Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Academies: Finance and LeadershipDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve transparency in the (a) governance, (b) financial decision-making and (c) scrutiny of leadership in academy trusts.
Answer: High and rising standards are at the heart of this government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and ensure every child has the best life chances. Accountability is non-negotiable. This is why the government has committed to bring multi-acade...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that trustees of academy trusts receive the (a) training and (b) support they need to provide effective oversight.
Answer: The Academy Trust Handbook states that trust boards should identify the skills and experience required to hold the executive to account. This includes financial knowledge. Trust boards are responsible for encouraging trustees’ professional development and...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: Finance and LeadershipDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure accountability in (a) financial management and (b) strategic leadership in academy trusts.
Answer: High and rising standards are at the heart of this government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and ensure every child has the best life chances. Accountability is non-negotiable. This is why the government has committed to bring multi-acade...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to academy trusts on executive pay.
Answer: The primary responsibility for the financial oversight of academy trusts, including setting executive pay, rests with the trustees themselves. Academy trusts are delivering a high standard of financial management and governance. The latest published data ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a process for (a) reviewing and (b) approving executive pay rises in multi-academy trusts.
Answer: The primary responsibility for the financial oversight of academy trusts, including setting executive pay, rests with the trustees themselves. Academy trusts are delivering a high standard of financial management and governance. The latest published data ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of executive pay in academy trusts where schools (a) are in financial deficit and (b) have made frontline staff redundancies.
Answer: The primary responsibility for the financial oversight of academy trusts, including setting executive pay, rests with the trustees themselves. Academy trusts are delivering a high standard of financial management and governance. The latest published data ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to (a) ring-fence and (b) increase funding for school infrastructure where buildings are assessed as structurally unsound.
Answer: The government has given a long-term commitment for capital investment through to 2034/35 to improve the condition of schools and colleges across England, including those which may have structural issues.The department is investing almost £3 billion per y...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools that have had to (a) reduce subjects, (b) rely on non-specialist teaching staff and (c) remove extracurricular opportunities due to funding shortfalls.
Answer: School funding is increasing by £3.7 billion in the 2025/26 financial year, and a further £4.2 billion by 2028/29, reaching £69.5 billion. This will provide an above real terms per pupil increase on the core schools budget and help transform the special e...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support academies with multimillion-pound deficits.
Answer: The department supports all academy trusts to have the capability to manage their resources effectively by providing high quality advice, tools, support and development to help schools protect against financial difficulty and enable excellent school resou...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Lost PropertyDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will establish a national luggage return scheme for passengers who lose luggage on board a Great British Railways service.
Answer: Great British Railways will bring the track, train and rail estate together under one organisation. This will enable it to adapt and create a system to better suit passenger needs more effectively. We are working closely with industry on opportunities to ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Countries: VisasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will have discussions with her EU counterparts on exempting UK residents from obtaining a European Travel Information and Authorisation System travel permit before ent
Answer: While the UK supports the security aims of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and other measures the EU is implementing to modernise its border, we have consistently engaged EU counterparts to seek to minimise disruption for ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Corporal PunishmentDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 58 of the Children Act 2004, if she will take legislative steps to remove the defence of reasonable punishment for parents.
Answer: The landmark Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, a key part of the government’s Plan for Change, represents the most transformative piece of child protection legislation in a generation, including wholesale reform of the children’s social care system a...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPostural Tachycardia Syndrome: DevonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support patients with postural tachycardia syndrome in Devon.
Answer: Many patients with postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) can be diagnosed and managed effectively within primary care. In complex cases, or where patients do not respond to initial treatment, patients may be referred to specialised cardiology or neurology ...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to implement a centralised issuance with decentralised data architecture model for a national digital identity system.
Answer: The Government will launch a public consultation on the new digital ID credential by the end of the year, seeking views on the design, build and delivery of the system.We will work closely with expert stakeholders, including the Information Commissioner’s...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to fund the access to work programme for the rest of this parliament.
Answer: We are pleased to confirm continued funding for the Access to Work Scheme, which helps disabled people and those with health conditions to stay and remain in the workplace. Funding has been secured to continue the scheme for the entire Spending Review per...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceHome OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 19 August 2025 with case reference MW09759.
Answer: The Minister for Policing and Crime has replied on 15 October.
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 26 August 2025 with case reference MW09650.
Answer: A reply was sent to the hon. Member by the Minister of State for Social Security and Disability, on behalf of the Secretary of State, on 17 October 2025.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 21 August 2025 with case reference MW09328.
Answer: A response was sent on 15 October 2025. I apologise for the delay.
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 9 September 2025 with case reference MW10038.
Answer: I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member's correspondence. The Minister for International Development issued a response to the hon. Member on 16 October.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWest of England LineDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support (a) South Western Railway and (b) Network Rail in improving the West of England mainline to prevent soil moisture deficits impacting rail journeys on that route.
Answer: The Department is in regular discussion with South Western Railway and Network Rail on the monitoring of conditions on the West of England Line to ensure services are restored as soon as it is safe to do so. Once soil moisture levels improve and the groun...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: SoftwareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) couples and (b) families are able to use the same email when signing up for the NHS app.
Answer: Instead of sharing an email, the NHS App supports proxy access through linked profiles, enabling parents or carers to manage health services for children or dependents through properly configured access. The registered email address and multi-factor authe...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: School LibrariesDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Libraries for Primaries campaign.
Answer: The department welcomes the work of the Libraries for Primaries campaign and others, who work to support children’s reading. On 29 September, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, committed over £10 million in funding to guarantee a libra...
Answered 18 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: School LibrariesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to provide funding for all state primary schools to have a library.
Answer: As funding for this initiative will come from the Dormant Assets Scheme over which the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responsibility, your question has been transferred to my Department. This government fully recognises the transformational p...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether modelling of the number of clinicians needed to meet patient needs will help inform the proposed 10-year Workforce Plan.
Answer: We will publish a 10-Year Workforce Plan to create a workforce ready to deliver a transformed service. The 10-Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients,...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSewersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 52410 on Sewers, if she will set out the current (a) legal and (b) regulatory framework governing the (i) adoption, (ii) maintenance a
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires all development to utilise Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) where they could have drainage impacts. These systems should be appropriate to the nature and scale of the proposed development. See para...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
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