James Wild MP: written questions 2025
250 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85332More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to provide an answer to Question 82727 on National Security Adviser: China, tabled on 16 October 2025.
Answer: A response has been issued here.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools and Further Education: North West NorfolkDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for (a) schools and (b) colleges in North West Norfolk constituency.
Answer: The government has increased school funding by £3.7 billion in the 2025/26 financial year, a 6% increase on 2024/25 levels, and committed to a further increase of £4.2 billion through the 2025 Spending Review. This additional funding will provide an above...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessment: FinesTreasuryTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84268More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2025 to Question 77620 Self-assessment: Fines, what the average response time was of HMRC’s dedicated support service to those facing personal difficulties over the latest 12 mon
Answer: HMRC are committed to being aware of customers’ wider personal situations and will provide extra support if customers need it, as set out in the HMRC Charter. All HMRC advisers are given training and guidance on how to identify customers who need extra he...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-Assessment: FinesTreasuryTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83855More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2025 to Question 77620 on Self-assessment: Fines, if he will set out for (a) late-filing of Self Assessment forms and (b) late payment of Income Tax (i) how many penalties were c
Answer: Data on the average cost per cancellation and the average time to cancel penalties is not available.Final data on the late payment of income tax and the average value of penalties cancelled in each year since 2011 cannot be provided as returns continue to...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessment: FinesTreasuryTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83459More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2025 to Question 77620 on Self-assessment: Fines, whether her Department plans to consult on the new penalty regime for the (a) late filing of Self Assessment returns and (b) lat
Answer: The previous government held three public consultations between 2016 and 2018 on reforms to late filing and late payment penalties. Following this, penalty reform was introduced for VAT customers in 2023 as part of Making Tax Digital. The same approach wi...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the guidance entitled PE and sport premium: conditions of grant 2024 to 2025, last updated on 23 April 2025, to permit capital expenditure on s
Answer: As revenue funding, the PE and sport premium grant funding is unable to be used towards capital expenditure. Schools access capital funding through other funding streams.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTheft: Agricultural MachineryHome OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle the theft of farm machinery in rural areas.
Answer: We will be implementing the Equipment Theft Act, which is aimed at preventing equipment being stolen, making it harder for criminals to sell on stolen vehicles and equipment and assisting the police with identifying the owner.We published the Government R...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security Adviser: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82727More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral contribution of 13 October 2025, Official Report, column 67 which (a) minister and (b) civil servant gave the Deputy National Security Adviser full freedom to provide evidence without interf
Answer: The decision that the Deputy National Security Advisor would give evidence was taken under the last Government in 2023.When this government came into office in 2024, the Deputy National Security Advisor was a witness in a criminal prosecution. That is why...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIraq: Military AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what training the UK armed forces (a) provide and (b) plan to provide in future to the Iraqi Security Forces.
Answer: The UK continues to work closely with our international partners to maintain a relentless assault on the organisation, financing, recruitment and terrorist activities of Daesh in all regions where they or their affiliates are operating. In June, UK offici...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIraq and Syria: Islamic StateForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the level of (a) presence and (b) activity of Daesh in (i) Iraq and (ii) Syria.
Answer: The UK continues to work closely with our international partners to maintain a relentless assault on the organisation, financing, recruitment and terrorist activities of Daesh in all regions where they or their affiliates are operating. In June, UK offici...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIslamic State: Military InterventionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans her Department has for future UK contributions to the Global Coalition against Daesh.
Answer: The UK continues to work closely with our international partners to maintain a relentless assault on the organisation, financing, recruitment and terrorist activities of Daesh in all regions where they or their affiliates are operating. In June, UK offici...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIslamic State Khorasan ProvinceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) intelligence-sharing and (b) border security cooperation with (i) central Asian partners and (ii) Türkiye, in the context
Answer: The UK continues to work closely with our international partners to maintain a relentless assault on the organisation, financing, recruitment and terrorist activities of Daesh in all regions where they or their affiliates are operating. In June, UK offici...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Africa: Islamic StateForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) stabilisation and (b) counter-terrorism support measures she is pursing with international counterparts in West Africa in the context of Islamic State activity in th
Answer: The UK continues to work closely with our international partners to maintain a relentless assault on the organisation, financing, recruitment and terrorist activities of Daesh in all regions where they or their affiliates are operating. In June, UK offici...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIslamic State: Counter-terrorismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support (a) the Iraqi Security Forces, (b) the Kurdish Peshmerga, (c) the Syrian Democratic Forces and (d) other regional partners in the context
Answer: The UK continues to work closely with our international partners to maintain a relentless assault on the organisation, financing, recruitment and terrorist activities of Daesh in all regions where they or their affiliates are operating. In June, UK offici...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders have (a) been deported more than once and (b) returned to the UK since being deported in each year since 2019.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on FNO returns in the quarterly Immigration System Statistics release. Quarterly data on enforced, voluntary and port FNO returns (of which ‘deportations’ are a legal subset) are published in table Ret_D03 of the Returns det...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Imprisonment: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are serving life sentences.
Answer: Details of sentences being served by foreign national offenders are published as part of the Ministry of Justice’s Offender Management Statistics Quarterly. The information requested can be found at Table 1_A_24 in the Annual Prison Population tables at t...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencing: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will outline the (a) type and (b) length of sentences being served by foreign national offenders in prisons in England and Wales.
Answer: Details of sentences being served by foreign national offenders are published as part of the Ministry of Justice’s Offender Management Statistics Quarterly. The information requested can be found at Table 1_A_24 in the Annual Prison Population tables at t...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his policy that offenders to be deported under Clause 32 in the Sentencing Bill would be required to serve any custodial sentence in their home country.
Answer: The Sentencing Bill will amend the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) to allow eligible Foreign National Offenders (FNO) serving determinate sentences to be removed from prison for the purposes of immediate deportation any time after sentencing. FNOs removed unde...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAngela RaynerCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78664More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the former Deputy Prime Minister has received a Ministerial severance payment.
Answer: On 21 July 2025, this Government announced reforms to Ministerial severance pay to ensure severance payments are proportionate and fair. These changes came into effect from 13 October. Before this, decisions as to whether a Minister accepted a severance p...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric ScootersDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow the use of privately owned e-scooters on public roads prior to completion of rental e-scooter trials in 2028.
Answer: The Government has committed to pursuing legislative reform for micromobility vehicles, which will include e-scooters, when parliamentary time allows. We understand the importance of providing a clear legislative timeline and we are working with colleague...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Scooters: Hire ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalties have been issued for using a rental e-scooter without holding a provisional or full UK driving licence with a category Q entitlement in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Government does not hold centralised data on the number of penalties issued for using rental e-scooters without a valid driving licence. Local police forces are best placed to provide information on any penalties issued in their respective areas.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Scooters: Hire ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities verify that rental e-scooter users have a provisional or full UK driving licence with a category Q entitlement when operating trials in their
Answer: The Department has issued clear guidance for local authorities and operators participating in e-scooter trials, which includes a requirement for driving licence verification of all users. Compliance with this guidance is a condition of the legal order tha...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Scooters: InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will consider the potential merits of allowing the use of privately owned e-scooters if covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy.
Answer: Private e-scooters are currently illegal to use on public roads as they meet the definition of a ‘motor vehicle’ under the Road Traffic Act 1988. As such, they must comply with all applicable legal requirements, not only the need for motor vehicle insuran...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVAT: MaladministrationTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78659More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the official statistics entitled 2025 HMRC statistics announcements, published on 8 October 2025, what assessment he has made of the reasons for HMRC’s error in recording VAT cash receipts outturn.
Answer: HMRC corrected the error in their VAT cash receipts which impacted provisional figures from April 2025 to August 2025. The impact of the correction was an upward revision of VAT cash receipts by £2.4 billion (approximately 3% of year-to-date VAT receipts)...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many learner drivers did not attend their practical driving test (a) nationally, (b) in Norfolk and (c) in North West Norfolk constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: The number of learner drivers who fail to attend their driving test represents just 3% of all tests taken accounting for around 60,000 tests. With unprecedented demand for tests, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is doing all it can to furthe...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →