Julia Lopez MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Business: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85287More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to expand the (a) Enterprise Investment Scheme and (b) Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme scheme to support older companies seeking increased investment.
Answer: The Government is focused on making the UK the best place in the world to start and grow a business, and understands the key role of a competitive investment environment in achieving economic growth. At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government committed to crea...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85286More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reforming the (a) Enterprise Investment Scheme and (b) Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme to improve support for firms in the post-start-up phase.
Answer: The Government is focused on making the UK the best place in the world to start and grow a business, and understands the key role of a competitive investment environment in achieving economic growth. At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government committed to crea...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the potential merits of creating a dedicated scale-up investment scheme.
Answer: The Chancellor and Secretary of State wrote on 20 October to the British Business Bank, setting the Bank’s strategic priorities over the next five years. These include an objective to “support our most promising businesses in the Industrial Strategy prior...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTechnology: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support access to growth capital for scaling UK tech firms.
Answer: DSIT delivers specific policy interventions to unlock growth investment for UK science and technology firms, as well as contributing deep science and technology expertise to initiatives led by others, such as the British Business Bank’s £4bn Industrial St...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: VATDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the application of VAT for (a) medicines and (b) treatments provided for medical (i) trials or (ii) compass
Answer: The DSIT Secretary of State has not met with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss this particular matter.There has been no recent law or policy change in this area.Application of VAT is determined on a case-by-case basis depending on specific detail...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: VATTreasuryTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84783More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps with HM Revenue and Customs to help ensure that a(a) medicines and (b) treatments provided under the Early Access to Medicines Scheme are not subjected to (i) direct or (ii) indirect VAT.
Answer: VAT is the UK’s second largest tax, forecast to raise £180 billion in 2025/26. Taxation is a vital source of revenue which helps to fund public services. Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) allows patients access to free medicines for life threatening...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: VATTreasuryTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84781More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will commission guidance from HM Revenue and Customs clarifying whether medicines supplied under the Early Access Medicines Scheme fall outside the scope of VAT Deemed Supply rules.
Answer: Under UK VAT law, some transactions where no money changes hands are treated as if a supply has been made – these are called deemed supplies. This is to keep the system fair if a business has reclaimed VAT on costs (like making or importing goods), it sho...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: VATTreasuryTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84780More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether medicines provided free under Early Access Medicines Scheme programmes are liable for output VAT.
Answer: Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) allows patients access to free medicines for life threatening conditions before receiving full NHS approval. There are special VAT rules for the supply of goods without payment. Whether VAT applies will depend on th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: Products and InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her Department's planned timetable is for the implementation of outstanding provisions in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022.
Answer: As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement [made by the former Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms], we intend to implement the remaining provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 as soon as possible. Sub...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HaveringHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 70873, whether her Department has commissioned the use of hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum
Answer: No new hotels have been commissioned to accommodate asylum seekers in the London Borough of Havering since 10 February 2025. When a hotel has been identified for use as contingency accommodation, Home Office officials will write to the local authority Chi...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Public DigitalCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73948More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the SFIA rate card in Annex 5 of the signed Work Order for Project_7114, published on Contracts Finder on 9 July 2025, if he will (a) publish the underlying rate card and (b) disclose any mark-
Answer: This information is commercially sensitive and therefore cannot be disclosed.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Public DigitalCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73850More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will itemise each (a) contract awarded and (b) payment made to Public Digital by his Department since 4 July 2024.
Answer: All contract award information is available on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk.All CO spend information above £25,000 is published on a monthly basis and is available on Gov.Uk - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cab...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBloom Procurement Services and Public Digital: Contracts for ServicesCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70885More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to contract reference Contract_17123 for the Public Sector Reform Test, Learn and Grow Strategic Delivery Partner, how many suppliers were invited to bid for the contract through Bloom Procurement
Answer: 8 Suppliers were invited to bid for the work order through Bloom Procurement Services Ltd and all 8 of the suppliers were directly nominated.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Digital: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70884More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will commission an investigation by the Government Internal Audit Agency into contracts awarded to Public Digital since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Government Internal Audit Agency sits within HM Treasury. The Procurement Review Unit (PRU) sits within Cabinet Office and is responsible for the new oversight powers introduced by the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) (which commenced on 24 February 2025) ...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: FunctionsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Public Digital provided advice on the transfer of the Government’s digital and data function to his Department.
Answer: Public Digital did not provide any advice to DSIT on the merits of the Machinery of Government (MoG) change.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmily MiddletonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Annex A of his Department's FOI release entitled FOI2024-00250: Correspondence about the appointment of Emily Middleton, published on 30 September 2024, if he will pub
Answer: The Honourable Member can consult FOI2024-00289, Annex F.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmily MiddletonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2024 to Question HL1281 on Emily Middleton, on what date the declaration of interests was made.
Answer: The Propriety and Ethics team were contacted about Ms Middleton’s previous employment on 10 July 2024, this is shown in FOI2024-00289, Annex D.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmily MiddletonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 19 September 2024 to Question HL812 on Emily Middleton, whether the relevant background information provided to the Civil Service Commission included tha
Answer: The Director General, Digital Centre Design was appointed in line with Civil Service Recruitment Principles. The Civil Service Commission was provided with the relevant background information requested, including Ms Middleton’s full employment history, wh...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmily MiddletonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will amend the gov.uk biography page for the Director General, Digital Centre Design to include previous employment by the (a) Labour Party and (b) Rt hon. Member for Hove and Por
Answer: The biography is in line with GDS guidance and contains an appropriate level of detail, similar to others in similar roles in government. Emily’s appointment is well documented and in the public domain.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmily MiddletonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the temporary role of the Director General, Digital Centre Design expires.
Answer: As per released documentation, in FOI2024-00256-Annex E Ms Middleton’s appointment was approved for two years, until 15 July 2026.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmily MiddletonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 6107 on Emily Middleton, what the business need was for appointing the Director General, Digital Centre Design under recruitment pr
Answer: Ms Middleton was appointed under Exemption 1 of the recruitment principles on the basis of immediate need and with the required specialist skills to meet government priorities. The priority role was required off the back of Machinery of Government changes...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic DigitalDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many (a) contracts were awarded and (b) payments were made to Public Digital by his Department since 4 July 2024.
Answer: If the Honourable Member consults Contracts Finder, she will see that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has not awarded any new contracts to Public Digital since 4 July 2024.No payments have been made by the Department to Public Digita...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Digital: ContractsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether individual contracts to Public Digital have been awarded through open competition since July 2024 .
Answer: Details of central government contracts above £12,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder).Contracts procured under the Procurement Act 2023 above £12,000 inc VAT are pu...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the number of retail jobs.
Answer: On Monday 21 October, the Government published a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill. This is available at: http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments and provides analysis of the potenti...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HaveringHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 10 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave to Question 71421 on 4 September.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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