Mel Stride MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Business RatesTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113508More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the difference is between the 250,000 retail, hospitality and leisure businesses benefitting from business rates relief, as cited in answer to question UIN 904249, and the 750,000 businesses benefitting from th
Answer: More properties will benefit from the new retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) multipliers because there is no cash cap, meaning all qualifying properties in an RHL chain will benefit.
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112583More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the policy to write off 90% of local authority SEND debs will be funded.
Answer: This funding relates to money that has already been spent by local authorities. The effect of the decision referred to is to transfer the accounting for that historic spending from local to central government. Any impact will be reflected in the OBR’s upc...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112582More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the cost of the additional business rates support for pubs will be funded.
Answer: From April, every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget, ahead of their bills being frozen in real terms for a further two years. The cost of this support will not impact other sect...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the student loan outlay is by immigration status of the student cohort for the last five years for which data is available.
Answer: The department is not able to provide the requested data on settled status in the required timescale.Settled status is a residency category, which is data held by the Student Loans Company (SLC).However, changes in the application process over time, inclu...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of student loans issued in each of the last five years for which data is available were for students with a non-Common Travel Area immigration status.
Answer: The department is not able to provide the requested data on settled status in the required timescale.Settled status is a residency category, which is data held by the Student Loans Company (SLC).However, changes in the application process over time, inclu...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of student loans issued in each of last five years for which data is available were for students with settled status, expressed in (a) monetary terms and (b) number of students.
Answer: The department is not able to provide the requested data on settled status in the required timescale.Settled status is a residency category, which is data held by the Student Loans Company (SLC).However, changes in the application process over time, inclu...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111100More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish the total business rates receipts from all pubs for each financial year from 2023-24 to 2029-30.
Answer: Local Authorities do not report to Central Government how much business rates revenue they raise from different types of businesses. The Government therefore does not have this data to publish and nor did the previous Government.
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Written QuestionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 107979 on Defence: Expenditure tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Central Devon on 23 January 2026.
Answer: I will respond to the right hon. Member shortly.
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the spending included by the government in its calculation of spending 2.6% of GDP on NATO qualifying defence spending by 2027 includes financial transactions.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence's financial transactions support the retention of critical sovereign manufacturing capabilities and support our strategic objectives. As an integral part of the UK's national security they are included in the NATO qualifying defenc...
Answered 19 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOffice for Budget Responsibility: ForecastsTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103233More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chancellor's written statement of 5 January 2026, UIN HCWS1219, whether she plans to respond to the OBR's Spring forecast in an oral statement.
Answer: As set out in a written statement to Parliament last week, the Chancellor has asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast for publication on 3 March 2026. The Chancellor will deliver an oral statement to the...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101730More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Item 13 of Table 4.1 in the Budget Document, published 26 November 2025, if she will provide a breakdown of the fiscal impacts in each financial year for each of the operational changes included in
Answer: The Government set out further details on the relevant operational changes in its press release of 18 December.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
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