John Glen MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Credit: RegulationTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60040More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to require merchants that might offer unregulated Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) once BNPL regulation is in force to provide clear information to consumers to make it clear that certain consu
Answer: Regulating the Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) sector is a government priority. On 19 May, the government introduced legislation to bring BNPL products into regulation. Our legislative approach will disapply the elements of the consumer credit regulatory regime...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCredit: RegulationTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60039More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Financial Conduct Authority is able to deliver final rules for Buy Now, Pay Later regulation that are proportionate to the product.
Answer: Regulating the Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) sector is a government priority. On 19 May, the government introduced legislation to bring BNPL products into regulation. Our legislative approach will disapply the elements of the consumer credit regulatory regime...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCredit: RegulationTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60038More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that consumers are made aware that some forms of buy now, pay later will remain unregulated when BNPL regulation is in force.
Answer: Regulating the Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) sector is a government priority. On 19 May, the government introduced legislation to bring BNPL products into regulation. Our legislative approach will disapply the elements of the consumer credit regulatory regime...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNepal: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the protection of religious freedom for Christian communities in Nepal, in the context of (a) recent political movements advoca
Answer: The UK condemns all forms of discrimination based on religion or belief, recognising that freedom of religion is a cornerstone of human rights and democratic societies. Our Embassy in Kathmandu engages a range of different faith leaders and civil society ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the market costs of specialist assessments given under the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund; and whether applicants applying for an assessment of need will
Answer: The department took a range of factors into account when setting the new £3,000 fair access limit for the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF). In the 2024/25 financial year, the average cost per ASGSF recipient was £3,170 for therapy an...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the market cost of therapeutic support interventions delivered via the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, and what assessment her Department has made of the
Answer: The department took a range of factors into account when setting the new £3,000 fair access limit for the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF). In the 2024/25 financial year, the average cost per ASGSF recipient was £3,170 for therapy an...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) allocated Departmental budget, (b) amount of overspend, (c) amount of surrendered funds not used by local authorities and (d) amount of surrendered funds repurposed for other applications for the a
Answer: The table below provides the data requested on the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF). 2023/24 financial year2024/25 financial yearAverage amount of ASGSF funding awarded per recipient (total covers therapy and specialist assessments ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the average amount of funding allocated per child awarded via the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: The table below provides the data requested on the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF). 2023/24 financial year2024/25 financial yearAverage amount of ASGSF funding awarded per recipient (total covers therapy and specialist assessments ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press notice entitled Government outlines ambitious plans to level up activities for young people, published on 1 February 2022, whether it remains her Department's policy t
Answer: This government recognises the transformative role that youth services play in young people’s lives. That is why we are co-producing a new National Youth Strategy with young people and the sectors that support them.We committed to maintaining or increasin...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious FreedomMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of (a) freedom of religion or belief and (b) rights for people to engage in peaceful religious expression; and what
Answer: Freedom of religion or belief expression is a fundamental human right. The Government believes that everyone in Britain has the right to feel safe and at ease in the place where they live. Any individual or group is free to express views and beliefs, but ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: FinanceTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50483More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43043 on Environment Protection: Finance, if she will make it her policy to remove the provisions in the (a) UK Climate Transition Benchmarks and (b) UK Paris-align
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answers given to his questions in PQ UIN 48396 on 1 May 2025, PQ UIN 43043 and 43449 on 9 April 2025, PQ UIN 47194 on 28 April, and PQ 47196 on 30 April 2025.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceTreasuryTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49340More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of EU green finance regulations on levels of investment from Europe into UK defence (a) firms and (b) shares.
Answer: This Government does not see a conflict in green and sustainable investment contributing to our world-leading defence sector. There is considerable work to support the sector ongoing across government, including through the Chancellor’s growth mission and...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: FinanceTreasuryTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48884More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33375 on Environment Protection: Finance, whether the defence sector will be included in the UK Green Taxonomy.
Answer: The government has set out its ambition for the UK to be the world leader in sustainable finance. This includes delivering a regulatory framework to support sustainable growth and enable the private sector to realise the opportunities of the transition. T...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive on (a) Northern Ireland, (b) UK firms trading with the EU and (c) levels of di
Answer: Responsibility for assessing the impact of EU legislation ultimately lies with the European Commission, who have published their own impact assessment of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).CSDDD will apply to UK companies generat...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrident Submarines: ProcurementTreasuryTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48396More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43449 on Trident Submarines: Procurement, if she will make it her policy to amend assimilated EU law under the UK Benchmarks Regulation to remove the EU legacy law
Answer: As set out in the recent Call for Evidence on the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, having an effective regulatory environment is key to maintaining and enhancing our position as a global financial centre so that it can support growt...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Environment ProtectionMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33375 on Environment Protection: Finance, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) divestment and (b) the UK green finance framewor
Answer: This Government is clear that we see no conflict between sustainable investment and investment in our world-leading defence sector. The new Defence Industrial Strategy will align the UK’s economic and security priorities and unlock the potential of every ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: FinanceTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47195More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33375 on Environment Protection: Finance, whether the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures rules for listed companies to refer to the new Internation
Answer: The new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Standards, so called S1 and S2, are designed to replace the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) framework. These are disclosure standards that ask firms to disclose financia...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: Departmental ResponsibilitiesTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47194More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Department is responsible for the (a) UK Climate Transition Benchmarks and (b) UK Paris-aligned Benchmarks.
Answer: HM Treasury is responsible for financial services policy, including financial benchmarks.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Pay SettlementsTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45596More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost of the 2024-25 civil service pay settlements.
Answer: Pay for civil servants outside of the Senior Civil Service is not set centrally; rather, departments and bodies have freedom to make decisions on pay within the parameters of the Pay Remit Guidance published annually by the Cabinet Office. The Pay Remit G...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Environment ProtectionTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45595More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's consultation on the UK Green Taxonomy, published in November 2024, what assessment she has made of (a) the potential regulatory costs of a UK Green Taxonomy and (b) the duplication
Answer: The government has set out its ambition for the UK to be the world leader in sustainable finance. This includes delivering a regulatory framework to support sustainable growth and enable the private sector to realise the opportunities of the transition. T...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44962More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.45 of the Spring Statement 2025, 26 March 2025, CP1298, what the monetary value is of the baseline spending on administrative budgets on which the 15% saving will be based; what the bas
Answer: The 15% saving on administration budgets will be made against the counterfactual assumption that these budgets would have remained flat in real terms over the period 2025-26 to 2029-30. The £2.2 billion represents the value of this 15% saving in the final...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Information Officers and MarketingCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44961More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reduce spending on (a) civil service communications staff, (b) external marketing and (c) external advertising.
Answer: The Government regularly evaluates the effectiveness of all communication activities to ensure they are delivering and providing the best value for money for taxpayers. An example of this is the recent comprehensive communications Spending Review that del...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Climate ChangeMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of divestment in the UK defence industry as a consequence of (a) the Paris Climate Agreement and (b) UK Climate Transition Be
Answer: We have not carried out an assessment into the impacts of divestment in the UK’s Defence Industry due to (a) the Paris Climate Agreement and (b) UK Climate Transition Benchmarks. This is because we see no conflict between investment in Defence and sustain...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTrident Submarines: ProcurementTreasuryTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43449More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Annex 2 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, whether Trident renewal is classified as a controversial weapon for the purposes of (a) environmental, social, and governance and (b)
Answer: The UK Benchmarks Regulation sets out the requirements for UK Climate Transition Benchmarks and UK Paris-aligned Benchmarks. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) monitor and supervise benchmark administrators according to the Benchmarks Regulation to ens...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Financial ServicesTreasuryTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43044More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the EU Green Taxonomy regulations apply to Northern Ireland.
Answer: The EU Taxonomy Regulation, which is part of the EU's sustainable finance framework, does not directly apply in Northern Ireland. There are some circumstances where a UK company may be subject to the EU Taxonomy reporting requirements because of its opera...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
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