Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
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Revenue and Customs: AccentureTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105550More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the requirement to provide work experience is a key performance indicator for the HMRC's Unity Programme Delivery Partner contract with Accenture.
Answer: It is a requirement that social value should form a component of all central government major contracts, alongside a range of performance indicators. Under the Unity Delivery Partner contract, Accenture deliver a variety of social value initiatives includ...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil of Economic AdvisersTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105549More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the names of the members of the Council of Economic Advisers, and state whether they are (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers or (c) direct ministerial appointments; and which are (i) paid an
Answer: The Chancellor’s Council of Economic Advisers consists of three paid Special Advisers — Neil Amin-Smith, Spencer Thompson and Emily Fry — and one paid direct ministerial appointee, David Sturrock.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Public AppointmentsTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105547More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025, to Question 96894, on Treasury: Public Appointments, and pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 94701, on Baroness Shafik, in relation to the publication of
Answer: Further to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96894, the annual remuneration of the paid direct ministerial appointments is: Alex Depledge, Entrepreneurship Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer – a daily rate of £565.50 for two days per week....
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Public AppointmentsTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105546More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025, to Question 96894, on Treasury: Public Appointments, if she will publish the annual remuneration of each of the direct ministerial appointments listed.
Answer: Further to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96894, the annual remuneration of the paid direct ministerial appointments is: Alex Depledge, Entrepreneurship Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer – a daily rate of £565.50 for two days per week....
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordJohn OwenTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105544More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Business appointment rules return - September 2025, published on 16 December 2025, for what reason the former Director of Financial Services was given a six month lobbying ban.
Answer: The Business Appointment rules are designed to uphold the core values in the Civil Service Code. The aim of the rules is that when a civil servant takes up an outside appointment or employment there should be no cause for justified public concern, critici...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Contributions: British Nationals AbroadTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105542More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential financial impact on overseas residents of the removal of Class 2 National Insurance Contributions in relation to their UK state pension entitlement.
Answer: The previous rules around voluntary National Insurance Contributions (NICs) allow those with a limited connection to the UK to build UK State Pension entitlement at a very cheap rate. At Budget 2025 the Government took two immediate steps to fix the most ...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEU BudgetTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105541More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Spending Review has allocated funds for new payments to the European Union, over and above those commitments in treaties from the last Parliament.
Answer: Payments into the EU budget are governed by two treaties signed during the last Parliament, the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) and Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).Payments under the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) are as classified as Annually Managed Expendit...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEU BudgetTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105540More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to Table A.7 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, what is HM Treasury’s estimate of the cost of the EU financial settlement in each year from 2024-25 to 2030-31;
Answer: Please refer to The European Union Finances Statement 2024 (EUFS) for the most complete analysis of the Financial Settlement. The EUFS figures are prepared on a different basis to those published by the OBR. These differences are explained in Annexes A.4 ...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105539More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people subscribed to (a) cash and (b) stocks and shares ISAs; and how many subscribed the maximum £20,000 in the latest year for which data is available.
Answer: In the 2022 to 2023 tax year, 7.12 million people subscribed to a Cash ISA only, and 3.07 million people subscribed to a Stocks and Shares ISA only. 1.46 million individuals subscribed the full £20,000 to Cash ISAs, while 0.84 million individuals subscrib...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105538More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the Office for Value for Money entitled The OVfM report, published on 26 November 2025, if she will provide a breakdown and profile of the £14 billion of efficiency savings per year b
Answer: The full breakdown of the £14 billion in total annual efficiency gains by 2028-29 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/departmental-efficiency-delivery-plans/departmental-efficiency-plans
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105537More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 88684 on Government Department: Cost Effectiveness, whether efficiency savings are reported to her Department.
Answer: Departments report efficiency savings to HM Treasury every quarter, as set out in the Government Efficiency Framework.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105536More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has accepted the recommendations in the report by the Office for Value for Money entitled The OVfM report, published on 26 November 2025.
Answer: The government has accepted the recommendations set out by the Office for Value for Money. This was set out in paragraph 1.7 of the OVfM report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-office-for-value-for-money-report.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: InflationTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105535More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 95649 on Inflation, whether any public body undertakes assessments of the adequacy of GDP deflator forecasts.
Answer: Forecasts for the UK economy, including assessments of the impact of policy decisions, are the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR publishes its forecast in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO). The OBR’s lat...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105534More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78296 on Public Sector: Pay, which departments or public bodies had senior pay cases rejected outright.
Answer: Between July 2024 and October 2025, three cases were rejected through the senior pay approvals process. Individual salaries of senior civil servants are available through the annual reports and accounts of their employing body.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Redundancy PayTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105533More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025, to Question 88682, on Civil Service: Redundancy Pay, whether departmental spending from the exit fund, and numbers of civil servants who will leave, have to be reported by
Answer: Information on how much departments have spent and the number of leavers resulting from exit schemes will be published in Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAxel HeitmuellerCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105532More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Downing Street press release, "Appointment of Axel Heitmueller as Head of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit and Expert Adviser on Delivery", of 6 January 2026, what is (a) the time commitm
Answer: Information about this role was published by the government on the new Direct Ministerial Appointments Announcements Portal: https://apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/direct-ministerial-appointments-announcements.
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Transfer: Bank ServicesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103013More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with regulators and industry on modernising the financial infrastructure related to property transactions.
Answer: The Government regularly engages with lenders and regulators to discuss the housing market, including lenders’ mortgage lending practices which support property transactions. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is currently consultin...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Transfer: Bank ServicesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103012More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of fragmented payment processes in property transactions on levels of fraud risk.
Answer: The Government regularly engages with lenders and regulators to discuss the housing market, including lenders’ mortgage lending practices which support property transactions. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is currently consultin...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Transfer: Bank ServicesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103011More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to tackle vulnerabilities in property transactions, particularly in the handling and movement of large sums during settlement, in the Economic Crime Plan.
Answer: The government’s Economic Crime Plan 2 has strengthened the UK’s defences against property‑related money laundering by enhancing transparency of land and overseas property ownership, improving data‑sharing and enforcement, and targeting higher‑risk activi...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordConveyancing: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to test digital transaction flows in the home-buying process from upfront information to settlement and title registration.
Answer: On 6 October, my Department published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. As part of those consultations, we made clear our interest in ensuring digital data from tr...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordConveyancing: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to establish accreditation for digital platforms in the property market that are capable of providing verified property data, secure settlement and a
Answer: On 6 October, my Department published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. As part of those consultations, we made clear our interest in ensuring digital data from tr...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Land Registry: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress HM Land Registry has made in digitising the land register.
Answer: The Title (Land) Register consists of information held in a variety of formats, including paper documents, scanned images, and digital images. HM Land Registry (HMLR) is committed to digitising its data, while ensuring that data security, integrity and pr...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordConveyancing: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure home buyers and sellers are protected through the expansion of digital conveyancing, particularly in terms of data verification, property inform
Answer: On 6 October, my Department published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. As part of those consultations, we made clear our interest in ensuring digital data from tr...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Land RegistryMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse of reducing the annual expenditure by HM Land Registry on requisitions arising from manual or
Answer: For the year ending 31 March 2025, HM Land Registry (HMLR) estimated it had nearly 450,000 avoidable requisitions costing the conveyancing industry and HMLR up to £19m annually. HMLR is supporting the conveyancing industry to improve the quality of its ap...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Transfer: Bank ServicesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103005More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with regulators and industry on updating the financial infrastructure that underpins the movement of funds during property transactions.
Answer: The Government regularly engages with lenders and regulators to discuss the housing market, including lenders’ mortgage lending practices which support property transactions. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is currently consultin...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
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