Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Small Businesses: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46270More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing Employment Allowance and (b) reducing National Insurance contributions for small businesses.
Answer: The Government has taken necessary decisions to fix the public finances and create long-term stability in which businesses can invest and thrive.The Government decided to protect the smallest businesses from the changes to Employer NICs announced at the l...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVAT: RegistrationTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46269More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to raise the VAT registration threshold in line with inflation to support small businesses.
Answer: At £90,000, the UK has a higher VAT registration threshold than any EU country and the joint highest in the OECD. This keeps the majority of businesses out of the VAT regime altogether.Any consideration of changes to the threshold would have to carefully ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Newton AbbotTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46268More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reform business rates to reduce the financial burden on small high street businesses in Newton Abbot constituency.
Answer: The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. At Autumn Budget 2024, we took the first step with the announcement of permanently lower tax rates for the Retai...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46267More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reform business rates to reduce the financial burden on small high street businesses.
Answer: The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. At Autumn Budget 2024, we took the first step with the announcement of permanently lower tax rates for the Retai...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46266More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when applications for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will open; and what estimate he has made of (a) what the average waiting time will be for a claim to be processed and (b) when successful applicants w
Answer: As the Minister responsible, I stand ready to provide all the support I can to speed up payments. I am restless for that speed to increase, while also respecting the Infected Blood Compensation Authority’s (IBCA) operational independence going forward. In...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46265More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether people eligible for the infected blood compensation scheme will retain access to (a) disability grants, (b) dependent children payments and (c) other support scheme benefits.
Answer: Any payments received from the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme are disregarded from means tested benefit assessments. This means that compensation payments made through the Scheme will not adversely impact on the means tested benefits received by eithe...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes and Home Care Services: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to amend the Care Act 2014 to exempt infected blood compensation scheme payments from (a) residential and (b) domiciliary care charges.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, does not consider that the Care Act 2014 needs to be amended to exempt Infected Blood Compensation Scheme payments because, under the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resou...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46263More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether supplementary financial loss claims under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will be open to estates of deceased victims.
Answer: Yes. The supplementary route for financial loss will be open to all infected people, including those who have very sadly passed away.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46262More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will establish a supplementary route to claim for autonomy, social impact, and injury awards outside the core route of the infected blood compensation scheme.
Answer: The scope of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme’s supplementary route is in line with the recommendations Sir Robert Francis KC made to the Government in August 2024. In his report, Sir Robert discussed the merits of expanding the supplementary route ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46261More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to introduce an individual assessment route for the infected blood compensation claims.
Answer: The Government recognises that every victim of infected blood will have their own unique circumstances, and experienced devastating losses. To avoid a lengthy, complex and burdensome evidence gathering process, the Government has accepted the Inquiry’s re...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46260More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how infected blood compensation claims involving co-infection with HIV and hepatitis viruses will account for the earlier date of hepatitis infection when calculating compensation.
Answer: For people co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, compensation will be calculated from the date of the first infection. If it is not possible to establish when someone was first infected, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority will use th...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46259More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Infected Blood Compensation Authority will determine the date of first infection in cases where no clear medical record exists.
Answer: Given the historic nature of the infected blood scandal, the Government recognises that not all medical records will still be available. The Scheme has been designed to minimise as far as possible the burden on those applying, and as set out in the Infect...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46258More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the burden of proof in the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme is placed on victims.
Answer: Given the long-running nature of the infected blood scandal, not all medical records will still be available and, as set out in the regulations, eligibility for compensation will be determined based on the balance of probabilities. The Infected Blood Comp...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46257More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure Infected Blood Compensation Authority caseworkers and assessors are suitably trained to interpret complex medical records when determining compensation awards.
Answer: Dedicated claim managers are supporting individuals through the claim process and, depending on the data available to the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA), there may be some instances in which more information is asked for to complete a claim....
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46256More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to provide publicly funded legal advice and advocacy services to claimants of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.
Answer: The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme has been designed so that the process to make a claim is as easy as possible, without the advice of a solicitor. However, the Government recognises that people may wish to seek legal advice. The Infected Blood Compen...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will hold discussions with the Trussell Trust on her proposed (a) changes to the Personal Independence Payment and (b) other welfare reforms.
Answer: We are committed to putting the views and voices of disabled people and people with health conditions at the heart of everything we do. In the Green Paper, we have announced that we will set up collaboration committees to develop parts of our reforms furt...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to ensure that vehicles sold in the UK will have automatic headlamp levelling systems by 2027.
Answer: Recognising the global nature of the automotive industry, the detailed technical requirements for new vehicles are typically developed within the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), in which the UK is an active member. The UNECE amended...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 34686 on Cars: Lighting, if the Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of LED headlight brightness on (a) older drivers, (b) cyclists, and
Answer: All types of road vehicle headlamps, including those using LED technology, are designed, tested and approved to internationally recognised standards to help prevent undue glare on a broad range of roads and environments. Police recorded collision statisti...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 34686 on Cars: Lighting, if her Department will commission research into potential correlations between LED headlight brightness and road accidents caused by g
Answer: All types of road vehicle headlamps, including those using LED technology, are designed, tested and approved to internationally recognised standards to help prevent undue glare on a broad range of roads and environments. Police recorded collision statisti...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints her Department has received on (a) glare and (b) dazzle caused by LED headlights in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department for Transport does not routinely categorise or record the number of cases where correspondence is received complaining about specific issues. However, based on a manual review of records, in the 12 months up to 22 April the department has r...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 34686 on Cars: Lighting, what steps her Department is taking to (a) measure the causes of headlamp glare and (b) develop potential countermeasures to headlight
Answer: All types of road vehicle headlamps, including those using LED technology, are designed, tested and approved to internationally recognised standards to help prevent undue glare on a broad range of roads and environments. Police recorded collision statisti...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of welfare reforms on demand for food banks.
Answer: Since 2021, food bank use has been measured in official statistics by the number of individuals living in families that have used foodbanks in the past 30 days and 12 months. These are published on Stat-Xplore ( https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/), including...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46248More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of welfare reforms on costs to the NHS.
Answer: The Chancellor discussed welfare reforms with Cabinet colleagues in the usual way ahead of the publication of the Pathways to Work Green Paper and Spring Statement 2025. As the Chancellor and the Work and Pensions Secretary have set out, these reforms wil...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGulf of Mexico: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26627 on Gulf of Mexico: Politics and Government, what terminology his Department plans to use in international document
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will continue to follow the guidance of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN) who advises His Majesty's Government on policies and procedures for the representation of geographical names for ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37400, if she will publish the (a) minutes and (b) attendees of meetings with private parking companies before the Westminster
Answer: Pursuant to my answer to Question UIN 39208 on 25 March 2025, as part of the government’s ongoing work to introduce a Code of Practice for Private Parking Operators, officials speak regularly with the two Private Parking Trade Associations.I am due to hav...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
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