Lincoln Jopp MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Housing: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many properties in the UK are currently unable to be sold because they are part of probate negotiations.
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 906768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of salary sacrifice pension scheme changes on the value of occupational pension funds.
Answer: We are taking a pragmatic approach to reforming pension contributions made via salary sacrifice, the costs of which were set to nearly triple to £8bn between 2017 and the end of this decade. The £2,000 cap means that only 5% of workers earning below £30,0...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2025 to Question 94068 on Universal Credit: Veterans, whether the rules have changed since July 2024.
Answer: With regards to the Answer of 28 November 2025 to Question 94068, there have been no changes since July 2024.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2025 to Question 94068 on Universal Credit: Veterans, if he will set out the reasons for differences in how Armed Forces Pensions and service attributable pensions
Answer: In common with the legacy benefits it replaces, Universal Credit takes into account money available from other sources which allow a claimant to support themselves, allowing a fair balance to be struck between those in the greatest financial need and taxp...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an armed forces pension is treated as unearned income for the purpose of calculating Universal Credit.
Answer: Regular, unearned income payments that are paid to meet living costs cause reductions in the customer’s Universal Credit entitlement pound for pound. This includes occupational pensions such as Armed Forces Pensions. War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensa...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SpelthorneHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is purchasing houses in multiple occupation in Spelthorne to accommodate asylum seekers.
Answer: The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and support to destitute asylum seekers while their claims are considered. The procurement and management of Asylum accommodation is undertaken via the accommodation providers and is cond...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI BronzefieldMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if there are any biological men in HMP Bronzefield.
Answer: As of 1 November, no biological males were being held at HMP Bronzefield.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Thames: Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the River Thames Scheme is on the Environment Agency's register.
Answer: Taking the register referred to as meaning a risk register, the River Thames Scheme is managed as part of the Environment Agency’s (EA’s) capital FCRM Investment programme and is therefore captured within the wider programme-level corporate risk register,...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffensive WeaponsHome OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the use of catapults as offensive weapons.
Answer: The Minister for Policing and Crime Prevention chaired a meeting with concerned MPs and the Minister for Biosecurity, Borders and Animals at DEFRA to discuss this issue.We are clear that catapults should not be used against wildlife, property or people, a...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyWomen and EqualitiesTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 906214More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a digital identity system on levels of equality.
Answer: As we build and deliver digital ID, the government will undertake the biggest ever programme to drive digital inclusion, to ensure that every person can access all the benefits of using digital tools to access public services. We are working with expert o...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 906139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of equipment to Ukraine.
Answer: We can be very proud as a nation that this year, the UK will give more military support to Ukraine than ever, with a £4.5 billion boost, including £600 million into accelerating drone delivery. As part of the £1.6 billion announced earlier this year, we r...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporate Travel Management: AsylumHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the value of profits made by Corporate Travel Management under the Stanwell Hotel asylum contract; and whether any profits made have been returned to the Gover
Answer: The Home Office entered into an agreement with Corporate Travel Management (CTM) in April 2025. Accommodation at the Stanwell Hotel is provided as part of the contracted services.Given this contract has been in place for a short period of time, the first ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Thames: Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the River Thames Scheme.
Answer: The River Thames Scheme is a proposed flood risk management project being developed by the Environment Agency and Surrey County Council. It is a landscape-based project designed to reduce flood risk to over 11,000 homes and businesses, while also creating...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment and WheelchairsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Integrated Care Boards to facilitate the return of used (a) wheelchairs and (b) other medical equipment.
Answer: In October 2024, the Department published the Design for Life roadmap, a new strategy to transition away from all avoidable single-use medical technology (MedTech) products towards a functioning circular system by 2045. This includes improving systems tha...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: GamblingTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70237More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of taxing horse racing at the same rates of other types of gambling on the horse racing industry.
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 recordWheelchairsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many wheelchairs the NHS have issued in the last year.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services.Data on the number of National Health Service wheelchairs issued is not held centrally. While NHS England collects quarterly data from ICBs thro...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SpelthorneHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to close the asylum hotel in Spelthorne constituency.
Answer: It has been the longstanding policy of the Home Office under successive governments not to disclose information about specific hotels which may or may not be used for asylum accommodation.However, the Home Office continues to work with a range of stakehol...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SurreyHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has agreed a new two-year contract to put asylum seekers in the Mercure Stanwell Hotel.
Answer: It has been the longstanding policy of the Home Office under successive governments not to disclose information about specific hotels which may or may not be used for asylum accommodation.However, the Home Office continues to work with a range of stakehol...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for encouraging children with SEND into mainstream schools.
Answer: The department has published independently commissioned insight from the Delivering Better Value programme. This research suggests that, if the system were extensively improved, including using early intervention and better resourcing mainstream schools, ...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 905036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent people residing in asylum hotels from taking up illegal employment.
Answer: This Government is determined to tackle illegal working, and since coming to office, we have increased the number of raids, arrests and fines against offenders to their highest level in almost a decade.We have also secured pledges from delivery firms to i...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK to purchase F-35As and join NATO nuclear mission as Government steps up national security and delivers defence dividend, published on 24 June 2025, whether his Depa
Answer: The Ministry of Defence will initially purchase 12 F-35A aircraft from within previously agreed F-35B purchase schedules. Future F-35 purchases will be reviewed as part of the Defence Investment Plan, which will conclude in the autumn.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average time was for an export license to be granted to a defence business from first application to approval in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: During 2024, the median processing time in SPIRE for all completed Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications was 16 working days. On average, completed SIEL applications account for around 95% of all completed licence applications. We do not ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57107More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the publication of the Strategic Defence Review on trading of shares in UK-listed defence companies.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review was published on 2 June 2025. It is not government policy to comment on the market impacts of policy announcements.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: FlagsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51737More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will fly the Middlesex flag from 10 Downing Street to celebrate Middlesex Day on 16 May 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 9 May 2025, Official Report, PQ 48177
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Western Railway: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with South Western Railway to help improve service reliability.
Answer: South Western Railway’s performance has been impacted by the late introduction of their Class 701 ‘Arterio’ fleet, leading to a reliance on older, less reliable trains. Officials are meeting regularly with the operator to discuss performance, and the Secr...
Answered 15 May 2025
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