James Wild MP: written questions 2026
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Sustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence was used to inform the decision to set the Sustainable Farming Incentive annual agreement cap at £100,000.
Answer: A quarter of Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) money goes to just 4% of farms. The Government is making improvements to the offer to ensure more farmers can access funding. The reformed SFI26 offer will be more focussed, more transparent and fairer so t...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of limiting farm businesses to a single Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement on farm-level participation and flexibil
Answer: A quarter of SFI money goes to just 4% of farms. The Government is making improvements to the offer to ensure more farmers can access funding. The reformed SFI26 offer will be more focussed, more transparent and fairer so that as many farmers as possible ...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: CadetsMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding the Royal Navy plans to make available in 2026-27 to the Marine Society & Sea Cadets and to Sea Cadet units for equipment used for training.
Answer: The Royal Navy is not currently in a position to confirm the final Grant in Aid (GiA) figure for the Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC) for financial year 2026-27. Final GiA figures will be confirmed in due course.
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Coastguard: Voluntary WorkDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement concerning the future status of Coastguard Rescue Officers, whether Ministers formally endorsed the decision to move to a volunteer-with-expen
Answer: The Court of Appeal judgment made clear that current arrangements could not legally continue. Careful consideration was given to the options for a revised operating model. The legal position, the operational implications, and the wider organisational impa...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Coastguard: Voluntary WorkDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement regarding the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what alternative operating models were considered prior to the decision.
Answer: Changing the Coastguard Rescue Service operating model was not something which we wanted to do but is a mandated consequence of the Court of Appeal ruling. The Court of Appeal judgment made clear that current arrangements could not legally continue. Publi...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Coastguard: Voluntary WorkDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement on the transition of Coastguard Rescue Officers to a volunteer-with-expenses model from mid-September 2026, whether a formal impact assessment
Answer: Careful consideration was given to the options for a revised operating model. The legal position, the operational implications, the wider organisational impact and the effect on individuals have all been considered, as well as the feedback Coastguard Resc...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Coastguard: Voluntary WorkDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement that Coastguard Rescue Officers will move to a volunteer-with-expenses model from mid-September 2026, what assessment she has made of the pote
Answer: Public safety remains our priority and careful consideration was given to the options for a revised operating model. The legal position, the operational implications, and the wider organisational impact have all been looked at in detail, as well as the vi...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2026 to Question 3327 on Prisoners' Release, in which part of the referenced data the figures can be found for the number of prisoners who (a) have been returned to prison and (b)
Answer: Where an individual is deemed unlawfully at large and subject to rearrest, any information held on such cases is used for prison and police operational purposes.As this information is not part of a routine, quality-assured statistical collection, it is no...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: NorfolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS dental practices are accepting new adult NHS patients in (a) North West Norfolk constituency and (b) Norfolk.
Answer: As of 5 June 2026, the latest data available, none of the National Health Service dental practices in the North West Norfolk constituency were showing as ‘accepting new adult patients when availability allows’. For the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care ...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Electronic GovernmentTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6547More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC will publish regular statistics on exemption applications, outcomes and processing times under Making Tax Digital.
Answer: HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Electronic GovernmentTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6546More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the risk that people who should qualify for exemption will incur penalties under the Making Tax Digital regime; and what steps she is taking to mitigate that risk.
Answer: HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Electronic GovernmentTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6545More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to ensure that digitally excluded people are aware of their right to apply for an exemption.
Answer: HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Electronic GovernmentTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6544More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff are assigned to process Making Tax Digital exemption applications by (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent.
Answer: HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessmentTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6543More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who meet the eligibility criteria for exemption from Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment.
Answer: HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessmentTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6542More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals against decisions to refuse exemption from Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment have been (a) submitted, (b) upheld and (c) rejected.
Answer: HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Electronic GovernmentTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6541More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital have (a) been granted, (b) been refused and (c) are pending decision.
Answer: HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the use of custodial sentences for animal cruelty offences since the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 became law.
Answer: When deciding what sentence to impose the courts are required to take into account the circumstances of the offence and the offender, including the culpability of the offender and the harm they caused. In setting a sentence, courts must follow any relevan...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPet Travel SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on securing an agreement for a multiuse pet passport valid for travel to the EU.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the response given on 18 June 2025 to the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster for PQ UIN 1432.
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Sentencing Council guidelines for animal cruelty.
Answer: When deciding what sentence to impose the courts are required to take into account the circumstances of the offence and the offender, including the culpability of the offender and the harm they caused. In setting a sentence, courts must follow any relevan...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMultinational Companies: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4342More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her oral statement of 21 May on Middle East: Economic Response, whether additional resourcing will be provided to HM Revenue and Customs to (a) administer and enforce changes to the taxation of for
Answer: The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMultinational Companies: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4341More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her oral statement of 21 May on Middle East: Economic Response, what assumptions on oil and gas prices, trading volumes, and company behavioural responses underlie the forecast that reforms to the
Answer: The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMultinational Companies: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4340More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, whether the projected additional tax income from the proposed reforms to foreign branch profit
Answer: The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMultinational Companies: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4339More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, what estimate she has made of the amount of annual revenue from the proposed changes to the ta
Answer: The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMultinational Companies: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4338More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of the proposed reforms to foreign branch
Answer: The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMultinational Companies: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4337More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, whether a full Tax Information and Impact Note will be published for the proposed reforms to t
Answer: The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
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