David Reed MP: written questions
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Written questions
Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) what data his Department holds on the percentage of Child Maintenance Service users who have reported difficulty using the telephone or online contact channels, and (b) what modelling has been under
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is delivering a Modernisation Programme to improve customer access, efficiency and transparency. This includes integrated online application services, the My Child Maintenance Case (MCMC) service, which provides custome...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of Child Maintenance Service cases are currently handled using assistance from artificial intelligence.
Answer: All CMS cases are handled by trained caseworkers who remain accountable for decisions affecting customers. AI tools can be used to help colleagues improve productivity and customer outcomes but do not replace human decision-making. The Department does not...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16797, what criteria must be satisfied for a business to be required to hold emergency stocks, and a) how many businesses hold emergency sto
Answer: To meet the UK’s oil-stocking obligation as a member of the International Energy Agency, the Secretary of State requires companies that supply more than 50,000 tonnes of key petroleum products to the UK inland market over a 12-month period to hold emergen...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16797, how many times since 1 January 2025 have the industry emergency stocks been used.
Answer: There has been one International Energy Agency coordinated emergency stock release since January 2025 – the action announced on 11 March 2026 in response to the Middle East conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruption. The UK's contribution was ~14 million ba...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: FinanceTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19762More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16362, whether her Department maintains (a) a central register and (b) an estimate of funding allocated for civil contingencies and emergency planning across depart
Answer: HM Treasury allocated significant funding to departments at Spending Review 2025 (SR25) to protect the public and the environment from emergencies, and for civil preparedness. This includes £4.2bn to build and maintain flood defences, £520m to build resil...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGrowth HubsDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16800, how much of the funding provided to regional Growth Hubs is ring-fenced for emergency resilience and continuity planning.
Answer: For the 2026/27 – 2028/29 financial years, BIST is providing multi-year core grant funding to Local Authorities across England for them to provide a Growth Hub. Growth Hubs are expected to provide local businesses with advice and access to support for a b...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19760More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what funding has been allocated to meeting the NATO 1.5% defence and security-related spending target since 26 January 2026.
Answer: The UK has met NATO’s 1.5% defence and security-related spending target, as defined by NATO. NATO’s definition sets out that spend should be to protect our critical infrastructure, defend our networks, ensure our civil preparedness and resilience, unleash...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19759More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what date it was determined that the UK has met NATO's 1.5% defence and security-related spending target.
Answer: The UK has met NATO’s 1.5% defence and security-related spending target, as defined by NATO. The UK’s spending total was reported into the NATO International Staff ahead of the NATO Summit in July and was reflected in the press releases from NATO at the S...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Security: FinanceTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19758More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what specific departments have contributed to the 1.5% of GDP spend on security-related spend.
Answer: All spending captured as part of the 1.5% is determined through the Spending Review and set out to Parliament via the Estimates process in the usual way.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19757More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July to question 16362, a) what was the drawdown from the Civil Contingencies Fund in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to date and b) what proportion of that drawdown was recovered from the individua
Answer: The Contingencies Fund (formerly known as the Civil Contingencies Fund) is a long-standing Treasury fund that enables HM Treasury to make repayable cash advances to government departments and certain public bodies to meet urgent cash requirements pending ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth ServiceDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16800, what specific funding has been allocated within the Business Growth Service budget for fiscal year 2026-27 explicitly to h
Answer: Although no specific funding has been allocated to the Business Growth Service (BGS) for financial year 2026-27 to help UK SMEs develop business continuity plans, DBT supports small and medium sized businesses become more resilient in the event of major d...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has a specific budget to support a) small and b) medium-sized businesses in developing business continuity plans for major disruption.
Answer: While the government does not have a dedicated budget to support SMEs to develop business continuity plans, we have set out a comprehensive package of support in our Plan for Small Businesses that will enable SMEs to grow and thrive, including when faced ...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinerals: Supply ChainsDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 16799, when the criticality assessment will next be updated.
Answer: The Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC), funded by the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and delivered by the British Geological Survey, produces the UK’s criticality assessment. With a continuously expanding amount of data u...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDiplomatic Service: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 17245, to what countries and on what date has the Rapid Deployment Team been sent to provide consular assistance.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office deploys Rapid Deployment Teams when additional support is needed following a crisis or major incident affecting British nationals overseas. Further to my reply on 15 July 2026 to Question 17245, I refer the...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: CybersecurityDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 17243, what the threshold is for transport operators to report cyber security incidents involving them.
Answer: Mandatory thresholds for reporting cyber security incidents under the Network & Information Systems Regulations 2018 can be found on gov.uk at the following link (Annex E, p42 onwards):Implementation of the NIS directive: DfT guidance version 1.1 (htt...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: CybersecurityDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 17243, how many reported cyber security incidents led to the cancellation or amendment to the affected transport services.
Answer: Of the fourteen incidents in scope of question 17243, one incident led to the cancellation or amendment of transport services delivered.
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: CybersecurityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16796, how many reports were received in the last 12 months that did not meet the mandatory thresholds.
Answer: DESNZ does not routinely publish or disclose information relating to voluntary cyber incident reporting, as doing so could prejudice the security and resilience of operators and the wider energy sector. As a result, we do not provide figures on the number...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: CybersecurityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16796, what are the mandatory reporting thresholds.
Answer: Under Regulation 11 of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018, an Operator of Essential Services (OES) must notify the competent authority for their subsector about any incident which has a significant impact on the continuity of the essenti...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMilitary AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16360, how many requests for MACA tasks were a) rejected, b) withdrawn and c) reduced in scope in the last 12 months.
Answer: From January to July 2026, Defence received 33 Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) requests. 16 requests have been successfully delivered, five have been withdrawn, two rejected, and two cancelled. The remaining requests are currently open and pr...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected annual budget for the Defence Housing Strategy is for financial years a) 2026-27, b) 2027-28 and c) 2028-29.
Answer: The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) confirms previous commitments to provide £9.2 billion over the next decade to deliver the Defence Housing Strategy and a generational renewal of military family housing. This work has started with 1,250 of the worst homes...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordJaguar Land Rover: CybercrimeCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17665More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) his and (b) any other Department has identified any (i) state, (ii) state-linked and (iii) state-sponsored entity as (A) partially and (B) wholly responsible for the August 2025 to September 2025 cyb
Answer: The Government does not routinely comment on ongoing investigations or operational activity.
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026WithdrawnUIN 17664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department last tested contingency arrangements for maintaining the distribution of medicines on the Critical Medicines List in the event of a major disruption to a) supply chains or b) tr
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPolice: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2026WithdrawnUIN 17663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training or exercises to prepare for civil unrest arising from a major national crisis have been conducted in the last 12 months, broken down by (a) police force and (b) number of exercises.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordVeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department requires Government departments to assess the potential impact of new policies on veterans at the policy development stage.
Answer: This government is fully committed to renewing the nation’s contract with those who serve and who have served. In November 2025, the Government published a new cross-government Veterans Strategy working with devolved governments and across society to set ...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces CovenantMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to introduce new performance measures to assess implementation of the Armed Forces Covenant.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the Minister of State for Defence (Lord Coaker), on 12 February 2026 to Question HL14110 in the House of Lords.https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-29/H...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
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