Matt Vickers MP: written questions

Written questions

• Winter Fuel Payment: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18407More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment on trends in the level of pensioners living in (a) relative and (b) absolute

  Answer: On 19 November, Secretary of State wrote to the Work and Pensions Select Committee to share internal government modelling produced by the Department outlining estimates of the number of pensioners estimated to move into poverty as a result of the policy c...

  Answered 18 Dec 2024

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• Sales: RegulationTreasuryTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18228More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending deemed reseller rules to cover UK-established sellers.

  Answer: Since 1 January 2021 overseas sellers, or online marketplaces where they facilitate the sale, are required to be registered and account for VAT for supplies of low value imports of £135 or less. Where an overseas seller sells goods located in the UK at th...

  Answered 13 Dec 2024

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• Transport: Tees ValleyDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17902More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains Government policy to provide £978 million funding for transport projects in Tees Valley.

  Answer: Investment in the North’s transport infrastructure is of great importance and City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) has a key role to play in continuing to transform local transport across the region. The Government recently committed a fu...

  Answered 9 Dec 2024

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• Regeneration: Stockton on TeesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17265More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding Thornaby on Tees will receive from the (a) Town Deal programme and (b) long-term plan for towns.

  Answer: The Towns Fund has allocated £23.9 million pounds to Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council to deliver 4 projects in the Thornaby area. The projects are now being delivered as part of the Simplification Pathfinder Pilot, a model that brings local growth funding...

  Answered 10 Dec 2024

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• Neighbourhood Policing: PowersHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1048More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers have confidence in their ability to (a) appropriately use force and (b) use other powers available to them for community policing.

  Answer: Police officers have the power to use force where it is reasonable, proportionate and necessary to do so.Oversight of police use of force is provided by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and any death or serious injury during or following police ...

  Answered 30 Jul 2024

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