Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions 2025
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Unite: Conference Centres and HotelsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Certification Officer has received the BDO auditor's report on the Unite trade union's hotel and conference centre development.
Answer: The Certification Officer has received the BDO auditor's report and is currently reviewing this.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: RegistrationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether applicants for company directorships on the Companies House register can nominate Palestinian as their nationality.
Answer: ‘Palestinian’ is included in the list of nationalities permitted for the purposes of company filings. The full list of nationalities and geographical names is available at the link below: Nationalities and countries for company filings - GOV.UK
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: NutritionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New mapping tool launched to help bring healthy food to those who need it most, published on 8 July 2025, who will run the stat
Answer: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has funded six projects under its “Health inequalities in the food system” programme, announced on 8 July 2025. These projects aim to understand the causes of dietary health inequalities and explore interventions for equi...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordData, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent ReviewDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54390 on Data Statistics Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, if he will make a statement to Parliament with a formal governm
Answer: As outlined in previous Answers of 3 June to Question 54390 and 2 May 2025 to Question 47834, relevant departments and policy teams will consider the findings in light of their ongoing policy work.
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDigiGov: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funding (a) the Government Digital Service and (b) his Department has provided to DigiGov Expo 2025.
Answer: No funding has been provided to DigiGov Expo 2025 by either the Government Digital Service or the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEthnic Groups: Codes of PracticeWomen and EqualitiesTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73344More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the style guide entitled Writing about ethnicity, updated in October 2024, for what reason the reference to communities was removed.
Answer: The ‘Writing about ethnicity’ style guide is kept under review, in order to ensure it aligns with government communication preferences.The guide was updated by the Office for Equality and Opportunity in October 2024.
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Legal ServiceAttorney GeneralTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73343More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2025 to Question 68480 on Government Legal Service, if she will publish that guidance.
Answer: The Government Legal Department (GLD) received a request in July 2025 made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the guidance listed in the Answer to Question 68480. The GLD’s response to that request, which includes extracts of some of the guidan...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityAttorney GeneralTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73341More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 68773 on Civil Service: Equality, if she will publish the (a) handouts and (b) presentations used at the conference.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service does not, as a matter of practice, publish materials used in internal conferences.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAngling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been fined by the Environment Agency for fishing with a rod licence since 4 July 2024.
Answer: All anglers caught fishing without a licence are subject to enforcement action as outlined in the Environment Agency’s Enforcement and Sanctions Policy here. Rod licence income is ring fenced to be used by the Environment Agency to maintain, improve and d...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference the UK Visas and Immigration guidance entitled (a) Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes and (b) Skilled Worker visa: temporary shortage list, updated on 22 Jul
Answer: On 12 May, we published our Immigration White Paper, outlining our future approach to legal migration routes and the 22 July changes to the Immigration Rules delivered key steps, including raising the skills threshold governing Skilled Worker route to RQF...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance the National Protective Security Authority has provided on using Virtual Private Networks.
Answer: As part of our ongoing monitoring of the potential impact of circumvention techniques on the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act, Government is engaging with relevant bodies. However, the National Protective Security Authority has not provided the depa...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Social MediaHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made payments to digital influencers since July 2024.
Answer: There has been no spend on influencer marketing within the time frame specified.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Redundancy PayHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to page 142 of the Home Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published in July 2025, for what reason £30,000 of the exit payment to the Permanent Secretary was deemed non-taxable.
Answer: Decisions about Permanent Secretary exit payments are made by the Cabinet Office. In line with other exit payments, the first £30,000 of this payment was not taxable, and the remaining balance was taxable.Tax on termination payments: What you pay tax and ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Medical Association: Facilities AgreementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the amount of trade union facility time given to the BMA across the NHS.
Answer: This estimate has not been made. The Department for Health and Social Care does not collect data on trade union facility time given to the British Medical Association (BMA) across the NHS in England. The Cabinet Office routinely publishes overall public s...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the press release entitled NHS App overhaul will break down barriers to healthcare and reduce inequalities, published on 25 June 2025, whether those convicted of (a) violent offences and
Answer: Anyone taking part in the Widening Access Demonstrator programme will be subject to the same employment checks as existing NHS and social care staff.Roles providing health or personal care are considered ‘regulated activity’ and are subject to an Enhanced...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: VATDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on levying VAT on (a) private health insurance and (b) private health care.
Answer: Both private health insurance and private health care are currently exempt from VAT. However, the responsibility for any future amendments to the VAT regime would not fall to the Department of Health and Social Care, but to HM Treasury.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAlan MilburnDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department's register of board members' interests 2024-2025, updated on 16 January 2025, whether Alan Milburn has recused himself from (a) discussions and (b) activity relatin
Answer: Mr Milburn has agreed to recuse himself from discussions and activity relating to National Health Service dentistry. Declarations of interest and any updates to them are published in the Register of Interests in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StrikesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS staff who are on strike are permitted to work for (a) non-NHS bodies, (b) other NHS trusts and (c) other NHS organisations during days of industrial action.
Answer: NHS staff who are on strike are allowed to work for non-NHS bodies and other NHS organisations including NHS trusts on days of industrial action, as long as they are not provided by an employment business to cover the work of striking workers. Some employ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficers: ConferencesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 66296 on Armed Forces: Conferences, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) 6 February guidance and (b) previous edition of the guidance.
Answer: The MOD's policy for officials on contact with the media and communicating in public is available on gov.uk and has been in place for at least ten years: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-instruction-contact-with-media-and-public Copies o...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Carbon EmissionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to repeal the assimilated EU law of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816 in relation to the classification of controversial weapons under the (a) UK Climate Transition Benc
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the former Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ms Reynolds) on 9 April 2025 to Questions 43043 and 43449 to the hon. Member for Salisbury (Mr Glen).
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the payment of armed forces pensions counts towards the 5% NATO defence spending target.
Answer: In line with the current NATO definition, spend on armed forces pensions is already included as part of core defence spending. This will continue to be the case against the 5% defence spending target.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEuropean Defence Fund: CostsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of joining the European Defence Security Fund.
Answer: This Government has delivered an ambitious security and defence partnership with the European Union. The Strategic Defence Review will strengthen NATO, the cornerstone of the UK’s defence, and it will help grow the economy. It allows us to step up on Euro...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Summer Internship ProgrammeMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled Internship Scheme To Get More Working Class Students Into Civil Service, published on 1 August 2025, whether children of members of the armed forces will be able to ap
Answer: The Summer Internship Programme is a pan-Civil Service initiative designed to increase the representation of those from a working-class background into the Civil Service, and support opportunities to join the Fast Stream within this group. As such, it has...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial Hospitality: Lancaster HouseForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 66658 on Official Hospitality: Lancaster House, how much was spent on alcohol at the event.
Answer: £56 was spent on wine. All other drinks at the event were provided by sponsors.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiplomatic Service: Political ImpartialityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 2 of the document entitled DSR 2: General Principles of Conduct of the Diplomatic Service Code, if he will publish a copy of any supplementary gui
Answer: No such supplementary guidance has been published, nor is any considered necessary.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
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