Max Wilkinson MP: written questions
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Combined Authorities: GloucestershireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy for Gloucestershire to be placed in a mayoral combined authority devolution deal with Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Answer: On 12 February, the government wrote to all local authorities – including in Gloucestershire and its neighbours – that do not currently have a devolution agreement inviting them to come forward with to agree a non-mayoral, Foundation Strategic Authority a...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that integrated care board boundaries should match mayoral combined authority boundaries.
Answer: It remains the Government’s ambition for integrated care boards (ICBs) to be coterminous with one or more strategic authorities wherever feasible, a commitment made in the English devolution white paper and reaffirmed in our 10-Year Health Plan.This summe...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities: GloucestershireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is his proposed timetable for Gloucestershire to join a mayoral combined authority.
Answer: On 12 February, the government wrote to all local authorities – including in Gloucestershire and its neighbours – that do not currently have a devolution agreement inviting them to come forward with to agree a non-mayoral, Foundation Strategic Authority a...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local government reorganisation processes in Gloucestershire will enable new unitary authority elections to take place in 2027.
Answer: The government remains committed to the indicative timetable published in July 2025, with elections to new councils in May 2027 with a go live date of April 2028.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has made to address the health needs of those classified with severe ME/CFS while exploring the specialised very severe ME/CFS service.
Answer: The decision will be announced in due course. At this stage, officials from the Department and NHS England have been working carefully through the steps needed to make a decision on the prescription of a specialised service for very severe myalgic encepha...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department's proposed timeline is for announcing its decision on the prescription of a specialised service for Very Severe ME/CFS.
Answer: The decision will be announced in due course. At this stage, officials from the Department and NHS England have been working carefully through the steps needed to make a decision on the prescription of a specialised service for very severe myalgic encepha...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPupil Premium: Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to help ensure that the Pupil Premium is spent on supporting the needs of the eligible children’s needs.
Answer: The department is providing £3.2 billion of pupil premium funding in 2026/27 to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England. To ensure pupil premium is focused on effective approaches, schools must use their pu...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPupil Premium: Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the efficacy of schools’ use of the Pupil Premium to support eligible children.
Answer: The department is providing £3.2 billion of pupil premium funding in 2026/27 to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England. To ensure pupil premium is focused on effective approaches, schools must use their pu...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPupil Premium: Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her department has given to the potential benefits of changing Pupil Premium rules so that funding goes directly towards supporting the eligible child’s care.
Answer: The purpose of pupil premium funding is to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils. It is for schools to decide how to allocate the funding, afte...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPupil Premium: Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has her department made of the potential benefits to allowing parents of previously looked after children to make financial contributions to the Pupil Premium for therapy.
Answer: The purpose of pupil premium funding is to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils. It is for schools to decide how to allocate the funding, afte...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordVulnerable Adults: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has his department made of the potential benefits of introducing mandatory regular building surveys and maintenance plans in support of vulnerable adults under the court of protection.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. The court can appoint a range of persons to fulfil the role of deputy in managing the financial affairs, and if appropriate the property affairs, of a vulnerable adult who lacks the capacity to make decisions about their ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordVulnerable AdultsMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of financial abuse by negligent Financial Deputies on vulnerable adults under the court of protection.
Answer: When the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) receives notice that the court has appointed a deputy to manage the finances or a person who lacks mental capacity, it provides the deputy with access to the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice and supporting ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the MRS has made in delivering mechanistic research into ME/CFS.
Answer: We do not know what ‘MRS’ refers to in this context. The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). A limited amount of mechanistic research is funded through the NIHR, but the majority of mechanistic res...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to promote the new road safety strategy to the public.
Answer: Injuries and fatalities from road collisions caused by driving are unacceptable, and this Government will work hard to prevent these tragedies for all road users. That is why on 7 January 2026, we published our new Road Safety Strategy, setting out our v...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111465More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reassess compensation amounts under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.
Answer: In line with recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry, the Government has publicly consulted on proposed changes to the compensation scheme. The consultation closed on 22nd January, and we will publish our response within 12 weeks of the consultation...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Human RightsHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations in the report Externalised asylum and migration policies and human rights law, published by th
Answer: The UK has a long-standing commitment to protecting those in need, in line with our international obligations. All asylum claims that are lodged from within the UK and admitted to the UK asylum system, are given full and careful consideration. We have not...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of stakeholders that ministers have met to develop a best practice guidance for the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by the police.
Answer: Police use of live facial recognition (LFR) is governed by data protection legislation, which requires that any processing of biometric data is lawful, fair, proportionate and subject to appropriate safeguards.The Home Office does not collect or store dat...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBiometrics: Data ProtectionHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that data collected by live facial recognition technology cannot be accessed by foreign states.
Answer: Police use of live facial recognition (LFR) is governed by data protection legislation, which requires that any processing of biometric data is lawful, fair, proportionate and subject to appropriate safeguards.The Home Office does not collect or store dat...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBiometrics: Data ProtectionHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that data collected by live facial recognition will be stored safely.
Answer: Police use of live facial recognition (LFR) is governed by data protection legislation, which requires that any processing of biometric data is lawful, fair, proportionate and subject to appropriate safeguards.The Home Office does not collect or store dat...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part 3 of her Department's White paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing White Paper, published on 26 January 2026, what her planned timetable is for the revi
Answer: The White Paper represents the most significant reforms to policing for nearly 200 years. The reforms to our policing system set out in the White Paper will have significant consequences for the way policing is funded in future.Changes to police governanc...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: ReorganisationHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of aligning strategic authority mayoral boundaries with new regional policing boundaries.
Answer: The Police Reform White Paper, published on 26 January 2026, represents the most significant reforms to policing in England and Wales since the service was professionalised nearly 200 years ago. As part of this, the White Paper sets out an ambition to sig...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPolicing and Crime BoardsHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part 3 of her Department's White paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing White Paper, published on 26 January 2026, how many (a) strategic authority mayors an
Answer: Policing and Crime Boards will be made up of upper-tier local authority leaders, and where they are present in the force area, Strategic Authority Mayors. This will ensure that the whole force area is represented by elected individuals. The exact number w...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Opal in the National Policing Intelligence Unit in each year since 2021.
Answer: Opal is the National Policing Intelligence Unit for serious organised acquisitive crime. In 2023/4 and 2024/5, the Home Office provided £30,000 each year to help set up and run Pegasus which provides for a retail crime desk within Opal.The Home Office is ...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 26 January 2026, whether the funding announced for Opal is an yearly increase on
Answer: Opal is the National Policing Intelligence Unit for serious organised acquisitive crime. In 2023/4 and 2024/5, the Home Office provided £30,000 each year to help set up and run Pegasus which provides for a retail crime desk within Opal.The Home Office is ...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Pillar 1 entitled Police Back on the Beat within the white paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 27 January 2026, CP 1489, how many police off
Answer: The Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee (NPG) commitments means every neighbourhood now has named, and contactable officers. The commitments were delivered in line with police forces’ existing team structures and neighbourhood areas based on local needs shap...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
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