Charlie Maynard MP: written questions

Written questions

• Water Companies: InsolvencyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90064More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will publish guidance on how (a) environmental performance, (b) repeated regulatory breaches and (c) other non-financial factors will be considered when determining to appl

  Answer: The law states that Special Administration can only be initiated if the company becomes insolvent or they are in such serious breach of their principal statutory duties or an enforcement order that it is inappropriate for the company to retain its licence...

  Answered 19 Nov 2025

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• Water Companies: InsolvencyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90063More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing the (a) criteria, (b) thresholds and (c) circumstances for making an application to the High Court for a water indust

  Answer: The law states that Special Administration can only be initiated if the company becomes insolvent or they are in such serious breach of their principal statutory duties or an enforcement order that it is inappropriate for the company to retain its licence...

  Answered 19 Nov 2025

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• Schools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81701More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase (a) capacity and (b) resources in community schools in the context of transfers from the private to comprehensive school sector.

  Answer: ​​The department works to support local authorities to ensure that every local area has sufficient school places for children that need them. School funding in England is increasing by £3.7 billion in the 2025/26 financial year, taking total core school f...

  Answered 30 Oct 2025

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• Special Educational Needs: Private EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81700More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support specialist independent SEND schools.

  Answer: ​​Independent special schools can play an important role in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, particularly in meeting the needs of children and young people with highly complex needs. We recognise the expertise and value that m...

  Answered 4 Nov 2025

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• Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76518More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of his Department's funding for cancer research has been allocated to (a) brain, (b) liver, (c) lung, (d) oesophageal, (e) pancreatic and (f) stomach cancer research si

  Answer: The Department invested over £133 million on cancer research for 2023/24, through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), reflecting cancer’s high priority.The following table shows NIHR funding programme awa...

  Answered 22 Sept 2025

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