Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Written questions
Housing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Housing Benefit was in each of the last ten years.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Health Certificates and Pet Travel SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 34064 on Export Health Certificates and Pet Travel Scheme, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of regulating the co
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on 19 May 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area. This will mean taking pets on holiday into the EU will be easier and cheaper. Instead of needing an animal health...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw and Order: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that decisions made using AI in law enforcement can be (a) explained, (b) reviewed, and (c) challenged.
Answer: It is for operationally independent Chief Constables to decide when and how they use AI-enabled or algorithmic tooling.However, the adoption of these technologies by law enforcement must be lawful, transparent, ethical and underpinned by robust data and g...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has issued guidance to government Departments on the (a) procurement and (b) use of non-deterministic AI models in public service delivery.
Answer: DSIT has issued detailed guidance via the AI Playbook for the UK Government on both (a) procurement and (b) use of AI, including forms of non-deterministic AI such as Generative AI.The Buying AI section outlines best practices on engaging commercial teams...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what mechanisms are in place to ensure (a) reproducibility and (b) accountability when AI is used in cross-government digital services.
Answer: The AI Playbook discusses accountability requirements for the use of AI in the public sector, emphasising human validation for high-risk decisions and user-reporting channels for oversight. Transparency is mandated through the Algorithmic Transparency Rec...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: TrainingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether civil servants receive (a) training and (b) guidance on managing the risks of non-deterministic outputs in AI-assisted decision-making.
Answer: DSIT has provided civil servants with both training and guidance on managing the risks of AI, including non-deterministic models such as LLMs. Training includes over 70 free courses on AI fundamentals, ethics, machine learning and generative AI, available...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of using non-deterministic AI in (a) marking, (b) admissions and (c) behaviour prediction on (i) schools and (ii) universities.
Answer: The department aims to use evidence-based technology to reduce the time teachers spend marking, planning and form filling so their drive, energy and passion is fully focused on delivering change for children. The department provided £2 million funding to ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to develop guidance for educational institutions (a) using and (b) procuring AI systems.
Answer: To accompany the Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy paper, the department has published online materials to help educators use AI safely and effectively, developed in partnership with Chiltern Learning Trust and the Chartered College of Teachi...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that non-deterministic outputs from AI tools used in (a) diagnostics and (b) treatment planning can be (i) explained and (ii) validated.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, the majority of artificial intelligence (AI) products being used in health and social care are regulated as medical devices. This means they are subject to stringent safety, performance, and efficacy requirements, primarily set out ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that (a) patients and (b) clinicians are able to (i) understand and (ii) challenge decisions made by non-deterministic AI systems.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, the majority of artificial intelligence (AI) products being used in health and social care are regulated as medical devices. This means they are subject to stringent safety, performance, and efficacy requirements, primarily set out ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on operational trust when non-deterministic AI models produce different outputs from identical inputs.
Answer: The government recognises the importance of operational trust in AI systems. DSIT is building confidence in and driving adoption of AI by supporting a growing, competitive, and dynamic AI assurance ecosystem.By providing ways to measure, evaluate, and com...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if UK defence intelligence will analyse the reported drone attack on the vessel Conscience in international waters to determine the identity of the actors involved.
Answer: I hope the hon. Gentleman will appreciate that the Department does not routinely disclose precise details of intelligence analysis concerning specific incidents.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporate GovernanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that company law prioritises stakeholder primacy over shareholder primacy.
Answer: The Government welcomes suggestions on how to ensure companies consider wider stakeholder interests alongside the needs of stakeholders. As part of this, officials have engaged with industry-led reports such as the Demos report, "The Purpose Dividend...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth West Main Line: DawlishDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21418 on South West Main Line: Dawlish, what criteria she used for the decision not to include funding for phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Program
Answer: Following the Chancellors’s statement on 11 June we are now working to confirm our wider portfolio of rail enhancements, which will be published as part of the government’s commitment to set out its overall infrastructure pipeline.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth West Main Line: DawlishDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 on Question 21418 on South West Mainline: Dawlish, whether she plans to provide funding for phase 5 of the Dawlish south west rail resilience fund.
Answer: Following the Chancellors’s statement on 11 June we are now working to confirm our wider portfolio of rail enhancements, which will be published as part of the government’s commitment to set out its overall infrastructure pipeline.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporate GovernanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had meetings with (i) business representatives and (ii) civil society organisations on changing shareholder primacy into stakeholder prima
Answer: The Government welcomes suggestions on how to ensure companies consider wider stakeholder interests alongside the needs of stakeholders. As part of this, officials have engaged with industry-led reports such as the Demos report, "The Purpose Dividend...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusinessDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of Demos' report entitled The Purpose Dividend, published on 28 November 2023.
Answer: The Government welcomes suggestions on how to ensure companies consider wider stakeholder interests alongside the needs of stakeholders. As part of this, officials have engaged with industry-led reports such as the Demos report, "The Purpose Dividend...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his (a) Israeli and (b) Maltese counterpart on the reported drone attack on the vessel Conscience in international waters.
Answer: His Majesty's Government officials were in touch with the Maltese Authorities regarding the incident and understand there were no casualties and that no British nationals were aboard this vessel. We continue to discuss with Israeli counterparts the urgent...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the seizure of the UK-flagged civilian ship Madleen by Israeli forces in international waters.
Answer: We are aware of the interception of the Madleen and the arrest of its passengers by Israeli Naval Forces. We note that this happened without serious incident or injury to any passenger. We pressed the Israeli authorities in advance of the ship's arrival t...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will launch an investigation into reported drone attacks on the vessel Conscience in international waters off Malta.
Answer: We are aware of an incident in May regarding a vessel off the coast of Malta. His Majesty's Government officials were in touch with the Maltese Authorities regarding the incident and understand there were no casualties and that no British nationals were a...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: CommoditiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to bring into force paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 17 of the Environment Act 2021 on a due diligence regime for forest risk commodities in advance of t
Answer: We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government will set out its approach to addressing UK consumption of forest risk commodities in due course.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: PricesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of supermarket loyalty scheme pricing models on consumers.
Answer: The Department has not made such an assessment. However, in 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) undertook a review into loyalty pricing in the groceries sector, publishing their findings in November 2024. The CMA found that shoppers who are ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: DevonDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to provide funding for the Teign estuary project through the Local Transport Grant.
Answer: At the Spending Review (SR), the government announced £2.3 billion across the SR period for the Local Transport Grant (LTG). Allocations have been published, and Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority have been allocated £40.9m. This is in addition to...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure local authorities are able to require standards in excess of legal minimums as conditions for planning approval.
Answer: Planning conditions attached to the grant of planning permission can be used to require development to meet certain standards. However, as the National Planning Policy Framework states, such conditions should only be imposed where they are necessary, rele...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPower FailuresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 52067 on Power Failures, whether the contingency plans include protection from cyber attacks.
Answer: The Government takes the security of Great Britain’s energy infrastructure extremely seriously and works closely with industry to continually improve and strengthen cyber security resilience. The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill being introduced this su...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
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