James Wild MP: written questions 2025
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Urban Areas: Capital InvestmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage investment in high streets.
Answer: The Government is committed to leveraging investment in our high streets. Through the Pride in Place programme, we are investing up to £5 billion to back regeneration in the places that need it most, including funding to unlock high street renewal.We are ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78656More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed higher business rates multiplier on employment in the retail sector.
Answer: The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospital...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ICBs have retained their unspent dental allocation in each of the last five years.
Answer: The requested information is not available. Dental budgets have been ringfenced since 2023/24. The Government wants to ensure that every penny we allocate for dentistry is spent on dentistry, and that the ringfenced dental budget is spent on the patients ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding allocated to dentistry was clawed back by NHS England for each ICB area in 2024-5.
Answer: Dental budgets have been ringfenced since 2023/24. The Government wants to ensure that every penny we allocate for dentistry is spent on dentistry, and that the ringfenced dental budget is spent on the patients who need it most.The information requested o...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Cost Benefit AnalysisDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 69881 on Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis, whether her Department will make business case documents available for each scheme ahead of the Full Business Ca
Answer: For the 50 schemes referenced in the Secretary of State’s statement on 8 July 2025, detailed Green Book analyses, costs, and benefit cost ratios for each scheme have not been published as a single package The scheme-level business cases and economic asses...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Cost Benefit AnalysisDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 69881 on Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis, what criteria was used to select each project; and when she will publish details.
Answer: For the 50 schemes referenced in the Secretary of State’s statement on 8 July 2025, detailed Green Book analyses, costs, and benefit cost ratios for each scheme have not been published as a single package The scheme-level business cases and economic asses...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Cost Benefit AnalysisDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 69881 on Transport: Cost Benefit Analysis, whether detailed Green Book analyses, costs, and benefit cost ratios for each scheme (a) had been calculated at
Answer: For the 50 schemes referenced in the Secretary of State’s statement on 8 July 2025, detailed Green Book analyses, costs, and benefit cost ratios for each scheme have not been published as a single package The scheme-level business cases and economic asses...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Takata airbags no drive recall notice on (a) learner drivers and (b) practical driving test wait times.
Answer: As soon as the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency became aware of the issue, proactive communications were shared to all learner drivers who had a test booked and their driving instructors, clarifying that if a test had to be postponed as a result, the u...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of learner drivers not attending their practical driving test.
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 recordHospitals: ConcreteDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 25328 on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, whether he has received a copy of the report; and, with reference to his Department policy p
Answer: The safety of staff and patients at the seven predominantly reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) hospitals remains our utmost priority.The completion date for the report has been extended to ensure a detailed understanding of the complex data and...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessment: FinesTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77620More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to prevent people who owe no tax from being charged HMRC late-filing penalties.
Answer: The tax system contains obligations, set out in law, to ensure that HMRC can collect the correct tax to fund vital public services. HMRC is bound by law to apply penalties where customers do not meet these obligations. Penalties also help to reassure cust...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessment: FinesTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77619More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) abolishing and (b) capping the penalty for a single missed tax return for people earning less than £50,000.
Answer: The tax system contains obligations, set out in law, to ensure that HMRC can collect the correct tax to fund vital public services. HMRC is bound by law to apply penalties where customers do not meet these obligations. Penalties also help to reassure cust...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessment: FinesTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77618More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing HMRC late-filing penalties.
Answer: The tax system contains obligations, set out in law, to ensure that HMRC can collect the correct tax to fund vital public services. HMRC is bound by law to apply penalties where customers do not meet these obligations. Penalties also help to reassure cust...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: NorfolkDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with Island Green Power on the proposed plans for The Droves Solar Farm; and if he will publish (a) the minutes and (b) the agenda of any such meetings
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLandfill TaxTreasuryTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75687More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms in the Consultation on Reform of Landfill Tax in England and Northern Ireland, published on 28 April 2025 on the Government’s housebuildin
Answer: The government consulted on proposals for reform of Landfill Tax on 28 April following a call for evidence in 2021. The consultation closed on 28 July, and the government is currently considering responses. The government is committed to delivering 1.5 mi...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLandfill TaxTreasuryTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75686More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms in the Consultation on Reform of Landfill Tax in England and Northern Ireland, published on 28 April 2025 on costs to the average UK infra
Answer: The government consulted on proposals for reform of Landfill Tax on 28 April following a call for evidence in 2021. The consultation closed on 28 July, and the government is currently considering responses. As part of the consultation, the Government has ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLandfill TaxTreasuryTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75685More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms in the Consultation on Reform of Landfill Tax in England and Northern Ireland, published on 28 April 2025 on UK infrastructure proj
Answer: The government consulted on proposals for reform of Landfill Tax on 28 April following a call for evidence in 2021. The consultation closed on 28 July, and the government is currently considering responses. As part of the consultation, the Government has ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLandfill TaxTreasuryTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75684More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed abolition of the lower rate of Landfill Tax, included in the Consultation on Reform of Landfill Tax in England and Northern Ireland, publis
Answer: The government consulted on proposals for reform of Landfill Tax on 28 April following a call for evidence in 2021. The consultation closed on 28 July, and the government is currently considering responses. As part of the consultation, the Government has ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food Programme: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department’s Spending Review settlement includes funding for a multi-year extension to the Holiday activities and food programme.
Answer: Through our Plan for Change, we are committed to giving every child the best start in life. On 28 August 2025 we confirmed over £600 million for the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme for the next three financial years (from 2026/27) which equate...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69882More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her proposal for a remote betting and gaming duty on (a) rugby league, (b) snooker and (c) darts.
Answer: The Government consultation on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one closed on 21 July 2025. Responses are now being analysed and a response to the c...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Cost Benefit AnalysisDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her oral statement of 8 July on Road and Rail Projects, Official Report, column 815-817, what the benefit-cost ratio is for each project.
Answer: Business case documents, costs and benefit cost ratios for major schemes, including for the Strategic Road Network and for relevant schemes in the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline are published on gov.uk.For the set of 50 schemes referenced in the Secret...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the benefit-cost ratio of the Ely Area Capacity Enhancements scheme.
Answer: The Secretary of State updated Parliament on the 7th of July regarding which rail and road infrastructure projects will progress following the completion of the 2025 Spending Review. The Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) was not among those projects fu...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to approve the Ely Area Capacity Enhancements scheme.
Answer: The Secretary of State updated Parliament on the 7th of July regarding which rail and road infrastructure projects will progress following the completion of the 2025 Spending Review. The Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) was not among those projects fu...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Video GamesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) implementation of guidance entitled Loot boxes in video games: update on improvements to industry-led protections, published o
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that video games are enjoyed safely and responsibly by everyone and that, where they contain loot boxes, guidance is followed so that appropriate protections are in place for players of all ages.Following the implem...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate: CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to meet with those harmed by sodium valproate.
Answer: This is the responsibility of the Secretary of State at DHSC, whose department is meeting with these stakeholders.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
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