James Naish MP: written questions
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Stamp Duty Land Tax: Armed ForcesTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71638More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many SDLT transactions by serving armed forces personnel have incurred the 5% higher rates for additional dwellings in each of the last five years.
Answer: Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) returns do not collect details of the employment status of purchasers. For this reason, HM Revenue and Customs is unable to provide details of the number of serving armed forces personnel who have incurred the higher rate of SDL...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordStamp Duty Land Tax: Armed ForcesTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71637More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Stamp Duty on serving armed forces personnel who are required to maintain a second property owing to service postings.
Answer: The higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) apply to the purchases of additional residential property, including second homes and buy-to-let investments. A refund of the additional 5% rate may be claimed if the previous main residence is sold within th...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many households have agreed an unmetered water utility bill charge in each of the last five years.
Answer: The proportion of households in England with unmetered water utility bill charges has been gradually declining over recent years due to the rollout of smart metering initiatives.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPackage HolidaysDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve consumer awareness of their rights under the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018.
Answer: Currently, the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (PTRs) set out all the necessary information that consumers should receive about the package holiday they are buying before and after the contract is concluded. This includes de...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPackage HolidaysDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what enforcement action has been taken against operators who have failed to comply with their duties under the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this information. The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 are enforced by individual Local Trading Standards Departments with the Civil Aviation Authority overseeing Air Travel...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPackage Holidays: EmergenciesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many complaints of package holiday operators failing to provide adequate assistance during accommodation emergencies have been reported to the Competition and Markets Authority in each of the last
Answer: Obtaining a definitive figure for the number of complaints would require a manual review, which would be disproportionate. But a search for relevant terms identified only one complaint relating to the provision of emergency accommodation by a package trav...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPackage Holidays: EmergenciesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that package holiday operators comply with their obligations under the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 to provide appropriate assistance
Answer: We are working closely with the industry and regulators to help them understand and comply with the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (PTRs). There are also three DBT approved bodies which assess and monitor business insolvenc...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure air quality is improved (a) nationally and (b) in Rushcliffe constituency.
Answer: The Government is developing a series of interventions to reduce emissions so that everyone’s exposure to air pollution is reduced. This includes action to reduce harmful emissions from domestic burning and reforms to the industrial permitting regime. We ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Quality Grant SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing the Local Air Quality Grants Scheme.
Answer: The Government is working to end competitive bidding between local authorities for Government funding, to minimise unnecessary administrative and financial burdens.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: NutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of children expected to be impacted by planned reductions to Official Development Assistance spending on nutrition program
Answer: Our 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations reflect the first step as we begin to pivot to a lower ODA budget. An Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) - which considers impacts on women and girls and wider equalities - was an ess...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: NutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any nutrition programmes have had their budget reduced in 2025-26.
Answer: The 2025 Spending Review has confirmed the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office's (FCDO) Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget for 2025-26. With the overall reductions to ODA budgets across the Department, there has been some impact to the...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to continue the Healthy Women, Children and Newborns approach in (a) 2026 and (b) 2027.
Answer: The UK is committed to supporting global efforts to end preventable maternal, child and newborn deaths by 2030, in line with Sustainable Development Goal targets through the Healthy Women, Children and Newborn approach.Official Development Assistance (ODA...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of children expected to be impacted by the planned reductions to Official Development Assistance spending on health progra
Answer: To assess the impact of decisions on Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations in 2025/26, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) conducted an equality impact assessment (EIA). While this did not capture the requested information ...
Answered 2 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71625More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing rolling revaluations (a) every three years and (b) on a regular basis to prevent significant increases in bills.
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the Rateable Value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax Reduction SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered the potential merits of requiring billing authorities to offer up to 100% Council Tax Reduction for the lowest-income households.
Answer: The centrally prescribed Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) scheme for pension-age households offers up to 100% reduction for those on the lowest incomes. The scheme is updated each year in line with pension-age benefits. Councils are also required to provi...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will set out a timetable for a council tax revaluation to replace the system based on 1991 property values.
Answer: The government has no current plans to conduct a council tax revaluation in England. The government is committed to keeping taxes on working people as low as possible.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat PumpsTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71622More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the potential merits of extending salary sacrifice to increase the take-up of heat pumps.
Answer: From April 2017 the tax and employer National Insurance advantages of optional remuneration arrangements (OpRAs) have been removed, with a handful of exemptions. Extending the list of exemptions would have a fiscal cost and would be of greatest benefit to...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of including a target of at least 80 hours of enrichment activities in the enrichment framework.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Rushcliffe to the answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62871.
Answered 6 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: Business PremisesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage and (b) incentivise the installation of solar panels on (i) commercial and (ii) industrial roofs; and whether he plans to prioritise the use of those
Answer: The Government incentivises commercial/industrial rooftop solar in various ways, including permitted development rights, favourable tax treatment, and the Smart Export Guarantee. Solar is an important part of our strategy for improving energy performance ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOppression: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) protect exiled Hong Kong activists from (i) threats and (ii) bounties issued under Hong Kong’s national security law and (b) ensure the right to freedom of expression i
Answer: The UK will always stand up for the rights of the people of Hong Kong and will not tolerate attempts by any foreign power to intimidate and silence individuals in the UK.While it is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on security ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to align (a) inspection, (b) funding and (c) placement-decision systems to reflect constraints faced by mainstream schools supporting pupils with complex needs.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require local authorities to (a) recognise and (b) fund (i) safe spaces, (ii) full-time one-to-one support and (iii) other adaptations as core SEND provision.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide dedicated (a) capital and (b) revenue funding for (i) withdrawal spaces, (ii) bespoke curricula and (iii) other in-school alternative provision when recommended by specialist professionals.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review up-front high needs funding thresholds.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: NottinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether high needs funding allocations for Nottinghamshire will be increased to cover (a) one-to-one support, (b) teaching assistant pay and (c) inflation.
Answer: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year, following the Autumn Budget 2024. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
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