Caroline Dinenage MP: written questions 2025
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Social Rented Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average increase in social housing rents was in Gosport constituency in 2024-25.
Answer: Government policy limits how much rents are permitted to increase each year for Social Rent and Affordable Rent homes let by registered providers of social housing.In 2024-25, these rents were permitted to increase by up to CPI+1% based on the CPI rate in...
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsuranceTreasuryTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76815More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the level of multi-occupancy residential buildings insurance premiums.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator of financial services, carried out a review into insurance for multi-occupancy buildings in 2022. The FCA had concerns about how certain elements of the market were working and in 2023 it...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTourism: VATTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75056More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT was refunded to international visitors as a result of the Government's Shop and Ship retail export scheme in 2019, 2023 and 2024.
Answer: Goods purchased in the UK and subsequently exported outside the UK, whether by the business or the consumer, may be eligible for VAT zero-rating, provided that the relevant conditions are met, and appropriate evidence of export is retained. However, as su...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: GosportDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of driving tests within (a) half an hour, (b) an hour and (c) two hours travel of the Gosport peninsula.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA’s) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.As of 1 September 2025, there were 640,907 car practical driving tests booked, and 30,339 drivin...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: Community Relations and HealthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the role of swimming pools in delivering (a) health, (b) wellbeing and (c) community cohesion outcomes.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities, including swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the count...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to work with (a) Swim England and (b) other stakeholders to prioritise swimming pool provision as part of the £400 million grassroots sport investment.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities, including swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the count...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the £400 million grassroots sport funding supports swimming pools in areas with limited access to aquatic facilities.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities, including swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the count...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the £400 million funding for grassroots sport facilities includes funding for energy efficiency upgrades in swimming pools.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities, including swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the count...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the £400 million funding for grassroots sport facilities she plans to allocate to support the (a) development, (b) refurbishment and (c) sustainability of public swimming pools
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities, including swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the count...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSubscriptions: Universal Service ObligationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to provide guidance to Ofcom on maintaining access to (a) affordable and (b) time-sensitive subscription publications, following changes to the Universal Service Obligation
Answer: A reliable and affordable universal postal service is crucial to the UK, and we are clear it must work for customers, workers and businesses that help drive growth across the country.Parliament has made Ofcom the independent regulator for the postal secto...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Customs and VATDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, in what way he is supporting small businesses to remain compliant with (a) VAT and (b) customs paperwork.
Answer: As part of our recently launched Plan for Small Business, the Government is modernising the tax and customs system as referenced in HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap. This will include AI powered technology and personalised digital experiences making it easie...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the correspondence of 6 July 2025 from The Restart Project’s on (a) product design codes, (b)
Answer: The Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy. The Circular Economy Taskforce, composed of experts from industry, academia, and civil society, is helping to develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England, which we plan to publis...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of AI on (a) graduate employment, (b) employment in labour intensive industries, (c) employment in capital intensive industries and (d) overall emplo
Answer: We are starting to witness AI’s impact within the labour market: transforming the workplace, demanding new skills and augmenting old ones. But there is uncertainty over the future scale of AI’s impact on the labour market, particularly over the next few y...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Impact AssessmentsTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70405More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will she make it her policy to commission the OBR to produce an AI impact assessment.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government's official independent forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook. As an independent body, the judgements underpinning these forecasts, including potential estimates...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70404More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the fiscal outlook.
Answer: The Chancellor regularly discusses issues that impact the economic and fiscal outlook with international partners, including at the G7, G20, and other multilateral fora. AI is set to be the most transformative technology of our time. The Government is tak...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70403More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the (a) development and (b) dissemination of artificial intelligence on the tax base.
Answer: HM Treasury conducts a wide range of analysis to inform policy development. This includes working closely with the Department for Science, Technology and Innovation to understand the transformative impacts Artificial Intelligence (AI) may have across the ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ProductivityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70402More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to pages 134-5 of the OBR’s report entitled Fiscal risks and sustainability, published on 8 July 2025, what discussions she has had with the OBR on for what reason it categorised the rapid development
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is required to prepare an analysis of the sustainability of the public finances annually, known as a Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report (FRS), as set out in the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act (B...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ProductivityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70401More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she assumes increased productivity from AI adoption in her economic modelling.
Answer: The government is taking steps to consolidate the UK’s position at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI), such as funding to enable a twentyfold expansion of the UK’s AI Research Resource and creating AI Growth Zones to accelerate the construction...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70400More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the OBR’s report entitled Fiscal risks and sustainability, published on 8 July 2025, what plans she has to commission the OBR to assess the fiscal implications of artificial intelligence.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is required to prepare an analysis of the sustainability of the public finances annually, known as a Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report (FRS), as set out in the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act (B...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on public expenditure.
Answer: The primary focus of the government’s analysis has been to assess the potential for AI to enhance public sector productivity and efficiency, which are key determinants of future spending levels. Analysis by DSIT for the State of Digital Government Review ...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70398More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the fiscal outlook.
Answer: HM Treasury conducts a wide range of analysis to inform policy development. This includes working closely with the Department for Science, Technology and Innovation to understand the transformative impacts Artificial Intelligence (AI) may have across the ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Management CompaniesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of (a) properties and (b) property management companies owned by private equity firms on (i) service
Answer: My Department does not hold data on the impact of properties and property management companies owned by private equity firms on service charges and the quality of services provided to residents of leasehold properties.On 4 July, the government published a...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Management CompaniesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring landlords to re-tender for a new property management company when than 50% of all leaseholders support re-tend
Answer: On 4 July, the government published a consultation on strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services. It can be found on gov.uk here.The consultation seeks views on proposals to strengthen regulation of managing agents, including powers t...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of regulating AI systems at the point of (a) use and (b) development.
Answer: Artificial intelligence is the defining opportunity of our generation, and the Government is taking action to harness its economic benefits for UK citizens. As set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan, we believe most AI systems should be regulated at ...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Learning DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce a universal transferrable record for people with learning disabilities under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.
Answer: Our 10-Year Health Plan will transform the National Health Service, shifting care from analogue to digital. We know that patients, including those with a learning disability, often have to tell their story at every appointment. The single patient record m...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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