Max Wilkinson MP: written questions
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Marriage: HumanismMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of legally recognising humanist wedding ceremonies.
Answer: The Government is aware that humanists have long been campaigning to conduct legally binding weddings. We are grateful for the contributions that humanists make to our society.The Law Commission’s 2022 report on weddings raises a number of issues around w...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice her Department provides to creative industries considering the use of legal recourse when artificial intelligence has been used in breach of copyright.
Answer: It would be inappropriate for the Government to provide direct legal advice to individual creators or organisations, but we fully recognise the serious and evolving challenges posed by the use of copyrighted material in AI development. The current UK Copy...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42774More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes he plans to make to rules governing SME procurement in public contracts, in the context of the Spring Statement 2025.
Answer: This Government is taking major steps to give SMEs greater access to public contracts - including the publication of the National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) which sets out a mission-led procurement regime focused on driving economic growth that s...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Defence Innovation: CheltenhamMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cyber tech businesses in Cheltenham are able to access funding through new defence innovation organisation.
Answer: UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) will equip Britain’s Armed Forces with cutting-edge tech faster. It will support the growth of high-tech businesses across the UK – including in Cheltenham, capitalising on new ideas, supporting them rapidly through developmen...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the framework governing private clinics offering ADHD diagnoses.
Answer: The Department has not made these assessments. Medical practitioners must demonstrate that they work in line with the principles and values set out in the General Medical Council’s (GMC) Good Medical Practice. This applies to all doctors, whether they wor...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of ADHD diagnoses made by private sector specialist clinics.
Answer: The Department has not made these assessments. Medical practitioners must demonstrate that they work in line with the principles and values set out in the General Medical Council’s (GMC) Good Medical Practice. This applies to all doctors, whether they wor...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Association of School and College Leaders on increases in employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: In developing our National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant methodology for mainstream schools and academies, the department considered both the impact of the change to National Insurance rates and the changes to the threshold at which NICs are applie...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on support for schools with budget shortfalls due to levels of high needs funding.
Answer: Through the national funding formula in the 2025/26 financial year, secondary schools are being allocated over £4 billion through formula factors that act as a proxy for their pupils’ special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and other additional ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSixth Form Colleges: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to increase funding for sixth forms.
Answer: This government inherited a challenging fiscal context which means tough decisions are needed across the public sector. However, the department is investing over £7.5 billion in 16-19 study programmes during the 2024/25 academic year to help to ensure tha...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support secondary schools with increases in SEND costs.
Answer: Through the national funding formula in the 2025/26 financial year, secondary schools are being allocated over £4 billion through formula factors that act as a proxy for their pupils’ special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and other additional ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools with budgetary challenges resulting from teacher salary increases.
Answer: Overall school funding is increasing by over £3.2 billion in the 2025/26 financial year, meaning it will total over £64.8 billion compared to almost £61.6 billion in 2024/25. The department recognises that the increases for individual schools will vary, w...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on school budgets.
Answer: In developing our National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant methodology for mainstream schools and academies, the department considered both the impact of the change to National Insurance rates and the changes to the threshold at which NICs are applie...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the formula for reimbursing schools after increases in employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: In developing our National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant methodology for mainstream schools and academies, the department considered both the impact of the change to National Insurance rates and the changes to the threshold at which NICs are applie...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the differences in school funding across different counties.
Answer: Every year the department uses the schools national funding formula (NFF) to distribute core funding for 5- to 16-year-old pupils in mainstream state-funded schools in England. In the current NFF, the vast majority of funding is distributed on the basis o...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase levels of recruitment and retention of teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
Answer: High quality teaching is the most important in-school factor to a child’s educational outcomes. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost the life chanc...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMulti-Sport Grassroots Facilities ProgrammeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme projects (a) were completed between 5 July 2024 and 27 March 2025 and (b) were incomplete on 27 March 2025; how much and what proportion of th
Answer: Since 5 July, a total of 728 Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities projects were completed in England (as of 13 March), 14 projects were completed in Scotland, 17 projects were completed in Wales and 11 projects were completed in Northern Ireland (all as of 2...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCasinos: Gaming MachinesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of the decision to allow up to 80 gaming machines in certain casinos.
Answer: The Department has considered the available evidence and a full impact assessment will be published for the measure which allows casinos to site up to 80 gaming machines. The Government’s Better Regulation Framework classifies the sports betting measure a...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCasinos: BettingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of the decision to allow sports betting in all casinos.
Answer: The Department has considered the available evidence and a full impact assessment will be published for the measure which allows casinos to site up to 80 gaming machines. The Government’s Better Regulation Framework classifies the sports betting measure a...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 39609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing immediate cash-flow funding for pharmacies.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publishing the independent economic review of pharmacies.
Answer: NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. The findings of this work were published by Frontier Economics on 28 March 2025.We have now concluded the consul...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the status is of the independent economic review of pharmacies, in the context of the recently announced abolition of NHS England.
Answer: NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. The findings of this work were published by Frontier Economics on 28 March 2025.We have now concluded the consul...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing immediate cash-flow funding for pharmacies.
Answer: NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. The findings of this work were published by Frontier Economics on 28 March 2025.We have now concluded the consul...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLeisure and SportsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of moving sports and leisure policy into his Department on public health.
Answer: There have been no discussions with Cabinet colleagues on moving the responsibility for sports and leisure provision into the Department of Health and Social Care, nor are there any plans to make an assessment of the potential impact on public health of d...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLeisure and SportsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of moving responsibility for sports and leisure provision into his Department.
Answer: There have been no discussions with Cabinet colleagues on moving the responsibility for sports and leisure provision into the Department of Health and Social Care, nor are there any plans to make an assessment of the potential impact on public health of d...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Governing BodiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a list of the sports governing bodies she has met with since 5 July 2024.
Answer: DCMS publishes transparency data on GOV.UK, including details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations. Details of all meetings between 1 July and 30 September 2024 were published on 30 January 2025 and details for the following quarter will be ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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