Louie French MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
GamblingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the difference between (a) harm caused by gambling and (b) harm associated with gambling; and if she will set out which of these measures is the policy objective o
Answer: The Government is acutely aware of the impact that harmful gambling can have on individuals, their families and communities, and we are committed to strengthening protections to safeguard those at risk of both harm caused by, and associated with, gambling...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the statutory consultee role of Sport England in the planning system on the level of provision of (a) pitches, (b) courts and (c
Answer: The Government is currently consulting on proposed changes to Sport England’s statutory consultee role in the planning regime and I encourage anyone interested to feed into that process. The aim of this consultation is not to reduce access to sports facil...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 96315 on Sports: Finance, how much of the £400 million announced for investment into grassroots sports facilities she anticipates will be spe
Answer: The Government’s announcement of £400m of investment into grassroots sports over the next four years will ensure that we continue to deliver high-quality multi-sport facilities in communities that need them across the UK, including Wales, Scotland, and No...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December to Question 96978 on Sports: Facilities, what data relating to non-pitch-based sports infrastructure her Department holds; and whether it holds datasets on lo
Answer: The Government’s announcement of £400m of investment into grassroots sports over the next four years will ensure that we continue to deliver high-quality multi-sport facilities in communities that need them across the UK, including Wales, Scotland, and No...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the £400 million announced for grassroots sports facilities on 19 June 2025 will include Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Government’s announcement of £400m of investment into grassroots sports over the next four years will ensure that we continue to deliver high-quality multi-sport facilities in communities that need them across the UK, including Wales, Scotland, and No...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEmbassies: TollsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November to Question 92039 on Embassies: Tolls, if she will publish the data on all outstanding debts; and what steps she is taking to recover ou
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has published the relevant data on outstanding debts in the same level of detail as it was published under the previous government. In terms of the steps being taken to recover those debts, I refer the Hon ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEmigrationTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100945More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96307 on Emigration, if her Department will make an assessment of of the potential impact of the emigration of people aged (a) 18-25, (b) 26-35, (c) 36-49, and (
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) assesses the fiscal implications of migration as part of its Economic and Fiscal Outlook and long-term fiscal projections.
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December to Question 96967 on Sports: Facilities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports
Answer: The government has no plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by local authorities. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that it is for local planning authorities to make ass...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPensions CommissionDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December to Question 96308 on State Retirement Pensions, if he will publish a timeline for the Pensions Commission's work.
Answer: The Pensions Commission is expected to publish its final report in the first half of 2027.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99923More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department’s webpage entitled Transforming business rates, published on 30 October 2024, whether it remains her policy that the business rate system should level the playing field between high
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: GibraltarTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98900More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to gambling duties on Gibraltar's economy.
Answer: Increasing gambling duties will raise over £1 billion per year to support the public finances and forms part of our ambition to create a fair, modern and sustainable tax system. The changes affect all businesses that offer gambling services to UK customer...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: GibraltarDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from the Government of Gibraltar regarding the potential impact of changes to gambling levies on its economy.
Answer: DCMS has not received any direct representations from the Government of Gibraltar regarding the potential impact of changes to gambling levies on its economy.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPlaying FieldsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 December, to question 96967 on Sports: Facilities, if he will make an assessment of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by loc
Answer: The government has no plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by local authorities. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that it is for local planning authorities to make ass...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 November to question 91059 on Doctors: Training, if he will publish a timeline of HM Government's next steps.
Answer: The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 5 March 2026. The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 (Commencement) Regulations 2026 were made on 5 March 2026, which brought into force all provisions of the Act on 6 March 2...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: BookmakersDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of gambling harms at racecourse bookmakers compared to other forms of gambling; and if she will make it her policy to change the rate charged under
Answer: DCMS officials engage regularly with the United Council of Racecourse Bookmakers to discuss a range of matters which affect them. In-person betting on racing - both at racecourses and betting shops more broadly - is associated with one of the lowest risks...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: BookmakersDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support racecourse bookmakers.
Answer: DCMS officials engage regularly with the United Council of Racecourse Bookmakers to discuss a range of matters which affect them. In-person betting on racing - both at racecourses and betting shops more broadly - is associated with one of the lowest risks...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Black EconomyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on the number of gamblers accessing the black market.
Answer: The issue of illegal gambling is a concern for this Government. We are committed to working closely with the Gambling Commission, the statutory regulator for gambling in Great Britain, to ensure that illegal gambling, in all its forms, is addressed. To fu...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding domestic training places compared instead of continuing current levels of international recruitment.
Answer: On 8 December 2025, the Government put an offer in writing to the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee which would put in place emergency legislation in the new year which would prioritise United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland medical g...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDoctors: GraduatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on training UK medical students in each of the last five years, and how many of those publicly-funded graduates did not secure Foundation or speciality training places in th
Answer: The following table sets out the total costs incurred by NHS England in providing medical education in England between 2021/22 and 2025/26, split by placement costs and bursaries:Financial yearPlacement costs (£)Bursaries (£)Total Education and Training c...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will issue guidance to the NHS on recruitment the recruitment of domestic graduates and non-UK applicants.
Answer: On 8 December 2025, the Government put an offer in writing to the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee which would put in place emergency legislation in the new year which would prioritise United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland medical g...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDoctors: GraduatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the loss of UK-trained medical graduates to (a) alternative careers and (b) emigration.
Answer: On 8 December 2025, the Government put an offer in writing to the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee which would put in place emergency legislation in the new year which would prioritise United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland medical g...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDoctors: GraduatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to prioritise UK-trained medical graduates over overseas-trained applicants when allocating (a) Foundation Years and (b) speciality training posts; and if he
Answer: On 8 December 2025, the Government put an offer in writing to the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee which would put in place emergency legislation in the new year which would prioritise United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland medical g...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to reduce youth unemployment in the context of recent job losses in the hospitality sector.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of the Hospitality sector in providing employment for young people. The Budget made more than £1.5bn available over the next three years for investment in employment and skills support. This funds £820m for the You...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97880More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) the combined effect of higher rateable values and (b) reduced business rates relief on the number of (i) hospitality closures and (ii) empty units on high
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97879More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025. what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed change to (a) rateable value and (b) business rates relief on (i) vacancy rates, (ii) job losses, (iii)
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
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