Michelle Welsh MP: written questions
58 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Armed Forces: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24567More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of changing the tax on the Longer Separation Allowance (a) to be tax-free (b) or to be taxed at the basic rate of tax regardless of whether the recipient's t
Answer: We recognise the significant impact that time away from home can have on Service personnel and their families. The Longer Separation Allowance is paid to Service personnel who are required to live or work away from their families for extended periods, suc...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDentistry: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has been made of the potential merits of changing the allocation process for the Dental Foundation Training (DFT) to take into account graduate's preferences and local connectio
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that the allocation of Dental Foundation Training (DFT) places is fair, transparent, and based on the needs of both foundation-stage dentists and patients.Applicants to DFT can express preferences for training progr...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVoting Rights: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what provision is being made to ensure that 14 – 16 year olds are being equipped with the knowledge, skills and confidence to make informed decisions when they vote.
Answer: The Government is delivering its commitment to extend the right to vote to 16-and-17-year-olds through the Representation of the People Bill. The Bill was introduced on 12 February 2026 and is scheduled for Report Stage in the Commons on 14 July 2026. The...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordVoting Rights: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress is being made on introduction of votes at 16.
Answer: The Government is delivering its commitment to extend the right to vote to 16-and-17-year-olds through the Representation of the People Bill. The Bill was introduced on 12 February 2026 and is scheduled for Report Stage in the Commons on 14 July 2026. The...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Nature ConservationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to amend Part 4 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 to ensure that ecology surveys have to be compl
Answer: My Department has no such plans. The government continues to keep permitted development rights under review.
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWar Pensions: StandardsMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help improve processing times for the War Pensions Scheme.
Answer: I refer the hon. member to my previous answer provided to 103061 on 12 January 2026. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently managing a high volume of War Pension Scheme (WPS) claims, which has resulted in longer processing times. We remain fully commi...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSewage: Sherwood ForestDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to Question UIN 118386, answered on 11 March 2026, how many incidents of sewage discharges occurred in Sherwood Forest constituency in 2025; and which rivers and
Answer: Data for 2025 is not yet available. We expect this to be published by April 2026.
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSewage: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide better access to historic data on sewage discharges.
Answer: The Government is improving public access to information on sewage discharges. Since Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) was introduced in 2015, water companies have progressively installed monitors on storm overflows. Coverage increased over time and reached...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSewage: Sherwood ForestDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to stop Severn Trent Water from discharging sewage in Sherwood Forest constituency.
Answer: The Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 makes it a statutory requirement for all water companies to produce annual Pollution Incident Reduction Plans showing how they will meet our expectation of reducing pollution incidents by 40%. Between 2025 and 2030, a...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSewage: Sherwood ForestDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of sewage discharges occurred in Sherwood Forest constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025; and which rivers and bodies of water were most affected.
Answer: In 2024, Severn Trent Water Limited reported 414 sewage spills through storm overflows from their permitted assets (sewage treatment works and combined sewer overflows) in the Sherwood Forest constituency.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: Water CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent senior Environment Agency staff from moving to roles in the private water industry after leaving their position.
Answer: External Appointment Departure rules are in place to assess and manage this leaver risk. Employees must notify the Environment Agency (EA) of planned moves, enabling actual or perceived conflicts to be assessed and managed. During notice periods, the EA r...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she had made of the potential merits of using the Consumer Prices Index for the calculation of interest charges on students loans.
Answer: Interest rates on student loans have been consistently linked to a widely recognised and adopted measure of inflation. Interest rates are set in legislation in reference to the Retail Price Index (RPI) from the previous March and are applied annually on 1...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110215More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the time taken for quotes to be issued to people who are members of the Civil Service pension scheme.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing many civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension quotes ...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the ruling over Paul versus Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has made on secondary victims of medical negligence.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has asked David Lock KC to look at the issue of secondary victims for maternity clinical negligence cases only. No decisions on policy have been taken at this point, and the Government ...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish revised guidance for Health Building Notes.
Answer: We have interpreted this question as asking when the Department plans to publish revised Health Building Notes (HBNs). HBNs are developed and published by the NHS England Estates division and are available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRecreation Spaces: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to allocate additional funding to improve accessibility at (a) playgrounds, (b) parks and (c) recreational facilities.
Answer: Parks and recreational facilities are an essential part of local social infrastructure. They provide places for social connection, support health and wellbeing and increase community engagement. At Budget, the Chancellor announced £18 million of investmen...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of removing the three month waiting period for Child Disability Living Allowance.
Answer: There are no plans to remove the three month qualifying period for Child Disability Living Allowance and no estimate has been made of the cost of doing so. The three month qualifying period is not a waiting period. Its purpose is to help establish that th...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: NottinghamshireDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure local authorities fix potholes in Nottinghamshire.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the poor state of our roads which is why it has confirmed a record £7.3 billion investment into local highways maintenance over the next four years. This new, four-year funding settlement is in addition to the Gove...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: Missing PersonsHome OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure police are aware of the potential impact of violence against women and girls has on the number of people missing people.
Answer: Violence against women and girls is a national emergency, and we’ve made it our mission to halve it in a decade. We are deploying the full power of the state through our VAWG Strategy, which was published on 18th December 2025.Every missing person case de...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: Missing PersonsHome OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of including missing people in future work to tackle violence against women and girls.
Answer: Violence against women and girls is a national emergency, and we’ve made it our mission to halve it in a decade. We are deploying the full power of the state through our VAWG Strategy, which was published on 18th December 2025.Every missing person case de...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: Missing PersonsHome OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of violence against women and girls on the number of people going missing.
Answer: Violence against women and girls is a national emergency, and we’ve made it our mission to halve it in a decade. We are deploying the full power of the state through our VAWG Strategy, which was published on 18th December 2025.Every missing person case de...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPolycystic Ovary SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that polycystic ovary syndrome is explicitly recognised within the scope of digitally delivered women’s health services.
Answer: The Government recognises that women suffering with gynaecological conditions, including polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have been failed for far too long, and we know that more needs to be done to support women with PCOS. As announced in September 2025,...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPolycystic Ovary SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) will be included among the conditions eligible for referral and treatment under the menstrual health services provided by the new NHS Online Hospital announ
Answer: NHS Online will be a new, optional online service allowing patients to digitally connect with clinicians across England. In January 2026, we announced the specialities and conditions that NHS Online will initially focus on. Menstrual problems that may be ...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Press: Licensing LawsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Government's consultation on alcohol licensing reform on local newspapers.
Answer: Following the Licensing taskforce report, the Government published a Call for Evidence on reforming the licensing system on 7 October, which closed on 6 November. The Call for Evidence invited views on the impact of licensing reforms, including in relatio...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: InternetDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure online retailers clearly disclose (a) international return locations and (b) costs before purchase.
Answer: The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 prohibits unfair commercial practices, including misleading actions and omissions of material information, that are likely to impact the average consumer’s transactional decision.The DMCCA also requi...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →