Martin Wrigley MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
NHS: Disclosure of InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer 6 May 2025 to Question 48666 on NHS: Disclosure of Information, if will he take steps to compensate NHS staff who signed non-disclosure agreements upon leaving the NHS.
Answer: The term non-disclosure agreement is not used in the National Health Service. A non-disclosure agreement is a general term used to describe any kind of legal agreement which sets out requirements, known as confidentiality clauses, that prohibit or restric...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPineal Cysts: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research on symptomatic cases of pineal cysts.
Answer: The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR has previously supported research on pineal cysts at the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, with further details of this work available at t...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Labour TurnoverDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention within the teaching profession.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s outcomes. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost the ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of geographical areas which do not have access to a pharmacy within 10 miles.
Answer: Data from June 2024 shows that approximately 93% of the population of England lived within two miles of a pharmacy. Data on distances travelled beyond two miles is not recorded.In some rural areas where there is no pharmacy, general practitioners are perm...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to limit access to gambling advertising for people with a gambling addiction.
Answer: This government recognises that while advertising is a legitimate advantage which licensed operators have over unlicensed gambling firms, increased exposure to gambling advertising can have an impact on gambling participation. Some forms of advertising ca...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPower FailuresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to plan a (a) risk assessment and (b) contingency plan on the National Grid to prevent national-level blackouts.
Answer: Great Britain has a highly resilient energy system, and a total failure of power is assessed in the National Risk Register as a high impact but low likelihood event. In its 75-year history, the National Electricity Transmission System has never experience...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGulf of Mexico: MapsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he bring forward legislative proposals to regulate maps used in the UK to ensure that the Gulf of Mexico is not referred to by other names.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will continue to follow the guidance of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN) who advise His Majesty's Government on policies and procedures for the representation of geographical names for p...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Newton AbbotDepartment for TransportTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase access to driving tests in the Newton Abbot constituency.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport ...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of areas with an identified need for 0-4 year old child care do not have spare classrooms at schools.
Answer: The department is creating 6,000 new nursery places in schools across the country in the first wave of 300 school-based nurseries, backed by £37 million of funding. Up to 4,000 places will be available from this September, helping to grow our vibrant chil...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPetrol: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it is policy to commit to the pump watch petrol price comparison platform.
Answer: The Government response to the road fuels consultation, published on 30 October 2024, confirmed that the Government will implement the recommendation made by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in its Final Road Fuel Market Study to set up a statu...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Income Child Benefit Tax ChargeTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52062More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the High Income Child Benefit Charge on people earning just over £50,000 per year.
Answer: By withdrawing Child Benefit from high-income parents where the higher earner earns £60,000 or more, the HICBC helps to ensure the sustainability of the public finances and protect our vital public services. Information on the number of households that ha...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Income Child Benefit Tax ChargeTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51597More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the High Income Child Benefit Charge on (a) single-earner and (b) dual-earner households with similar or higher combined incomes.
Answer: By withdrawing Child Benefit from high-income parents where the higher earner earns £60,000 or more, the HICBC helps to ensure the sustainability of the public finances and protect our vital public services. Information on the number of households that ha...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Income Child Benefit Tax ChargeTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51596More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that have a joint income of over £90,000 that are not subject to the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
Answer: By withdrawing Child Benefit from high-income parents where the higher earner earns £60,000 or more, the HICBC helps to ensure the sustainability of the public finances and protect our vital public services. Information on the number of households that ha...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Income Child Benefit Tax ChargeTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51595More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using household income to levy the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
Answer: By withdrawing Child Benefit from high-income parents where the higher earner earns £60,000 or more, the HICBC helps to ensure the sustainability of the public finances and protect our vital public services. Information on the number of households that ha...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels and Offshore IndustryDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to (a) end fossil fuel subsidies and (b) provide support for people working in the oil and gas industry to transition to other sectors.
Answer: The UK joined the Coalition on Phasing out Fossil Fuel Subsidies (COFFIS) at COP29, which demonstrates the UK’s continued engagement on fossil fuel subsidy reform. The UK has recognised for a long time that our economy will need to become less reliant on ...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: TrainingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to allocate funds toward supporting the re-training of oil and gas workers.
Answer: DESNZ has established the Office for Clean Energy Jobs (OCEJ) to ensure that clean energy jobs are abundant, high quality, paid fairly, and have favourable terms and good working conditions. Through OCEJ we have launched several pilot initiatives, includi...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: TrainingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to support the re-training of oil and gas workers to help them transition to renewable energy.
Answer: By 2030, the clean energy transition could create hundreds of thousands of good new jobs across the UK, with evidence demonstrates that there is a high degree of transferability of skills between oil and gas and renewables roles. The Government recently l...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ParentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how her Department holds records of children with a parent in prison; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding this information in (a) a single and (b) multiple databases.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold records of children with a parent in prison. Where professionals are concerned about a child’s welfare, they consider whether a referral to local authority children’s social care is required and should always refer im...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to limit access to gambling advertising to people with problem gambling.
Answer: This government recognises that while advertising is a legitimate advantage which licensed operators have over unlicensed gambling firms, increased exposure to gambling advertising can have an impact on gambling participation. Some forms of advertising ca...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of creating a young cancer patient travel fund.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for North Cornwall on 24 April 2025 to Question 46605.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) school support workers and (b) other relevant stakeholders in the drafting of the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: Clauses to establish the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) were introduced in Parliament as part of the Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024.The department has policy responsibility for school support staff and the SSSNB. The department w...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to amend regulations on the (a) composition, (b) marketing and (c) labelling of commercial infant and toddler foods, in the context of products with (i) a high nutritional value an
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influences many aspects of well-being in later life.It is vital that we maintain the highest standards for foods consumed by babies and infants, which is why we ha...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: Power FailuresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) risk assessment and (b) contingency plan his Department has produced for the National Grid in the event of a national blackout, in the context of the situation in Spain and Portugal
Answer: Great Britain has a highly resilient energy system, and a total failure of power supplies is assessed in the National Risk Register as a high impact but low likelihood event. In its 75-year history, the National Electricity Transmission System has never e...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will require additional public reporting from water companies placed into (a) special measures or (b) special administration.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular discussions with a range of stakeholders, and representatives, on various issues, including issues related to the water sector in England. As part of our Plan for Change, we have delivered on our promise to put water c...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a statutory obligation for water companies in special measures to prioritise environmental repair in their restructuring plans.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular discussions with a range of stakeholders, and representatives, on various issues, including issues related to the water sector in England. As part of our Plan for Change, we have delivered on our promise to put water c...
Answered 15 May 2025
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