Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Personal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people will be consulted on the Timms review plan in Devon.
Answer: We are committed to co-producing the review with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, clinicians, experts, Members of Parliament and other stakeholders to ensure that a wide range of views and voices are heard. We have engaged over the ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals, (b) businesses and (c) disability rights groups will the Timms review consult.
Answer: We are committed to co-producing the review with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, clinicians, experts, Members of Parliament and other stakeholders to ensure that a wide range of views and voices are heard. We have engaged over the ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporation Tax and VAT: RegistrationTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74943More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what performance indicators are used by the HMRC for the registration of (a) VAT registration numbers and (b) corporation tax authentication codes; and how often such targets were met in each of the last three years
Answer: HMRC aim to process 80% of VAT registration applications within 40 working days of receipt.They processed 80.25% of VAT registrations within 40 days of receipt in 2022/23, 88.08% in 2023/24 and 94.73% in 2024/25.Improving day-to-day performance is a key p...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporation Tax and VAT: RegistrationTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74942More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken by HMRC to issue (a) Corporation Tax Authentication Codes and (b) VAT registration numbers on small businesses; and what steps she
Answer: HMRC aim to process 80% of VAT registration applications within 40 working days of receipt.They processed 80.25% of VAT registrations within 40 days of receipt in 2022/23, 88.08% in 2023/24 and 94.73% in 2024/25.Improving day-to-day performance is a key p...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: Liquefied Natural GasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to stop UK (a) owned and (b) insured LNG carriers from transporting Russian products.
Answer: The UK has taken extensive action to limit energy revenues that fund Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. This includes Russian revenues from Liquified Natural Gas (LNG). Importing Russian LNG into the UK has been prohibited since January 2023. We contin...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot dated 24 July 2025.
Answer: I issued a response to the Hon. Member on 18 August.
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot dated 24 July 2025.
Answer: The former minister responded to the hon. Member’s enquiry via correspondence on 29 August. I have sent a copy of the response to his office for reference.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceWomen and EqualitiesTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74810More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 16 July 2025 from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot.
Answer: The Government is committed to transparency and accountability, including through clear and timely responses to correspondence. I can confirm that your correspondence to the Minister for Women & Equalities dated 16 July has been passed to me, as the n...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Statement on Strengthening border security and reforms to the asylum system of 1 September 2025, whether applicants to the Ukrainian Permission Extension scheme who applied in Sp
Answer: On 1 September, the Home Secretary announced in parliament that the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme (UPE) would be extended for an additional 24 months to enable those eligible to obtain a further period of permission following their initial permissio...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Internally Displaced PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2025 to Question 30304 on Gaza: Internally Displaced People, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people displaced fro
Answer: It has been estimated that at least 90 per cent of Gaza's population of 1.9 million has been displaced, many of whom have been displaced several times, that 92 per cent of housing units have been destroyed and 1.4 million people are currently in desperate...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June to Question 59824 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid, whether his Department has had discussions with the International Maritime Organisation on the
Answer: No.
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June to Question 59825 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid, what diplomatic steps his Department has taken to help ensure freedom of navigation in the East
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 13 October to Question 77868.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken is for GP practices to secure funding for expansion through ICBs; and how his Department plans to reduce that time.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of strategic, value for money investments in capital projects, such as new facilities, significant upgrades, or other targeted capital investments.There is no average time for securing funding for expansions as eac...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions NHS England has had with ICBs on the number of GP surgery expansion applications awaiting capital funding.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future, and we recognise delivering high quality NHS healthcare requires the right infrastructure in the right places.Surgery expansion and new builds are considered b...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: Integrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that local decision-making by ICBs is in line with national strategic priorities for primary care infrastructure growth.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future, and we recognise delivering high quality NHS healthcare requires the right infrastructure in the right places.Surgery expansion and new builds are considered b...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with ICBs on providing GP practices with (a) clearer and (b) more transparent criteria on the approval process for (i) surgery expansion and (ii) new builds.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future, and we recognise delivering high quality NHS healthcare requires the right infrastructure in the right places.Surgery expansion and new builds are considered b...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered introducing a ring-fenced national funding stream to support the expansion of GP surgeries in (a) high-growth and (b) underserved areas.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) to ensure that the National Health Service estate is fit for purpose, in order to meet the needs of the local population.General practices (GPs) are independent contractors, which, alongside IC...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of regional variances in GP surgery expansion approvals under the integrated care board-led funding mechanism.
Answer: Primary care funding is formulated within NHS England allocations, which account for elements of population growth and other factors such as weighted need. The allocations process uses a statistical formula to make geographic distribution fair and objecti...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is working with integrated care boards to help tackle potential barriers for GP partnerships when seeking funding for (a) new premises and (b) expansion under the capital funding
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) to ensure that the National Health Service estate is fit for purpose, in order to meet the needs of the local population.General practices (GPs) are independent contractors, which, alongside IC...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the funding model administered by integrated care boards supports (a) long-term infrastructure planning for primary care and (b) the timely development of new
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) to ensure that the National Health Service estate is fit for purpose, in order to meet the needs of the local population.General practices (GPs) are independent contractors, which, alongside IC...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review capital funding allocation processes for new GP premises, in the context of the potential impact of the integrated care board framework on such expansions.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of strategic, value for money investments in capital projects, such as new general practice (GP) facilities, significant upgrades or other targeted capital investments. The Department is currently reviewing capital...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current Integrated Care Board (ICB)-led funding model in supporting the expansion of GP surgeries in areas with rapidly growing populations.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the requirement for the physical expansion of general practice premises to manage additional patient registrations. ICBs will also undertake assessments of housing plans and develop strategic pla...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAudit and Corporate GovernanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to present the Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill during this parliamentary session.
Answer: Due to the current volume of legislation before Parliament, the Government will not publish a draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill this session. We will improve our proposals further through consultation on the details with stakeholders in the...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 8 July 2025.
Answer: I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member’s correspondence about solar farms on green spaces, reference MW09123. I issued a response to the hon. Member on 2 September.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve multiple sclerosis services in NHS hospitals in Devon.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services for their local populations, including for multiple sclerosis (MS). The Government expects ICBs to assess the demand for service provision when designing their local services.Nationa...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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