Charlie Maynard MP: written questions
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Freight: Crime PreventionHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce incidences of freight crime.
Answer: We fully recognise the serious and growing threat that freight crime poses to businesses, drivers, and the wider economy. This Government is determined to crack down on it. The incidences of freight crime, where criminals rip the sides of lorries and take...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Holiday AccommodationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to requirements for EPC certificates on properties used as short term holiday lets.
Answer: The recent consultation on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector sought views on whether short-term lets should be included in the scope of our proposals for rented homes to achieve Energy Performance Certifi...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the findings of the consultation on Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes.
Answer: The consultation on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector closed on 2nd May and a government response will be published in due course.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Medical TreatmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what action the Government is taking to help ensure civilians who need to leave Gaza for urgent medical treatment are able to be evacuated.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Foreign Secretary's statement on the Middle East, made to the House on 18 November.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what action the Government is taking to ensure sufficient humanitarian aid is entering Gaza.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Foreign Secretary's statement on the Middle East, made to the House on 18 November.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: JournalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what action the Government is taking to press for international journalists to be allowed into Gaza.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 21 October in response to Question HL10542, which - for ease of reference - is reproduced below:Journalists and media workers play an important role in sharing the devastating reality of war with the globa...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: Home InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the reasons for households not obtaining insurance for flooding in spite of being eligible for the Flood Re scheme; and if she will call on Flo
Answer: Flood Re is a joint Government-industry scheme enabling high flood risk households to access affordable insurance. Since launch, Flood Re has supported more than 650,000 households, with 346,000 policies ceded to them in 2024/25. Prior to Flood Re’s ince...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: Home InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she can disclose how much additional risk the Flood Re scheme is underwriting this year than it was when it launched; and whether she holds any information about the sustainabi
Answer: In its first operational year (2016/17), the Flood Re scheme’s Liability Limit was £2.1 billion and 127,326 policies were ceded to the scheme. By 2024/25, 346,200 policies were ceded and from 1 April 2025, the Liability Limit reset to £3.2 billion for thr...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what form of impact assessment on pharmacies was carried out prior to changing the payment claim window for pharmacy first services from 3 months to five days.
Answer: As part of delivering the Pharmacy First service, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they meet specific requirements, which include minimum activity levels.From June 2025, pharmacies delivering 20 to 29 consultations receive £500, whi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what number of pharmacy first consultations have been recorded for (a) April , (b) May and (c) June 2025.
Answer: As part of delivering the Pharmacy First service, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they meet specific requirements, which include minimum activity levels.From June 2025, pharmacies delivering 20 to 29 consultations receive £500, whi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: IncentivesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what number of bonus payments to community pharmacies for reaching the 20 and 30 target for consultations were paid in (a) April, (b) May and (b) June 2025.
Answer: As part of delivering the Pharmacy First service, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they meet specific requirements, which include minimum activity levels.From June 2025, pharmacies delivering 20 to 29 consultations receive £500, whi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to help specialist independent SEND schools remain open in in response to independent school closures in the last year.
Answer: Independent special schools are private enterprises. Local authorities have the discretion to make support, training and resources available to them. As private enterprises, the proprietor of the school is responsible for its financial viability. The depa...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to increase capacity and resources in community schools, to accommodate pupils transferring from the private to comprehensive school sector in the last year.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Witney to the answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 81701.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change ConventionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of international progress towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Answer: Before the Paris Agreement policies put the world on track for up to 4°C of warming by 2100. The latest Emissions Gap Report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), published in October 2025, estimates that current Nationally Determined Cont...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: Home InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new properties were covered by FloodRe in the last twelve months.
Answer: In 2024/25, Flood Re provided cover for over 346,000 household policies. Of these, 30% of the policies ceded to Flood Re in the financial year to 31 March 2025 had not previously been ceded to the Scheme. In total, 650,000 properties have benefited since ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: Home InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many properties are covered by FloodRe.
Answer: In 2024/25, Flood Re provided cover for over 346,000 household policies. Of these, 30% of the policies ceded to Flood Re in the financial year to 31 March 2025 had not previously been ceded to the Scheme. In total, 650,000 properties have benefited since ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how his Department plans to assess local government reorganisation proposals; and whether those proposals will be assessed against the guidance set out in the letter sent by the
Answer: The Government received final proposals for the invitation area of Oxfordshire on 28 November and will launch a statutory consultation before deciding which, if any, proposal to implement. Decisions on the most appropriate option for each area, including ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that decisions relating to local government reorganisation meet public sector equality duties.
Answer: The Government received final proposals for the invitation area of Oxfordshire on 28 November and will launch a statutory consultation before deciding which, if any, proposal to implement. Decisions on the most appropriate option for each area, including ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase skills and training opportunities for HGV drivers.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 26 November to question 92492.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: FreightTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94929More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of costs for the haulage industry.
Answer: The Department for Transport regularly engages with road haulage industry associations and wider industry to understand the financial challenges faced by the sector.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: IncentivesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of community pharmacies reaching the threshold for Pharmacy First bonus payments.
Answer: As part of delivering the Pharmacy First service, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they meet specific requirements, which include minimum activity levels.From June 2025, pharmacies delivering 20 to 29 consultations receive £500, whi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has met with the Chief Executive of the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing to discuss the potential impact of gaps in community nursing services on levels of patient safety.
Answer: We welcome the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing’s (QICN’s) continued engagement in informing planning and solutions to address capacity gaps, following our 10 Year Workforce Plan call for evidence. The Minister of State for Health is planning to mee...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps they are taking to increase skills and training opportunities to become HGV drivers.
Answer: The government offers a range of skills training which can be used to support the HGV sector. This includes apprenticeships such as the Urban Driver and Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) driver C + E standards, Skills Bootcamps, and sector-based work academy prog...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFreightTreasuryTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92490More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of cost pressures for the haulage industry, ahead of the Budget.
Answer: The Government recognises the key role the haulage sector plays in the UK economy and regularly engages with its representatives. At Budget 2025, the Government announced continued support for people and businesses by extending the temporary 5p fuel duty ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordThames Water: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed Thames Water’s current financial position against the statutory criteria for triggering the Special Administration Regime under the Water Industry A
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 19 November 2025 to the hon. Member for Witney, UIN 90065.
Answered 24 Nov 2025
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