Martin Wrigley MP: written questions 2025
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Sustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long a period of notice was given to stakeholders before the closure of SFI.
Answer: To ensure fair access, and to avoid the risk of overspend, we could not give any advance notice to avoid creating a sudden increase in the level of demand. Whilst we aim to give notice where possible (and we are aware the application service mentioned thi...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOld Oak Common StationDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all trains on the Great Western Mainline will be required to call at the proposed Old Oak Common station.
Answer: Future timetables for Great Western services will be continuously developed in the years to come, and timetable option assessment always evaluates the options for calling at Old Oak Common; but GWR trains will only stop there when there are good reasons f...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29983 on Parking: Fees and Charges, whether she has had discussions with parking companies on the potential impact of a par
Answer: My officials have regular meetings with both parking Trade Associations and representatives for motorists. Meetings with the Trade Associations are scheduled monthly, and meetings with the motorist group are quarterly. In addition to regular meetings, my ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse MaterialDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment o strengthening protections from AI-generated CSAM by introducing a statutory duty for all Generative AI developers to (a) complete a risk assessment and (
Answer: AI generated child sexual abuse images are illegal material. It is an offence to produce, store or share any material that contains or depicts child sexual abuse, regardless of whether the material depicts a real child or not.The Online Safety Act places ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to protect children against the risks of generative-AI content on small websites.
Answer: AI generated content is regulated by the Online Safety Act where it is shared on an in-scope service and constitutes illegal content or content which is harmful to children. Providers who publish pornographic content must protect children from that conten...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will put a statutory duty on small websites to prevent putting children at risk of (a) sexual extortion, (b) grooming and (c) generating child sexual abuse images.
Answer: The Online Safety Act creates new duties on online services to protect users from being harmed by illegal content and activity. The strongest duties are to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation (CSEA) and to stop child sexual abuse material ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will introduce legislation to put a statutory duty on generative AI developers to (a) complete risk assessments for and (b) mitigate risks of contributing to illegal activity.
Answer: We remain committed to introducing targeted rules on companies developing the most powerful AI models to ensure we can realise the benefits of these systems safely.The Central AI Risk Function continues to identify, assess and prepare for risks associated...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of levels of funding available to GPs following (a) the new GP contract for 2025-26 and (b) changes to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: We have made necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ Nati...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on the new GP contract.
Answer: We have made necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ Nati...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set a target date for reopening the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Answer: We will be reforming the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer to direct funding towards SFI actions which are most appropriate for the least productive land and have the strongest case for enduring public investment. We expect to publish more informa...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: ExpenditureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what processes his Department has in place to monitor budgeted agriculture spend.
Answer: We monitor forecasts against the current year budget on an ongoing basis and respond accordingly to maximise the amount that can be delivered. We committed to spending £2.6 billion in 24/25 and are on track to deliver that having responded to a number of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to return to budget management mechanisms from the Common Agricultural Policy.
Answer: No. The farming budget for each financial year is set through Government's Spending Reviews and managed by established in-year mechanisms.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason his Department did not give six weeks’ notice when closing Sustainable Farming Incentive applications.
Answer: To ensure fair access, and to avoid the risk of overspend, we could not give any advance notice to avoid creating a sudden increase in the level of demand. Whilst we aim to give notice where possible (and we are aware the application service mentioned thi...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: GrantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to open capital grants in summer 2025.
Answer: The Environmental Land Management standalone Capital Grant will re-open in the summer. Other grant schemes, including Higher Tier Capital Grants and Protection and infrastructure grants are open now.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection and Food SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's (a) resources and (b) staff to implement his policies on (i) environment protections and (ii) food security.
Answer: Phase 1 of the Spending Review concluded in October last year and set Defra's budget for 2025-26. Phase 2 of the Spending Review is underway and will set our departmental budgets until 2028-29 for RDEL and 2029-30 for CDEL. All departments are being asked...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Rural Payment Agency’s ability to handle the change announced to SFIs this week.
Answer: As the principal sponsor of the RPA, Defra works closely with RPA officials at every level to provide constructive challenge and support on RPA implementation of policy changes. The RPA’s ability to implement policy changes is well understood and comprehe...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to changes to the Sustainable Farming Incentive, what support communications he plans to send to impacted farming businesses; and what support communications his Departm
Answer: A letter from Minister Zeichner was sent to all farm businesses on 12 March advising them of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive to new applications. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will be writing to impacted farm businesses shortly with mor...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with farmers on the potential impact of changes to (a) basic payments, (b) the Sustainable Farming Initiative, (c) capital grants and (d) higher tier scheme
Answer: The Secretary of State believes in the importance of continued engagement with the sector and has spoken with several farmers since his appointment. Defra ministers and officials will continue to work closely with the farming sector to develop and improve...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's new policy on the Sustainable Farming Incentive, whether he has made an assessment of the availability of private funding to deliver public goods for
Answer: The Government is committed to significantly increasing private investment in nature’s recovery. This will not only help meet our environmental targets but will also create opportunities for farmers and land managers to diversify their business revenues t...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's objectives on support for sustainable farming have changed, in the context of the closure of the SFI scheme.
Answer: We have closed Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for new applications because the current SFI budget has been successfully allocated, with large-scale uptake of the scheme and 37,000 live SFI agreements delivering towards our environmental targets. This...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Areas: DevonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will report on the (a) financial, (b) environmental and (c) social impact of coastal natural capital resources in Devon.
Answer: Defra has not undertaken specific regional surveys on coastal natural capital resources and, therefore, does not hold information on the financial, environmental and social impacts specific to Devon. Defra’s £38 million marine Natural Capital and Ecosyste...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list the stated legal reasons her predecessor Department withdrew the private parking code of practice in 2022.
Answer: The government recognises the need for high standards in the private parking industry and is committed to delivering a Code of Practice, in accordance with The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.The previous government introduced the Private Parking Code...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: Food SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Initiative on food security.
Answer: This Government is proud to have secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a 2-year period. Farm businesses with existing Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) ag...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive on (a) small farms, (b) upland farmers and (c) commoners.
Answer: We publish regular statistics on Farm Business Income. Farming evidence packs for example have been recently updated including key statistics and farm performance. These set out an extensive range of data to provide an overview of agriculture in the UK. W...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Sustainable Farming Incentive on meeting environmental targets for (a) species abundance and (b) improving water qualit
Answer: We have paused the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) ahead of reforming it. This is the third time SFI has been paused. We will confirm plans for the reformed SFI in the summer and we expect that scheme to contribute to these outcomes. There are also te...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
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