David Chadwick MP: written questions
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Railways: WiFiDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the steps required to ensure that the improved Wi-Fi capacity enabled by recent investment in Low Earth Orbit connectivity can be delivered to passengers through compa
Answer: My officials produced a detailed business case as part of the Spending Review to deploy low earth orbit satellite connections on all mainline trains to improve on train wifi connectivity for passengers. The team is currently working through establishing t...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Carbon EmissionsTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98110More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to ensure that UK steel producers are not subject to additional decarbonisation-related charges that could impact their competitiveness relative to overseas producers.
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the UK steel sector and we will publish our strategy for the sector in 2026. This will articulate what is needed to create a competitive environment and to secure UK steelmaking capability.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: RecyclingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic and environmental benefits of retaining a greater proportion of UK-generated steel scrap for domestic Electric Arc Furnace use.
Answer: The Government recognises that the UK steel industry's shift towards electric arc furnaces will elevate the importance of high-quality scrap as a material for UK steelmaking. The Government has not performed an assessment of the economic impact of retaini...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: RecyclingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to introduce national standards for Electric Arc Furnace-grade steel scrap.
Answer: The Government recognises that the UK steel industry's shift towards electric arc furnaces will elevate the importance of high-quality scrap as a material for UK steelmaking. The UK’s abundant scrap supply offers domestic steelmaking a strategic advantage...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: RecyclingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase domestic processing capacity for steel scrap.
Answer: The Government recognises that the UK steel industry's shift towards electric arc furnaces will elevate the importance of high-quality scrap as a material for UK steelmaking. The Government is committed to working with the supply chain to generate the con...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence and Semiconductors: WalesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of funding allocated to AI and semiconductor growth zones will be spent in Wales; and over what timeframe.
Answer: The AI Growth Zones programme aims to attract billions of pounds in private investment into AI data centres and drive economic growth through job creation. The programme will create opportunities for skills development and apprenticeships, forge research ...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95778More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional support to devolved governments for public sector pay costs.
Answer: Public sector pay is a devolved responsibility. This means it is for the devolved governments to decide how to allocate the funding they receive across their areas of responsibility, including public sector pay.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Pay SettlementsTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95772More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of higher-than-forecast inflation and pay growth on devolved governments’ capacity to fund public sector pay settlements.
Answer: Public sector pay is a devolved responsibility. This means it is for the devolved governments to decide how to allocate the funding they receive across their areas of responsibility, including public sector pay.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95771More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned £4.9 billion in efficiencies and savings in 2030–31 on devolved governments’ budgets.
Answer: As a result of decisions at Budget 2025, the Welsh Government will receive an additional £320 million RDEL and £185m CDEL through the operation of the Barnett formula on top of the record settlement provided at Spending Review 2025. This means that the We...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95770More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposed high-value property surcharge in England will generate Barnett-related consequentials for devolved administrations.
Answer: There were no changes to UK Government DEL budgets as a result of the High Value Council Tax Surcharge so this policy did not result in Barnett consequentials.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWelsh Government: BorrowingTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95769More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the Treasury’s analysis of how far the uplifts to Welsh Government borrowing and reserve limits restore the real-terms value of those limits since they were set a decade ago.
Answer: As announced at Autumn Budget 2025 there will be a 10% increase to annual and cumulative capital borrowing limits and the Wales Reserve overall and annual drawdown limits in 2026-27 which will increase the real value of the Welsh Government’s budget manag...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: WalesTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95768More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the impact of the income tax threshold freeze on Welsh Rates of Income Tax revenues.
Answer: The previous Government made the decision to maintain income tax thresholds at their current levels from April 2021 until April 2028 As agreed between the UK and Welsh Governments, under the existing fiscal framework, the Welsh Government is responsible f...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the average household in Wales is expected to save on energy bills as a result of the Budget’s Renewables Obligation measure, compared with households in England and Scotland.
Answer: At the Budget, the Chancellor announced an average £150 of costs off people’s energy bills from April next year. £88 of that comes from the decision to fund 75% of the domestic Renewables Obligation from the Exchequer. The measures announced at Budget app...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company Obligation: WalesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the Energy Company Obligation on private sector investment in home energy efficiency in Wales.
Answer: To bring energy bills down for all, the decision has been made not to continue the Energy Company Obligation when the current scheme ends. We recognise that the decision will be unwelcome news to those working within the supply chain for these schemes. Th...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: WalesTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95765More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned reductions in departmental spending after 2028 on the Welsh block grant during the next Senedd term.
Answer: As a result of decisions at Budget 2025, the Welsh Government will receive an additional £320 million RDEL and £185m CDEL through the operation of the Barnett formula on top of the record settlement provided at Spending Review 2025. This means that the We...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: WalesTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95764More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of front-loaded Barnett consequentials on the Welsh Government’s medium-term financial planning.
Answer: As a result of decisions at Budget 2025, the Welsh Government will receive an additional £320 million RDEL and £185m CDEL through the operation of the Barnett formula on top of the record settlement provided at Spending Review 2025. This means that the We...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: WalesTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95763More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to publish a breakdown of the spending decisions in England that generated the £508 million of Barnett consequentials for Wales at the 2025 Autumn Budget.
Answer: As a result of decisions at Budget 2025, the Welsh Government will receive an additional £320 million RDEL and £185m CDEL through the operation of the Barnett formula on top of the record settlement provided at Spending Review 2025. This means that the We...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: WalesTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95762More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of Welsh taxpayers who will be brought into (a) paying income tax, (b) the higher rate band and (c) the additional rate band as a result of the threshold freeze to 2030–31.
Answer: The number of people forecast to pay tax by marginal rate can be found in Table 3.19 in the OBR’s November 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook – detailed forecast tables: receipts, linked below: https://obr.uk/download/november-2025-economic-and-fiscal-outlo...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: North of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Northern Powerhouse Rail remains designated as an 'England and Wales' project.
Answer: The Northern Powerhouse Rail project is classified as an England and Wales project. This approach applies to investment in heavy rail by the Department for Transport, including HS2 and East-West Rail, and is consistent with the funding arrangements for al...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: North of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is her department's current estimated cost of completing the Northern Powerhouse rail project.
Answer: We are fully committed to delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail and know the importance of getting this right. We want to learn the lessons from HS2 and so are taking the time to consider the details, which will include costs. We will set out our ambitions ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that rural communities are not disadvantaged by the PIA pricing model moving forward.
Answer: As the independent regulator for telecommunications, Ofcom is responsible for making regulatory decisions in the fixed telecoms sector, including on the Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product.In July, we published our draft Statement of Strategic Pr...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadbandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department is still considering reforms to PIA.
Answer: As the independent regulator for telecommunications, Ofcom is responsible for making regulatory decisions in the fixed telecoms sector, including on the Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product.In July, we published our draft Statement of Strategic Pr...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadbandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Ofcom still plans to consult on PIA pricing reform.
Answer: As the independent regulator for telecommunications, Ofcom is responsible for making regulatory decisions in the fixed telecoms sector, including on the Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product.Ofcom is finalising its Telecoms Access Review that will ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Terminal IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to guarantee working-age people with a terminal illness a State Pension-level of income.
Answer: We have no such policy. Supporting people nearing the end of their life is important to the Government. The main way the Department does this is through the Special Rules for End of Life (SREL) which enable people who are nearing the end of their lives to...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that there is a single, simple and comprehensive scheme providing up-front support with the running costs of medical devices provided by the NHS.
Answer: Within NHS England, financial support is already provided for certain specialist National Health Services to offset increased energy costs faced by patients using medical equipment at home. This includes patients using home haemodialysis or home oxygen co...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
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