Martin Wrigley MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Integrated Care Boards: DevonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the potential impact of the restructuring of integrated care boards in Devon on the health of (a) vulnerable groups disproportionately affected by hea
Answer: To deliver the required reduction in running costs in 2025/26, a number of integrated care boards (ICBs) will cluster together to share leadership and functions so resources can be directed to frontline services. ICBs have a crucial role as strategic comm...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to integrated care boards on protecting frontline public health services.
Answer: NHS England has issued guidance to integrated care boards (ICBs) on their public health functions, for instance the guidance Delivering a quality public health function in integrated care boards, which is available at the following link:Delivering-a-quali...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Devon: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect access to (a) preventive and (b) community health services in (i) Teignmouth, (ii) Dawlish and (iii) other areas affected by planned reductions in funding in NHS
Answer: The National Health Service in Devon is committed to working with partners and stakeholders to develop sustainable services that promote prevention and community-based care, within its financial allocation. NHS Devon remains firmly committed to delivering...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help protect (a) safeguarding, (b) continuing healthcare and (c) support for people with special educational needs and disabilities during the transition to the new integra
Answer: To support integrated care boards (ICBs) as they reduce their running costs, which includes moving to new clusters in some areas, NHS England has been working with stakeholders on further detail. NHS England has shared best practice documents in relation ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Devon: Operating CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent trends in running costs for NHS Devon on (a) the provision of public health services and (b) health outcomes in the region.
Answer: Public health responsibilities sit primarily with local authorities and national public health programmes, such as screening, are commissioned by NHS England rather than the integrated care boards (ICBs). Therefore, the running costs within the NHS Devon ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: DiscountsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with supermarkets on the potential impact of online-only discounts on older people without smartphones.
Answer: Ministers and officials in the department regularly engage with retailers on a wide range of issues affecting consumers, including affordability and access to food. The Government expects retailers to consider the needs of all customers, including older p...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBottom Trawling: South DevonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2025 to Question 75766 on Bottom Trawling: Teignmouth, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning bottom trawling in the r
Answer: The Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority is responsible for assessing the impacts of fishing in its district, taking an evidence-based approach to the introduction of any restrictions, including a ban on bottom trawling, in consul...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Credits: CarersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that carers continue to receive national insurance contribution credits during temporary leaves of absence for the person they are a carer for.
Answer: Carers in receipt of Carers Allowance (CA) are awarded class 1 National Insurance credits. If there is a break in care that lasts up to 12 weeks, carers in receipt of CA are awarded class 3 National Insurance credits. These credits protect their State Pen...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Credits: CarersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing carers to retain their national insurance contribution credits during temporary absences of the person they are a carer for.
Answer: Carers in receipt of Carers Allowance (CA) are awarded class 1 National Insurance credits. If there is a break in care that lasts up to 12 weeks, carers in receipt of CA are awarded class 3 National Insurance credits. These credits protect their State Pen...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the prevalence of gambling advertising that is not obviously identifiable as advertising.
Answer: The Government is clear that wherever gambling advertising appears, it must be socially responsible. We have set the gambling industry a clear task to further raise standards to ensure that gambling advertising is appropriate, responsible, and does not ex...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten Questions: Government ResponsesLeader of the HouseTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79923More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, if he will have discussions with his Cabinet colleagues on the response times to written questions from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot.
Answer: Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account. I have written to all members of Cabinet to remind Ministers of their responsibilities to provide full and timely responses to Members' PQs. I encourage hon. Members to raise any specific issues they ma...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a compensation scheme for passengers without seat reservations who did not get a seat on a train.
Answer: There are currently no plans to introduce compensation for passengers unable to find a seat.The walk-up nature of the railway in Great Britain supports full access to rail services, but at busy times could mean seating is not guaranteed. Some train operat...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceHome OfficeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 5 August 2025 from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot, case reference MW09483.
Answer: The Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum responded on 17 September 2025.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 73088, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for replies to MP Correspondance.
Answer: We are aware of previous technical issues on our UC regional MP hotlines. Since the introduction of a single UC national MP hotline this issue has now been resolved.We have also seen a significant increase in correspondence coming into the Department over...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 73088 on Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services, what assessment she made of the potential impact of the DWP MP Hotline not answerin
Answer: We are aware of previous technical issues on our UC regional MP hotlines. Since the introduction of a single UC national MP hotline this issue has now been resolved.We have also seen a significant increase in correspondence coming into the Department over...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2025 to Question 68534 on Members: Correspondence, when she plans to reply to the enquiry with case reference MW07790.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to written question 75770. I apologise for the delay.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHMS Diamond: CrewMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will award medals to the crew of the HMS Diamond for their work during the period of November 2023 and July 2024.
Answer: Medallic recognition for the operational activity undertaken by HMS Diamond during the period November 2023 and July 2024, is under consideration by the Ministry of Defence in accordance with the existing process.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a consultation on (a) reducing and (b) abolishing the 10% commission charge on the sale of park homes.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 69040 on 24 July 2025.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a 10% commission charge on the sale of park homes on park home owners.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 69040 on 24 July 2025.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: MeetingsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76691More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance was in use in 2019 on keeping written records of meetings between Ministers and external stakeholders.
Answer: Guidance for the Management of Private Office Information and Records is published on www.gov.uk. The guidance was last updated in December 2023. Previous versions are available on the website of The National Archives.
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPeter ThielCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76690More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the then Prime Minister met Peter Thiel between July 2019 and September 2022.
Answer: Details of official meetings held in a ministerial capacity with external organisations or individuals are declared quarterly on GOV.UK. This includes the meetings of the former Prime Minister.
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on the roll-out of badger TB vaccination programmes.
Answer: Significant progress has been made in rolling out badger vaccination as part of our strategy to eradicate bovine TB. Large-scale vaccination is being delivered by Animal and Plant Health Agency field teams, alongside a farming community-led initiative in ...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIsaac HerzogForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the programme of engagements was for President Isaac Herzog during his visit to the UK in September 2025.
Answer: President Herzog came to the UK on a private visit, but his programme included meeting the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on Wednesday 10 September.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to consult businesses on firearm licencing.
Answer: The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February this year, included a commitment to having a consultation specifically on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns.When launched we will welcome and care...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeposit Return Schemes: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2025 to Question 73442 on Deposit Return Schemes: Newton Abbot, if she will make it her policy to ensure that remote collection points are availab
Answer: The scheme administrator, UK Deposit Management Organisation Ltd. (UK DMO), is responsible for ensuring there is a comprehensive network of return points so that consumers can easily return their containers, including in rural areas. Other types of organi...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
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