Matt Vickers MP: written questions 2025
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Active Travel: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of active-travel funding allocations to local authorities.
Answer: Active travel funding allocations are based on capability level as assessed through Active Travel England’s annual capability ratings process. The ratings are used to allocate funding and to provide the right support to authorities to help them develop ca...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: North EastDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of the reliability of regional rail services serving the North East.
Answer: Rail North Partnership, through which the Department and Transport for the North jointly manage Northern Trains’ and TransPennine Express’ contracts, works closely with these operators, as the Department does with intercity operators, and Mayor McGuiness ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVideo Games: TrainingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase digital skills within the video-games sector.
Answer: The Government is making the UK the best place in the world to create video games, having identified the creative industries as one of eight priority sectors in the industrial strategy. We understand that digital skills are a key part of this.The governme...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Investment FundDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Investment Fund in improving community facilities.
Answer: The Youth Investment Fund is supporting the delivery of over 250 new and refurbished youth facilities across England, in less advantaged areas, so young people can regularly attend activities in welcoming, fit-for-purpose youth centres.The Department for ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: ApprenticesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase participation in creative apprenticeships in the North East.
Answer: The government is committed to empowering local leaders to take decisions related to their local skills needs. As part of this, DCMS is providing £25m to the North East Strategic Authority through the Creative Places Growth Fund. This will allow areas to ...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: EnergyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resilience of local sports clubs in the context of energy prices.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting local sports clubs and recognises their importance to communities up and down the country. The Government provides the majority of support for grassroots sport in England through its Arm’s Length Body Sport Englan...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: ConservationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support is being provided to heritage sites affected by severe weather and coastal erosion.
Answer: Support is being provided to heritage sites affected by severe weather and coastal erosion through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Arms Length Bodies, Historic England (HE) and the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF). In recent years, HE h...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: BroadcastingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions have taken place with broadcasters on improving access to live sports coverage for people without subscription services.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring access to live sporting events so that they can be enjoyed by a wide audience. However, this must also be balanced with the ability of sports National Governing Bodies and rightsholders to generate reve...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps are being taken to promote British creative sector exports over the next three years.
Answer: Over the next three years, the UK government will boost creative sector exports by increasing trade missions, targeting new and traditional markets, and expanding export finance through UK Export Finance (UKEF). In 2024/25, UKEF provided £14.5 billion in ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSportsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of regional disparities in access to elite sports pathways.
Answer: Elite pathways are designed and operated by National Governing Bodies and are independent from the Government. Widening access is a condition of the public funding they receive. All funded sports must publish Diversity and Inclusion Action Plans and show ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMuseums and Galleries: Economic GrowthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential contribution of independent museums to local economic growth.
Answer: Drawing on external analysis, the Department considers independent museums as key to local economic growth. Museums form an integral part of the Creative Industries, driving innovation across the economy. By animating high streets and communities through ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on expanding access to youth cultural programmes in areas with historically low participation.
Answer: The Government has taken a number of steps to expand youth access to cultural programmes in under-served areas. Arts Council England (ACE) is targeting 54 areas in England where cultural engagement and investment have been historically low through its Pri...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTheatre: Government AssistanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support regional theatres with operational costs.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role that the arts, including regional theatre, play for people and communities in all parts of this country, and delivers funding to theatres primarily through Arts Council England (ACE). ACE’s National Portfolio Organ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the distribution of grassroots sports funding between urban and coastal towns.
Answer: The Government is investing £98 million in grassroots sports facilities to support increased participation across the UK via the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme in 2025/26. Projects funded through the programme include new artificial grass pit...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGround RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made a recent estimate of the market value of properties subject to a ground rent of more than £250 in each of the last five years.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 73504 on 15 September 2025.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGround RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of properties whose ground rent has been raised to over £250 each year, in the last five years.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 73504 on 15 September 2025.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for a practical driving test at driving test centres in (a) Darlington, (b) Middlesbrough (c) Hartlepool,(d) Northallerton and (e) England in the latest period for which data i
Answer: The average waiting time in weeks, as of October 2025, for driving test centres in (a) Darlington, (b) Middlesbrough (c) Hartlepool (d) Northallerton and (e) England, can be found in the table below. LocationAverage Waiting Times Oct 25Darlington23.0 Week...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGround RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of long leases that have been turned into Assured Shorthold Tenancies because their ground rent was increased to more than £25
Answer: My Department does not hold data on long leases that have been treated as assured shorthold tenancies as a result of ground rent increases. Nor does it hold data on the number of leases that have been forfeited due to ground rent arrears.The government ha...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGround RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of leases that have been forfeited because the leaseholder fell into ground rent arrears of 3 months in each of the last five
Answer: My Department does not hold data on long leases that have been treated as assured shorthold tenancies as a result of ground rent increases. Nor does it hold data on the number of leases that have been forfeited due to ground rent arrears.The government ha...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHazardous Substances: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Environment Agency on the regulation of hazardous waste storage at industrial sites in Teesside.
Answer: Industrial sites must only store hazardous waste in accordance with an environmental permit.
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Waste: North EastDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of permitted landfill capacity for industrial waste in the North East.
Answer: The Environment Agency publishes data of landfill capacity on an annual basis which can be accessed here: Remaining Landfill Capacity - data.gov.uk
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLandfill Tax: Waste ManagementTreasuryTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87456More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reforms to the Landfill Tax on businesses engaged in environmentally-responsible waste (a) treatment and (b) recycling.
Answer: The Government recently consulted on proposals to reform Landfill Tax to ensure the regime remains effective in encouraging waste to be diverted away from landfill and to support the Government’s circular economy objectives. As part of the consultation, t...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLandfill Tax: Tees ValleyTreasuryTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87455More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent changes to Landfill Tax rates on chemical manufacturing operations in Teesside.
Answer: The Government recently consulted on proposals to reform Landfill Tax to ensure the regime remains effective in encouraging waste to be diverted away from landfill and to support the Government’s circular economy objectives. As part of the consultation, t...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation and Repatriation: PaymentsHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many number payments were made to people (i) deported and (ii) voluntarily returned under Home Office schemes since July 2024; and what the value of those payments were.
Answer: The Home Office publishes all available information on returns expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and accounts at Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)The number of foreign national offenders re...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: PaymentsHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of deported individuals received financial assistance to leave since July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office publishes all available information on returns expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and accounts at Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)The number of foreign national offenders re...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
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