Martin Wrigley MP: written questions 2025
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Refugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to grant an automatic extension of 18 months to all Ukraine Scheme visas.
Answer: We recognise the Ukrainian government’s desire for the future return of its citizens to Ukraine. It is important our approach respects these wishes. This is why the temporary sanctuary Ukraine Visa Schemes do not lead to settlement in the UK. Similarly, t...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long visa terms for the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme are.
Answer: We recognise the Ukrainian government’s desire for the future return of its citizens to Ukraine. It is important our approach respects these wishes. This is why the temporary sanctuary Ukraine Visa Schemes do not lead to settlement in the UK. Similarly, t...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many current driving licences that entitle the holder to drive category (a) B and (b) D1 vehicles were issued (a) before and (b) on or after 1 January 1997.
Answer: The table below shows the number of driving licence holders with entitlement to drive category B (car) and D1 (minibuses with between nine and 16 passenger seats). The table also shows whether the entitlement was gained before or after 1 January 1997. Ple...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of tests for (a) D1 and (b) B category licenses resulted in a (i) pass and (ii) fail in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table below shows, for the last five years, the number of:category B (car) practical driving tests conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA);category D1 (minibus) 3b on road practical driving tests conducted by DVSA and delegated exa...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Transport: Driving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 27 March 2025, what the evidential basis is for the statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport that up to 30%
Answer: The statistic of up to 30% of drivers failing the D1 driving test is quoted in the 2022 Driving Licensing Call for Evidence. It is based on data from April 2016 to September 2021, where tests were conducted by DVSA examiners only.Driving test, theory test...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat Western RailwayDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes proposed by Great Western Railway on (a) ticket offices and (b) station staffing.
Answer: Any changes to ticket office opening hours, in relation to regulated stations covered by Schedule 17 of the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement, must be made following the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement conditions and Secretary of State guidance. The S...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to (a) strengthen and (b) enforce regulations on gambling advertising.
Answer: There are a range of robust rules in place through the Advertising Codes enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ensure that gambling advertising and marketing, wherever it appears, is socially responsible and does not exacerbate harm. Th...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Newton AbbotDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with Crosscountry trains on increasing capacity on rail routes in Newton Abbot constituency.
Answer: The Department has funded 12 additional Voyager trains (60 carriages) for the CrossCountry network. Three trains are already in service with the next one due to be brought into service in April. The remaining eight trains are due to enter service with Cro...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Newton AbbotDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that the existing level of funding for Education and Health Care Plans will be provided in Newton Abbot constituency in 2025-26.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Newton Abbot to the answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 35870.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's DiseaseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the Parkinson's UK Parky Charter.
Answer: We acknowledge the challenges that neurology services have been facing, particularly regarding the workforce, delays to treatment and care, and the lack of information and support that some patients have experienced. However, whilst no assessment has been...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to provide adequate funding for the warm homes local grant.
Answer: £500 million has been allocated as part of the Autumn Budget for the Warm Homes: Local Grant to be delivered from 2025 to 2028 by eligible local authorities in England. Allocations of this funding to local authorities that expressed an interest in partici...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of nurses on a bursary unable to find nursing jobs after graduating.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Newton AbbotDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-opening the railway line between Heathfield and Newton Abbot.
Answer: There are no current plans to make an assessment of reopening the railway line between Heathfield and Newton Abbot. The Government believes that local authorities are best placed to promote and take forward transport schemes that will most benefit their l...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDogs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make importing dogs with cropped ears illegal.
Answer: The Government recently announced its support for the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill, a Private Members’ Bill sponsored by the hon. Member for Winchester. The Bill will give the Government powers to prevent the supply of low-welfar...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the Single Transferrable Vote system in English local elections.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 23541 on 22 January 2025.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with religious leaders on the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme.
Answer: The Government holds a range of meetings with representatives of religious organisations.DCMS officials have discussed the changes with the Church of England and Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Ministers have also exchanged correspondence and met with repre...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not funding the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme beyond 2026 on those places of worship.
Answer: Future Government spending is a matter for the 2026 Spending Review.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure that the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme continues beyond 2026.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 29531.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: Local GovernmentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities are carrying out their statutory duty to deliver youth services.
Answer: Local authorities hold the statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people. Local Authorities fund youth services from their Local Government Sett...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in youth service funding on young people.
Answer: Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient youth services for young people in their area. This is funded through the Local Government Funding Settlement.We acknowledge the challenges facing the secto...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure long-term sustainable funding for youth services.
Answer: The Government will publish the National Youth Strategy this summer. The detail and scale of the funding commitments included in the strategy will be shaped by engagement with young people and the youth sector and will be dependent on Spending Review deci...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Social Metrics Commission's report entitled Measuring Poverty 2024, published in October 2024, if she will undertake a review of the finding that 47 per cent of families with at le
Answer: The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts. As part of our Plan for Change we're introducing the most far-reaching reforms in a generation...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Social Metrics Commission's report entitled Measuring Poverty 2024, published in October 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's pol
Answer: The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts. As part of our Plan for Change we're introducing the most far-reaching reforms in a generation...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to extend the application window for the Ukrainian Permission Extension scheme to three months.
Answer: The 28-day window for applications to be submitted enables effective operational planning across all visa routes and helps to ensure sufficient biometric enrolment capacity across all routes, which ultimately allows us to deliver the most efficient servic...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFood BanksDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Trussell Trust entitled Almost one in five people receiving Universal Credit and disability benefits used a food bank in the last month, published on 7 March 2025, if
Answer: No one should have to turn to a food bank. This is why we are committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We know that good work can significantly reduce the chances of people falling into poverty. As set out in the...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
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