Max Wilkinson MP: written questions
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Combined Authorities: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing funding to newly formed combined authorities on public services.
Answer: Combined authorities have limited involvement in the day-to-day running of most public services but are able to use their convening powers to bring partners together to improve delivery across public services in their area. The majority of combined author...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: CateringDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the quality of catering across the rail network during the transition to Great British Railways.
Answer: Catering services are a commercial matter for each train operating company, and they are responsible for their catering offer. The Department expects operators to tailor their catering provision to local needs while driving value for the taxpayer. Once es...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: CateringDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an comparative assessment of the quality of catering between rail franchises.
Answer: The Department has not carried out a comparative assessment of catering between train operating companies. Catering services are a commercial matter for each train operating company, and they are responsible for their catering offer. The Department expec...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to funding for level seven apprenticeships on cyber skills in the workforce.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Cheltenham to the answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57098.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential long-term impact of removing funding for level seven apprenticeships on people over 22 years of age.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Cheltenham to the answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57098.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the role of the hospitality industry in the upcoming industrial strategy.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy Green Paper identified eight growth-driving sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy Industries, Creative Industries, Defence, Digital and Technologies, Financial Services, Life Sciences and Professional and Business Services....
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: CheltenhamDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Golden Valley development in Cheltenham on growth in the defence sector in the industrial strategy.
Answer: The Government’s Industrial Strategy will be published shortly. Defence has been identified as a priority growth-driving sector within the Industrial Strategy and the Ministry of Defence is developing a sector plan - the Defence Industrial Strategy - to e...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the cyber security sector will be included in the industrial strategy.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy will focus on eight growth-driving sectors. Digital and Technologies has been identified as one of those eight sectors, the UK being the third country in the world to have a tech sector valued at over $1trillion. Within those growt...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEuropean Defence FundMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of accessing the European Defence Security Fund on tech companies in Cheltenham.
Answer: We welcome European efforts to increase defence spending and provide the critical capability uplift needed by Europe, including the EU’s European Defence Readiness / ReArm initiatives and the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument, the EU’s recently...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInsomnia: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of digital cognitive behavioural therapy treatments available for insomnia on the NHS.
Answer: It is for local integrated care boards to decide whether cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) should be offered to their populations as a treatment for insomnia.NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression offers low-intensity therapy which may include i...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInsomnia: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review levels of access to cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia.
Answer: It is for local integrated care boards to decide whether cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) should be offered to their populations as a treatment for insomnia.NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression offers low-intensity therapy which may include i...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Education: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of a children not in school register in preventing abuse of home schooled children.
Answer: Home education is not an inherent safeguarding risk. However, some children who have been withdrawn from school under the guise of home education have been seriously harmed or died due to abuse or neglect, and action is needed.Compulsory ‘children not in ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: Drugs and ExerciseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the prescription of weight loss drugs on the NHS without associated prescriptions of exercise and physical activity on muscl
Answer: Weight loss drugs, including semaglutide, tirzepatide and liraglutide, are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as clinically and cost-effective treatment options on the National Health Service for obesity. The guida...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: Drugs and ExerciseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure healthcare practitioners prescribe exercise when weight loss injections are prescribed for anti-obesity treatment.
Answer: Weight loss drugs, including semaglutide, tirzepatide and liraglutide, are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as clinically and cost-effective treatment options on the National Health Service for obesity. The guida...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Broadcasting: RadioDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with Ofcom on the adequacy of levels of news bulletins in the BBC’s proposals for new DAB radio stations targeted at younger audiences.
Answer: The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of the government. It is for Ofcom, as the BBC’s independent regulator, to hold the BBC to account in meeting its obligations to provide duly accurate and impartial news to audiences across its services...
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for unitarisation in areas where local elections were not postponed from May 2025.
Answer: The government will work with these areas to hold elections for new unitary councils as soon as possible as is the usual arrangement in the process of local government reorganisation. The exact timings and detail will depend on the proposals received and ...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CopyrightDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to publish a response to the Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation, which closed on 25 February 2025.
Answer: The Government’s consultation on copyright and AI received over 11,500 responses. Our priority now is to review these thoroughly to help inform its approach to copyright and AI, and a response will be published when this work has been completed.Meanwhile,...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGolf: ScotlandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with R&A on the hosting of the Open Championship in 2028.
Answer: Sporting bodies operate independently of the Government. Decisions on tournament hosting venues are rightly a matter for the relevant sporting bodies, in this case the R&A and its operational team.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGolf: ScotlandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received representations from (a) President Trump and (b) the US government on the potential hosting of The Open at Turnberry.
Answer: Sporting bodies operate independently of the Government, and decisions on tournament hosting venues are rightly a matter for the relevant sporting bodies.This would be a matter entirely for The R&A and its operational team.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGolf: ScotlandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made representations in favour of The Open golf championship being held at Turnberry.
Answer: Sporting bodies operate independently of the Government, and decisions on tournament hosting venues are rightly a matter for the relevant sporting bodies.This would be a matter entirely for The R&A and its operational team.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Equipment: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with SMEs on the development of the Defence Industrial Strategy.
Answer: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) hold a crucial place in UK defence. They are the backbone of the UK economy and are vital to delivering the innovation, expertise and agility that we need now and in the future. The Defence Industrial Strategy wil...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of the use of Chinese-made drones to survey critical national infrastructure sites on cybersecurity.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence takes the security of all its assets very seriously, but we do not comment on details as these could be useful to potential adversaries.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Unmanned Air SystemsHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of Chinese-made drones used by police forces on cyber security.
Answer: Decisions on operational equipment are made independently by police forces, who are best placed to assess their own operational needs while ensuring they have the tools necessary to protect the public.The Government takes national and cyber security extre...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of levels of access to medication by neurodivergent people who have been diagnosed (a) by the NHS and (b) privately.
Answer: Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition, related to how the brain develops, rather than an illness. Although some approaches are particularly helpful for autistic people, and medication may be prescribed for co-existing issues, autism is not treated dire...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase capacity for training new GPs.
Answer: We are committed to training thousands more general practitioners and will ensure that there is sufficient capacity in the National Health Service to deliver this.To reform the NHS and make it fit for the future, we have launched a 10-Year Health Plan as ...
Answered 7 May 2025
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