Max Wilkinson MP: written questions
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Warm Homes Plan: CheltenhamDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the support provided by Retrofit Information Support and Expertise to Cheltenham Borough Council for implementing works funded throu
Answer: Retrofit, Information, Support, and Expertise (RISE) is a free support service funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), which provides training, guidance and support to help social housing providers, local authorities and their s...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department is providing for local authorities to implement the Warm Homes Local Grant.
Answer: To support local authorities to implement the Warm Homes: Local Grant, the Government is funding a free Technical Assistance Facility called the Retrofit Information, Support and Expertise: ‘RISE’. RISE provides technical support for local authorities fro...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: CheltenhamCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60950More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of moving civil servants to Cheltenham on his Departments staffing costs.
Answer: The 2025 Spending Review confirmed £244 million investment supporting the relocation of roles out of Whitehall to complete the development of new hubs in the regions. Cheltenham will continue to be a vibrant Civil Service location and home to one of GCHQs...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60949More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, whether he plans to allow cyber security entrepreneurs to have access to a proportion of the additional funding provided to the Single Intel
Answer: As has been the policy of successive governments, the government does not comment on matters relating to the intelligence agencies.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: CheltenhamCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60948More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much and what proportion of the £244 million to be spent on the development of new government hubs fund will be spent on relocating civil servants to Cheltenham.
Answer: The 2025 Spending Review confirmed £244 million investment supporting the relocation of roles out of Whitehall to complete the development of new hubs in the regions. Cheltenham will continue to be a vibrant Civil Service location and home to one of GCHQs...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: South EastDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of mobile phone signal on westbound rail routes from London.
Answer: Having travelled westbound from London to Wales and back again on a weekly basis for twenty four years I know how poor the signal is. That is why I am delighted that DfT have secured funding to introduce low-earth-orbit satellite connectivity on all mainl...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Education: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Children Not In School registers at helping to prevent abuse of home-schooled children.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Cheltenham to the answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 57754.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has been allocated for the Midlands Rail Hub.
Answer: The Chancellor’s commitment to progress Midlands Rail Hub West in the 2025 Spending Review follows the release of £123 million last year to design the first phase, which could be delivered by the early 2030s.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: TicketsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the percentage of first class train seats that were purchased in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment of the percentage of first class train tickets sold within the last 12 months.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined 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
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