David Chadwick MP: written questions
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Written questions
Income 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
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Social TariffsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will introduce a social tariff for energy to help lift people at the end of life out of fuel poverty.
Answer: We recognise that for many households energy bills remain too high. That's why on 19 June we announced that we are expanding the Warm Home Discount to around an additional 2.7 million households. This means that from this winter, around 6 million low-inco...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: WalesTreasuryTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94378More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in Wales that would be moved into higher rates of tax as a result of freezing of tax thresholds by 2030.
Answer: The previous Government made the decision to maintain income tax thresholds at their current levels from April 2021 until April 2028. 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 ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of unregulated peak-time fares on intercity rail services on modal shift and environmental goals.
Answer: Over the past 30 years, privatisation has complicated fares leading to pricing cliff edges and to the inefficient and unacceptable situation where some ‘peak’ trains run nearly empty while some ‘off-peak’ trains are overcrowded. This is why we are overhau...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of intercity fares are in the unregulated category; and what the average percentage increase was in those fares over the last five years.
Answer: The ORR publish annual statistics measuring the change in prices charged by train operating companies to rail passengers, normally introduced in March of each year. According to ORR data regulated fares make up around 30 per cent of rail expenditure. On i...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a regulatory cap on intercity rail fares equivalent to that applied to regulated commuter fares.
Answer: In general, commuter fares such as season tickets and shorter-distance peak returns are regulated, alongside intercity off-peak returns. Those are the fares that DfT currently controls, as part of an overly complex system that was designed 30 years ago. A...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of dynamic pricing on intercity rail routes on fare predictability and passenger affordability; and if she will consider introducing statuto
Answer: We are taking important steps to reform long distance fares, as demonstrated through the LNER trial on some of their long-distance network. This includes moving away from the inefficient and unacceptable situation where some “peak” trains run nearly empty...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that intercity rail fares remain affordable for passengers in the context of unregulated peak-time pricing on long-distance services.
Answer: We are taking important steps to reform long distance fares, as demonstrated through the LNER trial on some of their long-distance network. This includes moving away from the inefficient and unacceptable situation where some “peak” trains run nearly empty...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the difference between regulated commuter fares and unregulated intercity fares on passengers; and whether she plans to review that distinction.
Answer: In general, commuter fares such as season tickets and shorter-distance peak returns are regulated, alongside intercity off-peak returns. These are the fares that DfT currently controls, as part of an overly complex system that was designed 30 years ago an...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to extend fare regulation to intercity tickets, including peak-time and last-minute fares.
Answer: In general, commuter fares such as season tickets and shorter-distance peak returns are regulated, alongside intercity off-peak returns. Those are the fares that DfT currently controls, as part of an overly complex system that was designed 30 years ago. A...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: RegulationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when will the Health & Safety Executive publish next steps and its formal response to the consultation it conducted on proposals for changing GB CLP and GB BPR; and whether it plans to publish draft leg
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE’s) response to the Chemicals Legislative Reform Proposals consultation, which took place from 23 June 2025 to 18 August 2025, is expected to be published in early 2026 subject to Ministerial approval. The consultatio...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Growth Fund: WalesWales OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has considered allowing a greater proportion of Local Growth Fund spending to be allocated to revenue rather than capital activities in order to maintain continuity of support for local businesses and w
Answer: As announced at the Spending Review, from 2026-27 the UK government will provide targeted, long-term local growth funding to support regional growth across the UK, completing the transition from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). For the next three ye...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
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