Mark Garnier MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Cryptocurrencies: RegulationTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100878More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his USA counterpart under the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future on mutual recognition of UK and US cryptoasset firms, aligned disclosure standards, and ensuring that
Answer: The Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future was established by HM Treasury and the US Treasury on 22 September. Its purpose is to bring the world’s leading financial centres together to develop concrete policy options and recommendations on furt...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrencies: RegulationTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100845More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future is being used to develop a joint UK-US approach to tokenisation, including cross-border access to tokenised securities and aligned rules for capital, dis
Answer: The Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future was established by HM Treasury and the US Treasury on 22 September. Its purpose is to bring the world’s leading financial centres together to develop concrete policy options and recommendations on furt...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrencies: RegulationTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100844More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to use the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future to deepen engagement with United States’ regulators following the finalisation of the GENIUS Act, to support regulatory align
Answer: The Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future was established by HM Treasury and the US Treasury on 22 September. Its purpose is to bring the world’s leading financial centres together to develop concrete policy options and recommendations on furt...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBank Services: RegulationTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98758More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 61158, whether she plans to publish the statutory instrument on open banking in the first quarter of 2026.
Answer: The National Payments Vision, published in November, set out the government’s ambitious plans for the next phase of Open Banking, building on the UK’s leadership in this area. This includes steps towards delivering seamless, Open Banking enabled, account-...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Oral Statement on 11 November 2025 entitled Pensions, if he will publish the research findings from the Department's 2007 evaluation on the effectiveness of automatic pension forec
Answer: Report no.447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts” is publicly available and can be accessed at:https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20121212081018mp_/http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2007-2008/rrep447.pdfAs confirmed in ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Oral Statement on 11 November 2025 entitled Pensions, whether the 2007 report on the effectiveness of automatic pension forecast letters is the one referenced in the Parliamentary
Answer: The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s reports titled “Women’s State Pension age: our findings on the Department for Work and Pensions’ communication of changes”, published 19 July 2021, and “Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the 2007 report on the effectiveness of automatic pension forecast letters is the one referenced in the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women's State Pension age: ou
Answer: The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s reports titled “Women’s State Pension age: our findings on the Department for Work and Pensions’ communication of changes”, published 19 July 2021, and “Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96643More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Section 4.167 of the Autumn Budget 2025, when her Department plans to publish the solution ensuring that pensioners who only receive the state pension will not (a) have to fill out a tax return and
Answer: As the Chancellor has said, over this Parliament those whose only income is the basic or new State Pension without any increments will not have to pay income tax. As announced at the Budget, the government will ease the administrative burden for pensioner...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96642More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.167 State Pension and Simple Assessment of the Budget 2025, published in November 2025, when her Department began consulting on this policy.
Answer: As the Chancellor has said, over this Parliament those whose only income is the basic or new State Pension without any increments will not have to pay income tax. As announced at the Budget, the government will ease the administrative burden for pensioner...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96641More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she considered including an assessment of the potential impact of paragraph 4.167 State Pension and Simple Assessment of the Budget 2025, published in November 2025, on costs to the public purse within the B
Answer: As the Chancellor has said, over this Parliament those whose only income is the basic or new State Pension without any increments will not have to pay income tax. As announced at the Budget, the government will ease the administrative burden for pensioner...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96640More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Section 4.167 (State Pension and Simple Assessment) of the Budget 2025, if she will publish the cost impact of this policy.
Answer: As the Chancellor has said, over this Parliament those whose only income is the basic or new State Pension without any increments will not have to pay income tax. As announced at the Budget, the government will ease the administrative burden for pensioner...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive the full state pension as their only income.
Answer: The Department does not hold readily available information to identify how many pensioners receive the full State Pension as their only income. Information is, however, available from Departmental survey data which shows, in 2023/24, around 1.1m pensioner...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Inquiry, how she will ensure the survivors of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse are supported throughout the process.
Answer: We remain committed to delivering an inquiry that earns trust and delivers truth. Following the appointment of the Chair and the establishment of the Inquiry, the Chair will consult on the Terms of Reference with victims and survivors and other key stakeh...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse will (a) conclude and (b) publish its findings.
Answer: We remain committed to delivering an inquiry that earns trust and delivers truth. Following the appointment of the Chair and the establishment of the Inquiry, the Chair will consult on the Terms of Reference with victims and survivors and other key stakeh...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse will start to conduct (a) hearings and (b) local investigations.
Answer: We remain committed to delivering an inquiry that earns trust and delivers truth. Following the appointment of the Chair and the establishment of the Inquiry, the Chair will consult on the Terms of Reference with victims and survivors and other key stakeh...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87288More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to protect accrued pension rights when changing the tax treatment of pensions.
Answer: The Government does not comment on media speculation ahead of Budgets nor collect real-time data on the number of individuals accessing their pensions. Taking unplanned steps in respect of an individual’s pension may not be in their long-term financial in...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensionsTreasuryTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87287More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of customers accessing pensions prior to the Autumn Budget 2025; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of media coverage of the Budget on pension ade
Answer: The Government does not comment on media speculation ahead of Budgets nor collect real-time data on the number of individuals accessing their pensions. Taking unplanned steps in respect of an individual’s pension may not be in their long-term financial in...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help further education colleges support young people who are not in education, employment or training through (a) flexible funding arrangements and (b) supporting collabor
Answer: Through the Post-16 education and skills white paper, the department is committed to enabling local and strategic authorities, schools, and further education (FE) providers to more effectively identify, track and share data about young people. These measu...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department uses, other than the Labour Market Force survey, to estimate the population of people who are not in education, employment or training.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uses multiple data sources to inform our view of how young people are performing in the labour market and whether young people are not in education, employment or training (NEET). These include statistics based o...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStudent WastageDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of students who are at risk of being withdrawn from their study programme for not attending their GCSE retak
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Wyre Forest to the answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 83275.
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth GuaranteeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to distribute funding for people not in education, employment or training through the Youth Guarantee scheme in each region.
Answer: As set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper, we are developing a Youth Guarantee to ensure young people aged 18-21 can access high-quality training, apprenticeships, and personalised support to find work. As a first step, we are working with eight Y...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department uses data on people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) to develop policy in the context of changes in the number of people who are NEET.
Answer: The department collects and uses a range of data and evidence relating to young people who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET) to inform policy, including ‘Participation in education, training and employment’, which can be accessed at: ht...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnpaid Work: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing supported internship funding arrangements for young people aged between 16 and 19 who require additional support to enter the
Answer: The department is continuing to invest in supported internships by providing up to £12 million to March 2026 to support local areas to sustain their progress and develop their supported internship offers.This includes funding to expand the department’s pi...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help re-engage young people with education, health and care plans who are not in employment, education or training.
Answer: There are 165,000 16 to 25 year-olds with an education, health and care (EHC) plan. Of these, it is estimated that approximately 22,000 are not in education, employment or training (NEET).Published data for the reporting year 2025 shows that approximately...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of young people with education, health and care plans who are not in employment, education or training.
Answer: There are 165,000 16 to 25 year-olds with an education, health and care (EHC) plan. Of these, it is estimated that approximately 22,000 are not in education, employment or training (NEET).Published data for the reporting year 2025 shows that approximately...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
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