Louie French MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Betting: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77717More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations she has received from Cabinet colleagues on her proposals to harmonise betting duty rates.
Answer: The Chancellor discusses a variety of issues with Ministers from other government departments throughout the year, including the run up to Budget.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBetting: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77716More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of harmonising betting duty rates on (a) the number of jobs in the economy, (b) the tax revenue raised and (c) the rural economy.
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 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBetting: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77715More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) the Betting and Gaming Council, (b) the British Horseracing Authority and (c) the Jockey Club on proposals to equalise betting duty.
Answer: As part of the consultation process, the Government engaged with a wide range of stakeholders. We are working with representatives of the horseracing industry to identify any potential unintended consequences for the sector, and how they might be mitigate...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLotteries: TicketsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of lifting the £50 million ticket sales cap on society lotteries on the public finances.
Answer: Society lotteries are a vital fundraising tool for many charities, community groups, sports clubs and other non-commercial organisations. We want to see them continue to thrive, alongside the National Lottery. Society lotteries are not subject to tax and ...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Physical Activity Taskforce and Women's Sport TaskforceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the differences are between the (a) Women’s Sport Taskforce, announced in 2025 and (b) the National Physical Activity Taskforce, established in 2023.
Answer: The Women’s Sport Taskforce convenes a group of industry experts which aim to understand opportunities and break down barriers to deliver equal access, best in class facilities, ongoing professionalisation of women’s sport, visible role models to inspire ...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Football Regulator: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last met with her preferred candidate for the Chair of the Independent Football Regulator; and when she next plans to meet with him.
Answer: David Kogan has now been appointed as Chair of the Independent Football Regulator and the Secretary of State and I had a formal introductory meeting with him on 14 October.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: TicketsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Independent Football Regulator on (a) the regulation of away ticket prices and (b) the potential impacts of regulating away ticket pricing.
Answer: Football ticket price limits are commercial decisions and a matter for football clubs. The Independent Football Regulator will consider the pertinent factors to club sustainability as part of its first State of the Game report. This report must be complet...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: TicketsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ticket price limits on the sustainability of football in England.
Answer: Football ticket price limits are commercial decisions and a matter for football clubs. The Independent Football Regulator will consider the pertinent factors to club sustainability as part of its first State of the Game report. This report must be complet...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren and Vulnerable Adults: ProtectionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that (a) children, (b) young people and (c) vulnerable adults are safeguarded while participating in (i) regulated and (ii) unregul
Answer: The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone is vitally important. In sport, National Governing Bodies are responsible for the regulation of their sports and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants from harm, including...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the publication of safeguarding data; and if he will make it his policy to require all local authorities publish their safeguarding data annually.
Answer: Local Authorities currently submit annual data to the department on all ‘children in need’ and ‘children looked after’ in their authorities. This includes information on Section 47 enquiries, initial child protection conferences and children with child pr...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCricket: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to continue the Future of Cricket Fund.
Answer: The Government has demonstrated its ongoing commitment to support the growth of cricket through its recent announcement of funding for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB, the national governing body for cricket) to build two new indoor cricket domes...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Health Centres: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 10 Year Health Plan for England, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using (a) chiropractors and (b) other wider healthcare professionals to support the NHS
Answer: Neighbourhood health centres will provide easier, more convenient access to a full range of healthcare services on people’s doorsteps, and patients will be treated and cared for closer to their home by new teams of healthcare professionals.We have launche...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCricket: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to invest in grassroots cricket.
Answer: The Government provides the majority of support for grassroots sport through Sport England, which annually invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding.This already includes long term investment to the England and Wales Cricket Board, the Na...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming PoolsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) a National Lido Strategy and (b) a National Lido Fund.
Answer: The Government has made no assessment on the potential merits of a National Lido Strategy or a National Lido Fund. The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to and benefits from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.Sp...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Public ExpenditureDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the funding announced for her Department in the Spending Review 2025 is (a) new funding and (b) was funding allocated to the Department by the previous Government.
Answer: Spending Review 2025 (SR25) formally set all Departmental budgets for the upcoming SR period, no budgets had been formally set before for this period. As such, all SR25 funding was agreed by the current government.
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGift AidTreasuryTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62678More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of Gift Aid claims have been rejected in each of the last five years.
Answer: The average processing times for Gift Aid claims over the last five tax years are below: Tax YearAverage Working Days to Pay06/04/2024to05/04/20253.1606/04/2023to05/04/20243.2406/04/2022to05/04/20232.8406/04/2021to05/04/20223.4906/04/2020to05/04/20214.08 ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGift AidTreasuryTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62677More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average processing time was for Gift Aid claims in each of the last five years.
Answer: The average processing times for Gift Aid claims over the last five tax years are below: Tax YearAverage Working Days to Pay06/04/2024to05/04/20253.1606/04/2023to05/04/20243.2406/04/2022to05/04/20232.8406/04/2021to05/04/20223.4906/04/2020to05/04/20214.08 ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the tariff rate per patient was for (a) CT, (b) MRI and (c) ultrasound scans delivered in community diagnostic centres on (ii) 1 March and (ii) 1 June 2025.
Answer: The community diagnostic centre (CDC) tariff price list has evolved to align with the national payment scheme from April 2025. Tariff prices in CDCs are now consistent with acute and primary care provision so that the cost of the delivery of diagnostics i...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Lottery: PrizesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the growth in unregulated large-scale prize draws on National Lottery ticket sales.
Answer: Prize draws are a significant and growing market. We want people who participate in prize draws to be confident that proportionate protections are in place.We will be introducing a Voluntary Code for prize draw operators later this year. This Code will pr...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLotteries: PrizesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the limit on prizes for society lotteries.
Answer: Society lotteries are a vital fundraising tool for many charities, community groups, sports clubs and other non-commercial organisations. We want to see them continue to thrive, alongside the National Lottery.The Government has taken the decision not to m...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrize Money: RegulationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish a timetable for consulting on the regulation of large-scale prize draws.
Answer: Prize draws are a significant and growing market. We want people who participate in prize draws to be confident that proportionate protections are in place.We will be introducing a Voluntary Code for prize draw operators later this year. This Code will pr...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrize Money: ResearchDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the independent research into large-scale commercial prize draws.
Answer: Prize draws are a significant and growing market. We want people who participate in prize draws to be confident that proportionate protections are in place.We will be introducing a Voluntary Code for prize draw operators later this year. This Code will pr...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: ChildrenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children have access to (a) safe and (b) welcoming spaces for (i) play and (ii) sport within their communities.
Answer: Playgrounds are a vital part of our social infrastructure. They contribute to the health and development of children and young people across the nation and build on the Government’s mission of opportunities for all by ensuring everyone has the best start ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Greater LondonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to provide funding for London Sport’s campaign entitled More Ball Games.
Answer: The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our arm’s length body, Sport England, which invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year. Sport England’s work focuses on increasing participation in spor...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Greater LondonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of London Sport’s campaign entitled More Ball Games.
Answer: The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our arm’s length body, Sport England, which invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year. Sport England’s work focuses on increasing participation in spor...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
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