Mims Davies MP: written questions 2025
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Employers' Contributions: Tax ThresholdsTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94750More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on young people in full-time work.
Answer: Businesses are able to claim employer NICs reliefs including those for under-21s and under-25 apprentices. This means employers pay no employer NICs for apprentices under 25 or employees under 21 on earnings up to £50,270.The OBR expect that employment le...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: Tax ThresholdsTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94749More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on young people in full-time work.
Answer: The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: Tax ThresholdsTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94748More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on young people in part-time work.
Answer: The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Part-time EmploymentTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94747More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on women in part-time work.
Answer: Businesses are able to claim employer NICs reliefs including those for under-21s and under-25 apprentices. This means employers pay no employer NICs for apprentices under 25 or employees under 21 on earnings up to £50,270.The OBR expect that employment le...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: Tax ThresholdsTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94746More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on women in part-time work.
Answer: The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporation Tax: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94745More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the writing-down allowance main rate in corporation tax on women-led businesses.
Answer: Since the introduction of full expensing, most businesses now claim first-year allowances, such as full expensing and the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), to claim relief on their investments, with 99% of businesses investing under the AIA’s £1 million ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings Accounts: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94744More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed cap on cash ISA contributions for under-65s on women.
Answer: This policy will affect those aged under 65 from April 2027, but the overall ISA limit will remain at £20,000 for all savers when the annual Cash ISA limit is set at £12,000. It will not affect existing cash ISA savings. A policy costing note for the pack...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: Tax ThresholdsTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94743More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on women in full-time work.
Answer: The existing income tax relief regime for pensions is unaffected by this change, whilst employer contributions can continue to be made free of National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Salary and bonus sacrifice is an additional NICs relief that is only av...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Tax ThresholdsTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94742More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on women in full-time work.
Answer: Businesses are able to claim employer NICs reliefs including those for under-21s and under-25 apprentices. This means employers pay no employer NICs for apprentices under 25 or employees under 21 on earnings up to £50,270.The OBR expect that employment le...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: Tax ThresholdsTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94741More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on women in full-time work.
Answer: The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: WalesHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 90289 on Offences against Children: Wales, if she will publish the correspondence with the First Minister of Wales.
Answer: As noted in PQ 90290, the National Inquiry into Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse will cover England and Wales. The Home Secretary has written to the First Minister to confirm this. As the Hon Member will appreciate correspondence between th...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Official CarsCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92286More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Departments use a ministerial car.
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) provides Departmental Pool Cars (DPC) to the following Government departments: Attorney General’s OfficeCabinet OfficeDepartment for Business and TradeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportDepartment for EducationDepartme...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if Wealden District Council is responsible for leading local stakeholder engagement; and share the stakeholder engagement plan in relation to the proposed use of the Crowborough Training Camp for Asyl
Answer: Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Wealden District Council on (a) the steps it is taking to ensure that objections from the public are invited in relation to any proposed development at the Crowboroug
Answer: Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether any directions enabling or inviting objections to a section 293B application regarding the Crowborough Training Camp and Asylum Seeker accommodation ha
Answer: Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the legal challenges made by Wealden District Council relating to the publicising of applications under section 293B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Answer: Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether Wealden District Council has submitted any (a) legal challenge and (b) letter before action to any aspects of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in
Answer: Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Lands and Estates: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish guidance on the minimum time and notice period required under section 293B(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Answer: Paragraph 60 of the government’s Planning Practice Guidance on Crown Development and Urgent Crown Development makes clear that once an application is ‘accepted’ under the Urgent Crown Development route the Secretary will notify the relevant local planning...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCrowborough Training Camp: AsylumMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an application under Section 293B Town and County Planning Act 1990 in relation to the Crowborough Training Camp.
Answer: Asylum is a Home Office lead. As such, The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has not made an application under Section 293B Town and County Planning Act 1990 in relation to Crowborough Training Camp and the MOD has not received any planning objections from Wealde...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on (a) when and (b) how often they can issue legal stop notices in relation to the housing of asylum seekers in their areas.
Answer: Planning enforcement action is not a matter for the Home Office. This government will close every asylum hotel. Work is well underway, with more suitable sites being brought forward to ease pressure on communities across the country so that the Home Offi...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Secretary of State has issued any directions under section 293B(13) to Wealden District Council relating to site notices or other publicity requirements for the Crowborough Training Camp a
Answer: Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met with, consulted or received submissions from the Ashdown Forest Conservators on the proposed use of the Crowborough Training Camp for asylum seeker accommodation.
Answer: Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has exercised powers under section 293B(9) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to require the publication of notices in relation to any such application concerning the Crowborough Tr
Answer: Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has submitted the required information under section 293B(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in relation to an application by the Ministry of Defence concerning the us
Answer: Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCrowborough Training Camp: AsylumMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an application under Section 293B Town and County Planning Act 1990 in relation to the Crowborough Training Camp.
Answer: Asylum is a Home Office lead. As such, The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has not made an application under Section 293B Town and County Planning Act 1990 in relation to Crowborough Training Camp and the MOD has not received any planning objections from Wealde...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
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