Louie French MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97878More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) pubs, (b) hotels, (c) restaurants, (d) indoor leisure facilities and (e) night clubs that will have their business rates bill (i) increase, (ii) remain the same, and (
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 recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97877More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance her Department has issued to UK Businesses on the potential impact of the (a) removal of business rates relief and (b) business rates revaluation on high street businesses.
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 recordCultural Heritage and SportsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to require local authorities to collect and publish baseline data on current (a) sports facilities and (b) heritage landscapes.
Answer: My Department has not made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by local authorities. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) makes clear that planning policies should be based on robust and up...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data relating to local sports infrastructure her Department holds; and whether she holds datasets on local authority breakdowns.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. The Government has invested £98 million through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme across the UK in 2025/26, funding project...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture and Leisure: ConservationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding allocations have been made to local authorities for the protection and improvement of (a) sports pitches and (b) heritage landscapes since 4 July 2024; and if she will publish a brea
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. The Government has invested £98 million through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme across the UK in 2025/26, funding project...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRecreation Spaces: ConservationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) registered parks, (b) gardens and (c) designed landscapes are currently classed as at risk in each local authority.
Answer: Registered parks and gardens in England are designated by Historic England. Data on the number that exist within each local authority area can be found by consulting the online National Heritage List for England. Data on the number of designed landscapes ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRecreation SpacesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the most recent data held by her Department on the number of registered parks and gardens within each local authority area.
Answer: Registered parks and gardens in England are designated by Historic England. Data on the number that exist within each local authority area can be found by consulting the online National Heritage List for England. Data on the number of designed landscapes ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of planning applications affecting sports pitches over the last five years by local authority.
Answer: My Department has not made a specific assessment about the adequacy of the types of application in question. Sport England received 1,164 statutory consultations in 2024/25, objecting to 30% of cases.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by local authorities.
Answer: My Department has not made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by local authorities. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) makes clear that planning policies should be based on robust and up...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department holds on the (i) number, (ii) type, and (ii) condition of publicly accessible sports pitches in each local authority area in England; and if she will publish that data.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. The Government has invested £98 million through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme across the UK in 2025/26, funding project...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with international counterparts on protecting the right of nations to self-determination.
Answer: Article 1 (2) of the United Nations Charter establishes that one of the organisation's founding purposes is to develop friendly international relations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples. We continue to wo...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLevelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out a timeline for bringing section 102 of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 into force.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to UIN 69488 on 2 September 2025.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordExercise: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96834More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business tax rises on physical activity levels.
Answer: The Government recognises the important contribution that sport and physical activity make to health and wellbeing in the UK.At the Budget, the VOA announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since Covid, whi...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordExercise: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96833More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business tax rises on the physical activity sector.
Answer: The Government recognises the important contribution that sport and physical activity make to health and wellbeing in the UK.At the Budget, the VOA announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since Covid, whi...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTourism: TaxationTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96832More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the cumulative effect of (a) increasing betting duties on seaside arcades, (b) a nightly levy on hotel stays, (c) the abolition of Favoured Tax Regime for Furnished Holiday Lets, (d)
Answer: The Government has carefully assessed the cumulative impacts of measures announced over recent Budgets on businesses and households. Taken together, these measures raise revenue to support the public finances in a fair way, whilst providing targeted suppo...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBetting: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96831More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October to Question 77717 on Betting: Excise Duties, if she will list relevant engagements with ministers.
Answer: The Chancellor discusses a variety of issues with Ministers from other government departments throughout the year.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordProceeds of CrimeHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with the police to establish a National Police Trust funded from money seized from the proceeds of crime.
Answer: The Government is committed to depriving criminals of their illicit gains and reinvesting recovered proceeds to tackle crime and protect communities.Funds recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) are distributed via the Asset Recovery Incenti...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: CostsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 78837 on Rural Areas: Economic Situation, what assessment she has made of the difference between the increase in costs for horseracing due to
Answer: We continue to engage with racing and betting stakeholders to understand the impact of recent changes made by His Majesty’s Treasury. The horserace betting levy is based on the profits of bookmakers, which fluctuate according to the results of races. The ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: Greater LondonHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 84932 on Business and Tourism: Greater London, if she will make an assessment of the potential economic impact of organised protests on tourism an
Answer: The Home Office does not plan to make a formal assessment of the potential economic impact of organised protests on tourism or businesses in London. Responsibility for tourism policy rests primarily with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, while ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDelivery Services: Driving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November, to Question 87899 on Delivery Services: Driving Licences, if she will (a) publish the letter referred to from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transpor
Answer: a) I have placed copies of the letter referred to in my answer to Question 87899 in the Library of the House. b) The Department has no plans to assess the potential impact of people engaged in delivery work without valid documentation on road safety. This...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLeisure: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96826More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was generated in 2023/2024 from business rates on hereditaments that are being used for the provision of (a) sport, leisure and facilities to visiting members of the public and (b) casinos, gambling
Answer: The Government does not hold data on the amount of business rates revenue raised by different types of hereditaments.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the causes of the increase in Universal Credit claimants who are not required to work; and what steps he is taking to reduce the number of Universal Credit claimants who a
Answer: The vast majority of the increase in the UC Health caseload is because the decision was taken by the last government to move sick and disabled people from Employment and Support Allowance onto Universal Credit at scale - a transition we inherited, along w...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIndependent Football Regulator: CostsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a breakdown of the costs incurred by her Department, from 4 July 2024 to date, in the establishment of the Independent Football Regulator.
Answer: Details on DCMS’s public spending can be found in DCMS’s Annual Report and Accounts, available on GOV.UK. Spending on the passage of the Football Governance Act and the establishment of the Independent Football Regulator is a subset of the reported spend ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisitor LevyTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96440More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 27 November to question 92601 on Tourism: Taxation, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Visitor Levies in other jurisdictions on the hospitality sector.
Answer: The Scottish and Welsh Governments have published their own impact assessments to accompany legislation for the introduction of their visitor levies.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisitor Levy: Greater LondonTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96439More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to hypothecate revenue raised from a Visitor Levy in London to support the visitor economy in London.
Answer: The Government has announced powers for Mayors to introduce a visitor levy on short-term overnight accommodation in their region, to drive economic growth including through support for the local visitor economy, if they so choose. We have published a cons...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
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