James Wild MP: written questions
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Written questions
Department of Health and Social Care: Public ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 59412 on Government Departments: Reviews, if his Department will publish the line by line review of its spending conducted for the Spending Review
Answer: The Government has used this Spending Review to maximise the value from every taxpayer pound. Phase 2 of the Spending Review marks the first zero-based review in nearly 18 years, with every line of Government spending scrutinised, to make sure it is deliv...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCambridge South Station: SanitationDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she had with Network Rail on the provision of changing place toilets at Cambridge South station before it opened.
Answer: Cambridge South station has been designed with accessibility at its core and will include accessible toilet facilities on both sides of the station, including a Changing Places toilet to support passengers with complex mobility needs.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ReviewsTreasuryTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59412More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish each of the zero-based Departmental reviews undertaken by her Department.
Answer: Every department has undertaken a line-by-line review of its spending, committing to deliver at least 5% efficiencies and savings by the end of this Spending Review period. These efficiencies and savings are integral to department’s settlements. As part o...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 13 March 2025 on NHS England Update, Official Report, column 1300, what recent steps he has taken to streamline the business case approvals process for the N
Answer: The New Hospital Programme is transforming the way that hospital infrastructure is constructed by using a national standardised approach, called Hospital 2.0. The average lifespan of new hospitals is expected to be in excess of 50 years, and is being desi...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average lifespan of hospitals that will be built under the New Hospitals Programme.
Answer: The New Hospital Programme is transforming the way that hospital infrastructure is constructed by using a national standardised approach, called Hospital 2.0. The average lifespan of new hospitals is expected to be in excess of 50 years, and is being desi...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: NorfolkDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce waiting times for practical driving tests and (b) expand access to test centres in (i) Norfolk and (ii) North West Norfolk constituency.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2025 to Question 6462, what the monthly average waiting time for a car practical driving test at each driving test centre has been for each month since October 2024.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: NorfolkDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a (i) practical and (ii) theory driving test by driving test centre in (A) Norfolk and (B) North West Norfolk constituency in each of the last five year
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55041More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the (a) UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, (b) UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, updated 19 May 2025 and (c) UK-EU security and defence partnership, published 19 May 2025,
Answer: On 19 May, the Government published a renewed agenda for UK-EU cooperation. The Government agreed with the European Commission to proceed swiftly with the commitments and will keep Parliament updated on significant developments.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEuropean Union Drugs Agency: Information SharingCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55040More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the (a) UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, (b) UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, updated 19 May 2025 and (c) UK-EU security and defence partnership, published 19 May 2025,
Answer: On 19 May, the Government published a renewed agenda for UK-EU cooperation. The Government agreed with the European Commission to proceed swiftly with the commitments and will keep Parliament updated on significant developments.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Records: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55039More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the (a) UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, (b) UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, updated 19 May 2025 and (c) UK-EU security and defence partnership, published 19 May 2025,
Answer: On 19 May, the Government published a renewed agenda for UK-EU cooperation. The Government agreed with the European Commission to proceed swiftly with the commitments and will keep Parliament updated on significant developments.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEuropean Union Drugs Agency: Information SharingCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55038More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the (a) UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, (b) UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, updated 19 May 2025 and (c) UK-EU security and defence partnership, published 19 May 2025,
Answer: On 19 May, the Government published a renewed agenda for UK-EU cooperation. The Government agreed with the European Commission to proceed swiftly with the commitments and will keep Parliament updated on significant developments.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55037More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the (a) UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, (b) UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, updated 19 May 2025 and (c) UK-EU security and defence partnership, published 19 May 2025,
Answer: On 19 May, the Government published a renewed agenda for UK-EU cooperation. The Government agreed with the European Commission to proceed swiftly with the commitments and will keep Parliament updated on significant developments.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Countries: Immigration ControlsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55036More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the (a) UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, (b) UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, updated 19 May 2025 and (c) UK-EU security and defence partnership, published 19 May 2025,
Answer: The UK-EU Common Understanding confirms that there will be no legal barriers to eGate use for British Nationals traveling to and from EU Member States after the introduction of the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES). This is a positive step forward and we are n...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPets: TravelDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, when measures on taking pets on holiday to the EU will take effect.
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders Summit on May 19, 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Zone to reduce delays and paperwork at the border. Taking pets on holiday into the EU will be easier and cheaper. Inste...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, when (a) fresh sausages and burgers, (b) certain shellfish from domestic waters and (c) seed potatoes will be
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders Summit on May 19, 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Zone to reduce delays and paperwork at the border. British products that were banned under the last Government’s Brexit...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK-EU Summit - Joint Statement, updated 19 May 2025, when routine checks on (a) agri-foods and (b) imports from the EU of (i) milk, (ii) dairy, (iii) eggs and (iv
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders Summit on May 19, 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Zone to reduce delays and paperwork at the border. Once the agreement is in place, routine SPS border checks for goods ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust Fund: Mental CapacityMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42858 on Child Trust Fund, whether her Department has taken recent steps to (a) update and (b) publicise the guidance entitled Making Financial Decisions for young p
Answer: Although the parent and carer toolkit ‘Making Financial Decisions for young people’ is almost two years old, the information it contains is still current.The Ministry of Justice regularly considers how to publicise the tool kit and raise awareness of the ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust Fund: Mental CapacityMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of providers that have allowed carers of young people without capacity to access Child Trust Funds up to £5,000 without legal authority.
Answer: Providers of Child Trust Funds are financial organisations who are independent of government.As a result, my Department does not hold information on volumes of matured, unclaimed Child Trust Funds belonging to people who lack capacity, or information on t...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51950More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the market value is of matured Child Trust Funds that are unclaimed.
Answer: HMRC assists young people in accessing their matured CTFs through its online tracing service and through targeted communications appropriate to the age group. It will continue its work with providers, industry representatives and other stakeholders, explo...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust Fund: Mental CapacityMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of matured Child Trust Funds that are unclaimed belong to people who lack capacity.
Answer: Providers of Child Trust Funds are financial organisations who are independent of government.As a result, my Department does not hold information on volumes of matured, unclaimed Child Trust Funds belonging to people who lack capacity, or information on t...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51948More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of matured Child Trust Funds that have not been claimed were opened by HMRC on the child’s behalf.
Answer: HMRC assists young people in accessing their matured CTFs through its online tracing service and through targeted communications appropriate to the age group. It will continue its work with providers, industry representatives and other stakeholders, explo...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51947More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many matured Child Trust Funds are unclaimed.
Answer: HMRC assists young people in accessing their matured CTFs through its online tracing service and through targeted communications appropriate to the age group. It will continue its work with providers, industry representatives and other stakeholders, explo...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51946More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of matured Child Trust Funds have not been claimed.
Answer: HMRC assists young people in accessing their matured CTFs through its online tracing service and through targeted communications appropriate to the age group. It will continue its work with providers, industry representatives and other stakeholders, explo...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51945More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to improve communication with Child Trust Fund beneficiaries.
Answer: HMRC assists young people in accessing their matured CTFs through its online tracing service and through targeted communications appropriate to the age group. It will continue its work with providers, industry representatives and other stakeholders, explo...
Answered 20 May 2025
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