Martin Wrigley MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Personal Independence Payment: LGBT+ PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to PIP eligibility on LGBTQ+ people.
Answer: As I made clear in my statement to the House, Hansard, 1 July, col 219, any changes to PIP eligibility will come after a comprehensive review of the benefit, which I am leading, and which will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that re...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: TenantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to take steps to ensure support for low-income tenants provides value for money.
Answer: DWP works with Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to improve housing quality for benefit claimants and value for money for taxpayers. The Renters' Rights Bill, currently before Parliament, includes measures to strengthen landl...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: TechnologyMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department uses non-deterministic systems.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is exploiting AI across a broad spectrum of use cases from the frontline to the back office to make all parts of Defence more efficient and effective. This includes the use of 'non-deterministic' AI systems, such as Large Language ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: National SecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will allocate funding to research on the (a) reliability and (b) auditability of non-deterministic models of AI used in national security issues.
Answer: AI offers the most powerful lever we have for national renewal; it underpins the Government’s plan to drive economic growth, transform public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.During the recent Spending Review, the...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take legislative steps to require AI systems used by (a) government and (b) industry to disclose where their data searches are from.
Answer: Many existing rules apply to AI systems. When personal data is processed by AI systems, data protection law requires transparency from developers about how they collect and use personal data, and outline information in a privacy notice. The Online Safety ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordICT: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he has had recent discussions with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the potential risks of using foreign-owned companies to manage cloud-based data systems in the public sect
Answer: The Secretary of State has not specifically discussed foreign-owned cloud-based data systems with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO has discussed the compliance of cloud system rules on international transfers with government officials....
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered mandating UK-based technology providers for the management of NHS data.
Answer: In accordance with United Kingdom procurement law, legally established and eligible suppliers cannot be excluded from bidding in a procurement to deliver a contract. Contracts may specify arrangements for how and where data can be stored. The Procurement ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCross Country Line: OvercrowdingDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the proportion of Crosscountry rail services that were overcrowded in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department receives regular information on how busy CrossCountry train services are, but not in the format requested. However, since the May timetable change, average loadings across the CrossCountry network have been broadly similar to those seen in ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCross Country Trains: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Crosscountry trains on the performance of its services.
Answer: The Rail Minister met with the interim CrossCountry Managing Directors on 8 August 2024 and 28 March 2025 and the new Managing Director on 25 June 2025. It has been made clear that CrossCountry need to deliver material improvements to their train services...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCross Country Trains: ContractsDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending cross-country train contracts early.
Answer: Officials monitor all operators against the train service performance benchmarks in their contracts. CrossCountry performance in 2024 was not good enough so enforcement action was taken. Cancellations have reduced since January 2025 but remain high, parti...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPeriod Poverty: Newton AbbotDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle period poverty through schools in Newton Abbot constituency.
Answer: Nobody should have to miss out on education because of their period, which is why the department provides free period products to girls and women in their place of study through the Period Products Scheme. The scheme aims to remove periods as a barrier t...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps bring forward regulations to ban period products which include pesticide residues.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13th June 2025 to question 57485 (Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament).
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that free period products provided in schools are (a) certified organic single use disposables and (b) additive-free.
Answer: Nobody should have to miss out on education because of their period, which is why the department provides free period products to girls and women in their place of study through the Period Products Scheme. The scheme aims to remove periods as a barrier t...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a legal requirement for manufacturers to list (a) the components and (b) any trace toxic chemicals in period products.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13th June 2025 to question 57485 (Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament).
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing testing for period products to ensure they are free from toxic chemical residues.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13th June 2025 to question 57485 (Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament).
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth West Main Line: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to provide funding for the final phase of the South West Rail Resilience Programme.
Answer: Following the Chancellor’s Spending Review statement on 11 June we are now working to confirm our portfolio of rail enhancements, which will be announced shortly.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle stigma among disabled veterans claiming PIP.
Answer: The benefits system exists to support people at critical points in their lives and for a range of reasons. There should be no stigma attached to claiming a benefit you're entitled to, and people should claim social security benefits as and when their circ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to allow veterans in receipt of the Armed Forces Independence Payment to claim the new health-related Universal Credit support.
Answer: The Green Paper, “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working” announced that we would be scrapping the Work Capability Assessment and moving to a single assessment for financial support related to health and disability benefit...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support disabled veterans in Devon.
Answer: Disabled people, including disabled veterans, can access a wide range of support in Devon. Information on what support is available to them can be found on Gov.UK including these specific areas: Veterans UK - GOV.UK and Disabled people - GOV.UK.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children from Gaza have been granted visas to the UK for medical treatment since the scheme began.
Answer: The requested information is not currently available from published statistics, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The UK has supported an initiative by Project Pure Hope to bring a ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what what steps she is taking to help ensure consistency in standards of (a) ethics, (b) training and (c) reporting in (i) parish, (ii) town and (iii) district councils.
Answer: The government’s December 2024 consultation set out the government’s views on the adequacy of the current local government standards regime. The consultation also set out what sanctions are currently available and that government considers that, in key as...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: ConductMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statutory powers are available to local standards committees to investigate and sanction councillors for breaches of the Nolan Principles.
Answer: The government’s December 2024 consultation set out the government’s views on the adequacy of the current local government standards regime. The consultation also set out what sanctions are currently available and that government considers that, in key as...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ComplaintsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were referred to local standards committees in the last year; and what proportion of those complaints led to sanctions.
Answer: The government’s December 2024 consultation set out the government’s views on the adequacy of the current local government standards regime. The consultation also set out what sanctions are currently available and that government considers that, in key as...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Codes of PracticeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the enforcement of the local government code of conduct.
Answer: The government’s December 2024 consultation set out the government’s views on the adequacy of the current local government standards regime. The consultation also set out what sanctions are currently available and that government considers that, in key as...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth West Main Line: DawlishDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 59834 on South West Main Line: Dawlish, if she will set out a timescale for when a decision on whether Stage Five of the rail resilience programme for Dawlish
Answer: We are currently working to determine which rail enhancement projects will be taken forward following the conclusion of the Spending Review on 11 June. More information will be made public shortly.
Answered 27 Jun 2025
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