Derek Twigg MP: written questions 2025
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Ministry of Defence: Departmental Expenditure LimitsMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the underspend and overspend was for (a) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit and (b) Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit for the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Army and (iii) RAF as at 1 November 2025.
Answer: Following Defence Reform, the Capital and Resource Expenditure Limits for the front line commands are managed across the Military Strategic Headquarters instead of individually. The Ministry of Defence applies controls and routine financial management to ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost in (a) time and (b) resource to (i) the Army and (ii) his Department of dealing with problems with the Ajax vehicle.
Answer: On 22 November, during a routine training exercise, around 30 soldiers operating in Ajax reported being affected by noise and vibration exposure.Out of an abundance of caution, and in line with our safety protocols, the exercise was halted within 30 minut...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: NoiseMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What times scale he has been given for the noise and vibration issues with the Ajax vehicle to be resolved.
Answer: On 22 November, during a routine training exercise, around 30 soldiers operating in Ajax reported being affected by noise and vibration exposure. As a result, I directed the Army to pause all use of Ajax for training and exercising, while a safety investi...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is for carrying out the necessary repairs for the fleet of MAN Logistic Support Vehicles; and how long will it be before the whole fleet is back in service.
Answer: Repair analysis is ongoing; however, initial estimates indicate that all vehicles will be returned to full use by early 2026 in accordance with formation priorities.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where were the Army's MAN Logistic Support Vehicle built; and what is the age of the vehicles.
Answer: The vehicles were manufactured under the responsibility of MAN Truck & Bus UK (MTB UK). The base was produced at MAN’s facilities in Germany and Austria, with UK-specific modifications integrated by MTB UK and specialist subcontractors within the UK. ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Cost EffectivenessMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount of financial savings the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, and (c) Royal Air Force have been asked to make in financial years (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided to him in response to his Question 93654 of 24 November 2025. The Ministry of Defence applies in-year controls across the Department to manage performance against the Defence budget and these controls are s...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Cost EffectivenessMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount of financial savings the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, and (c) Royal Air Force have been asked to make in (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence applies in-year controls across the Department to manage performance against the Defence budget and these controls are subject to continuous review.This approach is part of normal good financial management and ensures that resource...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Fair Funding Review will ensure that the most deprived areas of the country will receive the biggest increases in funding.
Answer: The government published the local government finance policy statement Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 - GOV.UK and government response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November which set out the government’s plan...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date he expects to have a full fleet of Ajax armoured vehicles.
Answer: On current plans, Full Operating Capability for the Armoured Cavalry Programme is expected to be achieved by the end of 2029.
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, How many housing development applications refused by local authorities have had decisions subsequently been overturned by planning inspectors in each year since 2015.
Answer: The table below shows housing development applications refused by local planning authorities and subsequently overturned on appeal, as well as total housing development appeal decisions made by the Planning Inspectorate between the years 2015 and 2025: Ye...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to make any changes to the existing bespoke distribution method for the Recovery Grant.
Answer: The local government finance settlement for 2024 to 2025 introduced the Recovery Grant, worth £600 million. This was distributed to places with greater need and demand for services (using deprivation as a proxy), and which are least able to fund their own...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChristopher Berry and Christopher CashCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84915More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 78005 on Christopher Berry and Christopher Cash, tabled on 10 October 2025 by the hon. Member for Widnes and Halewood.
Answer: A response has been issued here.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChristopher Berry and Christopher CashCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78005More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, was China officially designated as a threat to national security by the UK Government when (a) the alleged offences of Christopher Berry and Chris Cash for spying for China took place and (b) when the CPS made a
Answer: The policy of the previous Government during the periods in question was set out in the Integrated Review (March 2021) and the Integrated Review Refresh (March 2023). The previous Government described China as an “epoch defining and systemic challenge”.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Workers: FinesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses were (a) fined and (b) prosecuted for employing illegal immigrants each year since 2015.
Answer: In 2015, 2206 civil penalties were issued for illegal working. Information on illegal working civil penalty statistics has been published since 2016 as part of the Home Office Immigration Transparency Data and can be found at https://assets.publishing.ser...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWarrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: RadiologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61488 on Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Radiology, what the requirement for radiographers is at Warrington and Hal
Answer: Decisions about staffing levels are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their workforce planning and recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place with the right skills mix, to de...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Cheshire and MerseysideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP vacancies there were in GP practices' in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB as of 1 June 2025.
Answer: The data requested is not held centrally. The Government is committed to increasing the general practice workforce. By cutting red tape and investing more into the National Health Service, we have recruited over 1,700 general practitioners into general pr...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordConsultants: Cheshire and MerseysideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant posts are vacant in the each of the acute hospital trusts in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of consultant vacancies at hospitals in the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. NHS England publishes regular high-level statistics on vacancies across National Health Service trusts, which...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWarrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: RadiologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiographers have been in post at Warrington and Halton University Hospitals Trust in each year since 2015.
Answer: The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) diagnostic radiographers employed by the Warrington and Halton University Hospitals Trust in each year since 2015:DateFTE diagnostic radiographersMarch 201585March 201682March 201783March ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiology: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiographers will be trained in each year until 2030.
Answer: Later this year, we will publish a new workforce plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, and will ensure the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: VacanciesMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 58934 on Armed Forces: Vacancies, what the ranks of the unfilled posts are; and how long they have been unfilled.
Answer: The UK has one of the highest post fill rates in NATO. As of 1 April 2025, the UK’s post allocation was 1,053, of which 82 were unfilled. While 8% of our posts were gapped in April 2025, this was predominantly for a period of less than 10 months. The majo...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have previously reached a another safe country before arriving in the UK have had their applications (a) approved and (b) rejected in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Available data on third country refusals, where the claimant is believed to have reached a safe third country prior to claiming in the UK, is published in t...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: VacanciesMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military posts allocated for British Armed Forces personnel within NATO remain unfilled as of 1 April 2025.
Answer: The UK is one of the largest contributors of personnel to NATO, underlining our commitment to deterrence and defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area, with personnel deployed in over twenty-one countries. The UK consistently has one of the highest post fill rate...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Nuclear EnterpriseMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the expected change in cost for Defence Nuclear Enterprise until 2033.
Answer: As stated in an update to the Public Accounts Committee in December 2023, the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE) forecast an equipment plan spend of £117.8 billion over the period 2023-33. Over the same period to 2033, the current forecast for DNE equipment...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total Reserve Service Day Budget is for the (a) Army, (b) Maritime and (c) Air Force in financial year 2025-26.
Answer: Reserves enable our Armed Forces to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, by providing the scale, skills, agility and connection to society needed, in a cost-effective way. As the Minister for Veterans and People, I have commissioned an internal ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Reserve Service Day budget for (a) the army, (b) maritime and (c) the RAF will be subject to in year savings measures for the financial year 2025-26.
Answer: Reserves enable our Armed Forces to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, by providing the scale, skills, agility and connection to society needed, in a cost-effective way. As the Minister for Veterans and People, I have commissioned an internal ...
Answered 6 May 2025
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