Helen Maguire MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Police: FinanceTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63817More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether increases to police spending will be funded through (a) general taxation and (b) council tax.
Answer: As set out in the Spending Review 2025 document, published 11 June 2025, the Phase 2 settlement provides an average 1.7% real terms increase per year in police spending power. Over the SR period, police spending power is projected to increase by an averag...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Travel InsuranceTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60257More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a cross-sector taskforce led by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury to (a) assess the barriers people with cancer face when seeking travel in
Answer: Treasury Ministers and officials regularly engage with a variety of stakeholders, including other departments and representatives of the insurance industry, on a range of issues. The Government recognises the important role of insurance products, includin...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Travel InsuranceTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60256More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a right to be forgotten for people who have been out of cancer treatment for a significant period, in the context of the use of medical histories
Answer: Treasury Ministers and officials regularly engage with a variety of stakeholders, including other departments and representatives of the insurance industry, on a range of issues. The Government recognises the important role of insurance products, includin...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Travel InsuranceTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60255More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) insurance providers on helping to ensure that cancer patients are able to access affordable travel insurance.
Answer: Treasury Ministers and officials regularly engage with a variety of stakeholders, including other departments and representatives of the insurance industry, on a range of issues. The Government recognises the important role of insurance products, includin...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: RussiaTreasuryTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49279More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has detected any ship-to-ship transfers in British waters that have enabled Russia to evade the price cap on exported oil since December 2022.
Answer: The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation of the Oil Price Cap (OPC). Whilst I cannot comment on individual instances of evasion of the OPC due to the sensitivity of that information, Brit...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: ExportsTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47568More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a requirement for maritime insurers to verify with bank statements whether the oil price for Russian exports was paid below the price cap.
Answer: The UK, alongside G7+ Oil Price Cap (OPC) Coalition partners, keeps the efficacy of the OPC under constant review, whilst working closely with industry to aid compliance and ensure that any changes to the measure are implementable – as evidenced by the Fe...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: ExportsTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47567More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of lowering the Oil Price Cap on Russia’s revenue generation through seaborne oil exports.
Answer: The UK is committed to maintaining the efficacy of the price cap and to adapting it as necessary and practicable, subject to thorough impact assessments and alongside our international partners, to further our objectives of constraining Russian oil revenu...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCost of Living: Disposable IncomeTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35583More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the cost of living on future levels of disposable household income.
Answer: The Government’s Plan for Change outlines our goals to raise living standards across the UK and ensure that working people have more money in their pockets. Specific actions already taken by the Government include increasing to the National Living Wage fr...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: Voluntary OrganisationsTreasuryTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30414More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of fee-less community bank accounts being closed and replaced with fee-paying business accounts on (a) allotment societies and (b) other small voluntary organisa
Answer: The provision of banking services is a commercial decision taken by the banking sector. In response to feedback from community account holders about difficulties in securing and maintaining suitable current accounts, UK Finance launched a website in July ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceTreasuryTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20115More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) social and (b) economic impact of increasing investment in preventative upstream services such as youth work.
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out the Plan for Change for this government, with early intervention at the centre of the government's priorities, including giving children the best start in life, putting police back on the beat, and ending hospital backlogs. ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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