Martin Wrigley MP: written questions 2025
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Schools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46274 on Schools: Uniforms, if she will take steps to provide further support for low income households to assist in the purchase of school uniforms.
Answer: This government recognises that parents are struggling with the cost of uniform and that in England some local authorities provide discretionary grants to help with buying school uniforms in cases of financial hardship.Rather than subsidising expensive un...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a national cardiovascular disease plan.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that fewer lives are lost to the biggest killers, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). That is why, building on the 2019 NHS Long-Term Plan’s commitment to prevent 150,000 heart attacks, strokes, and dementia cas...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46252 on Cars: Lighting, if she will send a copy of the report to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot when it is complete.
Answer: Once the independent research on headlamp glare completes, the research organisation will publish a report on their website which will be accessible to the public. The Department will provide the Honourable Member for Newton Abbot with the weblink to the ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCompetition and Markets Authority: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45218 on Competition and Markets Authority: Public Appointments what steps is he is taking to help ensure adequate (a) scrutiny and (b) accountabilit
Answer: As set out in the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) Framework Agreement, the performance of the CMA Chair is reviewed annually by the responsible Director General within the Department for Business and Trade in accordance with the Chair’s duties a...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce regional differences in access to pharmacies.
Answer: For 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework has been increased to £3.073 billion. This represents the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service, over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26.The Pharmacy Acc...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of pharmacies above 10,000.
Answer: For 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework has been increased to £3.073 billion. This represents the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service, over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26.The Pharmacy Acc...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that planned reforms to social care help tackle barriers for (a) deafblind people and (b) other disabled people with complex needs.
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges facing the adult social care system, and that people are suffering without the care they need or fighting a complicated system just to receive poor quality care.The independent commission into adult social care, ch...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Hearing Impairment and Visual ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that deafblind people are able to access care needs assessments.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support (Assessment) Regulations 2014, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that deafblind people in their area access the right care and support. This includes making contact with, and keeping a record o...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Hearing Impairment and Visual ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that deafblind people are able to access appropriate social care.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support (Assessment) Regulations 2014, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that deafblind people in their area access the right care and support. This includes making contact with, and keeping a record o...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMetals: ImportsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of (i) lithium, (ii) nickel, (iii) cobalt, (iv) manganese and (v) graphite entering the UK from international
Answer: The UK is committed to promoting responsible business practice to reduce and prevent human rights violations. We work through a number of international mechanisms to deliver on this, including supporting the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Deve...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMetals: ImportsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of (a) lithium, (b) nickel, (c) cobalt, (d) manganese and (e) graphite imports come from mining operations that commit human rights violations.
Answer: The UK is committed to promoting responsible business practice to reduce and prevent human rights violations. We work through a number of international mechanisms to deliver on this, including supporting the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Deve...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMetals: ImportsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will ensure that imports of (a) lithium, (b) nickel, (c) cobalt, (d) manganese and (e) graphite do not come from mining operations that commit human rights violations.
Answer: The UK is committed to promoting responsible business practice to reduce and prevent human rights violations. We work through a number of international mechanisms to deliver on this, including supporting the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Deve...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMining: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that the mining of (a) lithium, (b) nickel, (c) cobalt, (d) manganese and (e) graphite is (i) sustainable and (ii) does not negatively impact net zero targets.
Answer: While recognising these critical minerals are crucial for the energy transition, Government supports efforts to reduce the environmental impact of mining operations themselves. At present, the UK only has mining operations for lithium. As with any UK dome...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45216 on Visas: Ukraine, if she will take steps to ensure financial reasons are not used as a factor when deciding to give Ukrainians indefinite lea
Answer: The UK continues to provide Ukrainian nationals and their family members, where they qualify, a specific route so that they are able to seek sanctuary in the UK. Permission to stay in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme provides entitleme...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Nationals: Voting RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing EU citizens with settled status in the UK the right to vote in local and parliamentary elections.
Answer: EU citizens who were legally resident in the UK prior to withdrawal from the EU, or whose countries have a bilateral reciprocal voting rights agreement with the UK, can vote in local elections in England and Northern Ireland. Citizens of EU Member States ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Circular Economy Taskforce on reducing waste in his Department.
Answer: On 27 March, the Secretary of State gave a speech on circular economy to leading industry practitioners, in which he announced that the Government’s upcoming Circular Economy Strategy for England will focus first on five priority sectors: agrifood; built ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the repair and re-use economy.
Answer: This Government committed in its manifesto to reducing waste by moving to a Circular Economy. Defra recognises that repair and re-use are fundamental tenets of any circular economy, and a successful circular transition will deliver increased supply chain ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Electronic EquipmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce e-waste.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy. We have convened a Circular Economy Taskforce to help us develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England. The Strategy will be supported by a series of roadmaps detailing the interventi...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Disclosure of InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have left the NHS in (a) Devon & Cornwall and (b) the UK under non-disclosure agreements.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of National Health Service staff who have left the NHS in Devon and Cornwall or across England under non-disclosure agreements.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) Operation Scorpion and (b) other initiatives in reducing drug trafficking and county lines activity in Devon and Cornwall.
Answer: Through the County Lines Programme, we will continue to target exploitative drug dealing gangs and break the organised crime groups behind the trade. To deliver our pledge to halve knife crime in the next decade it is crucial that we tackle the drug gangs...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) disrupt county lines operations and (b) reduce exploitation of vulnerable people in Devon and Cornwall.
Answer: Through the County Lines Programme, we will continue to target exploitative drug dealing gangs and break the organised crime groups behind the trade. To deliver our pledge to halve knife crime in the next decade it is crucial that we tackle the drug gangs...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Newton AbbotDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide additional funding for pothole repair in Newton Abbot constituency.
Answer: This Government takes the condition of our country’s roads very seriously and is committed to supporting local highway authorities in maintaining and renewing the local highway network and tackling the maintenance backlog.Devon County Council is the highw...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ParentsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28734 on Prisoners: Parents, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of having a parent in prison on SAT performances; and whether
Answer: The department does not hold information on the impact of having a parent in prison on end of key stage 2 attainment nor does it carry out such analysis.The purpose of the end of key stage 2 assessments is to understand pupils' attainment, including areas...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP Channings Wood: Prison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Rapid Deployment Cells are in use at Channings Wood.
Answer: Whilst there are not any Rapid Deployment Cells (RDCs) currently in use at HMP Channings Wood, there are 30 RDCs in construction at the site. We expect these to be operational by the end of 2025.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSewage: ShaldonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce sewage discharges at Shaldon.
Answer: For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Act. The Act will drive meaningful improvem...
Answered 6 May 2025
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