Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
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Written questions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) mental health and (b) financial impact of losing entitlement to Personal Independence Payment due to the 20-metre walking rule on claim
Answer: For those with physical restrictions, the enhanced rate of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) mobility component is for those "unable" or "virtually unable" to walk. The 20 metre distance distinguishes between those whose mobility...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of mediation and conflict resolution in CMS cases where parents are disputing care arrangements or financial responsibility.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives in. R...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time is for CMS dispute appeals where a non-resident parent challenges the assessment on the basis of (a) false information and (b) undeclared shared care.
Answer: Information specifically in relation to false information or undeclared share care is not available. Child Maintenance Service appeals, together with Jobseekers Allowance, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Relief and Employment and Support Allowance (with no m...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data the Government holds on gender disparities in Child Maintenance Service cases; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the system treats both mothers and fathers equally and without bias.
Answer: In the quarter ending December 2024, of the 680,000 Paying Parents 93% were male.The Child Maintenance Service aims to provide a high-quality service to all of its parents. The CMS treats parents equally as individuals based on their roles within the sche...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards are in place to prevent misuse of the Child Maintenance Service by resident parents making unfounded or exaggerated claims in order to maximise payments from the non-resident parent.
Answer: Child Maintenance Service (CMS) decisions are made by caseworkers who consider all the evidence and apply the law, including any relevant case law, to the facts of each case.Where the legislation specifies or implies that a caseworker make a discretionary...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service payments on the (a) mental health and (b) financial stability of (i) all non-resident parents and (ii) non-resident pa
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives in. R...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to ensure that calculations reflect (a) shared parenting arrangements and (b) shared parenting arrangements in which a non-resident parent cares for th
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives in. R...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service enforcement procedures on (a) the mental health of and (b) suicide rates for non-resident (i) parents and (ii) parents
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring that it delivers a safe service that is sensitive to the needs of all the parents that use it. We recognise that some parents may face difficult circumstances, particularly at a time of separati...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWind Power: Seas and OceansDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure that fishing corridors are maintained and (b) minimise the potential impact of offshore wind developments on fishing grounds.
Answer: Defra established the cross-Government Marine Spatial Prioritisation programme to build our understanding of how we can best manage the demands on the English marine environment, including fisheries. Through our work on co-location we are also looking at ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWind Power: Seas and OceansDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the fishing sector is consulted and (b) the views of that sector are reflected in the (i) planning and (ii) approval process for offshore wind devel
Answer: The energy National Policy Statements (NPS) set out the consultation requirements for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs). Developers are required by the Planning Act 2008 to conduct consultation with interested parties on their proposa...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWind Power: Seas and OceansDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) Marine Protected Areas and (b) offshore wind development on (i) fishing grounds and (ii) fishermen.
Answer: Defra established the cross-Government Marine Spatial Prioritisation programme to build our understanding of how we can best manage the demands on the English marine environment. Through our work on co-location we are also looking at ways for different in...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: Rural AreasDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the resilience of the electricity distribution network in (a) rural areas and (b) Kilham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Answer: Energy resilience is important, including in rural areas. We work with the energy industry, regulators and other stakeholders to continually improve and maintain the resilience of energy infrastructure. Great Britain has a highly resilient energy network,...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904607More
Question: What estimate she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on early years settings.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten QuestionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes have been made to the style guide for answering written Parliamentary Questions since July 2024; and if he will publish that style guide.
Answer: As is normal, changes are made to take into account individual ministerial preferences. Defra continues to follow the guidance set out by the Cabinet Office on GOV.UK.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Business and Trade of 31 October 2024, Official Report, column 927, what his Department's timetable is for publishing a
Answer: The Government expects to publish the SME strategy later this year.This will set out the Government’s vision for SMEs, from encouraging entrepreneurship to boosting scale-ups, across key policy areas such as creating thriving high streets, making it easie...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press notice entitled Home Secretary to announce major policing reforms, published on 17 November 2024, what her Department's timetable is for establishing a unit to monitor poli
Answer: Since 19 November 2024, when My Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary, announced her plans for policing reform, we have been working closely with the sector to draw up a new Police Performance Framework to ensure standards are upheld across the country, and t...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the amount of funding that has been allocated for equality, diversity and inclusion roles in each police force in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally collated by the Home Office.Decisions on how funding and resources are utilised are an operational matter for Chief Constables and locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLobbying: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52081More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the amount of funding Departments plan to provide to organisations that engage in the lobbying of Government in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial year.
Answer: This information is not centrally held by the Cabinet Office.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMuseums and Galleries: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of charging overseas tourists £10 to visit museums on the public purse.
Answer: No.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: StonewallTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51654More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding her Department has allocated to Stonewall for (a) 2025/26 and (b) 2026/27.
Answer: HM Treasury has not allocated any funding for Stonewall for 2025/26 and does not anticipate allocating any funding for Stonewall in 2026/27.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: EqualityTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51653More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget her Department has allocated to public sector equality, diversity and inclusion roles for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.
Answer: HM Treasury has fewer than 5 staff in equality, diversity and inclusion roles for 2025/26. As the total number of individuals is less than 5, HM Treasury is unable to release salary information as doing so would mean these individuals may be identifiable....
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what budget her Department has allocated to local government arts financing for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.
Answer: Local authorities play a vital role in supporting arts and cultural institutions, but they operate independently of central government and make their own decisions about expenditure on the arts.The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion f...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51651More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget her Department has allocated to public sector pay rises for 2025-26 and 2026-27.
Answer: Public Sector pay rises will be funded from Departmental Budgets across the Parliament – there is no centrally provided funding available for pay rises. Departments have set out in their evidence to the Pay Review Bodies (PRBs) what is affordable for 2025...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail TradeTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51650More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many retailers with a retail value of under £51,000 are based on retail parks.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency does not hold information specific to retail parks.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51649More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing business rates relief for retailers that choose to leave the high street and move their businesses to retail parks.
Answer: As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for all retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties with rateable values below £500,000 from 2026-27. The Government intends to fund this by introducin...
Answered 20 May 2025
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