Max Wilkinson MP: written questions
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Government Communication Service: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76676More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out the appointment process for the Permanent Secretary, Director of Government Communications.
Answer: The appointment process for the Director of Government Communications followed the process for Permanent Secretary recruitment set out in the Civil Service Recruitment Principles (here, paragraphs 44 - 47). The role was advertised on Civil Service Jobs fr...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Infrastructure Levy and Planning ObligationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to local authorities of developers successfully contesting (a) section 106 agreements and (b) a Community Infrastructure Levy.
Answer: The Planning Inspectorate publish quarterly data on planning appeals, including data on appeals received, decided, and allowed. This can be found on gov.uk here at table 2.8. The government has not undertaken a centralised assessment of costs to local pla...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability AidsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of specialist (a) wheelchairs, (b) beds and (c) armchairs for tall disabled people.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services. National Health Service trusts work with the patient and wheelchair supplier to best meet the patient’s needs and requirements.A typical hospit...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Games FundDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many video games studios have been supported by the UK Games Fund.
Answer: The UK Games Fund (UKGF) provides grant funding to small and medium-sized enterprises in the video games sector for development of new intellectual property, as well as development programmes for new graduate talent. As part of the recently published Crea...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimation and Video Games: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the number of students that undertook undergraduate degrees in Games and Animation in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2023-24 academic years.
Answer: In the 2023/24 academic year, there were 15,450 undergraduate enrolments across all UK higher education (HE) providers in the subject area ‘Computer games and animation’ (common aggregation hierarchy (CAH) subject code 11-01-06).In the 2013/14 academic ye...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVideo Games: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage students to study video game design degrees.
Answer: The government is committed to supporting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects, including computer games design courses, which are vital to the UK’s research base, innovation capacity and Industrial Strategy.For the 2025/26 academic ...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVideo Games: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76670More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of potential impact of the Video Games Expenditure Credit on levels of (a) employment, (b) investment, (c) studio formation and (d) IP development.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of the creative industries, including the key role they play in driving economic growth. Video games jobs are highly productive at nearly double the average national output, and technology developed by games busine...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVideo Games: Foreign Investment in UKDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of Video Games Expenditure Credit on levels of inward investment into the video games industry.
Answer: The Video Games Expenditure Credit was introduced in 2024 to replace the Video Game Tax Relief, modernising the reliefs and ensuring they continue to work as intended to support the video games industry.As set out in the Creative Industries Sector Plan, t...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVideo Games: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76668More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many video games studios have received (a) Video Games Tax Relief and (b) Video Games Expenditure Credit since they were introduced.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of the creative industries, including the key role they play in driving economic growth. Video games jobs are highly productive at nearly double the average national output, and technology developed by games busine...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVideo Games: TrainingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grant funding is available to help support training in small and medium-sized enterprises in the video games development sector.
Answer: The UK Games Fund (UKGF) provides grant funding to small and medium-sized enterprises in the video games sector for development of new intellectual property, as well as development programmes for new graduate talent. As part of the recently published Crea...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceTreasuryTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75705More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department to ensure that 5% of GDP is spent on defence before 2035.
Answer: At the Spending Review, we set budgets taking ‘core’ defence spending to 2.6% by 2027; next Parliament we have an ambition to reach 3% when fiscal and economic conditions allow. Additionally, under the new NATO Defence Investment Pledge, the government ha...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of pay for resident doctors.
Answer: The Government allows the independent Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) to make recommendations on headline pay for doctors, including resident doctors. Within their report they make an assessment on the level of pay with regard to...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential benefit of changing the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence test by (a) using CCTV on test vehicles and (b) introducing detailed written feedback for fail
Answer: No assessment has been made by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) of the benefits of using CCTV on test vehicles, as part of the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC). The existing testing framework for large vehicles alre...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Equipment: Manufacturing IndustriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support defence companies.
Answer: The Defence Industrial Strategy is the defence sector plan for the Modern Industrial Strategy and underlines this Government’s commitment to making defence an engine for growthThe DIS outlines how the Government will back UK-based businesses by launching ...
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is her Department's policy on targets for net migration.
Answer: This Government recognises and values the contribution that legal migration makes to the UK.But under the previous Government, between 2019 and 2024, net migration almost quadrupled, heavily driven by a big increase in overseas recruitment.The Restoring c...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the solar industry.
Answer: The Government supports ground mount solar through its Contracts for Difference scheme, which has supported 7.5GW so far. It supports demand for rooftop solar by various means, including favourable tax treatment, permitted development rights, new building...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of conducting efficiency savings to fund more (a) clinical staff and (b) equipment in the NHS.
Answer: NHS England’s 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance made it clear that the National Health Service must live within the budget it is allocated, reduce waste and increase productivity to deliver growth against demand. The Autumn Statement 20...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to review NHS outsourcing contracts.
Answer: All public authorities, including the National Health Service, follow the guidance and principles set out in the Sourcing Playbook when planning and making sourcing decisions to deliver public services in partnership with the private and third sectors. Th...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs have (a) been hired and (b) left practice since July 2024.
Answer: Between June 2024 and June 2025, the most recent period for which data is available, 2,611 full time equivalent (FTE), or 4,174 headcount, fully qualified general practitioners (GPs) joined general practice, while 1,760 FTE, or 2,756 headcount, fully qual...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver a pay restoration framework for resident doctors.
Answer: Each year the Government allows the independent Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body (DDRB) to make recommendations on headline pay for doctors, including resident doctors.In May 2025, the Government announced the 2025/26 pay awards for National Health Serv...
Answered 1 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for increasing the annual provision of specialty training places for resident doctors.
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan published in July 2025, over the next three years we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts with a focus on specialties where there is greatest need. We will set out next steps in due course
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to GP practices to hire more GPs.
Answer: We are starting to see consistent growth in the general practitioner (GP) workforce. In July 2025, there were 658 more fully qualified full-time equivalent GPs working in practices than in July 2024.The Government committed to recruiting over 1,000 recen...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the recruitment of GPs.
Answer: We are starting to see consistent growth in the general practitioner (GP) workforce. In July 2025, there were 658 more fully qualified full-time equivalent GPs working in practices than in July 2024.The Government committed to recruiting over 1,000 recen...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether at any stage of the local government reorganisation process she will bar the formation of new (a) town and (b) parish councils.
Answer: The formation of new town and parish councils is devolved to principal local authorities through the Community Governance Review process. The government believes that these should remain local decisions.Areas considering the establishment of new town and ...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordXinjiang: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that British businesses follow human rights obligations set out in the Second Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session
Answer: The UK has carefully considered and implemented several of the Foreign Affairs Committee's recommendations on responding to human rights violations in China since 2021. This Government will stand firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China co...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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