Gavin Robinson MP: written questions

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Written questions

Police: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding calculations remain for retired police officer pensions arising from the McCloud Judgement within each police force in the United Kingdom.
Answer: Calculations for the police pension scheme, including those related to the McCloud remedy, are produced for each scheme member by the relevant scheme administrator.While the Home Office has responsibility for overarching policy and legislative changes to ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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Police: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29447More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the McCloud judgement [2018] EWCA Civ 2844, how many outstanding police pensions cases HMRC had yet to assess on 6 February 2025; and what HMRC's timetable is for the completion of this work.
Answer: HMRC is committed to providing a good customer service for individuals affected by the McCloud remedy. It is working closely with individual pension schemes to ensure they and their members have the support they need. For police, HMRC has received 662 and...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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Alcoholic Drinks: Small BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the market for small (a) artisanal brewers, (b) distillers and (c) vintners.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) supports growth and increases the market for small brewers, distillers, and vintners by leveraging trade agreements, removing market entry barriers, and showcasing producers at global trade shows. We recently le...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
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Aerospace Industry: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the press release of 14 November 2024 entitled PM boosts UK aerospace industry with £975 million to drive growth and jobs, how much of that funding will be spent in each of the devolv
Answer: The Budget confirmed £975m over 5 years to the Aerospace sector, which will be delivered through the Aerospace Technology Institute Programme. UK based industry applications for R&D co-investment from the Programme enter a competitive process. Competi...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
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Packaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether obligated packaging producers will be required to pay Extended Producer Responsibility fees for packaging data submitted to his Department for 2024.
Answer: Yes. If the company is still a producer at the start of the 2025 assessment year then 2024 tonnage data will be used to calculate their obligation in 2025. This is in line with the current producer packaging recycling obligations that have been in place s...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
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Packaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to charge Extended Producer Responsibility fees retrospectively for obligated packaging producers.
Answer: No. The amounts of the fees are calculated by reference to producers’ activities in the previous year, they are not fees payable in arrears for that previous year.
Answered 25 Nov 2024
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Parades: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 and (b) subsequent amendments to that Act; and how many prosecutions there have been
Answer: The Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (as amended) currently provides an effective framework for managing public processions and related protests in Northern Ireland. As set out in the Stormont House and Fresh Start Agreements, any alternativ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
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British National (Overseas): ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to provide British citizenship to the children of British National (Overseas) passport holders from Hong Kong that are in the UK.
Answer: British National (Overseas) status holders who are on the BN(O) route in theUK may apply for British citizenship after 5 years’ qualifying residence, and being free from immigration time restrictions for a further year.Their children who have come to the ...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
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Armed Forces: Protective Clothing and UniformsMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's budget is for armed forces (a) uniforms and (b) protective clothing in the 2024-25 financial year; and what the value is of orders placed with companies in Northern Ireland to provide (i) un
Answer: The Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation (LCST) budget for all Clothing Raw Materials and Consumables purchases in the 2024-25 financial year (FY) is £79.839 million. The value of orders placed with companies based in Northern Ireland for FY ...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
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Packaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of pausing the implementation of the Extender Producer Responsibility scheme.
Answer: This Government is committed to Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) as a vital first step to cracking down on waste as we move towards a circular economy. It will create 21,000 jobs, stimulate more than £10 billion investment in the recy...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
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