Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Minerals: DevonDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) products and (b) geographic areas have been allocated funding as designated critical minerals sites in Devon.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not designate any products or geographic areas as dedicated critical mineral sites.Following Spending Review 2025, new funding of up to £50 million will be made available by DBT to support critical mineral projec...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is issued to Legal Aid providers on the appropriate use of public funds for disputes that do not materially affect housing safety or security.
Answer: The scope of legal aid for housing matters is set out under paragraphs 33-35 of Schedule 1 to Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. This includes civil legal services relating to loss of home and ancillary housing, debt...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the Legal Aid Agency monitors whether legally aided housing cases are being actively resolved.
Answer: The scope of legal aid for housing matters is set out under paragraphs 33-35 of Schedule 1 to Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. This includes civil legal services relating to loss of home and ancillary housing, debt...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the Legal Aid Agency was per housing dispute in each of the last five years.
Answer: The scope of legal aid for housing matters is set out under paragraphs 33-35 of Schedule 1 to Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. This includes civil legal services relating to loss of home and ancillary housing, debt...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what checks and balances are in place to ensure that Legal Aid funding in housing disputes is used proportionately.
Answer: The scope of legal aid for housing matters is set out under paragraphs 33-35 of Schedule 1 to Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. This includes civil legal services relating to loss of home and ancillary housing, debt...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106673More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to respond to the Freedom of Information Act request by the hon. Member for Newton Abbot on records of meetings between Boris Johnson and Peter Thiel.
Answer: The Cabinet Office responded to the Hon. Member’s request on 8 January 2026, within the statutory time limit.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBoris Johnson and Peter ThielCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106037More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January to Question 103976 on Boris Johnson and Peter Thiel, what searches he conducted to determine whether there is any (a) physical and (b) other form of record of a meeting betwe
Answer: All of the records of former Prime Ministers are held by the Cabinet Office Public Records and Archives unit. The unit searched both physical and digital records. The physical record of the meeting is brief, simply noting the timing of the meeting, and th...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBoris Johnson and Peter ThielCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105999More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 103976 on Boris Johnson and Peter Thiel, if he will publish the physical record.
Answer: All of the records of former Prime Ministers are held by the Cabinet Office Public Records and Archives unit. The unit searched both physical and digital records. The physical record of the meeting is brief, simply noting the timing of the meeting, and th...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105900More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether use of the digital ID scheme will be mandatory for renting properties.
Answer: No. The Government does not propose making it mandatory to have the national digital ID for proving the right to rent a property.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordJuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals relating to the use of judge-only trials for certain criminal offences.
Answer: We intend to introduce legislation to deliver structural reforms to the criminal courts, announced by the Deputy Prime Minister on 2 December 2025 in response to Part 1 of Sir Brian Leveson’s Independent Review, as soon as parliamentary time allows.
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot on 12 January, whether his Department will apply weighted criteria in the current phase of Local Government Reorga
Answer: All proposals must have regard to the statutory guidance that was part of the statutory invitation issued on 5 February 2025. This set out six criteria for unitary local government covering issues such as size, sensible geographies, efficiencies, financia...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot on 12 January, whether any weighting framework will be used to assess revised proposals for Local Government Reorg
Answer: All proposals must have regard to the statutory guidance that was part of the statutory invitation issued on 5 February 2025. This set out six criteria for unitary local government covering issues such as size, sensible geographies, efficiencies, financia...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the impact of Physical Infrastructure Access costs on the deployment of fibre optic broadband in rural areas.
Answer: As the independent regulator for telecommunications, Ofcom is responsible for making regulatory decisions in the fixed telecoms sector, including on the Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product, and is currently finalising its Telecoms Access Review.D...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHighway Code: PublicityDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to create a public awareness campaign to promote the new highway code rules.
Answer: Injuries and fatalities from road collisions caused by driving are unacceptable, and this Government will work hard to prevent these tragedies for all road users.That is why on 7 January 2026, we published our new Road Safety Strategy, setting out our vis...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104274More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 100730, whether electronic messages held in the Private Office of the then Prime Minister on 28 August 2019 would ordinarily have been assigned subject classi
Answer: The guidance in place in August 2019 has been published by the National Archives: https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/popapersguidance2009.pdf
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: EU CountriesDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to (a) publish guidance and (b) pursue agreements to help improve certainty for UK Blue Badge holders driving in EU member states.
Answer: The Blue Badge scheme in the UK is administered and enforced by local authorities and applies to on-street parking locations only. While the UK has informal reciprocal arrangements with EU Member States, acceptance of any non-UK badge is ultimately a matt...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: EU CountriesDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on disabled drivers of levels of recognition of UK Blue Badges across EU member states.
Answer: The Blue Badge scheme in the UK is administered and enforced by local authorities and applies to on-street parking locations only. While the UK has informal reciprocal arrangements with EU Member States, acceptance of any non-UK badge is ultimately a matt...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: EU CountriesDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to seek mutual recognition of UK Blue Badges for disabled drivers when travelling in EU member states.
Answer: The Blue Badge scheme in the UK is administered and enforced by local authorities and applies to on-street parking locations only. While the UK has informal reciprocal arrangements with EU Member States, acceptance of any non-UK badge is ultimately a matt...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: EU CountriesDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the European Commission and EU member states on the recognition of UK-issued Blue Badges for disabled drivers.
Answer: The Blue Badge scheme in the UK is administered and enforced by local authorities and applies to on-street parking locations only. While the UK has informal reciprocal arrangements with EU Member States, acceptance of any non-UK badge is ultimately a matt...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMcClure Solicitors: InsolvencyMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish the number of former clients affected by the collapse of McClure Solicitors.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold information on the number of former clients affected by the collapse of WW&J McClure Ltd (McClure) and is therefore not in a position to publish those figures.The legal profession in England and Wales, together wi...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Profession: InsolvencyMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing information for clients on their rights, options and available redress following the collapse of a regulated legal firm.
Answer: The legal profession in England and Wales, together with its regulators, operate independently of government. The responsibility for regulating the sector sits with approved regulators, overseen by the Legal Services Board. The Solicitors Regulation Autho...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: DevonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Ministers from the Department are responsible for specific policy areas in different geographical regions in Devon.
Answer: Ministers from the Housing, Communities and Local Government Department do not have separate responsibility for Devon or any other council nationally, but Devon is included together with other councils for policy areas for which they are responsible. Thes...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBoris Johnson and Peter ThielCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103976More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December to Question 100721 on Boris Johnson and Peter Thiel, whether there is any (a) physical and (b) other form of record of the meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and M
Answer: The meeting is listed in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s diary, a hard copy of which is held by the Cabinet Office. This is the only physical record of the meeting that has been located.
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot sent on the 27 of November 2025 with case ref MW04041.
Answer: As the majority of the issues raised do not fall under the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice, in line with Cabinet Office guidance, the correspondence was transferred out of the Department and accepted by the Home Office.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103974More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot dated 16 December 2025 on an FOI relating to a request to search for and provide copies of documents then held by the private offi
Answer: Cabinet Office responded to the hon. Member’s request on 8 January 2026, within the statutory time limit.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
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