Max Wilkinson MP: written questions
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Written questions
Schools: Solar PowerTreasuryTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29596More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a VAT exemption on installing solar panels for schools.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data is being shared by her Department with the French government to help tackle small boat crossings.
Answer: The Home Office shares operational data with French partners to support the disruption, investigation, and prosecution of people-smuggling networks. This includes intelligence, operational information relating to the maritime environment. Information is e...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: PakistanHome OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on a standard letter template used by Pakistani men to falsely claim they are gay during the asylum process.
Answer: The Home Office is committed to ensuring that the asylum system is not open to abuse. It is the responsibility of everyone claiming asylum in the UK to co-operate with the Home Office and tell the truth. It is a crime to make an asylum application that in...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people currently accommodated under sections 95, 98 or 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (a) entered the UK on a work, study or visitor visa and subsequently claimed asylum,
Answer: The information requested on data linking asylum seekers' accommodation status with their route of entry is not currently published.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, ta...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the potential financial impact of applying the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts service credit regime to (a) hotels, (b) MDP Wethersfield and (c) Napier Barrack
Answer: There is currently no dedicated KPI regime in operation for hotels or the Wethersfield Large Site and performance-related penalties are not being applied. The Home Office ceased to use Napier Barracks in 2025.While hotels do not form part of core contract...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: VATTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 901237More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the VAT exemption on domestic renewables beyond March 2027.
Answer: Installations of qualifying energy-saving materials in residential accommodation, and buildings used solely for a charitable purpose, benefit from a temporary VAT zero rate until March 2027. After that date, they will revert to the reduced rate of VAT at ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Curriculum TestsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, will an independent review be undertaken into the management of this year's KS2 SATs marking process.
Answer: Schools rightly expect results to be delivered on time, and Pearson Education Limited has fully apologised for failing to return these results on time and for the impact on schools, pupils, parents and carers. Pearson confirmed that their GCSEs, A levels,...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Curriculum TestsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in relation to this year's delays to Pearson exam results, what steps are being taken to ensure that similar delays do not occur in future years.
Answer: Schools rightly expect results to be delivered on time, and Pearson Education Limited has fully apologised for failing to return these results on time and for the impact on schools, pupils, parents and carers. Pearson confirmed that their GCSEs, A levels,...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: RegistrationHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow asylum seekers to register with their most local police station.
Answer: There is currently no policy of requiring asylum seekers to register at a police station. Asylum seekers may be required to report to an immigration reporting centre or police station as a condition imposed under section 71 of the Nationality, Immigration...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of SEND delivery in primary schools with single-form entry.
Answer: The quality of teaching is the single most important in-school factor for improving pupil outcomes, and it is particularly important for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). High-quality teachers exist everywhe...
Answered 28 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordBirth Rate: PovertyHome OfficeTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of financial insecurity on birthrates.
Answer: The Home Office has made no recent assessments of the potential impact of financial insecurity on birthrates.
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support single-form entry primary schools with reduced student numbers with funding levels.
Answer: The government recognises the essential role that small schools play in their communities.All schools have benefited from the increase to core funding allocated through the schools national funding formula (NFF) in the 2026/27 financial year, including th...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: Class SizesDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of pupil numbers on single-form entry primary schools.
Answer: The government recognises the essential role that small schools play in their communities.All schools have benefited from the increase to core funding allocated through the schools national funding formula (NFF) in the 2026/27 financial year, including th...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordOffices: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15482More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the written answer of 25 March 2026 on the Valuation Office Agency's reclassification of flexible office spaces, what estimate her department has made of the change in business rates revenue from the recl
Answer: Per the written answer on 25 March 2026, at this time, there is no sector-wide review of serviced office assessments underway. The Valuation Office (VO) is addressing properties where they have received legal advice, or where unit of assessment issues are...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 13580, when her Department will publish the economic and equality impact assessments for the earned settlement system.
Answer: The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.Once the final model has been decided by the Home Secretary, the economic and equality ...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordShabir AhmedHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of steps taken by her Department to have Shabir Ahmed deported.
Answer: The Rochdale child sexual exploitation group preyed on the young and vulnerable and their appalling crimes have no place in our society; our thoughts are first and foremost with the victims of these appalling crimes.For his leading role in these crimes, S...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14469More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will publish the list of infrastructure projects that will not proceed in order to fund the Defence Investment Plan.
Answer: Departments have been asked to contribute 1p in every £1 of their capital budgets to fund the Defence Investment Plan. Departments will decide how to deliver the required savings, prioritising cancellations, delays and efficiencies in lower‑value programm...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13981More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the VAT reduction for installing domestic energy saving-materials on the number of installations since 2024.
Answer: This Government is committed to improving the quality and sustainability of our housing stock, through improvements such as low carbon heating, insulation, solar panels, and batteries. Installations of qualifying energy-saving materials (ESMs) in resident...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: UtilitiesDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his department has given to reducing the 6-month grace period that utility companies have to undertake full repairs to paving in town centres.
Answer: Statutory guidance already makes clear that permanent reinstatements should be completed by utility companies as soon as reasonably practicable and that, where an interim reinstatement is used, it should normally be made permanent within six months.The De...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made of the reasons for the decline in the number of planning permissions awarded for developments of between 10 and 49 homes.
Answer: Planning applications statistics make clear that there has been a small reduction in the percentage of homes in planning permissions that are on sites of between 10-49 homes, from 11% in 2022-23 to 10% in 2024-25. The reasons for this marginal reduction a...
Answered 27 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is the Government taking to ensure that pharmacies are sustainably funded for the increasing costs and staff time involved in sourcing medicines during supply shortages.
Answer: The Government has recently increased funding for the community pharmacy sector by £340 million in 2026/27, a 10% cash uplift that supports pharmacies across England and patients' access to medicines. This builds on the 19% uplift to the community pharmac...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of closures of community pharmacies on the level of medication supplies.
Answer: The Government has recently increased funding for the community pharmacy sector by £340 million in 2026/27, a 10% cash uplift that supports pharmacies across England and patients' access to medicines. This builds on the 19% uplift to the community pharmac...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the closure of community pharmacies facing sustained financial pressures and medication supply issues.
Answer: The Government has recently increased funding for the community pharmacy sector by £340 million in 2026/27, a 10% cash uplift that supports pharmacies across England and patients' access to medicines. This builds on the 19% uplift to the community pharmac...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrescription Drugs: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the amount of time spent by pharmacists trying to source medications during shortages.
Answer: No assessment of the amount of time spent by pharmacists trying to source medications during shortages has been made. However, this issue has been considered when we consulted on proposals to enable pharmacist flexibilities when dispensing medicines. More...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrescription Drugs: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time spent by pharmacists trying to source medications during shortages.
Answer: No assessment of the amount of time spent by pharmacists trying to source medications during shortages has been made. However, this issue has been considered when we consulted on proposals to enable pharmacist flexibilities when dispensing medicines. More...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
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