David Chadwick MP: written questions
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Railway Stations: South WalesDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the total allocated budget for each of the five new railway stations to be built in south east Wales.
Answer: The government’s recent Spending Review and Infrastructure Strategy has recognised Wales’ long-term infrastructure needs and will deliver at least £445 million of rail enhancements to realise them. The exact proportion of funding required to support indiv...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: South WalesDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Spring Statement and the Spending Review 2025, what is the expected completion date of each of the five new railways stations to be built in south east Wales.
Answer: Based on the work of the South East Wales Transport Commission and subsequent development activity, new stations are proposed at Newport Road (Cardiff), Newport West, Somerton, Llanwern, and Magor & Undy. The funding announced in the Spending Review w...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: BreconDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reconnecting Brecon to the rail network.
Answer: The Wales Rail Board is responsible for assessing and recommending rail investments to support new and improved services in Wales. No credible scheme to restore a direct rail connection to Brecon has been identified to date. The UK and Welsh Governments a...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCardiff Airport: RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of constructing a direct rail link to Cardiff Airport.
Answer: The Wales Rail Board is responsible for assessing and recommending rail investments to support new and improved services in Wales. The approach of the Board is to promote improvements to services on the Vale of Glamorgan line, including to Rhoose, where t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEast West Rail LineDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to extend East-West Rail to (a) Cardiff, (b) Bristol and (c) Norwich.
Answer: East West Rail (EWR) is a new railway that will connect Oxford-Cambridge and cities and towns in between. The proposed service pattern on the line was set out in the EWR consultation in November 2024. There are key interchanges with major rail lines along...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: River SevernDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of building a second Severn Tunnel or bridge specifically for rail services.
Answer: The strategic planning functions within Network Rail and Transport for Wales are considering the future capacity requirements of the South Wales Mainline. Their advice will be provided to the Wales Rail Board to inform the prioritisation of the government...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: WalesCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72041More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in receipt of Universal Credit welfare payments have (a) undergraduate and (b) post-graduate degrees in Wales.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 29th August is attached.
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance Tax: FarmersTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71835More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment of the potential impact of changes to inheritance tax relief for farmers on the Welsh language.
Answer: The Government is not under an obligation to carry out or publish a specific Welsh language impact assessment of tax policies. However, it is not expected there will be any material impact on the opportunities of individuals to use the Welsh language foll...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: TeachersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving teachers an emergency covid booster.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting those most vulnerable to serious disease from COVID-19 through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).The JCVI has advised that since 2020, population immu...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Proceedings: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the civil justice system for litigants in person.
Answer: This Government is committed to ensuring access to justice for all, whether people have legal representation or not. The Ministry of Justice is providing over £6 million of grant funding in 2025-26 to 60 organisations to improve access to free legal suppo...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEast West Rail LineDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the decision was taken to re-classify East-West Rail as an England and Wales project.
Answer: As rail infrastructure projects have not been devolved to Wales the categorisation of these projects is in line with wider devolution policy managed by Treasury. Every Government funded rail project in Wales or England are always categorised as England an...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSoft Drinks: TaxationTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68631More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential economic impact of changes to the thresholds for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy on the level of food inflation.
Answer: An assessment of economic and other impacts are included as part of the ‘Strengthening the Soft Drinks Industry Levy’ consultation document. This is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthening-the-soft-drinks-industry-levy. The ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ElectrificationDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of skilled workers to complete rail electrification of the (a) North and (B) South Wales main lines.
Answer: Network Rail, as the infrastructure manager for Great Britain’s railways, is responsible for considering the skills and workforce requirements for infrastructure projects such as electrification schemes. It is assisted in this by the National Skills Acade...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProcessed FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce levels of consumption of highly processed foods.
Answer: As set out in our 10-Year Health Plan, we will take decisive action on the obesity crisis, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever. In relation to reducing the consumption of foods and drink...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEast West Rail LineDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the decision was made to reclassify the Oxford-Cambridge line from an England-only project to an England and Wales project.
Answer: As rail infrastructure projects have not been devolved to Wales the categorisation of these projects is in line with wider devolution policy managed by Treasury. Every Government funded rail project in Wales or England are always categorised as England an...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: WalesWales OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proposals put forward for new rail investment in Wales as part of the Spending Review 2025 were rejected by the Treasury.
Answer: The Chancellor set out that the UK Government will commit at least £445 million investment into Welsh rail infrastructure upgrades at the Spending Review in June.For too long, Wales’s long-term infrastructure needs have not been recognised. This governmen...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordShrewsbury-Chester Railway LineDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has taken steps to implement two services an hour on the Shrewsbury-Wrexham-Chester Line.
Answer: Services on this route are provided by Transport for Wales in accordance with its Train Service Requirement which is agreed with the Department in respective of services at stations in England. There are no active proposals to increase services on this ro...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: WalesDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) frequency and (b) capacity of passenger rail services on the (i) Heart of Wales Line and (ii) Cambrian Line.
Answer: Services on these routes are provided by Transport for Wales (TfW). Capacity on the Cambrian Line will improve with the introduction of new trains in the next couple of years and TfW is preparing to introduce a fifth through service per day on the Heart o...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Wales Coast Line: ElectrificationDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to electrify the North Wales main line.
Answer: Together with industry partners, we have identified a number of improvements on the North Wales Main Line which will deliver more immediate passenger benefits, including increasing the frequency of services in 2026, which will serve to strengthen the busi...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Billing and StandardsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Energy Ombudsman on identified breaches of standard licencing conditions by energy companies related to (a) bill accuracy and (b) shortfalls in service.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. On 19 June the Government announced that we will consult on strengthening the Energy Ombudsman to ensure th...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with Ofgem on the level of additional support provided by energy companies to assist people on the Priority Services Register with meter readings.
Answer: Vulnerable customers who need extra support are able to sign up for the Priority Services Register for free. This allows energy suppliers to provide extra help for vulnerable consumers, such as help taking their meter readings, advanced noticed of power c...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help ensure that energy supplier read electricity meter readings are accurately recorded on customer energy accounts.
Answer: It is the role of the independent regulator Ofgem to ensure compliance with Standard Licence Conditions, including condition 21B. I meet regularly with Ofgem to discuss consumer protection issues. To ensure Ofgem’s continuing effectiveness, in December th...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: BillingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how energy supplies are complying with condition 21B of the Electricity Supply Standard Licence Conditions.
Answer: It is the role of the independent regulator Ofgem to ensure compliance with Standard Licence Conditions, including condition 21B. I meet regularly with Ofgem to discuss consumer protection issues. To ensure Ofgem’s continuing effectiveness, in December th...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: WalesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that the proportion of research and development funding spent by the UK Government in Wales aligns with the population share of Wales in the United Kin
Answer: This government is committed to supporting R&D excellence wherever it is found. UKRI has a specific objective to develop world-class places by supporting outstanding institutions, infrastructures, sectors and clusters across the UK. In 2023-24, UKRI i...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProbate: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Family Court Quarterly Statistics, published on 27 March 2025, for what reason 8,150 bereaved families waited over six months for the Probate Registry to issue grants of (a) probate and (b)
Answer: HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) retains complaint data concerning lost documentation for a period of five years. HMCTS conducts regular meetings with our bulk scanning provider to review occurrences of lost documents and is committed to continuall...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
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