Matt Turmaine MP: written questions

Written questions

• Equal Pay: Ethnic GroupsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 900644More

  Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle pay disparities for ethnic minority people.

  Answer: A person’s race or ethnicity should never be a barrier to opportunity. In March, we published the ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting consultation response and will bring forward legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows. We plan to conduct ...

  Answered 24 Jun 2026

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• National School of Government and Public ServicesCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 900600More

  Question: What progress he has made on establishing the National School of Government and Public Services.

  Answer: The National School of Government and Public Services is on track to launch this year.We will be moving away from outsourced government training contracts and, as we promised at the last General Election, provide better value for money for the taxpayer.As...

  Answered 29 Jun 2026

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• Renewable Energy: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 900221More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the outcome of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 on energy security.

  Answer: Allocation Round 7 secured over 14 GW of new low carbon electricity including over 8 GW of offshore wind. This homegrown generation boosts energy security by reducing exposure to volatile international gas markets, providing long term price certainty for ...

  Answered 2 Jun 2026

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• Film: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 908474More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on support for the film industry in Northern Ireland.

  Answer: This Government knows how important the film industry is, and that is why it is at the heart of our Industrial Strategy.Northern Ireland has world class creative talent - I got to see that up close at the recent Netflix premiere of How to Get to Heaven fr...

  Answered 25 Mar 2026

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• Equal Pay: DisabilityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904712More

  Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle pay disparities for disabled people.

  Answer: Tackling pay disparities for disabled people is a priority for this government.The King’s Speech announced our intention to legislate to introduce mandatory disability pay gap reporting for large employers and to make the right to equal pay effective for ...

  Answered 18 Jun 2025

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• Temporary Accommodation: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904483More

  Question: What steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of children in temporary accommodation.

  Answer: We are delivering the biggest increase to social and affordable housing in a generation. We have also invested almost £1 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. And we are developing a cross-government strategy to get us back on track to ending...

  Answered 9 Jun 2025

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• Israel: HamasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904091More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help restore the ceasefire in Gaza.

  Answer: We welcome the news that US-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander will be released. We thank Qatar and Egypt for their support in bringing Edan out. We call on all parties to use this opportunity to re-engage with negotiations to ensure a lasting ceasefire is im...

  Answered 14 May 2025

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• Public Sector: FraudCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 903729More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce fraud in the public sector.

  Answer: In January, the government introduced the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill as part of the biggest fraud crackdown in a generation. The measures in the Bill will give us more tools to combat fraud, recover public money and allow the gove...

  Answered 24 Apr 2025

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• CrossbowsHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37526More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward further regulation of the sale of (a) crossbows and (b) crossbow arrow heads.

  Answer: We are actively considering the introduction of further controls around crossbows and broadhead arrows. This follows a call for evidence on strengthening controls on crossbows on public safety grounds which ran from 14 February to 9 April 2024.It tested i...

  Answered 19 Mar 2025

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