Max Wilkinson MP: written questions
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Written questions
Electric Scooters: SalesDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered legislation to limit the sale of e-scooters in the UK.
Answer: Private e-scooters are illegal to use on public roads, cycle lanes and pavements. While it is not illegal to sell an e-scooter for use on private land, retailers are breaking the law if they knowingly mislead a buyer or do not make the legal restrictions ...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service's arrears department is (i) office based and (ii) staffed through home working; how many people work for that team; what their response time is; and whether that re
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) arrears department operates using a combination of office‑based and hybrid working arrangements. CMS currently offers the opportunity to work a minimum of 60% of time in the office with 40% at home, although staff can c...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to prevent fraud relating to Universal Credit recipients claiming for properties they no longer occupy.
Answer: Since Autumn Budget 2024, the Government has committed to gross savings of £14.6bn up to the end of 2030/31 from fraud, error and debt activity in GB, which includes savings from the new powers contained within the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Rec...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to women's State Pension age on retirement insurance schemes for vulnerable individuals.
Answer: The precise design of any benefits under an insurance policy is a matter for the insurer and the policy holder and is not covered in Department for Work and Pensions legislation.
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPlastic Bags: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the plastic bag levy at lowering use; and whether she plans to introduce further measures to reduce the use of single-us
Answer: The Government’s assessment is that the single-use carrier bag charge has been highly effective in reducing the use of single-use plastic bags in England. Since the charge was introduced in 2015, sales of single-use plastic carrier bags sold by the main s...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the £100,000 earnings threshold for free childcare on incentives to work.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.The working parent entitlement aims to support parents to r...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansTreasuryTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108336More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of student loan repayment thresholds, tax thresholds and fiscal drag on incentives to work for people with plan 2 student loans.
Answer: The Government is making fair and necessary choices on tax so it can deliver on the public’s priorities. Everyone is being asked to contribute to support these goals, but the Government is keeping the contribution as low as possible by pursuing a programm...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Management Companies: Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to enable leaseholders to hold management companies to account for service charges.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statements made on 4 July 2025 (HCWS780) and 18 December 2025 (HCWS1210).
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Management Companies: Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to enable homeowners to challenge increases in fees from management companies.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statements made on 4 July 2025 (HCWS780) and 18 December 2025 (HCWS1210).
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordM5: GloucestershireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the importance of the upgrade to junction 10 of the M5 to the Cheltenham Tewkesbury and Gloucester Strategic Local Plan.
Answer: The deliverability of local plans, including in relation to the provision of essential infrastructure, is tested by Inspectors during local plan examinations. It will be for the inspectors to determine the importance of different infrastructure required t...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its policies on the right to work for irregular migrants on levels of irregular migration.
Answer: The Home Office has developed new legislation to expand the scope of right to work checks to a wider range of businesses. This activity aims to prevent illegal working and to further reduce the opportunities for individuals in the UK illegally to gain emp...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSlavery: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many working-age people are on the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract through the National Referral Mechanism.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish data on the method of entry to the UK, where relevant, for individuals referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). However, there is published data on small boat arrivals who have been referred into the NRM, includi...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman TraffickingHome OfficeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects on how migrant survivors of trafficking in the National Referral Mechanism entered the UK.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish data on the method of entry to the UK, where relevant, for individuals referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). However, there is published data on small boat arrivals who have been referred into the NRM, includi...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Domestic ServiceHome OfficeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings she has had with expert stakeholders on reviewing the Overseas Domestic Worker visa.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all policies and immigration routes under review. Ministers regularly meet with internal and external stakeholders, to discuss a wide range of issues, including the Overseas Domestic Worker route.The Overseas Domestic Worker visa onl...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Domestic ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how the Fair Work Agency will assist migrant domestic workers experiencing abuse in private households.
Answer: The Fair Work Agency will enhance the UK's ability to respond to exploitation of migrant domestic workers. It will bring together labour market enforcement functions and include new powers to investigate and take action against offences under the Fraud Ac...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Domestic ServiceHome OfficeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of domestic workers who renew their visas each year.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all policies and immigration routes under review. Ministers regularly meet with internal and external stakeholders, to discuss a wide range of issues, including the Overseas Domestic Worker route.The Overseas Domestic Worker visa onl...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Domestic ServiceMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of overseas domestic workers who have been able to enforce their rights to fair pay and working conditions through an employment tribunal over the last decade.
Answer: The Department publishes regular statistics on Employment Tribunals claims, which includes claims relating to pay and working conditions (such as unauthorised deductions, minimum wage, working time, and equal pay) which is available here: https://www.gov....
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSlaveryHome OfficeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Kalaayan’s entitled 12 Years of Modern Slavery, published on 14 June 2024.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all policies and immigration routes under review. Ministers regularly meet with internal and external stakeholders, including Kalaayan, to discuss a wide range of issues, including the Overseas Domestic Worker route.The Overseas Dome...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: South KoreaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a schedule of differences between the trade deal with South Korea announced on 15 December 2025 and the previous trade deal with South Korea which applied when the UK was a Member St
Answer: As part of this negotiation the UK and the Republic of Korea have agreed a range of improvements to the existing agreement. These cover goods and services trade, in addition to underpinning broader cooperation between the UK and Republic of Korea on a var...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade AgreementsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential cumulative impact of the UK's trade agreements with South Korea, India and the United States on GDP in the next ten years.
Answer: Our impact assessments, published on gov.uk, set out the potential long-run impacts of new FTAs on the United Kingdom’s GDP. It would not make sense to agglomerate the estimates published in individual impact assessments for these deals as the analyses ar...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the police's ability to meet current levels of demand from crime.
Answer: The Government is committed to giving the police the resources it needs to tackle crime. In 2025-26, the police funding settlement provided £19.6bn of funding for the policing system, an increase of £1.2bn compared to 24-25. At the spending review the cha...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordStandard of LivingCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98952More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the Carnegie UK report entitled Life in the UK 2025.
Answer: This government is already strongly committed to ensuring that everyone, no matter their background, can thrive. Our mission-led government is delivering on our Plan for Change to secure opportunity for all, economic stability, and improved living standar...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether future police force boundaries will be aligned with regional mayoral boundaries.
Answer: The Government has committed in its English Devolution White Paper to transfer policing functions to Mayors of Strategic Authorities wherever boundaries of the mayoral and policing areas align, by default, subject to Royal Assent to provisions in the Engl...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: SuicideHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the number of serving police officers taking their own lives is recorded.
Answer: The Home Office does not currently collect information centrally on the number of police officer suicides. The Office for National Statistics publishes data on the number of suicides registered in England and Wales by occupation. The latest available data...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing an exemption from Selective Licensing Schemes to be granted to leaseholders whose properties are withi
Answer: My Department has made no such assessment. We will continue to keep selective licensing regulations under review.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
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