Michael Wheeler MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Exports: EU LawDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework on the competitiveness of UK manufacturers exporting to the EU.
Answer: As with other relevant EU regulations, the Department for Business and Trade is monitoring the EU’s Clean Industrial State Aid Framework (CISAF) and its impact on British businesses including UK manufacturers exporting to the EU. The government is using T...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Industrial Competitiveness Scheme: PlasticsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether companies in the UK plastics manufacturing sector will be eligible for inclusion in the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme.
Answer: As set out in the Industrial Strategy, the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme will support eligible manufacturing frontier industries within ‘IS-8’ manufacturing sectors and manufacturing foundational industries that provide key inputs to those fro...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Industrial Competitiveness SchemeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the methodology for the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme.
Answer: The Department of Business and Trade recently launched a consultation on the proposed approach to eligibility for the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme. The final approach to eligibility will be published in due course following the consultation’s...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 1
Answer: The Strategy uses a ‘baskets’ approach to group animal tests according to how ready they are for replacement, based on the maturity of potential alternative methods. These initial baskets are not exhaustive and will be reviewed and refined in consultation...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 1
Answer: The Strategy uses a ‘baskets’ approach to group animal tests according to how ready they are for replacement, based on the maturity of potential alternative methods. These initial baskets are not exhaustive and will be reviewed and refined in consultation...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2024, published on 23 October 2025, what assessment she has made of
Answer: In 2024, there were 2.64 million regulated scientific procedures carried out in Great Britain involving living animals. This is a decrease of 1% on the previous year, and the lowest number since 2001.The trends in the number of animals and types of proced...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: PrimatesHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2024, published on 23 October 2025, what assessment she has made of
Answer: The requirements for regulatory testing are set by regulators such as the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, which regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK.The use of non-human primates continue...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2024, published on 23 October 2025, what assessment she has made of
Answer: The Lethal Dose 50 and Lethal Concentration 50 procedures are subject to strict regulations under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. This legal framework requires that animals are only ever used in science where there are no alternatives, where...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Worsley and EcclesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were in receipt of funded childcare in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
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 latest January 2025 statistics relating to funded early...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Worsley and EcclesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the size of the waiting list for accessing early years childcare in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
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.We have announced over £400 million of funding to create te...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Worsley and EcclesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children that were not accessing their entitlement to free childcare in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
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 latest January 2025 statistics relating to funded early...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Worsley and EcclesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the average annual cost of childcare for parents in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
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.We have announced over £400 million of funding to create te...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school-based nursery places were available in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
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.We have announced over £400 million of funding to create te...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage all social landlords to adopt the Best Practice Guide included in the Decent Homes Standard.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84054 on 3 November 2025.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage social landlords to adopt the furniture provision element of the Best Practice Guide included within the Decent Homes Standard.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84054 on 3 November 2025.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging social landlords to provide furnished tenancies to those (a) leaving homelessness and (b) fle
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84054 on 3 November 2025.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture Poverty: Worsley and EcclesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the levels of furniture poverty in Worsley and Eccles constituency.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84054 on 3 November 2025.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy will include targets on child poverty reduction.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty, with our ambitious Child Poverty Strategy due to be published in the autumn.The publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the strategy from this year and in future...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy will include specific measures to support children in deepest poverty.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty and the Child Poverty Strategy will be published in the autumn. The publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the strategy from this year and in future years, inclu...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will ensure that Parliament is able to adequately scrutinise the delivery of the Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious Child Poverty Strategy which will be published in the autumn.The Strategy publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate deli...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a minimum recommendation of 80 hours of enrichment per academic year.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Worsley and Eccles to the answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62871.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDisclosure and Barring ServiceHome OfficeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the effectiveness of the (a) Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 and (b) Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme; and whether she has made an ass
Answer: The disclosure and barring regime in Scotland is devolved and the UK Government engages regularly with the Scottish Government to ensure that the regimes work effectively together to keep the public safe.We keep the disclosure and barring regime in Englan...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support social housing tenants affected by the transition from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit.
Answer: We work collaboratively with a broad range of representatives from the Social Rented Sector, with two-way communications to ensure that the customers they represent get the support they need to move safely to Universal Credit. Help to Claim support, provi...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Space Agency: Scouts and GuidesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK Space Agency becoming part of his Department on that agency’s partnership with the Scouts.
Answer: The UK Space Agency‘s merger with DSIT’s Space Directorate from 1 April 2026 will not affect any changes to grants, contracts, or partnerships, including to the sponsorship of Scouting Space badges which help promote awareness of the UK’s space programme ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: AuditDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring organisations to provide information on (a) staff turnover and (b) workforce changes in corporate reporting.
Answer: The Government is currently reviewing the UK’s corporate reporting framework. The aim of the review is to simplify and streamline reporting requirements to ensure reporting is focussed on providing decision-useful information to investors and creditors. T...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
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