Mel Stride MP: written questions
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Written questions
Defence: 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
Original Parliament recordErasmus+ Programme: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how will the cost of the Erasmus Scheme in 2027/28 be funded.
Answer: We have agreed terms with the European Commission that represent a fair balance between the UK’s contribution and the benefits the programme offers, which paved the way for UK participation.We have agreed a 30% discount compared to the default terms in th...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordErasmus+ ProgrammeTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100843More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the OBR's fiscal forecasts included the costs of the Erasmus scheme.
Answer: As usual, any changes since the last forecasts will be included in a future forecast.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the outstanding value is of student loan debt owed by EU students; and how much of that debt is being actively repaid.
Answer: An EU borrower is a borrower who was originally domiciled in an EU country prior to entering higher education in England. Tuition fee funding for new EU students in England without 'settled' or 'pre-settled status' ceased in the 2021/22 academic year. How...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100841More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of estates subject to paying Inheritance Tax in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (b) each year up to 2030-31.
Answer: The statistics for the number of estates subject to paying inheritance tax (IHT) are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-liabilities-statistics. The statistics for the number of estates forecast to pay inheritance tax are...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99701More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether 2026-27 business rate transitional reliefs should be calculated using base liabilities which include the application of Retail, Hospitality and Leisure rate relief in 2025-26.
Answer: The government has announced support for those losing RHL relief through an expanded Support Small Business scheme which caps bill increases at the higher of £800 or the relevant TR cap. The SSB cap applies to the ratepayers’ current bill, including the 4...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been migrated from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit since July 2024.
Answer: This information will be published as part of a routinely released statistical series in February 2026.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: PregnancyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of pregnant Universal Credit claimants were deemed to have Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity due to pregnancy risk in the most recent year for which data is availab
Answer: Between January 2024 and December 2024 there were 1,150 UC claimants who were deemed to have Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) due to pregnancy risk following a health assessment. Information on all UC claimants who are pregnant is not ...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpring StatementTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96109More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be a Spring Statement in 2026 to accompany the OBR's Spring Forecast 2026; and whether the OBR's Spring Forecast 2026 will include the scoring of new measures announced since Autumn Budget 2025.
Answer: The Chancellor will set out her plans for the Spring forecast in due course.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90166More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of businesses currently eligible for retail, hospitality and leisure relief have a normal business rates liability of £110,000 or less.
Answer: Eligible retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties benefit from 40 per cent business rates relief up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business in 2025/26. MHCLG publish data on the number of properties benefitting from RHL relief. As business rates ar...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Public ExpenditureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how his Department's capital budgets (a) were allocated in each financial year since 2023-24 and (b) have been allocated for each of the next five financial years.
Answer: The Capital budget for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for FY2023-24 and 2024-25 are available via the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee - Estimate memoranda - Committees - UK Parliament, published on the UK Parliament website....
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average award is for pension credit claimants with a non-CTA immigration status.
Answer: The requested statistics are not held by the Department.
Answered 7 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of Pension Credit for each of the last five financial years, by immigration status.
Answer: The requested statistics are not held by the Department.
Answered 7 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households were exempted from the benefit cap for the latest period for which data is available, by (a) reason for exemption and (b) amount they would otherwise have had capped.
Answer: The requested statistics are not readily held by the Department and to produce them would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 7 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ExpenditureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) proportion and (b) amount of Universal Credit expenditure was for adults with non-Common Travel Area immigration status in the latest period for which information is available.
Answer: Universal Credit awards are paid to households, which may include both British and foreign nationals who are eligible. Therefore, the information requested is not readily available at the required quality and to provide it would incur disproportionate cos...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of levels of annually managed expenditure savings due to planned increases in the proportion of face to face (a) PIP and (b) Work Capability Assessments in each of the next fi
Answer: The department has not yet made an estimate of the impact on Annually Managed Expenditure of the planned increases in the proportion of face-to-face assessments for PIP and Work Capability Assessments.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it has ever been her Department's policy to treat moving into employment as a change of circumstances which triggers a reassessment for (a) personal independence payment and (b) the work capabil
Answer: Being in work, of itself, is not a change of circumstances for the purposes of triggering an award review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or the Work Capability Assessment determination. We are legislating for this approach and believe it is the ri...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the total caseload for UC LCWRA and ESA Support Group participated in Additional Work Coach Time in the most recent (a) month and (b) financial year for which data is available; and w
Answer: Additional Work Coach Support provides disabled people and people with health impairments increased one-to-one personalised support from their work coach to help them move towards, and into, work. Last month, June 2025, 900 LCWRA claimants voluntarily sta...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: MigrantsTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66135More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) welfare payments and (b) other services paid to people with indefinite leave to remain in each financial year since 2019-20 onwards.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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