Mike Martin MP: written questions
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Pet Travel SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a timetable for the roll-out of the new pet passport scheme.
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on 19 May 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area, which will mean taking pets on holiday into the EU will be easier and cheaper. Instead of getting an animal healt...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Investigation ServiceAttorney GeneralTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80400More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many times the Crown Prosecution Service has been contacted by the police wanting to charge people following investigations conducted by the National Investigation Service in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) engaged directly with the National Investigation Service (NATIS) and therefore did not have any communication with police on these matters, unless the police were otherwise assisting NATIS on a case.A manual count of ca...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many newly qualified nurses have secured employment through the Graduate Guarantee scheme since its introduction; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Graduate Guarantee sche
Answer: Supporting newly qualified nurses and midwives to move smoothly into employment is a key priority. The Graduate Guarantee, introduced in August 2025, is now being implemented across the National Health Service to ensure every newly qualified nurse and mid...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure newly qualified nurses can access Band 5 roles in their local area; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) experience requireme
Answer: Newly qualified nurses are an essential part of the National Health Service workforce, and it is important that they are able to access suitable Band 5 employment opportunities on qualification. The Graduate Guarantee, introduced in August 2025, is now be...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80397More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for further interim payments to the estates of infected people who died after joining infected blood support schemes.
Answer: Following the publication of the Inquiry’s Additional Report, the UK Government has announced further interim payments of £210,000 for eligible estates of someone registered with an IBSS or predecessor scheme (on or before 17 April 2024) who sadly passed ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: FraudDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 75814 on Coronavirus: Fraud, how many cases the National Investigation Service (a) has open and (b) expects to transfer to the Insolvency Service
Answer: Since the commencement of Covid-related investigations, the National Investigation Service has opened 254 criminal cases into alleged Bounce Back Loan fraud, with 131 cases currently ongoing.We remain committed to tackling fraud and are working closely wi...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: Israeli SettlementsTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77838More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list the ten most frequently (a) used commodity codes for imports and (b) types of goods imported from illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not available.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOrigin Marking: IsraelTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77837More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times HMRC recorded imported goods whose country of origin was falsely labelled as Israel in 2024 .
Answer: The UK Government has a clear position that Israeli settlements in Palestine are illegal under international law. Goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from preferential tariff treatment under the UK’s current trade agreements wi...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Minister for Rail plans to respond to the correspondence of 11 August 2025 from the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells on accessibility at High Brooms Station.
Answer: On behalf of the Rail Minister, I apologise to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells for the delay in responding to his correspondence regarding accessibility at High Brooms Station. A full response to the hon. Member was issued on 16 September.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Courts: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure children are adequately safeguarded in family courts.
Answer: The Children Act 1989 requires the court to have the child’s welfare as its paramount consideration when making a decision about the child’s upbringing. Any decisions the family courts make about the future arrangements for children are based on this fund...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Investigation Service: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department took to undertake due diligence in relation to the National Investigation Service before its funding for that body to enhance counter-fraud work was announced in the Spring St
Answer: At the time of the Spring Statement 2022 the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) had commissioned and managed NATIS to undertake potentially fraudulent covid loan investigations.Through the Machinery of Government changes acco...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Investigation Service: AuditDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many audits the Public Sector Fraud Authority has undertaken into the National Investigation Service; what the purpose of these audits was; what methods were used during these audits; what the risk
Answer: On 12 October 2023, the Public Sector Fraud Authority were requested to undertake a formal operational review of National Investigation Service, with a primary purpose to focus on performance. The review team included experts from the National Crime Agenc...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Investigation Service: ComplaintsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many complaints his Department has received on the National Investigation Service.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not maintain a central record of complaints specifically about the National Investigation Service (NATIS).While no formal complaints have been received directly by the Department, NATIS has been the subject of va...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Investigation ServiceAttorney GeneralTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76157More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment the Crown Prosecution Service has made of the adequacy of National Investigation Service investigations.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade has responsibility for the National Investigation Service, given it is overseen by the Insolvency Service. As a result, the Crown Prosecution has made no assessment of the adequacy of the National Investigation Servic...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Investigation ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what date his Department was made aware of Mazars' report commissioned by Thurrock Council into the National Investigation Service; and what steps it took in response.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) became aware of the Mazars report commissioned by Thurrock Council into the NATIS in June 2024.The report was independently commissioned by Thurrock Council to review NATIS activity internally. DBT was not consu...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBounce Back Loan Scheme: FraudDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many cases of alleged covid-19 Bounce Back Loan Fraud the National Investigation Service investigated under its contract with the Government; and how many people were arrested because of these inve
Answer: The National Investigation Service have investigated 254 Bounce Back Loan Fraud cases in total (including both open and closed cases).There have been 6 arrests resulting in no charge.There have been 56 arrests where the cases are still ongoing, and the su...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBounce Back Loan Scheme: FraudDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what dates the Government renewed the contract for the National Investigation Service to investigate COVID-19 Bounce Back Loan fraud nationwide.
Answer: NATIS was commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), subsequently The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in September 2020 to undertake investigations into potentially fraudulent activity by recipients of lo...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBounce Back Loan Scheme: FraudDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what date the National Investigation Service was contracted to investigate COVID-19 Bounce Back Loan fraud nationwide.
Answer: NATIS was commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), subsequently The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in September 2020 to undertake investigations into potentially fraudulent activity by recipients of lo...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Minister for Secondary Care plans to respond to the correspondence of 28 July 2025 from the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells on the Dashboard for Accelerated Discharge.
Answer: I have received the hon. Member’s correspondence and will reply in due course.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: FraudDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many cases have been transferred from the National Investigation Service under Thurrock Council to the Insolvency Service.
Answer: No cases have yet been transferred from the National Investigation Service (NATIS) to the Insolvency Service. The Department for Business and Trade is working closely with both agencies to ensure a smooth and secure transition of ongoing investigations. T...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Students' AllowancesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the contracted suppliers for the Disabled Students' Allowance are transparent with students on pricing.
Answer: Non-medical help hourly rates, together with any awards for travel, accommodation, or other costs, are supplied in the student’s entitlement letter, which outlines approved support. Additionally, the full breakdown of equipment costs is detailed in the ne...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Decorations: FraudMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of criminalising stolen valour.
Answer: There are currently no plans for the Ministry of Defence to give consideration to criminalising Stolen Valour. However, the Department reserves the right to do so in the future. Armed Forces veterans are expected to adhere to the guidance regarding the we...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProbation Officers: PayMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of pay for workers in the Probation Service.
Answer: We are committed to supporting probation officers and value their hard work, commitment and dedication. As part of our approach to annual award proposals we will review our pay position and priorities for the award to get the best outcome for staff. As pa...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to address the loophole in the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 whereby freeholders can retain undemised flats to prevent buildin
Answer: The government wants to support leaseholders to take control of the management of their buildings through the right to manage or to enfranchise should they wish to do so. That is why we have already implemented the provisions in the Leasehold and Freehold...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans (a) to (i) launch and (ii) close the public consultation on enfranchisement valuation methodology under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 and (
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 68213 on 23 July 2025.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
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