appropriate financial support. Where family-based arrangements are not suitable, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) oper...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents who have repeatedly failed to meet their child maintenance payment obligations have been sent to prison in each of the last five years.
Answer: The 2012 child maintenance reforms are designed to increase cooperation between separated parents and to ensure that children receive appropriate financial support. Where family-based arrangements are not suitable, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) oper...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS pension forfeiture provisions apply in cases where a former NHS employee has been convicted of serious criminal offences.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has the power to forfeit some or all NHS Pension Scheme benefits where an individual is convicted of certain offences. This includes individuals who have left National Health Service emp...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to ICBs on the level of expenditure per capita for dental services.
Answer: There is no guidance issued to integrated care boards (ICBs) on the level of expenditure per capita for dental services.ICBs are responsible for commissioning primary care dentistry and receive an annual allocation of funding to secure services to meet th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cost recovery mechanisms within the electricity system do not adversely impact small businesses.
Answer: The Department is working closely with Ofgem, who are undertaking a review of how energy system costs are recovered which began with a Call for Input published in July 2025. This review will consider options that make cost recovery fairer and more efficie...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of capacity charges on (a) small and (b) medium sized enterprises.
Answer: By law, energy network charging arrangements are a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator. Ofgem has identified the need for significant investment in new electricity network capacity to transform Great Britain’s electricity networks to enable clea...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increases in electricity capacity charges on (a) consumers and (b) businesses.
Answer: By law, energy network charging arrangements are a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator. Ofgem has identified the need for significant investment in new electricity network capacity to transform Great Britain’s electricity networks to enable clea...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Treatment: CamelfordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will consider the potential merits of a financial (a) redress or (b) scheme, for those affected by the Lowermoor Water Poisoning incident.
Answer: The Lowermoor incident has previously been investigated, and the most recent report by the Committee on Toxicity was published in 2013. Subsequent legislative changes have created an independent regulator for drinking water quality, which must, by law, be...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Treatment: CamelfordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will launch an independent public inquiry into the Lowermoor Water Poisoning with scope to cover (a) the role water privatisation played in the events, (b) the handli
Answer: The Lowermoor incident has previously been investigated, and the most recent report by the Committee on Toxicity was published in 2013. Subsequent legislative changes have created an independent regulator for drinking water quality, which must, by law, be...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGeothermal PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will consider the potential merits of developing a national roadmap with targets for the development of geothermal energy for (a) heat and (b) power generation.
Answer: The Government knows that to achieve net zero, we must look at how we can accelerate the potential of all low carbon technologies including geothermal. However, the UK Geothermal industry is nascent when compared to other heat and power renewable technolo...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGeothermal Power: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a ring-fenced budget specifically for geothermal projects in the next round of Contract for Difference funding
Answer: Auction parameters and budget are set based on a wide range of factors, including an assessment of the potential project pipeline and progress towards decarbonisation targets. The Government will confirm the details of Allocation Round 8 budget and parame...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGeothermal PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve regulatory support for geothermal energy.
Answer: We know there is promising potential for geothermal energy in the UK and particularly as a low carbon source of heat. However, it is too soon to regulate such a small and nascent sector. Therefore there are no immediate plans to make any changes in the re...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Per Capita CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding per capita her Department provided for NHS dentistry in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for determining allocations of financial resources to integrated care boards. The dental ringfenced budget is set net of patient charge revenue. It is the total spend for dental, with less expected revenue from patients, and inc...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Per Capita CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding per capita her Department provided for NHS dentistry in the last financial year.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for determining allocations of financial resources to integrated care boards. The dental ringfenced budget is set net of patient charge revenue. It is the total spend for dental, with less expected revenue from patients, and inc...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: DisabilityTreasuryTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93573More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the taxation of inherited pensions before transfer into trusts on the long-term financial security of disabled beneficiaries.
Answer: Certain types of trusts for vulnerable people, including disabled persons trusts, are exempt from inheritance charges which normally apply to other types of trusts. No inheritance tax is charged on payments made to a beneficiary from a disabled persons tr...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department will assess the potential merits of providing funding to upgrade local energy networks to support at-home renewable energy generation in (a) North Cornwall constituency
Answer: Government works with Ofgem to ensure grid investment supports all communities, including rural areas. The current electricity distribution price control (RIIO-ED2, 2023-2028) has allowed £22.2bn for upfront investment in low voltage networks, including £...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of high energy costs on households in rural areas that are not connected to the mains gas grid.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy and...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: National GridDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that households in (a) North Cornwall and (b) other rural areas can connect to (i) solar panels and (ii) other renewable energy systems without h
Answer: Under connection charging rules set by Ofgem, domestic connection customers are not liable for any network upgrade costs to accommodate renewable generation up to 3.68kW per phase. For larger systems, the customer may be liable for a proportion of the upg...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: WalkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Government steps in to save historic rights of way from being lost to the nation, published on 26 December 2024, what her Department's plan
Answer: The Government has repealed the 2031 cut-off date, safeguarding hundreds of miles of historic rights of way so they remain available for public enjoyment. This change will be formally enacted when parliamentary time allows. The Department plans to designa...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: CornwallMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will hold discussions with representatives of the legal sector in Cornwall on the consultation entitled Home buying and selling reform, published on 20 October 2025.
Answer: On 6 October 2025, the government published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. Officials in my Department are actively engaging with stakeholders as part of the con...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Transfer: Money LaunderingTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90621More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of implementing a pilot scheme for banks to provide standardised anti-money laundering checks for use in property transactions.
Answer: The requirements for anti-money laundering checks in property transactions are set out in the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs). The MLRs are not prescriptive in setting out precisely how banks and other regulated firms should undertake anti-money laund...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: DatabasesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed introduction of (a) digital property logbooks and (b) open property data on (i) cyber-security and
Answer: On 6 October 2025, the government published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. We recognise that robust security and privacy standards will be essential in an incre...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
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